Maripat Allen

Ten minute comedy. When a highly anxious woman hires a driver to take her across the Mackinaw Bridge, they learn to face their fears and cross another bridge as well.

Ten minute drama. A mother confronts loss during a nocturnal visit from her son

Ten minute sci-fi comedy. A husband and wife try to escape a friendly alien abduction.

Ten minute drama. Two sisters find out about the questionable death of a friend. What does it mean for them?

One act (about 30 minutes) comedy. Young college students, Mike and Becka, are in love and want to get married, but their parents disapprove. Little do they know of the web of scandal their parents are caught in. Love and innocence collide with vanity and hypocrisy when all meet for a parent-student dinner in this zany farce.

Ten minute drama. A woman gets a glimpse of a life she might have when she runs in to her son's ex-girlfriend.

Ten minute comedy. A coffee shop specializes in coffees for every type of disappointment in life.

Ten minute drama. A soldier in Afghanistan and his wife back home struggle with separation and combat trauma during a Skype call. Can be done on Zoom or stage.

Ten minute comedy. A woman and and her husband face mortality as she packs a casket for her trip across the River Styx

Ten minute comedy. A young woman wants to break up with her "stupid boyfriend." Can a librarian help her find the book she needs? Enter a detective and a would-be social influencer. Will anyone find true love, and where?

Ten minute comedy. When a long married couple finds underwear belonging to other people they suspect each other of infidelity--until their maid arrives with her new husband.

Ten minute drama. In a mysterious place a young person and their alter ego debate whether to go back to their life.

Ten minute comedy. Gravity, Quantum Mechanics, and Electromagnetism vie to become the goddess Aphrodite's consultant .

Ten minute monologue. A woman grapples with the loss of her mother as she looks for her lost car.

Ten minute dramady. What happens when you really look in someone's eyes?

Ten minute dramady monologue. A woman or non-binary persona imagines how much better off they would be if they didn't have a heart.

One act drama. Subconcious forces ignite when a woman with a secret joins a seminar in Interpretive Art Through Dreams.

Full length short play collection. Aphrodite is having trouble with her love business, so Zeus decides to review some of her cases to advise her. In the following nine short dramatic and comedic plays couples grapple with love and mortality, while the gods learn the challenges of love in the face of mortality.

Ten minute drama. In a dystopian near future a man and a woman try to connect during a pandemic.

Ten minute comedy. Jack and Ellen are having a crisis. and it's all because of forbidden fruit.

Ten minute drama. When a man who can't stop flipping a coin, and a woman who can't stop plucking daisies meet each other by chance, they discover a magic that helps them let go of painful losses.

Ten minute family drama. A man with cancer faces his impending death during a pandemic with social distancing restrictions.

Ten minute dramady. When a man seeks to rid himself of his inner animals through a re-humanization program, he learns the price he pays for being a top predator.

Full length romantic comedy. John and Cindy are two lonely souls who are made for each other but have never met. When friends convince them to try on-line dating, John's and Cindy's sophisticated on-line profiles, Ian and Cynthia, meet and plot to bring them together.

Full length family dramady. Linda Sullivan longs for family-both to start her own, and to reunite with her estranged sisters. As they gather, with their families, over the course of three holidays, concealed wounds are revealed and ultimately healed

Ten minute comedy. Two spouses deal with a scandalous leak minutes before a press conference regarding one of their runs for political office.

Ten minute drama. A single woman, unexpectedly pregnant, meets her future selves for advice.

Ten minute comedy. An estranged married couple reconnects while searching for a geocache

Ten minute comedy. When a man sees a therapist to get rid of his inner animals, he ends up freeing hers instead.

Ten minute comedy. A mountain climber and yoga instructor try to stave off panic as they explore meaning and spirituality while stuck in an elevator together.

Ten minute comedy. A man imagines his wife is cheating on him with a business acquaintance who is in the home security business. Or does he?

One act comedy. A young woman learns to reclaim herself during a dance lesson with an old male friend and her fiance.

Ten minute comedy. During a tornado a mother tries to protect his young daughter who is determined to rescue a strange dog, while the Wicked Witch and Dorothy try to use her to gain magical powers. (Note: a version with a father character in place of the mother character, is available as well. Contact the author.)

Ten minute comedy. While researching a cure for a rare disease, two scientists accidentally create an aphrodisiac in this zany sex farce spoof

Ten minute drama. A woman seeks absolution for childhood acts. What if they are unforgivable?