Recommended by Mora V. Harris

ALMA is a stunning play full of easy comfortable dialogue masking a darkness below the surface. I'm still thinking about these deeply compelling characters weeks after my first reading of it. A true gift for talented actors.

Leaning into the complexities of internet culture, Young examines toxic masculinity in a refreshingly blunt way—condemning violence while still managing to make us squirm about our own culpability in normalizing it. LIME-A-RITA RACIST is the kind of play that will start a conversation before audiences have even left the theater.

A fantastically imaginative piece of theater. I love the poetry as well as the financial anxiety that seeps through the crevices of this gritty, lonely play.

To say Leviticus Jelks has a way with words would be an understatement, but setting the stunning language aside, this play has so much heart. Jelks candidly explores a father's feelings of guilt and regret, as well as a son's burning desire to be a good son while also being himself with so much love for both of the characters.

I love this play.
The visual poetry of the accumulating ashes, and the spoken poetry of the characters casts a kind of desperately hopeful spell over the audience. Since I read this play in workshop at Carnegie Mellon a few years ago, I have often thought again of the final monologue, and the deeply satisfying way this play ends.

This play is unsettling in a way that stays with you long after you've experienced it. Exploring the secret lives these characters lead online left me wondering about the people I know. This is a play that asks difficult questions, and sheds light on an aspect of our culture that is increasingly present in our lives but rarely explored onstage.

I was fortunate to see this play in a workshop production at Carnegie Mellon. With a slam dunk opening scene, the play continues on a visually and emotionally gripping journey. The character of Eliza is especially compelling and the philosophical quandaries of the Luddite movement make for fascinating commentary on today's tech-addicted society. A challenging treat for theatre artists and audience members alike!

The young woman at the center of this story goes on a journey that is both painfully familiar and refreshingly hopeful. This is a beautiful, funny, delicate, play that everyone should read and see!

This is a funny and expertly constructed one act with an interesting conflict and a big warm heart. Jess Honovich writes teenagers in a sensitive, nuanced way that avoids stereotype and embraces humor and compassion. Do this play! Now! You!

This is a funny and moving coming of age play about deciding what kind of person you want to be. It has a solid structure that allows for so much great physical action to happen on stage. With three fantastic roles for young women and one set, this is play is a producer's dream. However, more importantly, it tells a story that audiences will love hearing and won't be able to stop thinking about.