This year's featured plays are:
"Counting Pedestals" by Carlos Jerome
A community college student, focused on survival after a bid in prison, finds an unlikely bond with his mathematics professor.
"Iriomote"by Arlene Jaffe
An eco-tour guide faces off against an arrogant resort developer determined to turn the natural paradise of Iriomote Island into a capitalist utopia not unlike the East Village.
"The Poor Door" by Leonard Goodisman
Two women meet in an entrance hall, each insulted that the other is there, and find they have more in common than they expected.
"Ray's Candy Store" by Rachael Carnes
An aspiring actress, finding life in the city more difficult than she expected, meets a bona fide New Yorker: owner of the (truly) famous Ray's Candy Store who offers her a new perspective, and an egg cream.