This page contains synopses and production history for all my plays. You can click on the play to read a sample from scripts that interest you, or, for shorter plays, the whole thing. There are also some great photos there from past productions of the shows to give you a feel for what they look like.

You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader read the play samples. There are also links to the various companies that have been so good as to produce my work. Support them, they obviously have great taste in material!

To obtain full copies of these plays, please contact me.

Quick Links:       Full Length Plays       One Acts: < 20 minutes       One Acts: > 20 minutes
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LibidOff (Sample)
(Two-act Comedy; 3M, 2W)
The stand-alone prequel to the award-winning one-act "Bile in the Afterlife," this is the story of how Bile ended up dead. Feeling enslaved by his libido, he attempts to conquer his sex-drive through the use of lust-killing patches. They work, but even without a sex drive he misses sex, so he begins mixing Viagra into the picture…

Better Living Through Chemistry (Sample)
(Full-length Drama; 4M,2W)
Megan and Trenton seem happy, but their relationship is tested when Trenton's roommate shows up with LSD to share. Trenton doesn't approve, but Megan drops anyway. A story about love tested, love destroyed, and the way the true love often lies buried beneath the surface. The play structure follows that of an actual LSD experience, from dropping to coming down, while focusing on the characters underlying pain that is brought under sharp scrutiny.

The Fears Of Harold Shivvers/ a lame squirrel (Sample)
(20 minute drama; 3m, 2w)
Harold Snyder beat a lame squirrel to death when he was five. He's never been the same.

Bile In The Afterlife (Sample)
(Thirty-five minute Comedy; 3M, 1W)
Bile Talon died in a business meeting, but his troubles are only beginning. He discovers that the ancient Egyptians were right about what happens to us when we die. Things are looking run-down, though: cremated ashes litter the ground, and Osiris has put on weight. Bile decides to take over and run things his way.

Domestic Companion (Sample)
(Half-hour Comedy; 2M, 1W)
Frustrated by her boyfriend Cato's snoring, Lindsey was tricked into injecting him with cat DNA by Kane, her stalker boss. The snoring has disappeared, but there are all sorts of complications to this rash misapplication of genetic engineering.

Living With the Savage (Sample)
(Forty minute Comedy; 2M, 2W)
Martin and Angelica have their world view shattered when their matriarchal mother brings home a literal loincloth-wearing, spear-wielding Savage to be their step-father.

The Making of Eye Contact (Sample)
(Fifty minute Comedy; 2M, 1W)
It's the final preview for his new play, and all the author wants is to survive: He's cast himself in the lead, and he's not very good. To make matters worse, his lead actress is leading a revolution in the cast, choosing the performance as the time to air her concerns about the script. Adult content and language.

Oh, Nancy! (Sample)
(Twenty minute Farce; 3M, 1W)
Nancy is going out to dinner with her boyfriend, Kane, and her photography professor, Grady. Both men love her, and want to clear the air. Unfortunately, the waiter has been pining for her since she stole his virginity in grade school. She can only choose one of them… the question might be "who," but might also be "will she."

Sand And Granite On Liberty (Sample)
(Thirty-five minute Drama; 2M, 1W)
Sandy, an educated Southern gentleman, is taken prisoner by Grant, a ruffian seeking enlightenment. Grant quickly realizes his mistake, but his mentally slow girlfriend, Jane, thinks of Sandy as her pet bird, and so they keep Sandy in a cage behind the sofa… Strong language, violence, and adult content.

Secret Stuffing (Sample)
(Twenty-minute drama; 2M, 2W)
Lily and Chantel argue over whether or not to have their father's body stuffed, and come to new understanding about who they are and how he looms large in their life regardless of whether or not they prop him up in their living room.

Burning (Read The Play)
(Eight minute Political Comedy; 2M, 1W)
Should we burn the flag? Will it light? Why does anyone care if it does?

Happy Loving Couples are a Thing of the Past (Read The Play)
(Ten minute Comedy; 1M,2W)
In the future, being part of a couple is no longer considered healthy, and grandpas are assigned by the government.

In a Red Sea (Read The Play)
(Fifteen minute Comedy; 1M, 3W)
Reginald is at the shrink because he has a problem he can't put his finger on. But as he relives his past relationships for Maureen, his attractive psychiatrist, it quickly becomes apparent that the problem is a patterned behavior.

Laundry Day (Read The Play)
(Fifteen minute Drama; 2M, 2W)
As roommates bicker and snipe over how to run their shift at the laundry machines, Miss Craft waits around the corner to make all their distractions with trivia irrelevant. Based on September 11.

Love's Lumberings Remembered (Read The Play)
(Ten-minute romance; 2M1W)
A chance early morning meeting at an ATM lets the emotions from a first date a year ago pour forth at last.

Self-Inflicted (Read The Play)
(1M, 1W)
Trenton’s job is getting really bad, and he’s taking it out on himself in increasingly violent ways.

Skid Marks (Read The Play)
co written with Schatzie Schaeffers
(Ten-minute Dark Comedy; 1M1W)
Early in the morning, a distraught bride-to-be breaks in on the remnants of her fiancé's bachelor party to ask her brother for a little advice on male underwear. Co-written with Schatzie Schaefers.

The Tie (Read The Play)
(Ten minute Drama; 1M,1W)
A failing stand-up comic takes out his lack of a sense of humor on a woman who seems tied to him.

This Really is the End (Read The Play)
(20 minutes, science fiction drama; 4W, 1M)
The final survivors of the human race are holed up on a mountain when a mysterious young woman arrives.

To Dine or Not to Dine (Read The Play)
(Eight-minute drama; 1M, 1W)
A powerful woman receives a rare cancellation for a dinner engagement.

The War of Virginia and Alabama (Read The Play)
(Fifteen-minute absurdist comedy; 1M, 2W)
A brother brings his fifteen year-old fiancé home to meet his domineering sister. Set in the mythical South.

Waiter-World
(Screenplay, Romantic Comedy)
Set in a fantasy world with different priorities from our own, Skip and Aaron strive to achieve the ultimate success in Los Angeles… becoming waiters. A farce set to the fable of the tortoise and the hare, magic and whimsy set the tone. Strong sexual content and adult language.

Myth Begotten Media
(Television Teleplay, Comedy Sketches)
Co-writer/Script Coordinator
A collection of related comic skits of the topic of how our lives are dictated and manipulated by the ever-present mass media. Includes satire of the crucifixion at Golgatha and an early version of the story expanded in WAITER-WORLD.

Pilot Presentation Video produced by Do-Over Productions.

Sparks
(Screenplay Treatment, Sci-Fi)
In the year 2015, the world is a much different place. The disasters at the turn of the century destroyed most of the world's technology, creating a new Dark Age. Sara has been hired to work for the government capital punishment division, which has become quite large in America. She discovers that there was more to turn of the millennium disasters than anyone knew-alien forces being placated with slaves and a gateway to a dimension of pure energy.