Recommended by Claudia Haas

There is a mystery to love and Cathro explores the mystery with all the gentleness, fear, and hope that goes with it. You're drawn to Zach. You hope with Zach. And you believe in possibilities with Zach. It's a play rich in theatrical detail and thoughtful in its questions and answers. Plus, spending time with "love" is always a good idea.

Carnes deftly captures tweens losing a precious year of their childhood. The play is made all the more poignant by the simple things they miss. This group of funny, irreverent, and sometimes true-teen-whiny conversations makes you want to break the zoom windows and give them the true "nearness" they crave. The play's an ideal fit for teachers looking to incorporate theatre into their distance-learning plans. Working on this play could help give students the "nearness" they so badly need in these times.

Just the right amount of silliness for these times - wrapped up in tinsel. If you need some anti-Christmas cheer, it’s here.

Hill has it right. All the characters exist. But they are all young and pliable and can change. Hill also has that right. Instead of accepting the status quo, young people can think things through and switch allegiances. A lovely treatise on friendship and its variables.

Lewis has given us a slice of humanity in all its tremors and hopes. There are shadows from sunlight, light hiding in darkness and people not knowing how to live with the cracks in their lives. How the Light Gets In brings us all hope in a difficult time. A lyrical, compassionate story of choosing to come together that will resonate with audiences.

Pfeffinger has such fun withTiny Baby where the baby is .. well tiny. How does baby show at competitive reunions? When is tiny too tiny? When do you stop caring? Absurd and poignant.

A short that is just silly fun. If you are me, one of the reasons you never break the rules is because you know you will be caught. A man decides to see if it is worth it. Is it? How many of you have experienced Red Light Madness? Karp gives a very good answer. (Cue the sirens.)

A play within a play within a relationship within a play. And so it goes. Zaffarano offers us layers of real life mixed up with the theatrical. Can you tell which is which? Does it matter? The Playmakers mines comedy in relationships and love and you will also. A total delight for artists and audiences. What is real? What is theatre? It’s hard to say and in the end, it doesn’t matter. All’s fair in love.

A beautiful homage to the eternal flame that is motherhood. Giffen Speckman’s poetic monologue is born of heaven and earth, endless time and tomorrows. The female hearts beats loud and strong here and cannot be silenced. A stunner.

Deray’s monologue sums up what being a parent is all about. The details in the delivery room, the anxiety, the first eye-to-eye look gives you an inkling of how important this child is. Imagine if everyone had such a detailed account of a parent’s love, the world would indeed shine brightly. Brightly gives light and love in a minute. But that minute lasts forever.