Debra A. Cole
Debra A. Cole is an award-winning playwright, director, and theatre/writing/arts educator from Kansas with degrees in journalism, education, and art history. Her one act play THE WRINKLE RANCH took AUDIENCE FAVORITE at Short + Sweet Perth, Australia. Her one act play Cold War can be found with Off The Walls Plays, and one act play SMALL TALK can be found at Heuer Publishing. Debra is a member of the Dramatists...
Debra A. Cole is an award-winning playwright, director, and theatre/writing/arts educator from Kansas with degrees in journalism, education, and art history. Her one act play THE WRINKLE RANCH took AUDIENCE FAVORITE at Short + Sweet Perth, Australia. Her one act play Cold War can be found with Off The Walls Plays, and one act play SMALL TALK can be found at Heuer Publishing. Debra is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, a member of Honor Roll!, an advocacy group of women+ playwrights over 40, and an active member of a playwriting groups for Kansas City area playwrights and Literary Discourse Society out of Devon, England.
Adult One-Acts: Performances/Recent Staged Readings/Conference Selections:
Short + Sweet Dubai
Endeavour Theatre, Perth, Australia
Short + Sweet, Perth, Australia
Short + Sweet, Sydney, Australia
Short + Sweet, Illawarra, Australia
The Talisman Theatre Group, Midlands, United Kingdom
Whiskey Theatre Factory, Orlando, Florida
The Secret Theatre - Long Island City, NY
Potluck Productions, Kansas City, MO
Midwest Dramatist Conference, Olathe, KS
Herald of the Hope Theatre Company, Washington D.C.
The Playground Experiment - Faces of America Monologues, NYC
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre - semi finalist and finalist
Mad Lab Theatre Roulette, Columbus, OH
Crafton Hills College’s New Works Festival for 2022
Gi60: The International One Minute Theatre Festival - UK Live Edition 2022
Gi60: The International One Minute Theatre Festival - Houston, Texas 2022
Theatre Lawrence, Lawrence, KS
5th annual Central PA Theatre & Dance Fest Playwriting Competition 2022
Boog City Festival 18 - 2022, Poet's Theatre, NYC
Dramatic Chaos Productions, London, England 2022
Gulf Coast Playwrights Circle, Summer Sessions 2022
Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine's'”Et tu, Brute? -Volume 1” Anthology 2022
Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine's - CONTEMPORARY NEW YORK PLAYS-2022 (Volume 1)
Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine’s - CONTEMPORARY ONE MINUTE PLAYS 2022 (Volume 3)
"Literature Today", January 2023
Centers for the Arts Bonita Springs, Staged Reading Series, JAN 2023
Camino Real Theatre, San Juan Capistrano, CA JAN 2023
School Full Productions:
Hundreds of Schools/Youth Groups/Community Youth Theatre Programs Across the World
Debra has over 70 Children's One Act Plays Available on www.dramanotebook.com, and 4 full length children's plays, 1 children's musical, 12 monologues, and 10 adult one act plays ready for any interested company/director. She is flexible and willing to work with any company/director.
Just email to collaborate on or to produce a piece!
debracole@me.com