Eden Lane

A Charmed Life, a semifinalist for the 2026 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, follows Evelyn Jameson, a transgender woman living with advancing dementia, as she is moved to a lower-level elder-care facility and her world begins to split between daily routines and vivid visitations from her past.

Her daughter Bea fights to protect her mother’s dignity as they encounter bureaucratic indifference, while Agnes, the protocol-driven caregiver assigned to Evelyn, begins to question what care truly means.

Through humor, tenderness, and the blurred space between memory and imagination, A Charmed Life follows three women learning to see one another more clearly as Evelyn’s world narrows and time runs short.

Special Delivery is a fast, character-driven workplace comedy set inside an independent singing telegram / party entertainment business.

Diane Rodriguez has spent decades transforming a scrappy, anything-goes operation into a professional, kid-friendly enterprise that just barely stays afloat. When a longtime performer from the company’s wilder past ignites a viral backlash with a too-spicy performance at the wrong party, the business is suddenly at risk.

As pressure mounts—from angry parents, viral outrage, and the looming presence of a corporate franchise—the fallout forces everyone in this tight-knit group to confront what survival actually requires—and whether there’s room to stretch far enough to hold both the past and the future.

Warm, sharp, and deeply human, Special Delivery explores loyalty, aging in the gig economy, and the tension between polish and authenticity, all through an ensemble of performers trying to make a living by making people happy.

Three adult siblings linger in their mother’s kitchen after her funeral, sorting through casseroles and quiet grief. When their estranged brother emerges from the kitchen, where he has been all along, everything shifts.

Leftovers explores how families grieve differently, how love exists alongside estrangement, and how care often goes unseen. A family dramedy set around a kitchen table, it asks what it means to show up and what remains when someone is gone.

On the final day of print publication at a small-town newspaper, four staff members race to put out one last edition while grappling with legacy, loyalty, and what survives when the presses stop.

Editor Claire MacAvoy—who inherited the paper from her father—leads her skeleton crew through deadline: young reporter Sam Harper chasing quotes for a time capsule story, veteran press operator Dot Carney coaxing one more run from the ancient press, and layout editor Marty Blake holding it all together. As they navigate quirky local stories and press malfunctions, Sam carries a secret: the corporate owners offered them the only continuing position.

When Daisy the dog runs away during Fourth of July fireworks, she finds herself lost in a mysterious forest. There she meets Maisie, an elegant cat hardened by abandonment, and Finn, a tiny mouse separated from his family by a flood.
Despite being natural enemies, the three form an unlikely friendship as they journey together through one transformative night.

The trio must ultimately choose: pursue their individual paths home, or walk forward together into an uncertain future.

A theatrical fable about courage, kindness, and chosen family, told through ensemble storytelling. The Memory Chorus creates the living forest through movement and vocal soundscapes.

10-MINUTE PLAY: What happens when you accidentally go live? For Renee and Tasha—two strangers with nothing in common except panic—it means being held hostage by an algorithm with its own agenda. Forced to strike power poses, reveal vulnerabilities, and reach "authenticity thresholds," these unwilling participants in a "Cross-Demo Connection Beta Test" must fight their way back to something real. A sharp, physical comedy that asks: In an age of filters and curated personas, what does it cost to be human?

Outside a courthouse, a detective and a journalist share a tense smoke break waiting for the verdict in a deadly case. As old history surfaces and professional boundaries blur, both women must face what they have done in the name of justice.

A woman reflects on a lifetime of being told she is “lucky.” Living alone. Independent. Unburdened. Luck (a monologue) is an unsentimental, sharply observed meditation on aging, clarity, and self-determination. With humor and precision, the piece reframes independence not as fortune, but as something earned when no one was watching.