Short Plays
Spooky Season (New)
An expecting couple creates a haunted house for Halloween. Little do they know that they've already been living with ghosts. Will the couples finally see each other? Boo knows but it's bound to be the most memorable Halloween yet.
(2W, 2M)
(10 minutes)
The Sugar Trees (New)
Two sisters install a pipeline system for the family sugaring farm and discover secret messages etched into the trees.
(2W)
(10 minutes)
Sweet Bonnie Beau (New)
Fiona has just completed her lifelong dream of starring as Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, but because of the pandemic, the production was over zoom and the internet cut out, rendering her solo mute. Her best friend, Joanne, comes over for a socially distant cheer up session. Together they unearth the struggles and loneliness of their diverging lives, and do their best to find intimacy in an increasingly alienating world.
(2W)
(10 Minutes)
Two
Benjamin and Bernadette, a dynamic duo of rag dolls, have been placed in a box. They don't know how long they've been there, or if they will ever be released, and it's starting to drive them crazy.
(1M, 1W)
Publication: Canyon Literary Magazine, Spring 2015
(15 minutes)
Production History:
Break a Leg Theatre
The Company Theatre
Massasoit Community College
University of Alabama
Schreiber Shorts
Warner International Festival
Pittsburgh New Works Festival
Silver Spring Stage
Lost Satellites
Ally and Ben are driving across the country after the death of their mother. Their relationship has gone off course. Will their GPS be able to help them find their way?
(2W, 1M)
Publication: Heuer Publishing
(10 minutes)
Production History:
Center Theatre
Grand Canyon University
TAG Theatre
Missouri Western Stage University
Shippensburg University
Johns Hopkins University
Dublin High School
Mercersburg Academy
Radio Theatre Project
Love Creek Productions
Talk to Me About Home
Beth and Kat haven't seen each other since middle school. Now that they are both in New York City, they have decided to reconnect. Each looks to the other for that which they have been missing--home, partnership, and the intimacy of childhood friends.
(2W)
Publication: Stage Partners
(10 minutes)
Production History:
Janesville School District
Pitman High School
Northwestern College
Massasoit Community College
29th Street Playwrights Collective
Rhapsody Collective
Recalculating
A couple rely on their GPS for more than just directions: she breaks up the tension. But when she malfunctions, they are forced to address the issues in their marriage.
(3, Flexible casting)
Publication: Original Works Publishing
(10 minutes)
Productions:
North River Theatre
Write Now Podcast
The Academy Theatre
Diez Minutos
Cohasset Dramatic Club
Mirror Theatre Company
The Complete Theatre
Pan Theatre Company
Silver Spring Stage
Sydney Short and Sweet Festival
Playwrights Round Table
Edward Hopper House
Honors:
Favorite Festival Play, Diez Minutos
Winner, Edward Hopper House Two-on-the-Aisle Competition
The Night Sky
Stan and Stella are two midsized stars, living a midsized life. They question their purpose in the universe, as well as their strained relationship.
(1W, 1M)
(10 minutes)
Productions:
Iowa State University
Heralds of Hope Theatre
Stagenorth Theatre
Nylon Fusion
Duluth Theatre
Greenbriar Theatre
Bloomsburg University
Seven Minutes in Heaven
Fredi and Martin have been thrown into a closet to play seven minutes in heaven, but Fredi has more important things on her mind, like science, presidential campaigns, and vegetarianism. Meanwhile, Martin's trying his best not to picture Fredi as a skeleton.
(1W, 1M)
Publication: Original Works Publishing
(7 minutes)
Productions:
Tory Hill Authors Series
Iowa State University
Barrington Stage Company
Warren Township
Duluth Playhouse
Nylon Fusion
Boston Theatre Marathon
Arcadia University
KCACTF Region II Festival
Future Tenant
Acting Out NY
Rowing, Onward
Woman and Man have been rowing on an endless sea, alone, forever. One of them wants to stop.
(1W, 1M)
Productions:
Artistree Theatre
Alumnae Theatre
Honors:
Winner, Two Days in May Playwriting Festival