3 F, 3 M, 1 M or F. 90 minutes. Who killed Mel Stacks (Ph.D., Industrial Aesthetology)? And what’s that clogging up the pencil sharpener? A comedy about blackmail, treachery, murder and office supplies.
Project Type: Full-length
Empire Builder
(with composer George Maurer) 3F, 5M. 100 minutes. Three travelers, each on the cusp of a painful decision, meet on the Empire Builder train westbound from Chicago. The train becomes a time machine, taking them to major junctions in the past and transforming what they believe, what they remember, and what they are willing to...
Frankenstein Incarnate: the Passions of Mary Shelley
4 F, 4 M. 105 minutes. Where do monsters come from? The life of novelist Mary Shelley overlaps and intertwines with the story that made her famous, illuminating the creator and creature within us all.
St. Luke’s
9 F, 2 M. 90 minutes. A story of a Chicago nursing school in the 1930s, and the extraordinary women who trained and taught there.
Homesickness
4 F, 2 M. 90 minutes. It’s official: civil war in Hawaii …Rogue engineer seizes phone lines in Dubuque ...Society disintegrates (details on the hour), and the only hope rests with Mooti, a roving jack-of-all-trades, and her granddaughter, Kid, raised by a Mom and Dad who don’t speak the same language. A comedy about connection and communication, the...
Murderess
Click here to purchase a copy. 7 F. 90 minutes. Seven famous murderesses from American history – including Laura Fair, Belle Gunness, and Lizzie Borden – reveal their secrets in a suite of hair-raising monologues. Bertram manages to get to the heart of these diverse women and gives them each a unique voice. Some of...
Let’s Be Real
4 F, 2 M. 90 minutes. Why would a woman feign a love interest? For that matter, why would a clam put a fake fish on its rear end? Within the corporate wilderness of MegaCo, IT technician Chelly Waller sets a lure for copy room manager – and volunteer environmentalist – Pete Moss. A sharp...
The Good Fight
Click here to purchase a copy. 11 F, 4 M. 90 minutes. In 1913, women’s suffrage activists in England are being arrested and tortured. Their leader, Emmeline Pankhurst, is wanted by the police. Determined to shield her, some of her followers make a surprising choice: they learn jujitsu. Based on historical events. Includes fighting roles...