Asher Wyndham

SHORT. Frankie confronts their parents for smoking.
4 mins. Perfect for competition.

SHORT. Troy, a middle-school student, addresses his classmates in a playground.
4-5 MINS.

SHORT. Shannon confronts her mom who's obsessed with losing weight after Christmas.
3 MINS. Perfect for competition.

SHORT. Sam acts out a conversation before their father enters the kitchen. A monologue perfect for competition.

SHORT. Monique tells her Dad about something that happened in the school yard. 3 minutes.
Might not be appropriate for all audiences. Part of SOME AMERICANS: SOME MONOLOGUES, VOLUME 45.

SHORT. Cris doesn't want to hug. 3 MINS.

SHORT. Spencer just finished climbing the trellis to scare their parents.
5-6 mins.

SHORT. Published by Smith & Kraus, 2016.

ONE-ACT. Unproduced. An aunt and niece clash behind Walmart at midnight in Tucson. Aunt Evangeline wants to know why Jackie left the store without letting her know, but Jackie wants to just leave for the bus stop so she can get home. Jackie's disobedience forces Evangeline to make a terrible decision that will change their lives forever. 10-15 minutes.

SHORT. Federal immigration employees make some art work before the arrival of the First Lady.
A play with pictures.
Part of Protest Plays Project's #TheatreActionImmigration. Go to www.ProtestPlays.org for more information.

SHORT. A 20-something confronts their fuck buddy. Perfect for audition or a monologue competition (maybe not bc it's R-rated). Perfect for festival on sex/modern relationships. Enjoy!
4 mins.
There's also a sequel Fuck Buddy #2. Part of SOME AMERICANS: SOME MONOLOGUES (unassigned).

SHORT. The character tries desperately for passwords for TV apps.

SHORT. This is the gay male (R-rated) version of SLEEPYHEAD. It's about four minutes.
There's a shorter version that's not gay-specific and is available on my NPX page.

SHORT. A 20-something slob attacks!
6 minutes or so.
Feel free to cut from it for audition.

SHORT. This is the sequel to the first FUCK BUDDY monologue. If you haven't read that monologue, read that one first. First draft.
6-7 mins.

SHORT. A hilarious monologue on laziness. Perfect for competition or audition.
Note: You can find the gay male version of this monologue on my NPX page.

SHORT. Intended as an intro to a comedy showcase of short plays, 5 minutes or so before showtime. It takes place in the audience, not on stage.

SHORT. Written during a month-long writing challenge, one monologue per day, February 2019 with Matthew Weaver.
Intended for any festival on food or any comedy solo festival.
4 mins.

ONE-ACT. A series of monologues on the plight of an undocumented immigrant woman in Arizona.
People touched by her life struggle to come to terms with her and her daughter leaving Arizona.

Part of Protest Plays Project's #TheatreActionImmigration. Go to www.ProtestPlays.org for more information.

SHORT. A woman with a violin. A monologue with awful music. Perfect for audition.
This is an oldie from 2007!

SHORT. You really want a synopsis? Read the title. A bloody f-d up monologue.
7 MINS.

A one-minute play. Free to produce. Share with drama teachers and kids. Kids can perform this in their backyard theatre or at school.

A one-minute play. Free to produce. Share it with drama teachers and kids. This can be performed in your backyard theatre or actually in a cafeteria.

A one-minute play for two kids. Free to produce. Share it with drama teachers and kids. Kids can do this in their backyard theatre and bring their friends!

A one-minute play for kids. Share with drama teachers and kids. Free to produce. Contact me before producing.

open-text for devised theatre

Contact playwright for script. PDF can't be attached because too many MBs.
A Space Alien communicates to earthlings through emoticons and emojis.
A monologue that becomes a magic show and dance party with broccoli and donuts.
Requires audience participation and the use of media design (maybe projections).
A monologue for a kid or adult.
5 mins+

A funny monologue about sucking at life during social isolation. 3-4 minutes.

An experiment. I choose random words and write a monologue really quickly. Inspired by Walter Abish's story 'In So Many Words' in his collection 'IN THE FUTURE PERFECT.'
The first monologue 'example' is JOSEPHINE.
More to be added!

FULL-LENGTH. 86 pages in play text.
THE PLATYPODES is about Ally Gray, a pregnant woman, who's making a difficult decision for herself and her brother who has Down syndrome. Complicating matters is that her entire city knows that she is pregnant. This political play deals with current restrictions on reproductive rights.

RECOGNITION ON NPX:
'Highly Recommended and Not Yet Produced', list by Brian James Polak, 2019.
'Passing the Bechdel Test', list by Danielle Ozymandias, 2018.

A one-minute play for kids. Free to produce. Share it with drama teachers and kids. Kids can do this in their backyard theatre or in the park or the schoolyard!

SHORT. A former K-9 puppy is surprised by their new home. 2-3 minutes. It's all right if this is performed by an adult for kids.

Davey the pirate lost the election. 4 mins.

Darcy, a 13 year-old boy, doesn't want to go to his own birthday party at the bowling alley.
6-7 mins.

Work in progress. SHORT. A woman exercising outside her garage confronts an annoying neighbor. Part of SOME AMERICANS: SOME MONOLOGUES, VOLUME 37.

FULL LENGTH. Work in progress. The eighth volume of monologues, on the subject of sexual assault/violence against women. Includes BRAYCEE BERMLOW, HENRIETTA DUNKINS, ZARTOCK WARRIOR OF SOLARIX PRIME, RUTHANNA DURHAM, ETHAN GARNER, GAIL BOUCHER.

ONE-ACT. A Santa performs for the Final Round at Santa School. Part of SOME AMERICANS: SOME MONOLOGUES, VOLUME 6. 10-12 MINS.

Work in progress. FULL LENGTH. The thirty-fourth volume of monologues, this one on rich people. The volume includes (for now) ZEPHYR COX, HUMPHREY WORSLEY III, CHAR LEXINGTON LUXURY REAL ESTATE AGENT, MINI$TER MONEYBAG$, LIZZIE STERLING, ZILLIONAIRE SPACE TOURIST, PIZZA BOY.

FULL LENGTH. The fortieth volume of monologues, this one on the subject of racists. BAD GAY, ABBOT JULIAN OF THE BENEDICTINE ORDER IN THE BLACK HILLS MONASTERY OF SOUTH DAKOTA, QUEENIE OF CHILMARK, MAGGIE PRESCOTT THIRD YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT SPECIALIZING IN NEUROLOGY, AUGUSTUS STUYVESANT III, EMERY, GERALDINE GRANNY SNITCH, GOOD SAMARITAN.