3 F, 3 M. 60 minutes. In Los Alamos in 1980, a nuclear scientist and his wife convene a dinner party to influence the fate of the free world. In the present day, with all its unprecedented crises, an economist discovers the limitations of rummaging through the past for helpful hints. A tale of surviving...
Project Tag: Drama
That Pankhurst Woman
10-13 F, 3-8 M. 40 min. England, 1913. Leaders of the militant suffragettes are being arrested and tortured. Young activist Grace Roe must decide whether to maintain the movement's commitment to nonviolence, or whether to fight back against the police. A one-act adaptation of The Good Fight, suitable for high-school and socially distanced production.
Within
(with Heather C. Brady) 6 people. 12 minutes. A traveler arrives at a dangerous resting place. Wordless.
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.
Dog Tag
(with Matthew A. Everett) 3 people. 10 minutes. Ed is out walking his dog Percy, when he runs into ex-lover Paul. Percy may prove an effective go-between for a reconciliation, or the two men may still end up going home alone. A play of second chances, some taken, some not.
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. Commissioned by Studio Z as part of their Playwright in Electronic Residence program. Winner of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Regional Media Award. "Dot's Valedictory" monologue...
lovehateforgive
3 F. 40 minutes. Valerie invites her high-school best friend Bernie to meet her college best friend Karen, and all three are compelled to re-enact the moments when their relationships changed forever. Winner of the Northwestern University Agnes Nixon Playwriting Award.
Grasping
3 F. 20 minutes. In a house where every item is freighted with family stories, a visitor angles for the gift of a hundred-year-old teacup from Moscow, Pennsylvania. Her attempts to get the teacup open a rift between two sisters, the last surviving members of the family, and force them to see what it is...
The Particular Delight of Trigonometry
2 F, 3 M. 80 minutes. Asha comes to an elite boarding school determined that she will one day work on SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. As she rides out the cycles of the school year, she finds she must take on a mission as daunting as any search for aliens: learning to communicate...
Murderess
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. Click here to purchase a copy.