Vicki Meagher

Vicki Meagher

Vicki Meagher is a full-time writer of full-length plays (eleven are posted below). All her plays have strong women characters. Three short radio plays are posted at the end of the full-lengths and several short plays are posted at the very end.

Her plays involve the afterlife and the paranormal as well as current topics such as reeducation camps, climate change, dementia, abortion, and school...
Vicki Meagher is a full-time writer of full-length plays (eleven are posted below). All her plays have strong women characters. Three short radio plays are posted at the end of the full-lengths and several short plays are posted at the very end.

Her plays involve the afterlife and the paranormal as well as current topics such as reeducation camps, climate change, dementia, abortion, and school shootings.

She started writing plays in 2013.

She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

She's a member of the Dramatists Guild, Playwrights Circle (Albuquerque), Playwrights' Platform (Boston), SouthWest Writers, Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, New Hampshire Writers Project, and the International Centre for Women Playwrights.

Plays

  • Cat's Pajamas by Vicki Meagher
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: trauma, paraplegia + 7 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: trauma, paraplegia, severe depression, Buddhism, suicide prevention, model trains, dance, school shooting, mental illness
    FULL-LENGTH DRAMA (1 man, 1 woman)
    In the aftermath of a tragedy that pits them together, a middle-aged paraplegic man and a young suicidal woman try to become friends.
    Produced October 2023 by Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe, New Mexico
    https://www.teatroparaguasnm.org/past-productions/cats-pajamas
  • Camp Wonder by Vicki Meagher
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, political + 1 more
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    Keyword: reeducation camps, totalitarianism + 5 more
    Genre: drama, political, satire
    Keyword: reeducation camps, totalitarianism, love story, war, Politics, bird song, birds
    FULL-LENGTH DYSTOPIAN SATIRE/POLITICAL THRILLER/LOVE STORY (2 women, 3 men)
    A woman with a fierce attachment to individual freedom finds herself in a reeducation camp established by the totalitarian regime of the Feather Federation of States (FFS). Three other "students" are in her class, taught by a complex man who is not necessarily who he seems to be.
  • Sister's Keeper by Vicki Meagher
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: fraternal twins, love/hate relationship + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: fraternal twins, love/hate relationship, loneliness, parent problems, mental illness, passive-aggressive behavior
    FULL-LENGTH DRAMA/DARK COMEDY (2 women)
    Fraternal twin sisters have a lifetime love-hate relationship, starting in the womb and continuing into their 70s.
  • Is It Over Yet? by Vicki Meagher
    Cast: 
    14
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Albuquerque, pandemic
    Genre: comedy, drama, zoom
    Keyword: Albuquerque, pandemic
    FULL-LENGTH SET OF MONOLOGUES AND DUOLOGUES (8 women, 5 men, 1 small boy)
    Fourteen people in Albuquerque, New Mexico successfully struggle through the pandemic with issues they had before the pandemic.
  • Mother Yucca by Vicki Meagher
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    5–12
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: healing, paranormal + 8 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: healing, paranormal, psychic phenomena, grief, guilt, radical feminism, motherhood, spiritualism, religion, demons
    FULL-LENGTH DARK PARANORMAL DRAMA ABOUT HEALING (12 women characters, 5 female actors required)
    A woman with psychic ability and profound sorrow is reluctant to fully use her powers, till spurred on by an other-worldly person to become a healer.
  • Death Valley by Vicki Meagher
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, science fiction
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    Keyword: post-apocalyptic, futuristic + 3 more
    Genre: drama, science fiction
    Keyword: post-apocalyptic, futuristic, desert, Death Valley, Extraterrestrials
    ONE-HOUR FUTURISTIC DRAMA (1 woman, 1 man, 3 other actors)
    In the distant future, the last woman on earth (who has been hibernating underneath an alluvial fan in Death Valley) is awakened by a trio of extraterrestrial beings. She ends up restarting the human race.
  • Limestone City by Vicki Meagher
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: climate change, southern gothic + 7 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: climate change, southern gothic, family, paranormal, war, apocalypse, nuclear war, sibling rivalry, healing
    FULL-LENGTH PARANORMAL SOUTHERN GOTHIC CLIMATE-CHANGE APOCALYPSE DRAMA (2 men, 2 women)
    Four grown siblings hole up in a limestone cavern to wait out the nuclear apocalypse caused by extreme climate change tensions.
  • Baby Brain by Vicki Meagher
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: parenting a special needs child, abortion + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: parenting a special needs child, abortion, autism, bipolar disorder, genetic determinism, single parent
    FULL-LENGTH DRAMA (3 women, 1 man)
    When a 15-year-old boy on the autism spectrum and a 21-year-old woman with bipolar disorder get pregnant, the mothers of the two would-be parents have conflicting ideas about what should be done.
  • Say Yes to Tootlebritches by Vicki Meagher
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, fantasy
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    Keyword: spirituality, deep friendship + 7 more
    Genre: drama, fantasy
    Keyword: spirituality, deep friendship, death, religion, god, aging brain, paranormal, suicide, agnosticism
    FULL-LENGTH PARANORMAL DRAMA (2 women, 1 man)
    An agnostic woman losing control of her mind conjures up a way to save herself by invoking someone
    from another realm.
  • Daddy Dustball by Vicki Meagher
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: father issues, parent-hating + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: father issues, parent-hating, nuclear family, death, stand-up, fishing
    FULL-LENGTH FAMILY DRAMA (2 women, 3 men)
    Three grown children who hate their father come home to watch him die.
  • Remembering Mackie Landerson by Vicki Meagher
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: afterlife, bardo + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: afterlife, bardo, paranormal, death, nuclear family, murder
    FULL-LENGTH PARANORMAL DRAMA (2 women, 2 men, 1 walk-on non-speaking)
    The mother and wife in a four-person family leads herself and her loved ones toward a new situation.
  • Far from Albuquerque (radio play) by Vicki Meagher
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, radio drama
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    Keyword: death, lobster fishing + 5 more
    Genre: drama, radio drama
    Keyword: death, lobster fishing, desert, ocean, sunset, hospice, occupational therapy
    10-MINUTE RADIO DRAMA (1 man, 1 woman)
    Putting on a blindfold and listening to sounds gives an old man a final glimpse of who he used to be.
  • Hyder Park, Albuquerque, 2020 (radio play) by Vicki Meagher
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, radio drama
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    Keyword: COVID-19 pandemic, Albuquerque + 2 more
    Genre: drama, radio drama
    Keyword: COVID-19 pandemic, Albuquerque, autism spectrum, trauma-induced selective mutism
    10-MINUTE RADIO DRAMA. 2 woman, 1 man
    Three people living near Hyder Park in Albuquerque struggle with issues during the early months of the pandemic of 2020.
  • Rebirth in Albuquerque (radio play) by Vicki Meagher
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, radio drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Buddhism, bardo + 2 more
    Genre: drama, radio drama, zoom
    Keyword: Buddhism, bardo, pandemic, Tibetan buddhism
    10-MINUTE RADIO DRAMA (1 woman, 1 man)
    Two failed Buddhists come together in the pandemic.
  • Three Ladybugs by Vicki Meagher
    Recommendations: 9
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: religion, atheism + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: religion, atheism, agnosticism, spiritualism, ladybugs, death, god, speciesism
    10-MINUTE COMIC DRAMA (3 actors)
    Three ladybugs--a Believer, an Agnostic, and an Atheist--ponder the existence of other species while two humans (in voiceover) create their own drama.
  • Sanctuary City for the Unborn by Vicki Meagher
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, satire
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    Keyword: abortion rights, government bureaucracy + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, satire
    Keyword: abortion rights, government bureaucracy, male cluelessness
    10-MINUTE COMEDY/SATIRE (1 woman, 2 men): Town councilors bring comic trouble on themselves when they vote to make their town a "sanctuary city for the unborn."
  • Far from Albuquerque by Vicki Meagher
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: death, lobster fishing + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: death, lobster fishing, desert, ocean, sunset, hospice
    8-MINUTE DRAMA (1 man, 1 woman)
    Putting on a blindfold and listening to sounds gives an old man a final glimpse of who he used to be.
  • Asking For It by Vicki Meagher
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, satire + 1 more
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    Keyword: metoo
    Genre: comedy, satire, zoom
    Keyword: metoo
    10-MINUTE SATIRE/COMEDY (1 woman, 1 man, 1 director's choice)
    A perp steals the wallet of a victim and tries to prove to the judge that the victim deserved it.
  • An Unusual Bird by Vicki Meagher
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, zoom
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    Keyword: Play within a play, violin + 1 more
    Genre: drama, zoom
    Keyword: Play within a play, violin, homelessness
    10-MINUTE DRAMA (3 women)
    A homeless woman meets two young women actors and involves them in her own drama.
  • Rebirth in Albuquerque by Vicki Meagher
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, zoom
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    Keyword: Buddhism, bardo + 2 more
    Genre: drama, zoom
    Keyword: Buddhism, bardo, pandemic, Tibetan buddhism
    10-MINUTE DRAMA (1 woman, 1 man)
    Two failed Buddhists come together in the pandemic.
  • Two Crones by Vicki Meagher
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: aging, homeless women + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: aging, homeless women, sibling estrangement, homelessness
    10-MINUTE COMIC DRAMA (2 women)
    Two aging twin sisters get together after a long "sister breakup" estrangement.
  • Wild and Wonderful New Mexico by Vicki Meagher
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, satire
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    Keyword: New Mexico, New Mexico history + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, satire
    Keyword: New Mexico, New Mexico history, education
    10-MINUTE COMEDY/SATIRE (3 adults)
    The two parents on the Parent/Teacher Curriculum Committee have their own ideas about how to present the violent history of New Mexico.
  • Last Ride for Wonder by Vicki Meagher
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Senior love, aging + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Senior love, aging, vibrator, nursing home
    10-MINUTE COMIC DRAMA (1 man, 1 woman)
    An aging couple in a nursing home bond together by giving the woman’s vibrator a final workout.
  • The Full Story by Vicki Meagher
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: death, suicide + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: death, suicide, divorce, Child of Divorce, trains
    10-MINUTE DRAMA (2 women, 1 man)
    The divorced parents of a young man meet on the anniversary of his death.