Pamela Kingsley

Pamela Kingsley’s plays have been produced internationally and throughout the United States. Her play Mother's Day was a 2019 finalist for the James Stevenson Prize for Short Comedic Plays and won the "Audience Choice Award” at the 31st Playwrights' Forum Festival in the Pacific Northwest. Pam had three works selected for Stage Left Theater's “Masterpiece Monologues” series and was then commissioned to write and perform a solo piece, Sleepwalking, which was featured in the EMPOWER WOMEN Festival at Stage Left and streamed online. Sleepwalking was also produced as part of Irondale Ensemble’s 2022 ON WOMEN Festival - New Media Library (NYC), streamed online and received an Audience Choice award. Sleepwalking was produced as part of the (NYC) Polaris North production Invisibility: Women on...

Pamela Kingsley’s plays have been produced internationally and throughout the United States. Her play Mother's Day was a 2019 finalist for the James Stevenson Prize for Short Comedic Plays and won the "Audience Choice Award” at the 31st Playwrights' Forum Festival in the Pacific Northwest. Pam had three works selected for Stage Left Theater's “Masterpiece Monologues” series and was then commissioned to write and perform a solo piece, Sleepwalking, which was featured in the EMPOWER WOMEN Festival at Stage Left and streamed online. Sleepwalking was also produced as part of Irondale Ensemble’s 2022 ON WOMEN Festival - New Media Library (NYC), streamed online and received an Audience Choice award. Sleepwalking was produced as part of the (NYC) Polaris North production Invisibility: Women on the Verge. Pam’s short play Boxes won the “Audience Choice Award” at the 32nd Playwrights’ Forum Festival. Boxes was a 2023 finalist for the national 2023 Susan J Westfall Prize and was also selected by the William Inge Theatre Playwrights’ Lab 2025. Her full-length work, Minister of Sorrow won the Appalachian Playwriting Festival in North Carolina (2023) and opened Parkway Playhouse’s 76th season (2024). Minister of Sorrow had its sold-out west coast premiere at Stage Left Theater in December 2024. Pam’s full-length Boxes was featured in New Works Women Playwrights Showcase, April 2025. Her one act solo play A. LEE won the Audience Choice Award at the 35th Playwrights’ Forum Festival (2025). Her now full-length FINDING MOTHER COURAGE has been selected for the Spokane Playwrights' Lab 2026. Pam holds a BFA in Theatre Performance and MA in Theatre Education. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Scripts

Finding Mother Courage

by Pamela Kingsley

Synopsis

Katherine is auditioning for the role of “Mother Courage” in Mother Courage and Her Children. Katherine is an experienced actress with a long list of credits; however, like many actors, she can get anxiety-ridden at auditions, especially when the bizarre and unexpected happens. Oh, but then, payback is a bitch.

Katherine is auditioning for the role of “Mother Courage” in Mother Courage and Her Children. Katherine is an experienced actress with a long list of credits; however, like many actors, she can get anxiety-ridden at auditions, especially when the bizarre and unexpected happens. Oh, but then, payback is a bitch.

Scars

by Pamela Kingsley

Synopsis

Dizzy is a seventy year-old woman hell-bent on getting her tattoo removed. She and her friends end up in a Tattoo Parlor where she meets the much younger Char, a non-binary tattoo artist. Dizzy and Char spend some time in verbal sparring but end up finding common ground as they recognize the pain that formed each other's SCARS.

Dizzy is a seventy year-old woman hell-bent on getting her tattoo removed. She and her friends end up in a Tattoo Parlor where she meets the much younger Char, a non-binary tattoo artist. Dizzy and Char spend some time in verbal sparring but end up finding common ground as they recognize the pain that formed each other's SCARS.

Boxes

by Pamela Kingsley

Synopsis

Beep and Rooney have been married for 34 years. The kids are grown and gone. Beep's memory is failing. Husband Rooney has embarked on a transformational journey that leads them both to a painful confrontation one night among the boxes in the attic of the home they once shared.

Beep and Rooney have been married for 34 years. The kids are grown and gone. Beep's memory is failing. Husband Rooney has embarked on a transformational journey that leads them both to a painful confrontation one night among the boxes in the attic of the home they once shared.

The Sitting

by Pamela Kingsley

Synopsis

Charlotte has received the gift of a portrait sitting from her husband. Little did she know that meeting the artist would shake her world.

Charlotte has received the gift of a portrait sitting from her husband. Little did she know that meeting the artist would shake her world.

Roughing It

by Pamela Kingsley

Synopsis

All hell breaks loose whenever Grandma Dee Dee comes to town. And a camping excursion with daughter and granddaughter is no exception.

All hell breaks loose whenever Grandma Dee Dee comes to town. And a camping excursion with daughter and granddaughter is no exception.

Does She Exist?

by Pamela Kingsley

Synopsis

The Pandemic is over, but JANE is struggling. After surviving in isolation for eighteen months, Jane is now challenged by the knowledge that, when all is said and done, she is not her own best friend. And, how do you live with that?

The Pandemic is over, but JANE is struggling. After surviving in isolation for eighteen months, Jane is now challenged by the knowledge that, when all is said and done, she is not her own best friend. And, how do you live with that?

Mindless

by Pamela Kingsley

Synopsis

Devin has a lot to get off their chest. There's bungee cords, zombies, robots, sprinkler systems and, of course, the underground tunnel. Who's to say where reality ends and psychosis begins?

Devin has a lot to get off their chest. There's bungee cords, zombies, robots, sprinkler systems and, of course, the underground tunnel. Who's to say where reality ends and psychosis begins?

SLEEPWALKING a Monologue

by Pamela Kingsley

Synopsis

Willow has been sleepwalking. She has been sketching in her sleep, shedding long buried wounds in art. It is a resolution of sorts.

Willow has been sleepwalking. She has been sketching in her sleep, shedding long buried wounds in art. It is a resolution of sorts.

Accordion to a Giant (or Happy Birthday Matthew Weaver)

by Pamela Kingsley

Synopsis

A boy and a goat try to slay a giant who, while drinking a licorice latte, watches an accordionist whip Tango dancers into a sexy, feverish frenzy. Just your normal Biblical tale.

A boy and a goat try to slay a giant who, while drinking a licorice latte, watches an accordionist whip Tango dancers into a sexy, feverish frenzy. Just your normal Biblical tale.

Donny and Doodie

by Pamela Kingsley

Synopsis

DOODIE is an old borscht belt ventriloquist--way past her prime. DONNY is her dummy. Donny and Doodie now reside In the Variety Veterans home. What was once a thriving career is now relegated to Doodie doing hackneyed routines at an occasional dinner show for the Home's old timers and their families. When memory fails and loneliness embraces Doodie, it seems she only has Donny to turn to. She may be wrong.

DOODIE is an old borscht belt ventriloquist--way past her prime. DONNY is her dummy. Donny and Doodie now reside In the Variety Veterans home. What was once a thriving career is now relegated to Doodie doing hackneyed routines at an occasional dinner show for the Home's old timers and their families. When memory fails and loneliness embraces Doodie, it seems she only has Donny to turn to. She may be wrong.

GAME a Monologue

by Pamela Kingsley

Synopsis

Jam is a high school gamer. They have gone through an experience like no other. Now, they must confront the Pitbull.

Jam is a high school gamer. They have gone through an experience like no other. Now, they must confront the Pitbull.

BAD LADS

by Pamela Kingsley

Synopsis

What’s the proper etiquette when you’re the new girl, the only girl, at Little Assassins Day School for Boys? Kick butt, surrender or teach those suckers some manners?

What’s the proper etiquette when you’re the new girl, the only girl, at Little Assassins Day School for Boys? Kick butt, surrender or teach those suckers some manners?