Samuel Joseph

American Paradox is a dark comedy whose theme addresses the phenomenon of right-wing working class voters who embrace alternative facts that fuel their anger and resentment, which in turn only enslaves them to lifetimes of struggle and futility.

The Masons are a family in rural Kentucky who have gathered for Christmas. Their lifelong friend, Reverend Bobby, a hugely successful televangelist, has just been elected to Congress and is coming over for Christmas Dinner. Disturbing secrets are revealed as all hell breaks loose – and everyone’s life is changed irrevocably.

Throw in an acerbic Grammy, a wise-ass African-American football star and a bigoted local Sheriff – and you have a combustible cocktail of truth and lies, prejudice and acceptance, love and hate, resentment and forgiveness. A truly American Paradox…

DEVOTION is a three- character drama about religious fanaticism.

A series of murders of various religious leaders is shocking the country. PAUL DIVINE, a religious studies professor, is forced by the FBI to see if his brother, JESSE DIVINE is actually COG (Crusader of God) who is suspected of these assassinations.

Paul visits Jesse and his wife MARIA where a cat and mouse game begins under the guise of a religious debate. Jesse is the pastor of a storefront church and Paul tells him there is no God. Maria wants to believe her husband is innocent, but isn’t sure if in fact the killer is not her husband, but Paul.

Veteran jaded campaign manager STEVE MEYER finds himself working for pompous gubernatorial candidate GLENN MANN. Against Steve’s advice and wishes, Glenn appoints his congressional aide and secret lover, smart yet naive BRENDA MALLOY, to be his press secretary. The dignified ELAINE MANN, Glenn’s wife, puts up with his infidelities because of their children and her investment in Glenn’s political career.

Glenn’s opponent is the arrogant MALCOLM PUFFINGTON who manipulates a woman to accuse Glenn of fathering an illegitimate child. However, a blood test proves who the baby’s father is . . . and the answer is a big surprise!

Glenn is elected Governor, but it is clear that Elaine is going to be the power behind the throne. Brenda refuses to continue her affair with Glenn, realizing that she had been a fool. Besides, after a rocky start, she and Steve have fallen in love, proving once again that politics makes strange bedfellows!

The theme of MORAL IMPERATIVE deals with how even the most intelligent of people can justify committing the most heinous act for the sake of a "higher good". Seth Colby is a university vice-president whose lifelong ambition has been to become president of the institution he attended and where he has spent his entire professional life. He cannot stand that he has been passed over, and will do anything he can to change that outcome, including convincing his protégé, Robert Salinger, that it is a moral imperative that they take action. What transpires next is both riveting, tragic, and a metaphor for what is happening in today's world.

TWO TIMES TWO

Twice the trouble…four times the fun.

Twice the trouble…four times the fun.

Rick and Debbie, Paul and Linda -- best friends and business partners for thirty years, meet for a celebration dinner where they learn that they all have been fooling around with the last people they’d ever suspect, each other’s spouses! They must decide who they want to stay with and how they ever got to this point.

Psychosexual: A Love Story is a musical comedy/drama about the nature of love and relationships, set against the backdrop of pop psychology, reality television and sexual obsession. A six-character play with both straight and gay romances, Psychosexual will have wide appeal.

Funny and poignant, Psychosexual tells the story of Brad and Sarah Morton, marriage counselors and best-selling authors of such books as “Making Marriage Work When Everything Else Is Broken.” Frequently on television, they are about to get their own show, to be produced by Omeika Carter, the African-American talk show host and media mogul who has often hosted them.

The truth, however, is that their marriage is on the rocks and they’re maintaining a façade in order to get the show. Secretly, Brad is obsessed with stripper Leah Lane. He spends most of his free time at Floyd’s Fabulous Fantasy Club, where he watches Leah and orders lap dances from her. The club’s owner, Floyd Ryder, realizes that Brad is a celebrity of sorts and photographs him and Leah together. Floyd then attempts to blackmail Brad with the pictures.

Sarah is hurt and angered by the turn of events. Omeika is none too pleased either, since a scandal would embarrass her and tarnish her brand. The three hatch a plan to turn the tables on Floyd that results in a number of outrageous twists and turns. Throw in another stripper, Kayla Sizzle, a sexy Latina looking for love, and you have a story that will surprise, delight and move audiences.