Recommended by Steven G. Martin

Loewenstern provides tension, chemistry, and steak in this short play. This is a teetering-on-the-edge-of-will-they-or-won't-they? play. The tension and chemistry between Michelle and Ben are rich, and they slowly, perhaps tantalizingly, unfurl.

Insightful and humane, this one-minute play is a reminder that we can offer ourselves some grace in these unusual times. Don't rush through reading this play -- time yourself for a complete 60 seconds. It becomes that much richer and emotional.

And don't bother pointing out the coincidence of Bykowski's title & subtitle. She knows what she's doing.

Pure, unadulterated, joyful comedy. What else could this monologue be when an eight-year-old girl at a tea party figuratively spills the tea on all of her guests?! Audaciously quotable dialogue -- I hope I'm as brilliant as Daphne when I turn 8 years old -- and a wry, understated tone in regards to friendships and connections.

I love that this play is about passionately wanting to create, to write, to honor one's past and one's family, and yet there are obstacles constantly thrown in the way, and all of them are surprising.

Then there's such earnest emotion in the dialogue, and there's such audacious theatricality in action and the compression of time. And I get the feeling that I'll notice different things and have different perspectives on this play each time I read/watch it.

Weaver presents an emotional and earnest negotiation between life and a horrible alternative. And even though there's an unconscionable potential result, I could easily understand Willy's point of view.

This one-minute play cleverly condenses the enormity of all the time there ever was into an understandable metaphor. It also shows where humans fit into the timeline and raises questions about what comes next. Memorable.

There is such honesty in Kel Vance's 10-minute monologue; a female actor would love to play it. Lucy is so many things at once: smart, decisive, pained, angry, funny, and wise. We are more than the sum of our parts, but Lucy acknowledges that some parts mean a bit more than others.

A laugh-out-loud comedy that takes shots at popular culture's fan base and its hysterics over presumed imperfections.

A quick, bantering comedy about writing and criticism. If it were a bell, this play would toll with authenticity. It probably will cause almost every writer of almost every genre to experience flashbacks.

Smith shows that even when we get around to communicating, miscommunication can still prevail. The level of detail in this one-minute comic play makes it all the funnier, unnerving, and cringe-inducing during these COVID-19 pandemic days.