Frederick Stroppel

The true story of an ordinary couple, Kellyanne and George Conway, who find themselves thrust onto the biggest political stage of all, and discover in the process that their separate ideas of truth, justice and personal dignity are not quite the same.

A collection of one-act comic plays all revolving around the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas has such a multiplicity of traditions and characters and scenarios that the storylines are virtually inexhaustible, and these particular one-acts tackle Rockefeller Center, the Three Wise Men, gift exchanges, mall shopping, the Nutcracker, Santa Claus, Christmas parties and suicide - all those magical holiday moments.

A collection of ten-minute plays written during the Covid-19 lockdown. Each play is staged as a video encounter - via computer or smartphone - between two people who are stuck in their houses or apartments during the pandemic, and the various comic situations that result.

Lizzie Borden, central figure in the 1892 "Crime of the Century", tells her side of the story, as the many characters in her drama - friends, enemies, lawyers, lovers, as well as her murdered father and stepmother - step forth from her memory to offer evidence.

Full-length - 2M, 1F - APRIL O'KEEFE, a Broadway musical veteran, works on her new one-woman show, with the help of her trusty accompanist BILLY AUSTIN and her director (and ex-boyfriend) MICHAEL PIERCE. Their creative struggles and personal entanglements play out in a dingy rehearsal room in the summer of 2001.

Full-length, Ensemble cast - On July of 1997, the Blue Room, a corner bar, closes its doors for the last time, and the regulars gather to reminisce about the past, the good times and the bad, the memories, the secrets, and the loss of a tradition.

Full-length - 5 m, 4 f - On Christmas eve, JULIA DOWLING gets a visit from an Angel of Death, who has come to spirit her away to the afterlife. Julia pleads to be spared for at least one more day, so that she can spend Christmas with her family. The VISITOR agrees, with the stipulation that he get to join in the celebration of this strange holiday. Once the Visitor leaves, Julia, who had no such party planned, has to scramble to get her estranged relatives to her house for a very unique Christmas dinner.

Full-length. LEXY, a free-spirited, rudderless woman in her 30's, flees a toxic relationship and seeks refuge with her older sister BARBARA, much to the dismay of Barbara's buttoned-down husband ROBERT. Their peaceful middle class life is disrupted by Lexy and her white-trashy friends, and the inconvenience of Lexy's impending pregnancy. But there are also many secrets in Lexy's past life, and some of them show up on Barbara's doorstep.

Full-length - Suspense comedy-thriller - 4 M, 1 F. It's closing time at a Long Island bar, right around Halloween, and a few lingering customers take note of the full moon and the possibility that a serial killer, the Full Moon Killer, may strike again. When a Stranger enters the bar, their free-floating anxiety settles upon him, and suspicion turns to hostility and sudden violence.

Full-length - An aging couple, PAULA and CLIFFORD YATES, find their quiet suburban world upended by a younger neighbor, GLYNNIS MONDELLO, who brings into their house a refreshing burst of energy and a disturbing degree of sexual tension.