One-Act & Short Plays
Death Defying
(2F) 10 minutes - Zazel and Airabella, two circus aerialists from different eras, find themselves trapped in a waiting room as they await their fate which depends on someone knowing their real names.
* SELECTION: Itinerant Theatre's The Play's The Thing
* SELECTION:Luna Stage 6th Annual New Moon Short Play Festival
* SELECTION: Fusion Theatre's The Seven
* PUBLISHED:The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2019
with Anna Gion & Stephanie Windland
with Ashe Kazanjian and Leica Wilde
with Anna Gion & Stephanie Windland
The Last Night
(2F) 10 minutes - On the last night of Hanukkah, a young woman must decide whether to finally open a special gift from her mother.
* SELECTION:Luna Stage 4th Annual New Moon Short Play Festival
* WINNER: Jeffrey Award
* PUBLISHED: The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2017
with Ania Upstill & Sabrina Martin
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with Elsbeth Denman & Rachel Faison
For Unto Us
(1M/1F) 10 minutes - Mary and Joseph, two 5-year-olds, discuss religion, different kinds of families and gender roles as they play with Mary’s new Christmas present, a doll.
* WINNER: Acadia University MiniFest Selection & Best Play
* WINNER: Second Place, Storefront Theatre - We Like Short-Shorts Festival
* SELECTION:Luna Stage 3rd Annual New Moon Short Play Festival
with Becky Venable and Aric Martin
with Jami Wilson and Adam Malmborg
with Katy Clarke & Robert Wayne
with Janel Stover & Jacob Geerling
with Terianne Shetler & Darren Carfano
with Simone LaPierre & Brian Belz
with Joy Chanik & Daniel Chase
with Jessie Shelton & Zach Wymore
with Jenna Newcomb & Steve Roberts
with Kelly Klein & Darren Carfano
with Monica Wyche & Eric Shorey
with Kirby Mason & Eric Szkarlat Boyd
Helen Keller Visits Martha Graham's Dance Studio
(3F) 8 minutes - Two giants face off over the nature of art.
* PUBLISHED:105 FIVE-MINUTE PLAYS – Publisher: Smith & Kraus
with Maggie Roop,Kaye Weinstein Gary, & Kelly Kennedy
with Madeline Chilese, Maia Karo, & Bethany Nicole Taylor
In Mrs. Baker's Room
(2M/1F) 25 minutes -When Jacob contacts Mrs. Baker to reconnect, she meets him in his classroom and is stunned to see that his third grade classroom is an exact replica of hers, down to the ditto machine he purchased on E-bay to do his handouts. He has modeled everything he does and teaches on what he recalls from Mrs. Baker. Everything. The only thing missing from his perfect classroom is Mrs. Baker herself.
* WINNER: Center for Spiritual Living Playwriting Contest
* WINNER: Father Hamblin Award for Outstanding Playwriting
* COMMISSION: Abingdon Theatre Company
* SEMI-FINALIST: Drury University One-Act Playwriting Competition
with Sam Martinez, Elizabeth Barry and Andrew Nurre
with Kyrus Keenan Westcott, Lori Foltz Fabian and Pat Byrne
with Carole Monferdini, Stephen Kaplan and Scott Davis
Tim Eless, Private Eye
(1M/1F) 10 minutes - Tim is a private eye with short-term memory. Laura is the leggy femme fatale that comes to him with a mysterious case.
* WINNER: Blank Theatre Company, Young Playwrights Competition
* WINNER: City Theater Company’s Delaware 10-Minute Play Contest
Mercy College - Irvington, NY
Bergen County Players - Oradell, NJ
with David Luke and Debbie Zika
Seoul Players - Seoul, Korea
with Jema Abbate and Henry Ball
Blank Theatre Company - Los Angeles, CA
with Jeremy Green, Noah Wyle and Julie Goldstein
New York University - New York, NY
with Noelle Romano, Jim Weitzer
City Theater Company - Wilmington, DE
The Players Guild of Leonia - Leonia, NJ
with Chris Milone, Jeanmarie Garver-Gaydos
The Elevator Play:
Beyond Thunderdome
(4M/3F) 25 minutes - A farce that takes place in an elevator stuck between the 46th and 47th floors of the offices of Trotsky, Dostoevsky, Hammersmith and Ping, LTD on the day that Tina Turner is scheduled to make a special appearance at the office.
* WINNER: Kitchen Sink Festival
with: Farah Alvin, Spencer Aste, Wade Gasque, Melissa McKee, John P. Moore, Will Nolan & Andrea Schell
And Jack Came Tumbling After
(2M/1F) 20 minutes - A black comedy dealing with the battle of the sexes. Jack and Jill have just killed Jill's former lover "Harry." Throughout the course of the play, however, the audience learns that Harry's real name is also Jack and that Jill has a plot to kill every Jack in the world because of the "Jack and Jill" nursery rhyme which she feels teaches women to be subservient to men by having them "fetch the pail of water" for him and come "tumbling after" him.
Published as part ofFour Play With A Gun
* WINNER: Blank Theatre Company, Young Playwrights Competition
* WINNER: California Young Playwrights Competition
* WINNER: International Thespian Society Playworks Competition
Productions:
Old Globe Theatre - San Diego, CA
with Tim West, Jill Drexler, Josh Patrick
HERE & Lincoln Center Theatre's American Living Room - New York, NYA
with Paul West, Shannon Selbe
Blank Theatre Company - Los Angeles, CA
with Daniel Henning, Ingrid Berg & Darryl Kurylo
Actors on the Verge @ Creative Acting Company - New York, NY
with James Huffman, Stacey Louis & Michael Tyree
Ensemble Studio Theatre - New York, NY
with Brandon Epland, Jenni-Lyn McMillin & Scott Macmillan
Masquers Club - Los Angeles, CA
The Long Walk To Forever
Book & Lyrics by Stephen Kaplan
Music by Steve Yorra
(1M/1F) 10 mintues - Based on the short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. On the day of her wedding, Catherine is visited by her first love, Newt who takes her on a walk.
Recordings:
Just A Walk - Live Recording (Sung by Farah Alvin)
Readings:
BMI Musical Theatre Workshop - New York, NY
with Farah Alvin and Stephen Kaplan
Oh, Happy We
(1M/1F) 15 minutes - An allegorical drama in which Evelyn, an elderly woman, meets up with David, a young man, at a deserted bus stop on a rainy night. The play deals with issues of mortality, the will to live, and companionship.
* WINNER:Blank Theatre Company, Young Playwrights Competition
* WINNER: Northwestern University’s Short Play Competition
* WINNER: Vanguard Theatre West Coast 10-Minute Play Contest
Productions:
Mercy College - Irvington, NY
Second Stage Theatre, Blank Theatre Company - Los Angeles, CA
with Eric Michael Cole & Jane Singer
Theatre Studio Inc. - New York, NY
Self-Addressed
(2M) 25 minutes - A drama that tells the story of a 17 year old boy who, upon writing a therapy letter to his dead father, brings his father back to deal with unresolved issues surrounding his death.
* WINNER: Blank Theatre Company, Young Playwrights Competition
Productions:
Second Stage Theatre, Blank Theatre Company - Los Angeles, CA
with Daniel Henning and Steven Gilborn
Hudson Theatre, Blank Theatre Company - Los Angeles, CA
with Daniel Henning and Peter Van Norden
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Tartan Palms Theatre Company - Edinburgh, Scotland
with Derek Outterston and Simon Tate
The Drill
(1M/F, Flexible) 1 minute - The sad nonchalance of a safety drill at a high school.
* PUBLISHED: One Minute Plays: A Practical Guide to Tiny Theatre
* PODCAST: Onstage: On-Air
Productions:
Playwrights Say #NeverAgain - Nationwide
New York Indie Theater 1-Minute Play Festival, New Ohio Theatre, New York, NY
Gi60 Festival - Brooklyn College, NY
with Katherine Harte-DeCoux and Walter Petryk
The Choice
(1M/1F) 1 minute - A father buys a dress for his son.
* PUBLISHED: One Minute Plays: A Practical Guide to Tiny Theatre
Productions:
Phoenix Repertory Theatre - Gimme a Minute
Garfield Center for the Arts - Hey, Wait a Minute
Stage Left Theater Fast and Furious III
Gi60 Festival - Brooklyn College, NY
with Heather Zoll and Mickey Ryan
New York Indie Theater 1-Minute Play Festival, New Ohio Theatre, New York, NY
with Leah Dietrich and Thomas Muccioli
Happy Meal
(2M/F) 1 minute - A parent confronts a McDonalds cashier about the gender appropriateness of a Happy Meal.
Productions:
Stage Left Theater Fast and Furious III
New Jersey 1-Minute Play Festival, Luna Stage, NJ
