The "wedding cake wars" hit home when promises, love, family, and frosting force two brides and one fabulous baker to re-examine their "slice" of life, in Bekah Brunstetter's funny and timely play, The Cake.

The miraculous and mundane, the impossible and the everyday, the heart beat and the heartbreak; Mary Jane is a beautiful, achingly human exploration of the immeasurable tenderness and tenacity of motherhood.

Current university admission scandals pale in comparison to Jiehae Park's edge-of-your-seat dark comedy, Peerless. In this sinister and sublime modern nod to Macbeth, two sisters are willing to do anything to get into The College.