J.Lois Diamond

Alicia craves the recognition she feels she deserves but she’s nearly blind, elderly, and in a stranger’s dance studio. Will the same stubborn determination that helped her to forge her unlikely career ever be enough?

This play was inspired by the life of the neurobiologist Rita-Levi Montalcini. Rita is driven to discover the mysteries of the nervous system and won’t let anyone stop her. Not the sexism of her father, Mussolini’s fascists, or the Nazis who occupy Italy. Through these obstacles, she develops a single minded determination to succeed. Will she ever get the recognition she so desperately desires?

Simin Behbahani is heading to Paris to read her poetry when she is detained in the Tehran airport. Despite being 82 and almost blind, she is interrogated throughout the night. Will her principles prove to be stronger than her fears?

It’s Hong Kong in the early 2000's. Famed war correspondent Clare Hollingworth is visited by a local journalism student, Annie Wong. Despite her advanced age and progressing senility, Clare fights to prove she is still the powerful reporter she always was. But is Annie really the naive protege we think she is? And who really is in control?

It is India under the Raj. Kamala marries into the most powerful family in the country but is treated cruelly by her in-laws. She struggles to end the evil custom of Purdah. Will anyone follow her lead?

It’s 2020 in Bolzano, Italy. A 96 year old Lidia Menapace travels to a school to speak to female students about her life, but what does she want from them?

Alejandra is a dedicated teacher who loves her students. She know that if she is ever in any danger, her husband, an officer with the Uvalde Police Department, will come to the rescue. Or will he?

Louise desperately wants her play to be produced so that she will become a successful playwright but the director and actors have their own ideas. Will her dream ever be realized?

Vicky longs for inner peace but must first confront the man who murdered her sister in Buffalo.

Laura’s marriage is going stale until some young strangers intrude, but will Harry be able to rise to the occasion? A pandemic love story.

It’s Israel in the 1980’s. Dalia goes into therapy with Vitka in order to survive her abusive partner. Will Vitka’s past as a Partisan give her the courage she so desperately needs?

It’s the 1970’s, suburbia. Adele desperately wants to get close to her teenage daughter Julie, but she’s rebellious, strong willed, and locked in the bathroom. Calamity ensues through the bathroom door in this inter generational comedy.

Joe has just returned from serving in Afghanistan, and looks forward to a romantic Indian dinner with his wife Diane. Two loud older ladies enter the restaurant and abruptly alter the mood. A black comedy which explores how strangers are often forced to deal with one another in the city.

In order to sort out his troubled life, REGGIE turns to SIRI (on his iPhone), but she only compounds his problems and their bizarre relationship explodes. A mad romp.

Pria strives to find peace after surviving a shooting at her Sikh temple, and struggles to forgive , despite having been the target of xenophobic hatred and violence. She can forgive, but at what cost?

Juliette Hampton Morgan struggles to overcome her own fears as she finds a way to transcend the narrow restrictions of her family and Alabama community to become a major Civil Rights Activist. Inspired by this real life heroine.

All Marvin wants is for his brother Bruce to be his best man and witness, so that he can finally marry his true love, but Bruce can’t accept girls like Miku. Will Marvin be able to marry the love of his life? Or be destined to suffer a lonely existence in this alternate reality comedy.

Seventeen year old Lucy thinks it's a normal Friday evening at home with her mom when an intruder enters. A monologue.

Rita is driven to discover the mysteries of the nervous system and won’t let anyone stop her. Not the sexism of her father, Mussolini’s fascists, or the Nazis who occupy Italy. Through these obstacles, she develops a single minded determination to succeed. Will she be able to apply the same scientific intuition towards her own blind spots?

Wendy, an admissions counselor at The Curtis Institute, is aggressively trying to recruit Rhonda, an African American piano student, when the ghost of Nina Simone barges in. She stirs up dark secrets, and fights for the vindication she failed to receive in life.

Abby desperately wants her neighbor to wear a mask, but struggles to get through to her. When all the spiritual/ ethical arguments fail, she pulls out all the stops in order to win her over.
A Covid Monologue.

This social satire takes place in a zoom session during the Covid nineteen pandemic. While the biggest challenge facing most participants is boredom, Person Four is desperately trying to survive in their tiny NY walk-up. A dark comedy.

Tanya, a modern teen, enters into a mystical bond with the ghost of Hannah Reynolds, a slave and the only civilian casualty of the Battle of Appomattox.