Vicki Meagher

Vicki Meagher is a full-time writer of full-length plays (eleven are posted below). All her plays have strong women characters. Three short radio plays are posted at the end of the full-lengths and several short plays are posted at the very end.

Her plays involve the afterlife and the paranormal as well as current topics such as reeducation camps, climate change, dementia, abortion, and school shootings.

She started writing plays in 2013.

She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

She's a member of the Dramatists Guild, Albuquerque Theatre Guild, Playwrights Circle (Albuquerque), Playwrights' Platform (Boston), SouthWest Writers, Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, New Hampshire Writers Project, and the International Centre for Women Playwrights.

Vicki Meagher is a full-time writer of full-length plays (eleven are posted below). All her plays have strong women characters. Three short radio plays are posted at the end of the full-lengths and several short plays are posted at the very end.

Her plays involve the afterlife and the paranormal as well as current topics such as reeducation camps, climate change, dementia, abortion, and school shootings.

She started writing plays in 2013.

She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

She's a member of the Dramatists Guild, Albuquerque Theatre Guild, Playwrights Circle (Albuquerque), Playwrights' Platform (Boston), SouthWest Writers, Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, New Hampshire Writers Project, and the International Centre for Women Playwrights.

Scripts

Cat's Pajamas

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH DRAMA (1 man, 1 woman)
In the aftermath of a tragedy that pits them together, a middle-aged paraplegic man and a young suicidal woman try to become friends.
Produced October 2023 by Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe, New Mexico
https://www.teatroparaguasnm.org/past-productions/cats-pajamas

FULL-LENGTH DRAMA (1 man, 1 woman)
In the aftermath of a tragedy that pits them together, a middle-aged paraplegic man and a young suicidal woman try to become friends.
Produced October 2023 by Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe, New Mexico
https://www.teatroparaguasnm.org/past-productions/cats-pajamas

Camp Wonder

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH DYSTOPIAN SATIRE/POLITICAL THRILLER/LOVE STORY (2 women, 3 men)
A woman with a fierce attachment to individual freedom finds herself in a reeducation camp established by the totalitarian regime of the Feather Federation of States (FFS). Three other "students" are in her class, taught by a complex man who is not necessarily who he seems to be.

FULL-LENGTH DYSTOPIAN SATIRE/POLITICAL THRILLER/LOVE STORY (2 women, 3 men)
A woman with a fierce attachment to individual freedom finds herself in a reeducation camp established by the totalitarian regime of the Feather Federation of States (FFS). Three other "students" are in her class, taught by a complex man who is not necessarily who he seems to be.

Sister's Keeper

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH DRAMA/DARK COMEDY (2 women)
Fraternal twin sisters have a lifetime love-hate relationship, starting in the womb and continuing into their 70s.

FULL-LENGTH DRAMA/DARK COMEDY (2 women)
Fraternal twin sisters have a lifetime love-hate relationship, starting in the womb and continuing into their 70s.

Daddy Dustball

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH FAMILY DRAMA (2 women, 3 men)
Three grown children who hate their father come home to watch him die.

FULL-LENGTH FAMILY DRAMA (2 women, 3 men)
Three grown children who hate their father come home to watch him die.

Mother Yucca

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH DARK PARANORMAL DRAMA ABOUT HEALING (12 women characters, 5 female actors required)
A woman with psychic ability and profound sorrow is reluctant to fully use her powers, till spurred on by an other-worldly person to become a healer.

FULL-LENGTH DARK PARANORMAL DRAMA ABOUT HEALING (12 women characters, 5 female actors required)
A woman with psychic ability and profound sorrow is reluctant to fully use her powers, till spurred on by an other-worldly person to become a healer.

Is It Over Yet?

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH SET OF MONOLOGUES AND DUOLOGUES (8 women, 5 men, 1 small boy)
Fourteen people in Albuquerque, New Mexico successfully struggle through the pandemic with issues they had before the pandemic.

FULL-LENGTH SET OF MONOLOGUES AND DUOLOGUES (8 women, 5 men, 1 small boy)
Fourteen people in Albuquerque, New Mexico successfully struggle through the pandemic with issues they had before the pandemic.

Death Valley

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

ONE-HOUR FUTURISTIC DRAMA (1 woman, 1 man, 3 other actors)
In the distant future, the last woman on earth (who has been hibernating underneath an alluvial fan in Death Valley) is awakened by a trio of extraterrestrial beings. She ends up restarting the human race.

ONE-HOUR FUTURISTIC DRAMA (1 woman, 1 man, 3 other actors)
In the distant future, the last woman on earth (who has been hibernating underneath an alluvial fan in Death Valley) is awakened by a trio of extraterrestrial beings. She ends up restarting the human race.

Limestone City

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH PARANORMAL SOUTHERN GOTHIC CLIMATE-CHANGE APOCALYPSE DRAMA (2 men, 2 women)
Four grown siblings hole up in a limestone cavern to wait out the nuclear apocalypse caused by extreme climate change tensions.

FULL-LENGTH PARANORMAL SOUTHERN GOTHIC CLIMATE-CHANGE APOCALYPSE DRAMA (2 men, 2 women)
Four grown siblings hole up in a limestone cavern to wait out the nuclear apocalypse caused by extreme climate change tensions.

Baby Brain

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH DRAMA (3 women, 1 man)
When a 15-year-old boy on the autism spectrum and a 21-year-old woman with bipolar disorder get pregnant, the mothers of the two would-be parents have conflicting ideas about what should be done.

FULL-LENGTH DRAMA (3 women, 1 man)
When a 15-year-old boy on the autism spectrum and a 21-year-old woman with bipolar disorder get pregnant, the mothers of the two would-be parents have conflicting ideas about what should be done.

Say Yes to Tootlebritches

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH PARANORMAL DRAMA (2 women, 1 man)
An agnostic woman losing control of her mind conjures up a way to save herself by invoking someone
from another realm.

FULL-LENGTH PARANORMAL DRAMA (2 women, 1 man)
An agnostic woman losing control of her mind conjures up a way to save herself by invoking someone
from another realm.

Remembering Mackie Landerson

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH PARANORMAL DRAMA (2 women, 2 men, 1 walk-on non-speaking)
The mother and wife in a four-person family leads herself and her loved ones toward a new situation.

FULL-LENGTH PARANORMAL DRAMA (2 women, 2 men, 1 walk-on non-speaking)
The mother and wife in a four-person family leads herself and her loved ones toward a new situation.

Far from Albuquerque (radio play)

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

10-MINUTE RADIO DRAMA (1 man, 1 woman)
Putting on a blindfold and listening to sounds gives an old man a final glimpse of who he used to be.

10-MINUTE RADIO DRAMA (1 man, 1 woman)
Putting on a blindfold and listening to sounds gives an old man a final glimpse of who he used to be.

Hyder Park, Albuquerque, 2020 (radio play)

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

10-MINUTE RADIO DRAMA. 2 woman, 1 man
Three people living near Hyder Park in Albuquerque struggle with issues during the early months of the pandemic of 2020.

10-MINUTE RADIO DRAMA. 2 woman, 1 man
Three people living near Hyder Park in Albuquerque struggle with issues during the early months of the pandemic of 2020.

Rebirth in Albuquerque (radio play)

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

10-MINUTE RADIO DRAMA (1 woman, 1 man)
Two failed Buddhists come together in the pandemic.

10-MINUTE RADIO DRAMA (1 woman, 1 man)
Two failed Buddhists come together in the pandemic.

Three Ladybugs

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

10-MINUTE COMIC DRAMA (3 actors)
Three ladybugs--a Believer, an Agnostic, and an Atheist--ponder the existence of other species while two humans (in voiceover) create their own drama.

10-MINUTE COMIC DRAMA (3 actors)
Three ladybugs--a Believer, an Agnostic, and an Atheist--ponder the existence of other species while two humans (in voiceover) create their own drama.

Sanctuary City for the Unborn

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

10-MINUTE COMEDY/SATIRE (1 woman, 2 men): Town councilors bring comic trouble on themselves when they vote to make their town a "sanctuary city for the unborn."

10-MINUTE COMEDY/SATIRE (1 woman, 2 men): Town councilors bring comic trouble on themselves when they vote to make their town a "sanctuary city for the unborn."

Far from Albuquerque

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

8-MINUTE DRAMA (1 man, 1 woman)
Putting on a blindfold and listening to sounds gives an old man a final glimpse of who he used to be.

8-MINUTE DRAMA (1 man, 1 woman)
Putting on a blindfold and listening to sounds gives an old man a final glimpse of who he used to be.

Asking For It

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

10-MINUTE SATIRE/COMEDY (1 woman, 1 man, 1 director's choice)
A perp steals the wallet of a victim and tries to prove to the judge that the victim deserved it.

10-MINUTE SATIRE/COMEDY (1 woman, 1 man, 1 director's choice)
A perp steals the wallet of a victim and tries to prove to the judge that the victim deserved it.

An Unusual Bird

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

10-MINUTE DRAMA (3 women)
A homeless woman meets two young women actors and involves them in her own drama.

10-MINUTE DRAMA (3 women)
A homeless woman meets two young women actors and involves them in her own drama.

Rebirth in Albuquerque

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

10-MINUTE DRAMA (1 woman, 1 man)
Two failed Buddhists come together in the pandemic.

10-MINUTE DRAMA (1 woman, 1 man)
Two failed Buddhists come together in the pandemic.

Two Crones

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

10-MINUTE COMIC DRAMA (2 women)
Two aging twin sisters get together after a long "sister breakup" estrangement.

10-MINUTE COMIC DRAMA (2 women)
Two aging twin sisters get together after a long "sister breakup" estrangement.

Wild and Wonderful New Mexico

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

10-MINUTE COMEDY/SATIRE (3 adults)
The two parents on the Parent/Teacher Curriculum Committee have their own ideas about how to present the violent history of New Mexico.

10-MINUTE COMEDY/SATIRE (3 adults)
The two parents on the Parent/Teacher Curriculum Committee have their own ideas about how to present the violent history of New Mexico.

Last Ride for Wonder

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

10-MINUTE COMIC DRAMA (1 man, 1 woman)
An aging couple in a nursing home bond together by giving the woman’s vibrator a final workout.

10-MINUTE COMIC DRAMA (1 man, 1 woman)
An aging couple in a nursing home bond together by giving the woman’s vibrator a final workout.

The Full Story

by Vicki Meagher

Synopsis

10-MINUTE DRAMA (2 women, 1 man)
The divorced parents of a young man meet on the anniversary of his death.

10-MINUTE DRAMA (2 women, 1 man)
The divorced parents of a young man meet on the anniversary of his death.