A lot of people have asked to see my unpublished plays, so here are some samples of a dozen of recent short plays for you to read:
DEATH TAKES THE A
Originally written for theAtrainplays in New York. Mark and Crhistine are riding the train down to a Halloween party, but Mark doesn't want to go. He's worried about aging and his lack of success as a playwright. His younger actress girlfriend tries to cheer him up. And that's when a little guy dressed like the Grim Reaper, sickle and all, gets on the car.
FREE
Originally written for theAtrainplays in New York. Steve is having a panic attack on the subway. He can't breath, he's overheating, and so he starts to take his clothes off to cool down. And that's how Derek and Lili find him.
GUNS DON'T KILL
Written for the Letters to the NRA, produced by the Winter Harbor Theatre Company in Portland, Maine. In the wake of school shootings in the country, first grade teacher Mrs. O'Reilly comes to class packing a gun, ready to defend her kids and the Second Amendment.
GUERILLA GORILLA
This is a take off on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is set in a not-too-distant future, theater has been declare illegal, and tickets to underground performances are sold around New York's Washington Square Park the same way that illegal drugs are often sold there now.
IN A WORD
Written for "Letters to Baghdad at the Winter Harbor Theatre Company. A woman sits alone, smoking, and disects the English language, which she no longers trusts.
NO CHILD LEFT
Written for the Letters to Ohio produced by the Winter Harbor Theatre Company. Mrs. O'Reilly is a teacher somewhere in America, and she's so happy to be shaping young minds, and teaching the three "Rs" - reading, writing and Republicanism.
ON THE WINGS OF A BUTTERFLY
Written for "Letters to Katrina at the Winter Harbor Theatre Company. A playwright stuggles to come to terms with the disaster in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina. Or is something or someone else to blame?
PERCHANCE
Written for the 24 Hour Plays in New York. Robbie is stunned when Cass, his girlfriend of four years, announces she's moving out because she's fallen in love with someone named Antonio and is moving to San Diego to be with him.
PUT ASUNDER
Julia is reading when Paul enters and announces that he's leaving her. She takes the news very calmly, asking a few probing questions, while Paul becomes more and more unnerved by her lack of emotional response.
QUANDARY IN QUANDO
There's nothing like a revolution in a far off land to spoil the President's weekend. But the President doesn't really care. After all, Quando is a small country, not even an ally, and who are these revolutionaries? Women.
A QUIET, EMPTY LIFE
Written for the Letters to the NRA, produced by the Winter Harbor Theatre Company. A woman stands in front of her closet, struggling to pick something to wear on a cold April afternoon, while a Narrator examines her life.
TRAIN OF THOUGHT
Written for the 24 Hour Plays "Cold Reading Series." Can we ever know what is going on inside someone else's mind? The intertwined, inner monologues of these four people on a New York subway would seem to say no.
WEDDING TRAIN
Originally written for theAtrainplays. Justin and David board the train on their way to Aqueduct Race Track, arguing over the questionable sexual orientation of certain cartoon characters, when a runaway bride in her full gown runs onto the car, shouting to the conductor to close the doors. When she bursts into tears a stunned Justin tells his friend that this is his ex-girlfriend, Tanya. Is Justin still interested in Tanya, or will he help her to return to her wedding?
WHAT PRICE?
Written for "Letters to Baghdad at the Winter Harbor Theatre Company. Beth, a young woman endures strange interrogation at the hands of a nameless official, who peppers her with increasingly bizarre questions.
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