The Meadow - 10 Minute Play

A woman hires a private investigator, but all is not what it seems...

Featured in The Best 10-Minute Plays 2024 published by Smith & Kraus.
https://smithandkraus.com/books/p/the-best-ten-minute-plays-2024

A woman hires a private investigator, but all is not what it seems...

Featured in The Best 10-Minute Plays 2024 published by Smith & Kraus.
https://smithandkraus.com/books/p/the-best-ten-minute-plays-2024

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The Meadow - 10 Minute Play

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  • Mathew Green: The Meadow - 10 Minute Play

    Ryan Kaminski's "The Meadow" is a skillful, neat, and tidy mystery play with a twist worthy of Ellery Queen. Very satisfying to read and, I would imagine, to see on stage.

    Ryan Kaminski's "The Meadow" is a skillful, neat, and tidy mystery play with a twist worthy of Ellery Queen. Very satisfying to read and, I would imagine, to see on stage.

  • Ken Love: The Meadow - 10 Minute Play

    Ryan Kaminski's "The Meadow" is one of those short, delightfully wicked works that Hitchcock would have loved to develope into a teleplay. I was with it from beginning to end. And what drove this nicely wrought work were the characters, a feast for 2 actresses. Nicely done!

    Ryan Kaminski's "The Meadow" is one of those short, delightfully wicked works that Hitchcock would have loved to develope into a teleplay. I was with it from beginning to end. And what drove this nicely wrought work were the characters, a feast for 2 actresses. Nicely done!

  • Paul Braverman: The Meadow - 10 Minute Play

    This ten-minute play feels like the denouement of a two-hour noir. Ryan Kaminski pulls us in right away, and keeps piling on the mystery, right up until the final twist. I highly recommend this excellent short play, especially for two actresses to have a chance to really dig in to a couple of meaty roles.

    This ten-minute play feels like the denouement of a two-hour noir. Ryan Kaminski pulls us in right away, and keeps piling on the mystery, right up until the final twist. I highly recommend this excellent short play, especially for two actresses to have a chance to really dig in to a couple of meaty roles.

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CHARACTERS

MRS. PAGE Nervous and troubled. Heiress to her father’s fortune. Mid 40s.

MISS HARRIS Blunt and not easily flustered. Private Investigator. Late 20s.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Open Door Arts Center, NJ, New Jersey/New Voices – Staged Play Reading , Year 2025
  • Type Reading, Organization Senior University of Greater Atlanta, GA, Zoom Reading, Year 2023
  • Type Reading, Organization Ferrell Studios, NJ, One Act Coffee House Reading , Year 2023
  • Type Workshop, Organization Player's Guild of Leonia, Year 2021
  • Type Workshop, Organization Playwrights' Round Table, Orlando, FL, Year 2021
  • Type Reading, Organization Cafe Theatre - The Baby Zoomer, Year 2021

Production History

  • Type University, Organization Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, Advanced Directing Class Performance , Year 2026
  • Type High School, Organization Lake Creek High School, TX, 10 Minute Play Festival , Year 2025
  • Type Professional, Organization EXIT Theatre, CA, Short Play Festival , Year 2025
  • Type University, Organization Clackamas Community College, OR, One Act Showcase, Year 2025
  • Type University, Organization Lesley University, MA, Short Play Showcase, Year 2025
  • Type University, Organization Midwestern State University, TX, Directing Class Play Festival , Year 2025
  • Type Community Theater, Organization Orpheus Theatre Company, PA, Tales by the Fire IV – One Act Festival , Year 2024
  • Type Community Theater, Organization Silent Echo Theater Company, OR, Now You’re Talking - One Act Festival , Year 2024
  • Type Community Theater, Organization West Hudson Arts & Theatre Company, NJ, 2024 One Act Play Festival, Year 2024
  • Type University, Organization Appalachian State University, NC, Short Play Festival , Year 2024
  • Type University, Organization Sands College of Performing Arts – Pace University, NY, Senior Showcase , Year 2024
  • Type High School, Organization Bergen County Academics High School, NJ, Senior-Directed One-Act Play Festival , Year 2023
  • Type Community Theater, Organization Equity Library Theater of New York - Featuring a Virtual Production produced by JaYo Theatre, Year 2022
  • Type Community Theater, Organization Gulfport Community Players, Year 2022
  • Type Community Theater, Organization Phoenix Theatre Bolton, England, International One Act Play Festival, Year 2022
  • Type Community Theater, Organization South Street Players, NJ, 11th Annual Tri-State Theatre Festival, Year 2022
  • Type Community Theater, Organization Acme Theater New Works Winter Festival XIX, MA, Ten Minute Play Festival, Year 2020
  • Type Community Theater, Organization The Green Light Podcast, Year 2020
  • Type Community Theater, Organization The Strollers, Year 2020
  • Type Community Theater, Organization GB Productions, CA, 17th Annual North Park Playwright Festival, Year 2019
  • Type Community Theater, Organization The Village Playbox, NJ, 3rd Annual One-Acts Weekend Festival , Year 2019