TEN-MINUTE PLAY. Suzie is a dairy cow who wants more out of life than giving milk and, eventually, becoming a fast-food sandwich. But she is warned that "more" isn't part of a cow's life. Everything changes when she and her friend Effie come across a trombone in a pasture on the farm.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. Morgan has a secret admirer but she isn't thrilled with them at the moment. Cold, tired, and probably a little wet, she vents to her friend Robin at the site of a supposed rendezvous.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. Hugh has a strong relationship with God. But when loud voices suggest that God doesn't love him, Hugh questions everything.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. An over-opinionated, loud, bossy person cannot stand three people are quietly minding their own business, enjoying their leisure time in a way that makes them happy. So, the antagonist takes action.

TEN-MINUTE PLAY. Jaded, conniving, bored spectators have little interest in discussing art prior to the unveiling of a new work. When they see the new piece, however, they are stunned by the beauty before them.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. Discovering your life's passion can happen any time, anywhere. Even an Orson Welles retrospective festival at a Waterloo, Iowa, movie theater.

THREE-MINUTE PLAY. When his neighbor Mrs. Trelawney Justice asks if he would be willing to care for a kitten, Daniel Prillaman agrees to take on the task.

TWO-MINUTE P LAY. Playwright Emily McClain needs to tell you something. She yearns to speak the truth. She is ready to talk about the reality of things.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. Aunt Maxine and Kendra, her niece, are folding men's dress shirts as part of a larger plan. Maxine, though, has second thoughts.

FULL-LENGTH PLAY. Ralph travels to the Underworld of Greek mythology after his husband's death in order to say goodbye.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. A violinist loses everything, except he hasn't.

TWO-MINUTE PLAY. Stella and Stellan spend the last two minutes of Earth's existence complaining about how terrible Tuesdays are, discussing out-of-production lip balm and sipping macchiatos.

TEN-MINUTE PLAY. Third-grader KiKi Pineapple uses her imagination to defeat enemies of Earth during recess, but her empathy and kindness are what saves the day when a bossy classmate makes fun of her.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. Simone wonders what all the fuss is about while her husband runs around naked off the Extraterrestrial Highway in Nevada's High Basin Desert just after 6 in the morning. Gale then points out the obvious.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. Maria, the office place lemon face, is ready to give Ginny a piece of her mind. Because sometimes things like that have to happen.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. La Maestra prepares to conduct an unusual orchestra.

6 pages. Perseus is on a quest for Mommy! She needs a jar of pretty purple pickles, and Perseus meets lots of friends along the way! An adventure in manners for young audiences!

This script is also available on DC Cathro's NPX page: https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1669351/perseus-and-pretty-purple-pickles

THREE-MINUTE PLAY. Upon awakening, Puppers is off and running. This puppy is full of vim, vigor, playful exuberance, and perhaps a wandering mind that is instantly transfixed by whatever crosses it.

"Puppers" is a monologue about enthusiasm, joy, exploration, energy, and good cheer as shown through the comic antics of an eight-month-old puppy.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. 70-something-year-old Rae has a request for visitors as she recovers from a stroke.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. Dad soothes Teddy, his eight-year-old son, and assuages his bedtime fears of dying. But Teddy's fears shine a light on Dad's dark emotions.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. Third-Year Scholar Novotny and Distinguished Professor Andraslev survey a park covered with several growths of lichen. The future plans for the area depend on what the pair learn about the past while in the present.

TEN-MINUTE PLAY. College-aged students Paul and Con notice one another for the first time. The pulse quickens, breathing turns shallow, gazes linger, but neither can bring himself to say anything to the other.

ONE-ACT PLAY. Lying on his deathbed, Montresor confesses to God how he killed Fortunato.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. Cheer can bubble up in the most unlikely of places. (A bit of music helps.)

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. Enid wants to be part of a pie fight. Dinah does not.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY The group has assembled in a safe space, but the enemy approaches. The rules for surviving are laid out.

FULL-LENGTH PLAY The highlight of forty-year-old Benny V.'s day is eating his microwaved dinner and falling asleep at 8 p.m. in his apartment decorated with old college dormitory furniture. Then a mysterious invitation leads Benny V. on a journey that connects him with new people, places, and experiences. "The Subtle, Sublime Transformation of Benny V." looks at how we engage the world and how going outside our comfort zone affects our lives.

TEN-MINUTE PLAY. A conductor and orchestra perform John Cage's 4'33" (or "four minutes, thirty-three seconds") in a large, outdoor location teeming with people.

ONE-MINUTE PLAY. On a busy street during a hot summer day in Indianapolis, William asks for help. No one chooses to see him. No one chooses to hear him.

FIVE-MINUTE PLAY. An ever-growing chorus of diverse voices speaks against the rise of hatred, bias and inequality due to religious and ethnic or racial differences. More of the disenfranchised seek to share their story, seek to be understood by white, Christian Americans, which could lead to uncomfortable conversations and soul searching. What can white Americans do as internal strife grows?

The perfect remedy: a 2-CD compilation called "White Noise," which plays over the complexity of today's world with soothing, easy-to-appreciate babble of little consequence. Available at several convenient locations, including most broadcast and print media.

ONE-ACT PLAY. Welcome to 1960! Welcome to the Joneses' home in the village of Fishkill, New York! Teenager Janie feels like an outcast in school and preteen Buddy has brought home a stray. Father has got a lot to sort through when he returns home from the daily ritualistic virgin sacrifice. Luckily, Mother has a tray of snacks.

Trigger Warnings: tasteless, crude, deviant, violent, and unproduceable content.

TEN-MINUTE PLAY. There are a lot of reasons Terry will eat a family-size package of chocolate sandwich cookies tonight. Some are reasons the audience wants to hear, some aren't: bland, apologetic, comic, derisive, and defiant. Do you want milk with that?