Laura J. Axelrod

A woman feels the call to change her life. After she travels the underworld, she has to reconcile her experience.

After having a dream of shrunken, angry white bear, Peanut visits a Palm Reader who tells him he must save the world using a special power he holds. After struggling with this mission, he finds his answer through Carolyn, a new roommate. A shared moment proves to bring immediate healing for both of them.

A spoken word drama about a bus ride through America and life transitions.

Mary and Jordan warn us about chemtrails

Charlie explains the Curse of Tecumseh and gets into trouble with the FBI.

The escalating feud between two rival pageant mothers reaches a dangerous new peak when Patti’s daughter is hospitalized after eating Girl Scout Thin Mints gifted by her nemesis. Driven by fury, Patti enlists her daughter and their new male assistant to execute a game of revenge. After Patti’s traditional attempts fail spectacularly, the assistant devises a final, ultimate plan that is as precise as it is daring. This dark comedy explores the vicious competition beneath the glitter of the pageant circuit, questioning the lengths to which mothers will go for their daughters and whether engineering a perfect revenge can ever truly cause a rival to change her ways.

Playwright Britt Marlowe is bored with theater. She is also unhappy with her creative partnerships. As a native Alabamian, she has had to give up parts of her identity to assimilate into New York’s hip culture. A casual acquaintance, claiming to be a director, offers her an unusual proposition: Write a meaningful play about anything. He’ll produce and direct it. She agrees. Britt chooses a topic close to her heart, something that makes her ashamed. She writes it under an assumed name. She attends rehearsals via teleconferencing. But then technology fails. The director tells her to trust him. She discovers he’s added a Satanic ritual to her play. Theater bloggers proclaim her a Satanist. Can she save her reputation, rescue her play and rein in the Devil? This play looks at gender dynamics, cultural differences and artistic relationships.

The town of Epiphany, Alabama is thrust into the national spotlight after electing its first African-American State Representative. After becoming the subject of a New York Times profile, residents are horrified. The newspaper reports on the long-rumored, historical existence of a sundown town sign. As friends gather at the local coffee shop to try and uncover the truth, the shop's manager, a former independent truck driver, finds his own dreams blocked. Set in 2012, this urgent drama explores how class differences, cultural conflict, and hidden histories collide when a town's past is exposed by the national media.

Father O'Donnell turns a deaf ear to Mary Turner's pleas about her marriage. Several weeks later, she is dead. What happened to Mary Turner? He soothes his conscience by visiting the family, only to have his fears justified. He finds the reality of domestic violence and child abuse, and confronts his own powerlessness in the face of evil.

Reviewed by The Stage (Edinburgh, Scotland), this play is called "superbly written" and "totally uncompromising."

Maureen and Dan have been attending a local church for 15 years. However, they have lost faith in Republican politics. In the latest election, she chooses to publicly support a Democrat. The minister angrily confronts the couple on the steps of the church one Sunday morning. When church and state meet, foundations are cracked.

A woman finds love during her morning commute on a crowded subway train.