Larry White

Larry M. White is a Midwestern playwright whose work explores the ordinary moments that reveal extraordinary truths. Drawing on his background in sales, performance, and community engagement, Larry crafts stories that blend sharp dialogue, emotional honesty, and a touch of irony. His plays often unfold in familiar spaces — diners, break rooms, waiting areas — where humor and humanity collide in unexpected ways.

His recent works include Still Time, In the Green Room, In the Break Room, and The Waiting Room — each examining connection, regret, and redemption through everyday characters caught between choices. Larry’s writing has been praised for its grounded realism, rhythmic dialogue, and cinematic pacing.

When he’s not writing, Larry can be found hosting trivia nights, telling stories...

Larry M. White is a Midwestern playwright whose work explores the ordinary moments that reveal extraordinary truths. Drawing on his background in sales, performance, and community engagement, Larry crafts stories that blend sharp dialogue, emotional honesty, and a touch of irony. His plays often unfold in familiar spaces — diners, break rooms, waiting areas — where humor and humanity collide in unexpected ways.

His recent works include Still Time, In the Green Room, In the Break Room, and The Waiting Room — each examining connection, regret, and redemption through everyday characters caught between choices. Larry’s writing has been praised for its grounded realism, rhythmic dialogue, and cinematic pacing.

When he’s not writing, Larry can be found hosting trivia nights, telling stories onstage, or coaching others on how to bring authenticity to performance. He believes theatre is at its best when it reminds us that we’re all in the same room together — still trying, still learning, and still here.

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Scripts

Understory

by Larry White

Cast Size
4
Genre
drama

A desperate man tries to rob a cashless coffee shop, forcing an eager barista to choose between corporate rules and human compassion.

A desperate man tries to rob a cashless coffee shop, forcing an eager barista to choose between corporate rules and human compassion.

Passing Through

by Larry White

Cast Size
3
Genre
drama

At a quiet campsite at dusk, Bill prepares dinner with his wife, Sandra—only the hotdogs are missing. When a passing hiker named Norman stops to rest by the fire, a simple act of sharing food opens the door to a deeper reckoning. As Norman reflects on the loss of his own wife, Bill is forced to confront a truth he has been avoiding. Passing Through is a quiet, human play about grief, patience, and the moment...

At a quiet campsite at dusk, Bill prepares dinner with his wife, Sandra—only the hotdogs are missing. When a passing hiker named Norman stops to rest by the fire, a simple act of sharing food opens the door to a deeper reckoning. As Norman reflects on the loss of his own wife, Bill is forced to confront a truth he has been avoiding. Passing Through is a quiet, human play about grief, patience, and the moment when holding on becomes letting go.

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Still Time

by Larry White

2
Cast Size
4
Genre
drama

At a roadside diner along Route 66, a young couple finds themselves trapped in a repeating moment after a tragic accident forces them to confront the life they've been postponing. Guided by a calm, enigmatic attendant and an elderly woman who has already made her choice, they must decide whether to move forward - or let time decided for them. Still Time is a quiet meditation on love, regret, and the cost of...

At a roadside diner along Route 66, a young couple finds themselves trapped in a repeating moment after a tragic accident forces them to confront the life they've been postponing. Guided by a calm, enigmatic attendant and an elderly woman who has already made her choice, they must decide whether to move forward - or let time decided for them. Still Time is a quiet meditation on love, regret, and the cost of waiting too long.

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Waiting Room

by Larry White

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

In a quiet waiting room that seems to exist outside of time, an older man strikes up a conversation with a younger woman who feels oddly familiar. As their dialogue unfolds, his confusion deepens until the truth of where they are—and who she is—comes into focus. What begins as small talk becomes a tender reckoning with love, loss, and the journey home

In a quiet waiting room that seems to exist outside of time, an older man strikes up a conversation with a younger woman who feels oddly familiar. As their dialogue unfolds, his confusion deepens until the truth of where they are—and who she is—comes into focus. What begins as small talk becomes a tender reckoning with love, loss, and the journey home

In the Green Room

by Larry White

1
Cast Size
10
Genre
comedy,
farce

In the Green Room drops audiences into the final frantic countdown before showtime, where everything that can go wrong absolutely does. A frazzled stage manager tries to keep the production from collapsing as actors panic, props vanish, cues misfire, and tempers flare. With a missing leading man, backstage egos, and a cascade of ridiculous emergencies, the team spirals toward opening the show by sheer force of...

In the Green Room drops audiences into the final frantic countdown before showtime, where everything that can go wrong absolutely does. A frazzled stage manager tries to keep the production from collapsing as actors panic, props vanish, cues misfire, and tempers flare. With a missing leading man, backstage egos, and a cascade of ridiculous emergencies, the team spirals toward opening the show by sheer force of will - or blind luck. A fast-paced, ensemble-driven comedy that reveals in the beautiful disaster of live theatre.

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