Recommended by Laura Zlatos

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    A smart and wry comedy about families and mourning with an unexpected twist. Sickles adeptly captures the complex feelings that arise around loss and death.

    A smart and wry comedy about families and mourning with an unexpected twist. Sickles adeptly captures the complex feelings that arise around loss and death.

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    A clever and unexpected story that is much more than it seems. Curry takes a heavy topic and weaves a fun, fascinating, and profound tale in just ten pages.

    A clever and unexpected story that is much more than it seems. Curry takes a heavy topic and weaves a fun, fascinating, and profound tale in just ten pages.

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    A charming holiday play about marriage, cat pee, and our dependence on social media. Hoke weaves a new kind of Christmas story about a lonely and lovable luddite in the digital age that is both funny and heartwarming.

    A charming holiday play about marriage, cat pee, and our dependence on social media. Hoke weaves a new kind of Christmas story about a lonely and lovable luddite in the digital age that is both funny and heartwarming.

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    Repossessed asks profound questions about ethics and identity and what makes us, us, while adeptly blurring the lines between virtual reality and humanity. Lam weaves a story that is both suspenseful and heartbreaking as married couple Rich and Gretchen reckon with revelations about their relationship in this sci-fi drama.

    Repossessed asks profound questions about ethics and identity and what makes us, us, while adeptly blurring the lines between virtual reality and humanity. Lam weaves a story that is both suspenseful and heartbreaking as married couple Rich and Gretchen reckon with revelations about their relationship in this sci-fi drama.

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    A clever parody of the noir genre with stylized comedy and an unexpected twist.

    A clever parody of the noir genre with stylized comedy and an unexpected twist.

  • Laura Zlatos: BUG STUDY by Emma Goldman-Sherman
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    Funny and sweet. The play volleys between witticisms about insects to the emotionally biting realties of family.

    Funny and sweet. The play volleys between witticisms about insects to the emotionally biting realties of family.

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  • Laura Zlatos: Monica: This Play Is Not About Monica Lewinsky by Dianne Nora
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    Monica: This Play Is Not About Monica Lewinsky is a clever and pithy exploration of gender dynamics. Dianne Nora skillful crafts a complex female character whose identity has been shaped by other people's perceptions of her. The scenes are intimate yet relatable, funny but also profound.

    Monica: This Play Is Not About Monica Lewinsky is a clever and pithy exploration of gender dynamics. Dianne Nora skillful crafts a complex female character whose identity has been shaped by other people's perceptions of her. The scenes are intimate yet relatable, funny but also profound.

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