Jeremy Cole

OF MYTHS AND MEN is a full-length play consisting of two related one-acts. Both acts retell myths from Ovid's Metamorphoses alongside modern versions of each story. In Act One - TOO NEAR THE SUN - the myth is that of Icarus and his wax wings, alongside the tale of Otto Lilienthal - an early pioneer in manned flight who met a similar fate. In Act Two - TIME TO SAY GOODBYE - the myth is that of Baucis and Philemon, alongside the story of a Dutch couple who chose duo-euthanasia when his chronic pain and her dementia became too great to bear.

The Women’s Ward imagines a state mental health facility where patients from different eras, from the 1920s through the 1980s, inhabit the same space at the same time. As each woman struggles with her own personal demons, the institution attempts to “cure” them with varying degrees of success.

2 women tire of dating jerks and come up with a plan...

Two men meet cute when one hold up a score card at a bar - rating the other one a "5."

A man shares his story of childhood sexual assault.

A gal and her pal cruise the men at a singles bar and argue over their relative hot-ness.

Two best friends meet one last time before they are separated by miles and time zones...

Two young pals bicker on their porch about seemingly trivial things that eventually reveal deeper layers of their relationship: These two men are more than pals, and not as young as they appear.

The story of the fictional Icarus from Greek mythology, told alongside an actual "Icarus" - Otto Lilienthal, the German inventor of the glider, who died when a sudden gust of wind lifted him up too near the sun, dropping him to his death. Workshopped as part of the 2011 SF Olympians Festival, and included in the anthology "Heavenly Bodies: 10 Plays from the 2011 San Francisco Olympians Festival."

A man and woman meet in a bar. Two translators appear behind them and speak their true thoughts... Produced as a selection in SF Theater Pub's "Pint-Sized Plays" and as a selection in PianoFight's "ShortLived" festival. The three-character version can be found on YouTube.

A monologue by a young Mormon woman who feels trapped by an unwanted pregnancy.

Published in The Clockhouse Review - Literary Journal of Goddard College, Summer, 2013