Recommended by Claudia Haas

Sharp monologue about sex, love, comfort and yearning in those elder years. Those years largely forgotten in theatre but come to us all - if we are lucky,.

Take note: there will be bears in your life. If you can deal with them as well as Amy and Fiona, you may have an interesting, long life. Or you could be food for the bears - your choice.

This packs a punch in a scant minute. Honest and scary and true.

And just like that, I want to direct Romeo and Juliet. Gatton gets the love portion of R&J but more importantly, he gets the adolescent perspective. There are some sharp references about meter and truth. And yearning.

Weaver dishes up the spice of life including ghost pepper that comes with an actual ghost. There is some serious spicy super power going on here. A mouth-watering delight for those that can stand the heat,

Mackling answers the question, “Is Santa real?” in this heartfelt play. There’s a difference between the required shopping for Christmas and wanting to give for Christmas. A realization and poignant turning point creates exactly the atmosphere you want from a holiday play. A lovely addition to the Christmas canon of short plays.

As a lover of history and a thirst for more “herstory,” I just gobbled up this play. I love the intellect at play with the four students and the debates that happen as they gather info on some of the great females minds in history. As the play delves into the challenges of the past for females, our modern students connect more and more with them. Syran succeeds in showing us that imagination creates thinkers. And the past should be explored because it is relevant and personal.

Talking to the chaperone, drinking too much oversweetened punch, finding a wall to hang on to - who doesn’t have those memories of a middle school dance? Syran’s play evokes so much emotion from those times. I love the dancer just dancing for personal enjoyment - why didn’t we all do that? And I love the beginnings of connections shyly made with care. A beautiful moment in time for young teens.

Preuss gives us so much wonder in this short. The wonder of dreams, of wishes, of nature, of friendship, and that most perplexing wonder of all - love. It’s gentle - from the heart and into the soul - and a soothing salve for these times. Let the world stop and take some time to visit Molinda Falls.

It is said that there are no original ideas anymore and Preuss backs this up with five writers squabbling down the Rabbit Hole of Creativity. There’s bounty to be had in stealing and if buried treasure isn’t readily available, ideas are ripe for the picking. You can’t copyright an idea, right? A fun scramble of writers and words and would-be works in progress. Highly theatrical. Highly recommended.