Recommended by Claudia Haas

This is a frightening tale of looking for refuge, looking for safety, looking for help. The menace is everywhere but the black and white aura of the fairy tale blends into each other and we are left in the shadow. The play is timely (too timely) but there is hope in the bottom of Pandora's box and as the play ends, you cling to that sliver of hope. Imaginative, poignant and gut-wrenching, this would be very effective on stage.

I know both women and both dreams. I love how something simple has a rippling effect and trickles down to be meaningful to someone else. I am always intrigued where a chance meeting becomes a turning point. I especially love how this small moment in time didn't lead to bigger moments together but did lead to seeing the world in a new light.

A hugely imaginative, very short piece. We're set up beautifully. Delightful for young actors (and I know kids like that). Teddy would be great fun in a longer piece.

Short, sweet, to the point and you are left in the air. Will they make it after all? Throw the dice. It's anybody's guess. A short, fun, two-hander with lots of decisions for the actors to make.

Sometimes relationships are walking on air and yes, sometimes they are wading in the ocean. An ocean that can be teeming with life or just be endless, colorless stretches of sand. I smiled, I nodded and I connected with the material, the characters and the conflict. Even when something seems inevitable, I kept my finger on the little button of hope. It's a beautiful character study for a short play festival.

A stunningly poignant play about the return of a soldier to his wife and a first time back in the bedroom. Sexy, sweet, honest and painful, the twists and turns draw you in. The character portrayals make you stay.

This is so sweet - an homage to loving a book, discovering an author and wanting to read anything they ever wrote. It sent me on a mission to read Xinran.

Been there. Done that. Writer’s know that trying too hard, trying to be innovative, trying to write the new classic can lead to a heap of trouble. With affection and wit, Suzanne has crafted a play that will elicit smiles from all - not just writers. A delicious take inside a wearied writer’s head.

What will you do to survive? Rank explores this aspect of human nature in a dystopian future but the parallels to today are ominous and far-reaching. It’s a sci-if thriller where the stakes couldn’t be higher and the choices are muddied with political implications. The “greater good” never looked more frightening.

There is no “forever” and that truth is painfully up front and personal in Partain’s play. Even in sci-if, where you can imagine any possibility, Partain goes for the reality of the human condition. The play is circular as is life. It has a strong engine which goes full throttle to an ending that tears at you but you can’t imagine another possibility. The role of Xara is a dream part for an actress.