Recommended by Steven G. Martin

Younger actors should have a glorious time performing this play: It's very physical, there's trickery and imagination. There's even the sense of a loving sibling relationship at its core. Plus it's very physical and there's trickery and emotion.

I love the low-key, unassuming humor in this short play; the punchline lands beautifully considering it's not a punchline at all, but perhaps the subtlest of throwaway lines.

Tom Moran works hard to achieve that effect, making every detail in dialogue, characterization and even action are aligned so an audience gets it. But the audience won't notice the work because the characters and relationships in this play are entertaining, so warmly and wryly created. Lee and Curt are recognizable and human because of who they are and how they act.

"Roadkill" is more subtle than its title suggests. Very enjoyable.

I enjoyed a May 28, 2022, performance of "Life(Chaos)" at the MadLab Theatre Roulette in Columbus, Ohio.

It was a standout among other performances that evening because of its experimental elements: no context as to who the onstage personas are or why they are sharing their insights and experiences, a subtle sound design that included buzzing once in a while, more than a little movement. It created a tension that I'm thinking about days later.

Alaina Messineo has created something I've not seen before, but greatly appreciate. I hope to see it performed live again.

This very short play does not let up. It is powered by anger and disgust, and audiences are going to be hit hard with visceral and intellectual reactions. It's a shock-and-awe campaign and it's brutal. And needed.

I'm angry that this play was written in 2019 and it's still bleedingly relevant in 2022.

I'm smiling through tears after reading this play. Monica Cross has woven together strands of loss, poetry, technology, and memory to tell Billy's tale. Despite its backstory of grief, "On Robots and Raindrops" is a story about life and living.

I attended a performance of "Oh, Tannenbaum" during the 2022 MadLab Theatre Roulette in Columbus, Ohio, on May 28, 2022.

From the introduction of the characters -- an actor shimmying on stage dressed as a Christmas tree and being plugged into an outlet will ALWAYS be funny! -- the audience was laughing at top volume. And then Mark Harvey Levine adds another layer by introducing themes of home and roots.

This is a perfect holiday concoction that richly deserves its varied production history.

I love what Stephen Kaplan has created in the feel-good "Right Field of Dreams." There's a nice heaping helping of sports and fantasy in this 10-minute play, but at the core of this coming-of-age tale is the parent-child relationship. Ten-year-old Tim has spoken up, and his parent's reaction warms the heart.

"Invisible" made me feel uneasy upon reading. I love how Jennifer O'Grady has distilled her longer monologue by the same name into this one-minute version. Doing so heightens the sense of fear, hesitation and perhaps regret and loss that Scout feels.

Taken alone, these two 1-minute plays are comic delights any theatre buff will enjoy. What I especially love, however, is reading them back-to-back with the idea of producing them like that. It gives me strong David Ives vibes, a la "All in the Timing."

This is one of the best plays written for Zoom because it was crafted specifically for Zoom.

Anne Flanagan has written a flat-out funny farce that takes aim at virtual meeting technology and its myriad of options as well as business meeting culture in general. There also are some beautiful references that spoof "2001: A Space Odyssey," which were unexpected and entirely welcome wrinkles.

"Advanced Feature" would be very fun to watch in performance.