Mara Dresner

FULL LENGTH: After the kiss – the hope, the anticipation, the expectation – comes the sigh, of disappointment, broken promises, dreams that will never be realized.

TEN MINUTE: Kelly isn't sure what to expect when her friend takes her to a café in Amsterdam where pot is on the menu.

TEN MINUTE: Jimmy has a life-changing encounter during a rain delay at a Civil War reenactment.

TEN MINUTE: Magazine staffers struggle to come up with new ideas for their December holiday issue.

ONE ACT: Bob and his family look for unusual ways to occupy their time during lockdown at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

FULL LENGTH: The good folks of Little Oak Bluff, Indiana, are planning a fundraiser to ensure the future of the manatee. Trouble is, no one is exactly certain what the creature looks like. Still, the quirky cast of characters, including two flirtatious sisters of a certain age, a slacker who keeps changing his name to try to pick up women, and a politician who can only afford one campaign sign, give it their best shot. That is, until they discover the body that’s been unnoticed on the floor the whole time.
Enter Sergeant Doctor Ambrose P. Smith, who’d really rather be dancing. The body disappears, and it’s all good fun solving the alleged crime and figuring out just who is really who and what crimes have actually been committed.

TEN MINUTE: Twenty-something Liz is left reeling and ready to take action from her encounter with two disparate women and a mysterious male voice.

FULL LENGTH: Karen and Jacob seem like the perfect couple. So why can't they seem to get around to mailing out the stack of wedding invitations piled on their coffee table?

MONOLOGUE: Hannah is not quite ready to bring her son, Samuel, to the Temple as she promised.

TEN MINUTE: Madison Mulhoney’s life hasn’t been the same since her dad’s accident and her mom’s deciding to take some time to help the poor in Haiti. Still, Christmas is a time of miracles – and maybe she can have a change of heart when the unexpected happens.

TEN MINUTE: A census worker is puzzled as to why he can't get answers to his basic questions.

FULL LENGTH/PUBLISHED: Trouble abounds at the Weddington's country estate and just who is who and what is what is quite the mystery. The Weddington's attempt to rule the estate in classic fashion is complicated by Lord Weddington's forgetful nature and Lady Weddington's proclivity for fainting. Jeeves, the Butler, does his best to serve their every need, assisted by the Cockney Maid and George, the underbutler. However, things are never quite as they seem in this farce.

TEN MINUTE: Nancy and her mother, Mimi, disagree about what makes a good roast.

FULL LENGTH: Something mysterious is afoot at a small inn in Lichtflindt, Germany. There is valuable art to be stolen – and the visitors from the United States, France and England exchange barbs and confidences with each other and with the German innkeeper, Helga, who has secrets of her own. The appearance of a mostly mute man in a tutu adds to the confusion in this comedy of international intrigue, which wraps up with the unveiling of everyone’s true identity.

TEN MINUTE: A cancer patient ready to give up her battle looks for support from a minister who stops in her hospital room one evening.

MONOLOGUE: Kayla is grateful that she hasn't been personally affected by the #metoo crisis until she starts to recount incidents from her career and realizes that she has not been immune.

FULL LENGTH: Following a suicide, the losses run deep for family, friends, acquaintances – even a passing stranger. These are the stories – often left unrevealed – of those who are left behind, who are meeting by unhappy happenstance, simply seeking a safe place to share, a bit of comfort, a little life support.

TEN MINUTE: Matt, the manager of Famous Fred’s Seafood, just wants to get through his shift without another incident that will spark a visit from corporate. Sheila is determined that no more lobsters will give their lives for the $12.99 special. Will Table 27 get their "Lobster Special"?

TEN MINUTE: Joshua and Nicole are forced to stop for the night at a cabin in the woods on their way to a work conference. Will love bloom - and can a moose head really talk?

FULL LENGTH: Back from a vacation they couldn’t afford, Sara and Kevin are chagrined to discover they’re expecting. Both 40ish, it was never part of their plan to have a child. After the birth they find they’re not naturals at parenting. BFF Mandy has a lifestyle they envy and loves being an adoring aunt. But could she be something more? Who should be raising this child?

TEN MINUTE: Jenny's date is not quite what he makes himself out to be.

MONOLOGUE: Candace finds her view of life changes after bumping into a stranger at a Paris café during a singles trip to France.

TEN MINUTE: Anna's attempt to make sushi for her friend doesn't go as planned.

FULL LENGTH: Rebekah’s beloved mother has died and it is the last night of Shiva, a Jewish mourning ritual. When her Reform rabbi can’t attend to conduct the service, her Aunt Lenore finds an Orthodox rabbi who won’t count women toward the quorum needed to recite the Mourner’s Prayer – and they are two men short. With an estranged father and his new fiancée, a bulimic cousin, and two well-meaning and ill-at-ease co-workers thrown into the mix, Shiva explores life, death, family and Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies.

TEN MINUTE: A volunteer handing out water in a park has her assumptions challenged when she approaches a seemingly homeless woman.

MONOLOGUE: Marko's girlfriend likes to spoil the ending of movies, TVs, etc. She doesn't take kindly when Marko has had enough of her spoiling ways.

MONOLOGUE: Mia is less than impressed by her boyfriend's extravagant Christmas gift.

Betsy tries to help her friend find a special someone online.

TEN MINUTE: Rachel and her friend, Brian, make some unexpected discoveries when they clean out her late friend's apartment.