April has been over for a whole week and I'm just now finally getting around to finishing up my April #IHeartNewPlays #NewDayNewPlay New Play Exchange reading list for April!!

I -loved- this initiative -- it was so much fun to see so many recommendations for plays rolling through the NPX landing page every day. I'm planning to write another lil blog about Communities of Want/Lack versus Communities of Enough, but I'll just say: NPX is fostering some really beautiful community, and this initiative is just one manifestation of that healthy creative, supportive energy.

ANYWAY here's the rest of my list! (I read -99- plays in April! Holy hell! Very extremely worth it, in case you were wondering). In no particular order:

• ROUND ONE by Andrea Staats
• THE FORGETTING ROOM by Claudia Haas
• LETTER OF THE LAW by Steven Hayet
• STUPID GHOST by Savannah Reich
• JUMP by Gina Femia
• FLIES AT THE NATIVITY by Matthew Weaver
• TO LOVE AND BE LOVED IN RETURN by Franky Gonzalez
• THE BRIGHT SIDE OF KEURIG by Veronica Cooper
• SLUT by Nicole Jost (fyi I don't like to play favorites, BUT it's been weeks and I'm still thinking about this one
• GIRLISH by Alexa Derman (this one too :) )
• TAKE FLIGHT by Sandra A. Daley-Sharif
• WHEN I WAS A CHILD by Lindsay Partain
• THE CELLPHONES OF THE DEAD by Dwayne Yancey
• SCREW YOU, ZUCKERBERG! by Asher Wyndham
• DREAMS DEFERRED by Sandra A. Daley-Sharif
• THE PIT by Anthony L. Mariani
• CURVES by Lindsay Partain
• I LIKE FANCY THINGS by Sandra A. Daley-Sharif
• SAY SOMETHING by Patrick Flynn
• WELCOME TO THE GUN SHOW by Everett Robert
• DON'T ASK by Thembi Duncan (if you haven't read Thembi's work yet, just what in the heck are you waiting for??)
• THIS IS GRAND by Jenny Seidelman
• SYNTHIA by Rob Matsushita
• HOW ARE YOU CALLED by Philana Omorotionmwan (ahhhhh this play)
• AMHERST, MAINE by Jordan Ford
• AN ALIEN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL by Daniel Guyton
• BLACKBERRY WINTER by Steve Yockey (totally lives up to the hype, btw)
• OUR NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNFORESEEN TRAGEDY by Renee Calarco (oof, amazing)
• SKATING by Lindsay Adams
• THE TRAIN by Irene L. Pynn
• BIG BELLY by Jen Huszcza
• FLESH, BLOOD, & GLASS by Rachel Bykowski
• THE TOWER by Diana Burbano (cannot recommend this enough)
• PAUSE by Ricardo Soltero-Brown (it's no secret that I LOVE Ricardo's work, but this one in particular is swoooooooooooooon city)
• THE ELVIS ADMINISTRATION by Stephanie N. Walters
• ALL THE WAY DOWN by Lindsay Partain
• GRIEF by Ricardo Soltero-Brown
• SHELTER IN PLACE by Rachael Carnes
• GENESIS by Sandra A. Daley-Sharif (also no secret that I love Sandra's work but my god, this play... please, please, please everyone read it and then produce it so I can weep in public instead of just in my living room ok?)
• ROUNDS PER SECOND by Diana Burbano
• MIRRORS by Gina Femia
• BOUND BY STARDUST by Claudia Haas
• AWESOME BIG SOMEBODY by Sarah Tuft (a weird, wild, wonderful ride)
• INBOX: EMPTY OR AIRPORT: SCANNING by Kate Brennan
• THE SALONNIERES by Liz Duffy Adams (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
• THE DEMON HUNTER by Nat Cassidy (SCARY AS HELL YALL)
• THE LAST RING by Ashley Lauren Rogers
• I, COCKROACH by Irene L. Pynn (<3)
• KARA SEVDA by Lisa VillaMil (<3)
• WILDERNESS by Greg Hovanesian
• CALL HIM MOM! by Sandra A. Daley-Sharif

Click here to see my list from April 1-7 for more play recommendations!