Short Plays
Say No More!
10-min for 2 men, 2 women
Two couples begin noticing the awkward silences that punctuate their conversation. When they make a sport of seeing who can create the longest awkward silence, the game turns brutal.
Productions:
- Part of full-length “I Fall For You”; also performed at Emerging Artists Theatre, NYC, Sept ‘05
- MadLab Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, May-June ‘06
- The Insurrection Theater Company, Phoenix, Arizona, Feb 2007
- Boston Theatre Marathon, May ‘07
- Players’ Ring, Portsmouth, NH, July 07
- Merely Players, Owensboro, KY, July 07 (Part of “Open 24 Hours,”1st place winner, Kentucky Theatre Association Conference 2007-08)
- Indianapolis Fringe Festival, September 07
- Best Foot Forward Productions, Bedford, NH, November ‘07
- SE Theatre Conference, Chattanooga, TN, March ‘08
- Voted “Best Play,” Salute UR Shorts Fest, Rapscallion Theatre Collective, NYC, July ’08
- Actors Studio, Newburyport, MA, June 09
- Inspirato Festival, Toronto, Canada June ’09; Club Passim, Cambridge, Mass, Dec ’09
- SLAMboston, May 2009
- King of Crows Short Play Festival, Portland, Maine Sept ‘13
Awards:
- Part of “Open 24 Hours,” 1st place winner, Kentucky Theatre Association Conference '07-'08
- Voted “Best Play,” Salute UR Shorts Fest, Rapscallion Theatre Collective, NYC, July '08
Sully’s Gone
15-min for 2 men, 1 woman
On Nantucket Island, the last holdout of humanity in a worldwide zombie plague, Sully shows up at his sister’s tavern on the night of his death.
Productions:
- Part of “Evening Broadcasts IV,” Players’ Ring, Portsmouth, NH, Jan 2016
Houston
10-min for 3 adults
When astronauts discover a negative turtle jacket on their high-tail thruster, and a 5-degree roll-out on the saddle horn initiates self-destruct protocol, they have only one recourse: Mission Control. But of course Houston has been outsourced.
Productions:
- Boston Theatre Marathon, Boston, MA, May 2015
- Darwin’s Waiting Room, Portsmouth, NH, Mar '14
- Portsmouth Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH, Mar '14
- Players Ring, Portsmouth, NH, Apr '14
- Actors’ Studio of Newburyport, Sept 2014
a c o r n s
10-min for 1women, 1man, 1 boy
To feed his starving family, a kindly inventor is forced to design instruments of torture.
Productions:
- Staged reading, York Art Association, York, Maine, June ‘11
Falling Falling
(a Gothic Mystery)
30-min for 3women, 1 man
In an effort to resolve her husband's suicide, each year on the anniversary of his death, his widow hires an actor to portray him and, together with the maid, they recreate the fateful day. Today, on the seventh anniversary, the actor misses his call, and Magdeleine is forced to improvise.
Productions:
- Players Ring, Portsmouth, NH, March 2013
Janey Succumbs to Polar Madness
10-min for 2women
After spending a six-month polar night holed up in an Arctic lab, a climate scientist and a polar bear expert make a grim discovery: it’s the little things that get you.
Productions:
- Maine Playwrights Festival, Portland, ME, 2013
- Actors Studio of Newburyport, Mass, June ‘13
Nightmare Girl: A Monologue with Sound & Lights
20-min for 1women
A young woman off her meds visits the place of her recurring nightmares.
Productions:
- York Art Association, York, Maine, Jun 2011
- Actors Studio, Newburyport, Mass, Sept 2011
The Perils of Long-Term Care
10-min for 1 woman, 1 man
A middle-aged couple perfects the art of disagreement.
Productions:
- The Maine Playwrights Festival, Portland, Maine, April ’11
- Actor’s Studio, Newburyport, Mass, Sept ‘11
Bar Exam
15-min for 2 men, 2 women
A woman runs into her gynecologist at a singles bar.
Part of full-length “I Fall For You.” Also performed at:
- Theatre 906, Framingham, Mass, Oct, 2009
- Improvised Puppet Project, Portland Stage, Portland, Maine, Jan 2014
Reorient
20-min for 2 men, 2 women
Sexual reorientation coaches arrange a first date between a gay man and lesbian woman.
Part of full-length “I Fall For You.” Also performed at:
- Players’ Ring, Portsmouth, NH, July '08
- Maine Short Play Festival, March '09
- Stage Q, Madison, WI July '09
- Actors Studio, Newburyport, MA June '09
I Wrestle an Old Friend
10-min for 2 men, 1 woman
Part One of “The Richard Plays.” Dan and Madge, middle-aged newlyweds in a sexless marriage, are interrupted on the golf course by Dan’s prodigal penis.
Part of full-length “I Fall For You.” Also performed at:
- Players’ Ring, Portsmouth, NH, July ‘08
- Image Theatre, Lowell, MA, Oct 08
Richard Gets Righteous
20-min for 2 men, 2 woman
Part Two of “The Richard Plays.” When Madge introduces Dan to her church, a flirtatious French woman lands in their pew and Richard pops up. A moral dilemma ensues.
Part of full-length “I Fall For You.” Also performed at:
- Actors Studio, Newburyport, Massachusetts June '09
- Players’ Ring, Portsmouth, NH, July '08
I Fall For You
15 min for 3 men and 2 woman
Part 3 of “The Richard Plays.” Richard mounts a ledge high above the night city.
Part of full-length “I Fall For You.” Also performed at:
- Actors Studio, Newburyport, MA June ‘09
The Brownwater Legend
20-min for 2 men, 1 woman
The tragic tale of Consternation “Kid” Brownwater, house-painter, soup-maker, aspiring gunslinger. A historical fantasy of the American West.
Productions:
- Players’ Ring, Portsmouth, NH, July '09
- Actors Studio Theatre, Newburyport, November '09
- Maine Playwrights’ Festival, Portland, ME, April '10
Disagreement at Dead Boot Saloon
10-min for 4 men, 1 woman
Gun control in the wild, wild west
Productions:
- Maine Playwrights Festival, Apr 2014
- Actors Studio of Newburyport, Sept 2014
Henny and Hitler in Hell
10 min for 2 men and 1 woman
Adolf Hitler awakens in Henny Youngman’s Catskills dressing room.
Productions:
- Actors Studio of Newburyport, May ‘16
- Limbo Plays, Ohio State University, 2008
- Generic Players, Kittery, ME 2010
- Players’ Ring, Portsmouth, NH, 2013
- Midcoast Actors Studio, Belfast, ME, Dec ‘14
The Muffin Man
10-min for 1 man and 1 woman
An upscale brunch is interrupted by a homeless man who demands his English muffin grilled, not toasted.
Productions:
- Maine Short Play Festival, Portland, ME, March 2008
- Midcoast Actors Studio, Belfast, ME, Dec 2014
Good Golly Miss Molly at Recess
20-min for 3 girls, 1 boy
Floundering into adolescence, three girls help a boy bury a beloved parakeet in the schoolyard.
Productions:
- New Works Festival, Newburyport, Massachusetts, Sept '05
The Dresden Defense
10-min for 2 men, 1 woman
Pacifist Frederick is quietly playing a game of solo chess when war vet Charlie challenges him to checkers.
Productions:
- TurtleShell Productions, NYC, Aug '06
- Cedar Lane Stage, Chevy Chase, MD, Aug '07
Actual Glass
30-min monologue for one woman
A Maine woman experiences a summer of spiritual awakening with a drifter who turns her field of cucumbers into pickles.
Productions:
- Maine Short Play Festival, Portland, ME, April '07
- Estrogenius, Manhattan Theatre Source, NYC, Oct ‘08
- Love Creek Productions, Beckmann Theatre, NYC, Feb ’09
- Club Passim, Cambridge, Mass, Dec ‘09
Safe at Home
10-min for 3 women, 2 men (playing 17 roles)
Will Beth spend her birthday alone watching TV or risk leaving her apartment to meet the man who’s come to return her dropped telephone bill?
Productions:
- Renaissance Guild, San Antonio, TX, May '06
Estrus in Amazonia
10-min for 2 men, 1 woman
A time-traveling expedition to the island of Lesbos is sabotaged by the pilot, who makes an unscheduled visit to the Amazons during mating season.
Part of full-length “I Fall For You.” Also performed at:
- Fresh Fish Festival, Walking Fish Theatre, Philadelphia, April '09
- Outworks, Louisiana State U, April '09
- Players’ Ring, Portsmouth, NH, July ’09
- Actors Studio, Newburyport, MA June 09
- Naughty Readings, Lowell, Mass Nov ‘09