Anne Flanagan

A ZOOM business meeting goes haywire thanks to an overdue budget, technical errors, and interruptions from children, angry peasants, apes, and dinosaurs. The usual.

At the far ends of the Universe, Zee discusses cancer treatments with their distracted MD while, in an alternate dimension, Zee 2 pleads with Fate and Death to spare their life. Unfortunately, Zee learns that their insurance sucks, that there’s no God, and their destiny lies in the hands of two game playing, Instagramming teenagers.

Ava believes women can be friends, that they're not inherently competitive. Maria agrees. But Ava really, really believes it... and Maria definitely, definitely does too. Which one of these totally non-competitive women believes it MORE?

Jess and Greg want to adopt La Tonya's baby. La Tonya wants to be a good Christian - and make a ton of money selling product on the Sacred Shopping Network. La Tonya's estranged son Trey wants a second chance after his three strikes and Greg's daughter Madison wants... whatever - it's none or your business.
Lineage challenges stereotypes as it confronts issues of race, adoption, religion, heredity and the often mistaken or disappointed expectations we have of one another.

Nine holidays. Three stabbings. One epic rap battle.

A compilation of field tested, crowd pleasing, comedic shorts designed to get you through the year. Dark Holidays can be performed with a maximum of 30 actors (12F, 6 M, 11 open), a minimum of 7 actors (3F, 2M, 2 open) or, obviously, anywhere in between. Flexible/Minimal set. Running time is approx. 80 minutes.

Struggling artist Payne Showers finally gets his Big Break.
He dies.
Fortunately, Payne's death greatly inflates the value of his work. Unfortunately, his estranged wife, Maggie, must sell it all to avoid bankruptcy. Just days before the auction, Maggie and her high-strung gallery manager, Richard, host a private showing. The guests of honor are influential newspaper maven Judith Fontaine; the fabulously rich real estate mogul Mick Fitzgerald; Trent, a gorgeous but dim-witted soap opera actor; Graciela, a streetwise cocktail waitress; and Emma, a humorless art critic.

To Maggie's delight, Mick Fitzgerald buys dozens of paintings. Not only will the deal rescue her financially, but Judith Fontaine is covering the story! The resulting publicity will put Maggie's gallery on the map! At this point, the only thing that could go wrong would be if Payne Showers were to walk through the door.

Then Payne Showers walks through the door.

Unit set. Approximate running time: 1 hour, 45 minutes.

Artifice is licensed by the Dramatic Publishing Company.

"Light, breezy, clever and fun... Anne Flanagan’s quirky script, wastes no time immersing its audience in the world of egotistical artists, conniving dealers and vengeful wealthy patrons. It’s the perfect setting for intrigue and a bit of misdirection comedy."

- Herald Times

Death, Sex and Elves is a darkly funny, often existential, collection of award winning short plays that explore fate and destiny, love and sex; hope, despair, death and (of course) elves.

The play can be performed with a minimum cast of six (3 Women, 3 Men); a maximum cast of 29 (13 Women, 10 Men, 6 gender open); or, obviously, anywhere in between. Flexible/Minimal set. Total Running time is approx. 80 minutes.

SKIRTS is a full length collection of award winning, comedic plays for women (or those identifying as such.) Poking fun at the foibles of females and subtly skewering chauvinism, SKIRTS can be performed with a minimum cast of 4; a maximum cast of 24, or (obviously) anywhere in between. For those seeking to create more avenues for women on stage, SKIRTS is an ideal vehicle.

Clara Scott, a former English teacher, suffers from early onset Alzheimer's disease. Her adult daughters, Shelly and Fiona, are faced with the difficulty of caring for their Mother as they struggle with the question that, had Clara known ahead of time she'd fall victim to this disease, would she have chosen to stay alive?

Bloody History: Three Ghosts of Elizabeth Bathory & Hungary Hearts. One act comprised of two short comedies about the Sixteenth century Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Bathory, AKA the Blood Countess, allegedly tortured and murdered up to 600 girls, then bathed in their blood to maintain her own youth and beauty. Modern day scholars suggest the Bathory legend is pure fiction; trumped up by those coveting her land and wealth. Was Bathory history's most prolific serial killer or was she victim of a Royal conspiracy? Or both?

Part I, Three Ghosts of Elizabeth Bathory, depicts Bathory's ghost attempting to revamp her reputation by persuading apathetic high school senior Mina to rewrite a term paper. Part II, Hungary Hearts, joins Elizabeth and her paramour, Ironhead Steve, for a romantic dinner featuring a terrified maid, mysterious blood curdling screams, and several severed limbs. Y'know - the usual.

Victoria needs to pass her driving test. Today. Problem is, Victoria's never actually had a driver's license and is, in fact, a terrible driver. Now she's stuck in the middle of nowhere with her gruff driving instructor Sherill and the vapid sorority girl Sexton. Because they had a car accident. Because Victoria drove the car right into a ditch.

Paul is having a bad day. He was just mowed down by a
texting cheerleader and now lingers in purgatory, fighting for his life (or his AFTER life as the case may be.) Paul is joined by his former classmate, Chaz, a successful movie producer, who just had a heart attack but figures he can bribe his way out of this BS - even if it means offering up his own wife as a replacement.

Mary has outgrown her childhood nightmares of monsters and the Boogeyman. Today, she is haunted by dreams of regret, the glass ceiling, STDS, and her Mother - all of which are much more terrifying.