This page contains synopses and production history for my plays.
Each script has
- Basic info: genre, cast size, running time.
- A pdf of the play or a sample of it.
- Photos when I've been bright enough to get production shots.
Productions and publications are listed on my curriculum vitae.
There are links to the producing companies. Support them, they obviously have great taste!
To obtain full copies of these plays, please
contact me.
Newest Plays
Six Dead Bodies Duct-Taped To A Merry-Go-Round (Co-written with Lindsay Marianna Walker)
(Read The Play)
(20 Minutes; Drama; 2M, 2W)
A young veteran of Afghanastan can't get a hold of his wife once he gets back to the U.S. and accepts a ride from a cantankerous
trucker who's got an ulterior motive for the cadavers he's supposed to be delivering to UCLA medical school.
Most Produced
The War of Virginia and Alabama (Read The Play)
(20 Minutes; Comedy; 1M, 2W)
A brother brings his fifteen year-old fiancé home to meet his domineering sister.
Set in the mythical South.
Domestic Companion (Sample)
(30 Minutes; 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.
Bile In The Afterlife (Sample)
(30 Minutes; 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.
LibidOff (Sample)
(95 Minutes; Comedy; 3M, 2W)
Feeling enslaved by his libido, Bile 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… The stand-alone prequel to the
award-winning one-act "Bile in the Afterlife."
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Todd Glidewell, Luke Bartholomew, and Wayne Mitchell in the TBA Theatre production of Bile in the Afterlife, June 2008
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Oh, Nancy! (Sample)
(20 Minutes; 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
"why?"
In a Red Sea (Read The Play)
(15 Minutes; 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.
Burning (Read The Play)
(8 Minutes; Political Comedy; 2M, 1W)
Should we burn the flag? Will it light? Why does anyone care if it does?
Most Beloved Underproduced Plays
Living With the Savage (Sample)
(35 Minutes; 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.
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Charlotte Kopp and Eleanor Janecek Delaney stare down Shane Mitchell and Lindsay Lamar in the TBA Theatre production of In A Red Sea, June 2008
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The Fears Of Harold Shivvers (Sample)
(20 Minutes; Drama; 3m, 2w)
Harold Shivvers beat a lame squirrel to death when he was five. He's never been
the same.
Wacky Overnighters Plays
Alyson and the Great Bagel Mistake (Sample)
(30 Minutes; Comedy; 3M, 3W)
Everyone is sick of Austin Johnson's crap, no one more than him. His friends ridicule him,
his ex haunts him, and the woman of his dreams remains barely real before his eyes. Can he
find true love (if that's even what he's looking for)?
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.
The You'll-Never-Have-a-Second-Wife Club (Sample)
(20 Minutes; Comedy; 1M, 4W)
Elisabeth thought she was going to an abandoned woman's support group, but it turns out this particular coffee klatch
is more interested in permanent, fatal solutions to the men who have hurt them.
The Final Caveat of Phineas Bartholomew (Sample)
(20 Minutes; Horror-Comedy; 4M, 3W)
In his dimly lit study, Phineas Bartholomew is finally willing to confess his role in bringing about the end of the world. He narrates and relives
his vivid memories of international intrigue, while hiding this truth from his concerned wife.
Cacophony Amore (Sample)
(20 Minutes; Farce; 3M, 3W)
Sarah is trying to get to a second date with dreamy coffee-shop owner Kevin, but her infatuated boss,
drunk bi-curious best friend, and life in general seems determined to stop her.
Ten-Minute Plays
Love's Lumberings Remembered (Read The Play)
(10 Minutes; Romance; 2M, 1W)
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)
(10 Minutes; Absurdist Comedy; 1M, 1W)
Trenton’s job is getting really bad, and he’s taking it out on
himself in increasingly violent ways.
Skid Marks (Co-written with Schatzie Schaeffers) (Read The Play)
(10 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.
The Tie (Read The Play)
(10 Minutes; 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.
To Dine or Not to Dine (Read The Play)
(10 Minutes; Drama; 1M, 1W)
A powerful woman receives a rare cancellation for a dinner engagement.
One-Page Plays!!!
Boyd Was Waiting* (Read The Play)
(Comedy; 2M, Many Women, it's easier to produce than it sounds)
The Peach* (Read The Play)
(Comedy; 2M)
What A Drag It Is (Read The Play)
(Comedy; 2M)
Heart Poor (Read The Play)
(Romance; 1M, 1W)
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Two different casts performed Boyd Was Waiting as a part of the 2010 Don't Blink Marathon
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The Note Left by the Man* (Read The Play)
(Drama; 2W)
The Bus* (Read The Play)
(Drama; 1M,1W)
Diarrhea* (Read The Play)
(Comedy; 1M,1W)
Genetics Proof (Read The Play)
(Comedy; 2M)
Are You Bored?* (Read The Play)
(Drama; 1M, 1W)
Your Stamp (Read The Play)
(Comedy; 2M)
Mother Read The Play)
(Comedy; 2M)
*See CV for record of productions/publications.
The Best of the Rest
The Making of Eye Contact (Sample)
(50 Minutes; 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.
Sand And Granite On Liberty (Sample)
(35 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…
Secret Stuffing (Sample)
(15 Minutes; Dramedy; 2M)
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.
Happy Loving Couples are a Thing of the Past (Read The Play)
(10 Minutes; Comedy; 1M,2W)
In the future, being part of a couple is no longer considered healthy, and
grandpas are assigned by the government.
Laundry Day (Read The Play)
(15 Minutes; 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.
