Recommended by Ruben Carbajal

Martin deftly creates considerable tension by setting up a situation that plays on our stereotypes then subverts them with unexpected sweetness. Lovely play that would be a welcome addition to any one-minute play festival.

Though I first read SNOW over ten years ago, it's a play that stays with you. It kind of encapsulates you in an atmosphere that's both sad and inviting. You want to stay there longer. I was so happy to see this up on NPX and to get a chance to reread and ignite my admiration for it all over again. This is on my wish-list of plays I hope to see produced one day.

This a lovely play about the limitations of technology and the way love and art can transcend time. The juxtaposition of a somewhat cold companion robot and a slightly cranky woman who holds a lot of warm memories creates a very distinct emotional tone that's both sad and beautiful in equal measures. Very fine work.

The Window deserves all of the praise it's receiving and more. It's a high-water mark of 10-minute plays--intelligent, funny, moving. The characters are so engaging, I was almost mournful as I hit the last page, as it meant my time with the Cat and the Fish were done. It's a piece that stays with you, and one I hope will be widely produced.

A perfectly-measured tightrope of a play, that's understated and suspenseful. So much is happening underneath the polite surface, and Malakhow infuses both characters with warmth and depth. There's just a lot for a cast and director to mine in this flawless 10-minute play.

The best one-minute plays use a few, masterful brush strokes to suggest a much more expansive canvas. TO BRING YOU JOY is a great example of how a small portrait can express as much as a mural. Poignant, hopeful and far-reaching.

Wonderfully absurd. Pure Matthew Weaver. Hopefully, I'll get to see this staged at future Gi60.

Relatable and slyly satirical, Brady Peter's charming and funny short has a lot to offer. You feel a lot for Laura as she navigates her first-day work. The punctuation at the end is sweet and unexpected while also capturing the chaos and the very real sense that the people currently in power are hanging by a thread.

The dialogue in Tepid really shines. It's both keenly observant and extremely natural. It's seriously funny and deeply felt. Wagner captures the sad humor found in everyday speech, which is no small challenge. The play is a director's dream--so much emotion and comedy to mine in such a small space!

Sickles' script is like a photographer who discovers a really fascinating angle of life under a pandemic. The payoff is a funny gag that quickly turns poignant. Disarming and thoughtful.