FULL LENGTH. When the Grand Dragon takes charge, nothing is sacred and no woman is safe. D.C. Stephenson, Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, rules Indiana until he is convicted of murder and rape. This play, set in the 1920's and inspired by a true story, contains startling parallels to the society and politics of contemporary America. Panglossian Productions of Williamsburg, Virginia, recorded a staged reading and uploaded it to their website, November, 2020. A radio adaptation was performed before a live audience in March, 2018, by the Radio Theatre Project of St. Petersburg, Florida, and is available on Soundcloud.com. Copies of the full script and licensing information are available from the publisher, Next Stage Press: https://www.nextstagepress.com/grand-dragon-in-power/

A pair of one-act plays about shame, guilt, and homosexuality anxiety that together constitute an evening of harrowing theater. "Best Friends": Eddie and Danny’s lifelong friendship comes apart under the stress of deception, sexual fear, and self-loathing. "Everyday Monsters": As a Black man confronts his White abuser twenty-six years after the fact, issues of sexual trauma and white power emerge and build to a shattering conclusion. Very simple sets. Both plays contain adult language concerning sexual encounters.

FULL LENGTH (60 minutes). Eddie and Danny’s lifelong relationship comes apart under the stress of deception, sexual fear, and self-loathing. The two are a couple of blue-collar guys. As teenagers in high school (Class of 1968) they engaged in a little sexual exploration with each other until they started dating girls. After graduation they stayed in their small hometown, got married, and had kids. In Act I (1975), Eddie questions his sexuality and is overcome with religious guilt after an encounter in a public restroom. When he turns to his best friend Danny for help, their lifelong relationship is destroyed when its toxic nature is revealed. Act II takes place ten years later (1985). Danny’s wife has divorced him after finding him in flagrante with a man. Eddie, though still married, has arranged a night with a gay friend in an attempt to resolve his sexual conflicts once and for all. Now both men discover they may have been infected with HIV/AIDS. Are they capable of confronting this devastating reality together?

FOUR-MINUTE MONOLOGUE. An older white woman discovers an interracial same-sex couple is moving in across the street. Produced on Facebook by Stage Left Theater of Spokane, March, 2022.Revised after the reversal of Roe v. Wade seemed to endanger Obergefell.

10-MINUTE MONOLOGUE. Doug, now in his seventies, recalls his thirteen-year-old self spying on Dad and "Uncle Mark" when they were supposed to be building birdhouses down in the basement workshop. What he sees through a knothole begins his own journey of sexual awareness but results in the destruction of his father's relationship with his oldest and dearest friend.

10-MINUTE TWO-HANDER. Warren has been estranged from his mother for five years, ever since she discovered he is gay. He is not pleased to find out she and his partner Dale talk on the phone regularly. And that he has invited her to Thanksgiving. And that she will be joining them at the traditional “orphans’ feast” where she will be surrounded by all their gay friends. Can Warren be placated by Dale's homemade cinnamon rolls? A play about being open to reconciliation when the opportunity presents itself.

TEN-MINUTE TWO-HANDER. Ben, who never appears in the play, is in the hospital on life support following an accident. His lover of five years, James, and Ben's homophobic sister, Sandra, meet for the first time to discuss what happens next. The encounter does not go well as the two argue about the definition of family, religion, and whether one can "love the sinner but hate the sin."

TWO-MINUTE COMEDY for two actors of any age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, or gender expression. The “Klutz of All Klutzes” explains to their spouse why an attempt to take a box to the trash means a trip to the ER and the pet cemetery.