Lolly Ward

Lolly Ward is the Director of LineStorm Playwrights. She grew up in Bethesda, MD, and moved west to attend Stanford University, where she received her Bachelor's and Master's in English and Creative Writing. As a member of The Actors' Gang theater, she opened Tim Robbins's Embedded in Los Angeles and toured with it to London and New York, where Robbins directed a film version at the Public Theater. Her plays include 72 Objects (semifinalist, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference; finalist, IATI Cimientos), Theory of Nothing (semifinalist, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference), Gone (Theatre 33; finalist, Portland Civic Theatre Guild), and Mate (Eric Tucker and The Actors' Gang; CalTech). She was a member of the LA-based Playwrights Union before moving to Oregon, where she co-founded...

Lolly Ward is the Director of LineStorm Playwrights. She grew up in Bethesda, MD, and moved west to attend Stanford University, where she received her Bachelor's and Master's in English and Creative Writing. As a member of The Actors' Gang theater, she opened Tim Robbins's Embedded in Los Angeles and toured with it to London and New York, where Robbins directed a film version at the Public Theater. Her plays include 72 Objects (semifinalist, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference; finalist, IATI Cimientos), Theory of Nothing (semifinalist, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference), Gone (Theatre 33; finalist, Portland Civic Theatre Guild), and Mate (Eric Tucker and The Actors' Gang; CalTech). She was a member of the LA-based Playwrights Union before moving to Oregon, where she co-founded LineStorm Playwrights and edited a collection of outdoor plays for Applause Books titled "Go Play Outside."

Recipient: Max K. Lerner Fellowship, Hedgebrook Residency
Member: Dramatists Guild

Director, LineStorm Playwrights: www.LineStormPlaywrights.com

Editor: GO PLAY OUTSIDE, http://applausebooks.com/books/9781493061433

None of the plays posted on this page may be performed, produced, reproduced, published, displayed, or copied without written permission of the author.

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Scripts

The Drip

by Lolly Ward

5
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
experimental,
movement/physical,
mystery/thriller

| 10-Minute | A couple. A home. A persistent drip.
Sometimes you have to go inside to get out.

| 10-Minute | A couple. A home. A persistent drip.
Sometimes you have to go inside to get out.

By Degrees

by Lolly Ward

4
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
drama

| 10-Minute | A daughter returns home early from college. Very early.
How do you graduate from your home sweet home?

| 10-Minute | A daughter returns home early from college. Very early.
How do you graduate from your home sweet home?

Bonus

by Lolly Ward

5
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
holiday,
romantic comedy,
satire

| 10-Minute | All is fair in love and war until someone gets a bonus.
Two employees with the same job compare their pay and perks, exploring the lighter side of income inequality.

| 10-Minute | All is fair in love and war until someone gets a bonus.
Two employees with the same job compare their pay and perks, exploring the lighter side of income inequality.

The Tale of the User Agreement

by Lolly Ward

5
Cast Size
3
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
fable/folktale,
romantic comedy

| 10-Minute | Once upon a time, a woman got a delivery that changed her life.
This modern retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale reminds us to read the fine print.

| 10-Minute | Once upon a time, a woman got a delivery that changed her life.
This modern retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale reminds us to read the fine print.

Free Love

by Lolly Ward

2
Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
romantic comedy

| 10-Minute | What's your fantasy?

Vanessa's is to bring back the swingin' 70s for one night with a Free Love party. When she and her friend Daniel explore their repressed desire,
 they enter a whole new era of cheeks and toes.
Revisit the dawning of the Age of Aquarius.

| 10-Minute | What's your fantasy?

Vanessa's is to bring back the swingin' 70s for one night with a Free Love party. When she and her friend Daniel explore their repressed desire,
 they enter a whole new era of cheeks and toes.
Revisit the dawning of the Age of Aquarius.

Lucky Duck

by Lolly Ward

1
Cast Size
3—4
Genre
comedy,
farce

Getting into your perfect college takes hard work and a little cluckin' luck.

Getting into your perfect college takes hard work and a little cluckin' luck.

For Rent

by Lolly Ward

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

| 10-Minute | When a woman tries to rent a room, she gets less than she bargained for.
Great expectations meet brutal reality.

| 10-Minute | When a woman tries to rent a room, she gets less than she bargained for.
Great expectations meet brutal reality.

Mushroom Roulette

by Lolly Ward

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
farce,
romantic comedy

| 10-Minute | Don’t bet on love.
A newly engaged couple could be lost in each others' arms if they weren't lost in the woods.

| 10-Minute | Don’t bet on love.
A newly engaged couple could be lost in each others' arms if they weren't lost in the woods.

Do You Take This Woman

by Lolly Ward

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
tragedy

| 10-Minute | A writer married to an art critic leaves her mark with one final creation.

| 10-Minute | A writer married to an art critic leaves her mark with one final creation.

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

by Lolly Ward

4
Cast Size
2
Genre
adventure,
biography,
comedy,
drama

| 10-Minute | Open-water champion swimmer Diana Nyad must keep coach Bonnie Stoll on her team if she hopes to complete her quest to be the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida. Inspired by true events.

| 10-Minute | Open-water champion swimmer Diana Nyad must keep coach Bonnie Stoll on her team if she hopes to complete her quest to be the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida. Inspired by true events.

The Big Blow

by Lolly Ward

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
period

| 10-Minute | 1962: Two strangers weathering the Columbus Day Storm face things getting much darker before the dawn. You can't outrun Mother Nature.

| 10-Minute | 1962: Two strangers weathering the Columbus Day Storm face things getting much darker before the dawn. You can't outrun Mother Nature.

Shanghaied

by Lolly Ward

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
farce,
horror,
romantic comedy

| 10-Minute | What if people moving to Oregon from California got “lost” in Portland’s Old Town tunnels? It’s a ghost of an idea, but it just might work.

| 10-Minute | What if people moving to Oregon from California got “lost” in Portland’s Old Town tunnels? It’s a ghost of an idea, but it just might work.

Get Closer

by Lolly Ward

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
farce,
holiday

| 10-Minute | Five women. Three generations. One photograph. A few secrets.
Happy Mother's Day.

| 10-Minute | Five women. Three generations. One photograph. A few secrets.
Happy Mother's Day.

Gone

by Lolly Ward

4
Cast Size
6
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
holiday

A will provides peace of mind as four stepsiblings divide their anticipated inheritance with generosity…with suspicion…with greed. Gamble the night away, but whatever you do, don’t leave the house – your family is watching.
Recipient: Max K. Lerner Fellowship @ The Inkwell Theater

A will provides peace of mind as four stepsiblings divide their anticipated inheritance with generosity…with suspicion…with greed. Gamble the night away, but whatever you do, don’t leave the house – your family is watching.
Recipient: Max K. Lerner Fellowship @ The Inkwell Theater

Theory of Nothing

by Lolly Ward

2
Cast Size
8—9
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental

Once upon a space-time continuum, a scientist married a sculptor and had two kids who lied. In one wild night of discovery, secrets unravel to reveal lost ambitions, lost loves, and lost minds. Physics meets fraud in this exploration of the dimensions of family.

Once upon a space-time continuum, a scientist married a sculptor and had two kids who lied. In one wild night of discovery, secrets unravel to reveal lost ambitions, lost loves, and lost minds. Physics meets fraud in this exploration of the dimensions of family.

72 Objects

by Lolly Ward

1
Cast Size
6—12
Genre
dark comedy,
experimental,
immersive

On the verge of marriage, Ben and Delia attend an avant-garde performance piece where they are invited to use objects on the female subject in any way they desire. Ben’s enthusiasm coupled with Delia’s horror throw them into chaos over the meaning of creation and their place in the art world.

On the verge of marriage, Ben and Delia attend an avant-garde performance piece where they are invited to use objects on the female subject in any way they desire. Ben’s enthusiasm coupled with Delia’s horror throw them into chaos over the meaning of creation and their place in the art world.

Mate: The Untouchable Bobby Fischer

by Lolly Ward

3
Cast Size
7—12
Genre
biography,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
experimental,
period,
political,
tragedy

In 1960, young chess phenomenon Bobby Fischer travels to Buenos Aires to compete in a tournament. Fischer becomes intimate with a woman for the first time, thrusting the genius into a new realm where the body triumphs over the mind. Fischer must battle for control or face the destruction of his life’s ambition.

Inspired by true events.

In 1960, young chess phenomenon Bobby Fischer travels to Buenos Aires to compete in a tournament. Fischer becomes intimate with a woman for the first time, thrusting the genius into a new realm where the body triumphs over the mind. Fischer must battle for control or face the destruction of his life’s ambition.

Inspired by true events.

The Ethel Party

by Lolly Ward

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
biography,
comedy,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
period,
political

| One-Act | 1958 in Washington, D.C.: Three African-American journalists prepare to host the Nixons. When the White House meets the Black press, everyone has to play a little party game called "segregation."

| One-Act | 1958 in Washington, D.C.: Three African-American journalists prepare to host the Nixons. When the White House meets the Black press, everyone has to play a little party game called "segregation."

Black Press in the White House

by Lolly Ward

Cast Size
3
Genre
biography,
comedy,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
political

| 5-Minute | Washington, D.C., 1961. Three black journalists struggle over going along with the President or rising up. Inspired by true events.

| 5-Minute | Washington, D.C., 1961. Three black journalists struggle over going along with the President or rising up. Inspired by true events.