Debra A. Cole

10-Minute Play

SYNOPSIS:
As old photographs are sorted and shared, a family discovers that presence is about far more than simply being in the picture.

10-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
As they clean out their late mother's home, two sisters build one last childhood blanket fort and discover that her final lesson wasn't about keeping things... it was about slowing down and making time for each other.

10-Minute Play

SYNOPSIS:
As two middle school students launch their first school podcast, harmless call-in complaints about cafeteria food and hallway smells quickly spiral into a hilarious flood of gossip, confessions, and plumbing disasters that threaten to get them expelled before lunch.

2-3 MINUTE MONOLOGUE

SYNOPSIS: A Halloween warrior who recalls the glory days of trick-or-treating with a king-size pillowcase, strategic candy routes, and enough sugar to haunt a dentist forever.

3-5 MINUTES

SYNOPSIS: After a game of adult hide-and-seek turns deadly, the last survivor reveals how the seeker never stopped counting—and how staying perfectly still may be the only way to avoid being found out there.

10-MINUTE PLAY

What begins as a typical family dinner quickly unravels when Emma’s changing habits raise questions, suspicions, and a few wildly incorrect assumptions, until the truth behind her GLP-1 journey shifts the conversation from judgment to understanding, and finally, to acceptance.

Teen Monologue

Synopsis: A thoughtful teen reveals that sitting in the back row of class isn’t about not caring... it’s the one place where they can quietly observe everyone else while hiding their own fears of being seen

Teen Monologue

Synopsis: On what begins as a completely ordinary school day, a teen experiences the unsettling moment when a routine lockdown drill suddenly feels frighteningly real.

Teen Monologue

Synopsis: A teen spends a week trying every possible social media trend to become famous, only to discover that viral fame may be harder... and weirder... than it looks.

Teen Monologue

Synopsis: A teen who appears confident and put-together at school reveals the exhausting daily performance of masking their anxiety behind the simple words, “I’m fine.”

Teen Monologue

After a best friend moves away, a teen realizes that the promise to “stay in touch” can slowly fade as distance and new lives make the friendship harder to hold onto.

TEEN MONOLOGUE

A teen girl explains that her fascination with true crime isn’t morbid curiosity, but a survival strategy, because growing up female often means learning how to avoid becoming the next victim.

10-MINUTE PLAY

Wichita State University 24 Hr Play Festival , 2026

SYNOPSIS:
A disoriented man wakes in a mysterious orange room where two strangers confront him with the truth about his life... forcing him into a terrifying cycle of choices he may have already made.

Teen Monologue

TEEN MONOLOGUE

TEEN MONOLOGUE

10-MINUTE PLAY

When three senior women uncover a long-kept pair of “goal jeans,” a simple closet cleanout turns into a funny, honest reckoning with decades of diets, body shame, and impossible standards. Through laughter, memories, and friendship, they discover it’s never too late to stop waiting for life to begin.

MONOLOGUE
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 28 ONE TITLE: MANY PLAYS – “The Room Where It Happened”

1-MINUTE PLAY
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 27 A WINDOW

SYNOPSIS:
Outside a high-end boutique, a teen uses the window like a confidence rehearsal studio, practicing how to look “put together” for an upcoming coffee shop interview.

5-MINUTE PLAY
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 26 WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME

SYNOPSIS:
When a teen comes home early from cancelled play practice, they walk straight into a mortifying situation involving their parents, who are now sitting in matching bathrobes, hair tussled, and drowning in awkward silence.

1-2 minute monologue

A teacher trained to follow mandated reporting protocols confronts the painful gap between policy and reality when a vulnerable student confides in her, forcing her to steady her voice, document the facts, and make a life-altering call before returning to her classroom as if nothing has changed.

10-MIINUTE PLAY
TEENS

SYNOPSIS:
After a wildly misguided stunt derails a school assembly, four teens gather after hours to draft a public apology, arguing over wording, dodging full responsibility, and discovering that saying “we’re sorry” might be harder than the chaos they caused.

10-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Summoned to a filthy motel room by a chilling anonymous message as their 16-year-old daughter is missing. Tess and Marcus arrive braced for the worst... only to confront something closer to home.

1-MINUTE PLAY
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 23 ONE HOUR TO MIDNIGHT

SYNOPSIS:
At a D.C. bus stop one minute past curfew, a working teen and a conflicted police officer clash over a law meant to prevent violence, only to be haunted by the realization that danger keeps its own schedule.

5-6 MINUTES

SYNOPSIS:
Two friends argue over deleting an embarrassing photo, only to reveal it is the last picture they have with a friend they’ve recently lost. As they navigate the sharp edges of grief, they discover that the pain of remembering is proof of love, and that sometimes, photos help us hold on when everything else feels like it’s slipping away.

1-MINUTE PLAY
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 22 POWER SHIFT

SYNOPSIS:
After a long fight, Britton decides to end the relationship, leaving Smith scrambling to bargain for one more chance... until they don’t.

10-Minute Play
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 21 AN APOLOGY

SYNOPSIS:
In an HR office where consequences are measured in forms and calm tone, Jack, a communications pro who insists he “feels terrible,” tries to apologize for an offensive workplace joke by offering a carefully curated playlist instead of taking real accountability. As Maya dismantles his excuses track by track, Jack is forced to confront the gap between crafting the perfect message and making genuine repair.

5-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Two girls sitting on a park bench become convinced a nearby dog knows their secrets and is silently judging them. As their paranoia spirals into hilarious panic, they realize the dog may be gone... but the embarrassment might follow them home.

Youth 1-Minute Play
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 20 YOUTH PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
At the edge of the deep end, two friends confront their fear of the unknown, discovering that courage isn’t about being unafraid... it’s about trusting someone enough to take the leap together.

10-Minute Play
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 19 BOUNDARIES

SYNOPSIS:
A woman stands on one side of a closed door as an ICE agent stands on the other, both refusing to move. What begins as a routine knock becomes a tense, escalating exchange about power, fear, responsibility, and choice.

1-MINUTE PLAY
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 18 LAST MEAL

SYNOPSIS:
Two partners prepare to host a dinner for a boss and her partner, negotiating dietary restrictions, expectations, and nerves along the way. As menus change and anxieties surface, the evening reveals how food becomes an expression of care, connection, and love.

2-MINUTE MONOLOGUE
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 17 WHO I USED TO BE

10-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Not long after the loss of their beloved dog, an elderly couple lies awake in the quiet of night when Henry is certain he can feel their faithful companion return to his familiar place at the foot of the bed. As memory, love, and absence blur, they discover that even in death, the bonds we build continue to comfort, protect, and make room for us in the dark.

5-MINUTE PLAY
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 16 GENERATION GAP

SYNOPSIS:
When Emma begins writing a public post praising her grandmother, a quiet disagreement unfolds over what gratitude should look like.

10-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
While her daughter undergoes delicate surgery, Carol sits in a hospital waiting room knitting and counting each stitch to steady her mind and hold back the fear of the unknown.

1-MINUTE PLAY
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 15 A MOMENT IN HISTORY

This short play is inspired by Dr. Jack Kevorkian - an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not a crime". Kevorkian said that he assisted at least 130 patients to that end.

SYNOPSIS:
While planning her own celebration of life, Robyn shares a tender moment with her partner, confronting love, choice, and the understanding that grief and joy will exist together.

1-MINUTE PLAY
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 14 SECOND CHANCES

SYNOPSIS:
A second chance brings two people together again, not to fix the past, but to discover what’s possible now... knowing they are no longer who they used to be.

1 MINUTE
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 13
24Hour Play Prompts: 2 characters, camera as a prop, and tenderness as an emotion

SYNOPSIS:
In a quiet hospital room, Sam and Riley prepare to take a photograph that will hold more than an image.

1-2 MINUTES
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 12 CHILD STAR

1-MINUTE PLAY
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 11 - Song in a Different Language: Der Weg by Herbert Grönemeyer

SYNOPSIS:
In a brief, tender conversation, two women connected by loss compare how they continue to feel the presence of the same loved one... one through absence, the other through memory... exposing the quiet negotiations of grief.

FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 10 PHOTO PROMPT

SYNOPSIS:
In a tense private high school classroom, the morning after an unnamed incident, Alice and Victoria cling to a shared story as classmates are called to the office one by one.

1-Minute Monologue
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 9 RISK

1-Minute Play
FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 8 FINAL LINE: “So... that went well.”

SYNOPSIS:
At a wedding reception, a nervous best man delivers a heartfelt toast. As panic, love, and social horror collide, a well-intentioned speech proves that even the sincerest moments can unravel in front of a microphone.

1-2 Minute Monologue

FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 7 FIRST LINE: “Before you ask... yes, it was an accident, but no, I don’t feel bad.”

FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 6 SHAME

SYNOPSIS:
When Scott discovers a box of handwritten apologies hidden in Maggie’s nightstand, a late-night conversation reveals how shame and unresolved guilt follow her into sleep.

FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 5 HAUNTINGS

A woman stands before an open donation box and confronts her grief as she realizes that giving away a sweater means letting go of the person... and the love stitched into it.

FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 4 RELIGION

A high school research assignment becomes a quiet turning point as a student’s investigation into her own faith reframes doubt as clarity and marks the moment she finds her voice.

2026 Playwright's Thriving Playwright's Delight! Title: ERSTWHILE

Synopsis:
In a grocery store aisle, an older couple unexpectedly encounters their younger, expectant selves and must reckon with the joy, grief, and unspoken trials that lie ahead... choosing tenderness over warnings.

FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 3 AMERICA

In the quiet aftermath of a Pride parade, two city workers sweep confetti, glitter, and discarded remnants from a downtown street. What begins as playful banter about stubborn debris and strange finds slowly opens into a deeper conversation about visibility, fear, and missed chances to celebrate one’s true self in America today.

FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 2 CAT’S NIGHT

A seasoned house cat introduces a new kitten to the serious responsibilities of nighttime life, including protecting their human, mastering the art of the mysterious stare, and handling inevitable bodily emergencies with dignity. Set during one evening on an empty stage, the play uses humor and heightened cat logic to explore loyalty, mentorship, and the strange rituals that unfold once humans fall asleep.

FACING FEBRUARY 2026: Day 1 FAMILY FOLKLORE

A family gathers for an ordinary dinner where familiar stories are told, laughter comes easily, and routines hold steady. When a new guest joins the table, long-standing patterns are subtly disrupted, and the evening begins to shift in unexpected ways. Set entirely within one shared space, the play examines how stories are passed down, who they serve, and what it means when listening alters what can be said.

1 MINUTE PLAY

Reading: Kansas City Playwriting Group

Life on the road requires laundry stops.

1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS: Coffee can bring people together… so can names at coffee shops.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Available at Next Stage Press - Part of the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD

Modern DNA tests can be fun and fascinating… and also heartbreaking.

5 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
The final prompt for humans and zombies alike…

28 (29) Plays Later 2024:
THE FINAL Brief #29: “Zombies…”

5 MINUTE PLAY

Weddings are emotional events and missing loved ones make them even more emotional… especially for one American marrying 6,000 miles away from home in Japan.

Written for 2025 Playwright's Delight, TITLE: 37 Origami Bees

5 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
A fictional interaction based on the Cleveland Elementary School mass shooting that took place on January 29, 1979, at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California. Considered the first mass shooting by a teen, Brenda Spencer had little remorse.

Written as a response to Brief #12 for 28 Plays Later:
Write inspired by “vile language... all forms of violence... extremes of characters, from the surreal and innocent to the murderous and villainous. Obscenities peppered with the most exuberant poetic language. Visual moments on stage that will literally make your audience sick.”

MONOLOGUE

Raising a strong, independent daughter has many joys and some pitfalls that become clear one day a year.

5 MINUTE PLAY

Bathtub photos of babies on social media are adorable… until they’re not.

TEEN - 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Elevated language is important because it enhances communication by adding clarity, sophistication, and emotional impact. Two teens find a way to use just the words to establish each of their own dominance.

10-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
When two teenage friends climb up into a dusty attic to play a game... a dangerous game designed by a vintage doll with a cracked skull and a desire to win.

Written for the 2025 Playwrights Thriving Horror Prompt

10 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Stress and anxiety are known to cause bad dreams, but just maybe, there is a little more to it.

2024 Benedictine College, Atchison, KS
The Coterie Theatre, Kansas City, MO, 2025

5 MINUTE PLAY

A sister visits her sister in jail after years of control and trauma finally come to an end.

Facing February: Writing Prompts for Playwrights - 2025
Day 10 Prompt: Ophelia by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, 1851–52

10 MINUTE PLAY

Available at Next Stage Press - Part of the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD

Two recently retired RV owners are in a rut until a twisted visitor reminds them of what brought them together in the first place.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Apologies are crucial in customer service because they help rebuild trust, defuse tense situations, and show customers that their concerns are valued. But what if they really don’t help at all?

10 MINUTE PLAY

Theatrical Shenanigans 2025

SYNOPSIS:
Local playwright Emily Barker’s dreams of making a name for herself in community theatre are dashed by a new, snarly arts critic with a flair for the dramatic…and the pointed.

5 MINUTE PLAY

Plethora of Plays 2024

SYNOPSIS:
AI has seeped into every corner of our lives, transforming everything from healthcare to entertainment. The first AI humanoid artist, Monalis-AI is not just showcasing her capabilities; she is actively participating in the art world, and her existence makes humans question everything.

28 (29) Plays Later 2024:
Brief 26: “You need to write a kitchen-sink, realistic play, with no emotions, no end and no logic.”

I chose to go with the lack of emotions and an ending that is not clear.

5 MINUTE RADIO PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
In this crooked, little, film noir world, the dames hold the deck and deal the cards, and men are just ash in the wind.

Facing February: Writing Prompts for Playwrights - 2025
Day 19 Prompt: “Everything about her was a lie.” – FILM NOIR

MONOLOGUE

Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective "369 Monologue and Short Play Festival"

A retired teacher is still guiding the questions.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Available at Next Stage Press - Part of the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD

New Play Lab, 40th William Inge Theatre Festival - 2023
Reading: Literary and Discourse Society, Devon, England - 2023
The Deluth Playhouse What She Said New Play Festival - 2023

Weddings are usually a time of joy and celebration, but some weddings bring up strong emotions and wounds that are still raw and healing.

5 MINUTE MONODRAMA

SYNOPSIS:
Thanksgiving brings out the very best of families and the very worst.

28 (29) Plays Later:
Brief 3: Write a Monodrama

2-3 Minutes

Babysitting an active grandson come with some unique challenges.

The Young at Heartland Theatre, Normal Il., 2025

1 MINUTE PLAY

March Madness bring basketball fans together and some couples further apart.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Available at Next Stage Press - Part of the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD

Stage Reading with Potluck Productions, Kansas City, KC 2022

Welcome to the competition that NOBODY really wants or needs. Two “Karens” battle it out for who is the worst of the worst.

10 MINUTE PLAY

READING: Gulf Coast Playwrights Circle, Summer Sessions 2022

A stressed young woman finds herself in a relationship that feels safe and familiar – maybe too familiar… just like the last time.

1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Some secrets sons shouldn’t keep for their fathers.

Gi60 NYC’s 2025 Festival

Facing February: Writing Prompts for Playwrights - 2025
Day 12 Prompt: SECRETS

7-10 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Father and son have a nightly bedtime story tradition, but tonight, another man has entered the scene.

28 Plays Later
Brief #20: “We are looking at the limits of talent, writing, copyright, all the moral and ethical questions as well as the artistic ones that come with such technology. What are the boundaries and can we/should we/must we cross them?”

10-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
In a future, where emotions twist the body, a patient and a shape technician defy a clinic’s forced perfection to reclaim their true, imperfect selves.

5 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Friendship, love, and betrayal… one apple upsets the entire cart.

28 (29) Plays Later:
Brief 11: Opening Line: “Put the knife down, Linda! Fine, I'll tell you what he did with the apple!”

10 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
One glance and one impulse later, and Ben finds himself on a first date with Rachel in the first-class cabin on a flight to Vegas for a long weekend. What could possibly go wrong?

5 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Thanks to a recent trend on social media, many young people believe that the answer to all problems lies within a popular, expensive water bottle with a handle and straw. One GenXer may not agree.

28 (29) Plays Later 2024:
Brief 27: “Write an Inanimate Object Play.”

1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
My cat is not impressed.

Facing February: Writing Prompts for Playwrights - 2025
Day 20 Prompt: RANDOM PHOTO

5 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
It started with a simple story from an 8-year-old in Kansas. It ended with a dramatic story about love, cake, and meteors.

I wrote this play after a 2nd grade student, Stellan, wrote the story below. I gave it a life on stage.

Bigfoot’s Big Day
Story by Stellan, Age 7
“I’m Bigfoot, and I am nice. It is my Mom’s birthday. I need to get the stuff for her party, but I live in the forest. Suddenly, I got a mysterious letter that said I should go to the city at 5:30 pm. I went to the city, and I got a box. After that, I went back to the forest. There, I opened the box, and inside was the very best stuff for my Mom’s birthday party. CRASH! Oh no! It’s a meteor! Quick! I forgot the box! I need to look for it. Oh no! The box got squished by the meteor. I have to tell my mom!”

28 (29) Plays Later 2024:
Brief 22: “Write a play for 3-6 year-old”

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Irritants like dust, pollen, smoke, or germs may be the problem, but the solution is often much more complicated.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Street cred is hard to keep when your mom calls during Biology class.

1 MINUTE PLAY

Gi60: The International One Minute Theatre Festival, Leeds, England 2023

SYNOPSIS:
Blind dates are the worst when you’re young. They’re even worse when you have had a full life already.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Successful marriages require successful negotiations. It’s one of the most crucial aspects of making a modern relationship work. Becca and Phillips made negotiated concerning what was important to them early in the relationship, and the results of those rules being broken has now brought them to this moment.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Available at Next Stage Press - Part of the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD

Couple friends are a rare gift, but when one of the couples separates and a new partner is found, one friend has a difficult time switching gears and opening himself up to this new adventure.

1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
When time is a gift, how will Jess decide to use it?

60-75 Minutes

TAG LINE:
"Uncorseted and Unconventional: Berthe Morisot Defies Parisian Society for Art and Autonomy"

SYNOPSIS:
At a time when women from the Parisian haute bourgeoisie were kept corseted and confined, the aspiring Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot jeopardized her ‘good girl’ reputation to model for Édouard Manet. While waging mutiny against her mother’s matchmaking, Morisot asserted herself as an independent, self-supporting artist and her connection with Manet was food for Parisian society. Would the Manet name ever be a reality for this revolutionary woman?

NOTE: This play is based on real characters. However, certain details, timelines, incidents, locations, and most of the dialogue have been fictionalized for dramatic purposes. Actually documented quotes were used when possible.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Breaking news during broadcasts should educate viewers on important issues that concern the community. Sometimes, the breaking news is just someone’s truth that must be spoken.

TEEN MONOLOGUE

Suburban teens seem to live in a bubble to outsiders, but sometimes, that bubble bursts.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Reading: Literary and Discourse Society, Devon, England

Beginning of the year teacher in-service training is a time gather old and new teachers as well as go over objectives and student needs. Some need the training more than others.

2-3 MINUTE PLAY

Reading: Literary and Discourse Society, Devon, England

It’s nice when co-workers at the office notice a change in your appearance, unless one shares his true opinion.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Mini-Shenanigans Podcast - March 2024 Release
Midwest Dramatist Conference - 2023

Life of a side show circus performer is the best some can hope for in 1886. Some performers want more. Based on the life of Stella Harper, the Camel Girl.

28 Plays Later – Brief #20: Today we're writing a play for a circus show

At Camp Broadway, a group of kids come together for an end of camp revue to sing, dance, and have fun with songs from famous Broadway shows!

SUMMER THEATRE - Music Theatre Wichita, Summer 2025

A lively, heartwarming musical revue where a diverse group of teenage campers come together at a summer camp dedicated to all things Broadway.

Summer Theatre Camp - Wichita Music Theatre, Summer 2025

1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS: When three glasses is clearly too much…

10 MINUTE PLAY

A visit to a local charity donation center after Swedish death cleaning brings big feelings and memories for an aging woman.

10 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Blind dates can be nerve wracking. Will Vanessa and Kate find common ground and a possible connection?

28 (29)Plays Later 2024:
Brief 4: “Pick a Number – Match the Phobia”
#299: Medorthophobia

5 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
A simple classroom assignment lights a fire in Rowan, and his/her/their parents are there to see the ignition.

1 MINUTE PLAY

The Decameron Project - Hollywood, 2023
September 2025 issue of Mini Plays Review

An impromptu visit to a childhood home comes with many memories and emotions.

10-MINUTE PLAY

On Christmas Eve, Santa and his tightly wound assistant Spark land on a rooftop to find the chimney blocked by Ash, a dramatic and lonely chimney monster demanding attention. As schedules crumble and soot fills the air, Santa digs into the real reason Ash is acting out.

Inspired by the Playwright’s Thriving Secret Santa Title Swap 2025

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Choice is the ability to decide between different options, shaping your own path rather than having it dictated for you. Dallas didn’t have a choice, but Kit does – no matter what the end result.

MONOLOGUE

One woman's explaination about her unique hobby.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
A mysterious night bus is open to routes. BRYCE may not be so open to this ride.

5 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Where do we search for answers when life is pressing down upon us? How do we find peace and maybe just get closer to fine?

28 (29) Plays Later:
Brief 9: Write a play inspired by female music artists. BONUS points for using acutal lyrics.
A tribute to The Indigo Girls

10 MINUTE PLAY

Big Bad Wolf hosts his first cocktail party for a few friends… or at least a few fairytale characters. Will they see his new side?

1 MINUTE PLAY

A Conversation

5 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
What happens when a famous counting vampire is struggling with numbers… numbers beyond ten?

28 Plays Later 2024:
Brief 2: Numbers

A couple collapses with exhaustion onto the couch after an evening of couple’s fun.

Gi60 Houston 2025

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Growing up is tough... for some more than others.

YOUTH/TEEN MONOLOGUE

Cruella DaVille is just misunderstood. If everyone would just take a moment to try to understand her, she could run her fashion empire with ease.

5 MINUTE PLAY

There's a new nightmare in town named Stewie.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Sometimes, we must hold someone captive to get what we really want.

1 MINUTE ABSTRACT PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
28 Plays Later – BRIEF #18
“Pick a theme! Any theme! But make it an abstract theme.”
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So, I chose to write this in the DADA method of writing. I took all the words from the brief, cut them up, let my cat Lucy knock the bowl of small words over to mix them up, let my subconscious pull the correct handful out, and then put the words in a new and correct order.

10 MINUTE PLAY

The weekly dances at Silver Springs Retirement Home are the highlights of the social activities. Three residents wait for partners to brighten their new realities.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
There is no worse feeling that having everyone forget your birthday. The day matters.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Spring is a tense time for high school seniors. Two friends share their results.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Writing in diaries help young people process emotions, reflect on their daily lives, and make sense of their world without judgment. What does Julia’s diary as a child reveal about her past… or future?

10 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Separated from the main foraging party, ants can lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle. This circle is commonly known as a "death spiral.”

1 MINUTE PLAY

Anything is possible when the devil is on trial.

28 (29) Plays Later:
Brief 7: “Find an expression, an idiom, a cliché, etc...and use it as a literal impetus for the play.”

10 Minutes
Alex is seeing numbers crawling up and down the walls of his apartment—glowing digits that shift, pulse, and communicate what is to come. His roommate James is worried about Alex’s sanity.

1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
DISSONANCE: lack of harmony among musical notes.
A usually harmonious family has found dissonance in their composition.

SHHH! BREATHE SLOW! ANTHOLOGY (Volume 4)

28 (29) Plays Later 2024:
Brief 16: “The task for today is to think of the theatre as a concert hall and to think of your actors as your orchestra. Create music with your words.”

45 MINUTE PLAY

Powerstories Theatre - Voices of Women Theatre Festival - 2023

Blind faith after a recent death causes a break with reality when grief is not properly dealt with within this Christian Science family. Here, matter is false, disease does not exist, death is not acknowledged, and truth depends on who is telling it.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Reading: Literary and Discourse Society, Devon, England

All dolls need repair from time to time. These three dolls have been through more than most.

TEEN MONOLOGUE

Swimming up stream is not an easy task. That goes for salmon and teens.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
The exchange of forbidden goods is an underground endeavor in the halls of high schools. Avoiding being caught is always key.

60-90 MINUTE PLAY

TAG LINE:
"Dream Home or Nightmare? How Far Would You Go to Reclaim Your Future?"

Reading, Playwright's Roundtable, Kansas City Public Theatre 2025
Full Production: Bicycle Face Productions, September 2025

SYNOPSIS:
After years of saving and planning, a young couple purchases their dream home. With a plan to use RENTRHOME to pay off the mortgage before they move in, their dreams quickly turn to a nightmare when they discover that a former guest, now squatter, has taken up residence in their perfect home. What are people willing to do to protect their dreams?

1 MINUTE PLAY

Modern Classics Theatre Company of Long Island's Gimme A Minute Play Festival in December, 2024
Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine’s Contemporary One Minute Plays (Volume 3)

A senior citizen attempts to create a drive thru where there was none before.

10 MINUTE PLAY

A father and son take a drive – a drive that they will both remember.

5-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
In a future where emotions are suppressed by government-issued hats, a young citizen accidentally feels for the first time and must choose between obedience and awakening—while an enforcer silently faces the same choice.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Staged Reading: Potluck Productions, Kansas City, KC 2022
Reading: Literary and Discourse Society, Devon, England

Never try to fool a mother. They always know. They have their ways.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Constantly self-editing can feel like being trapped in a loop of doubt and perfectionism. It's like you're always second-guessing your own thoughts or actions, trying to meet an impossible standard.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
When you have 60 seconds to pitch your idea, every moment matters.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Waiting for a guest can be nerve wracking. Some guests bring more anxiety than others.

SHHH! BREATHE SLOW! ANTHOLOGY (Volume 4)

10 MINUTE PLAY

Whiskey Theatre Factory, Orlando, Florida

Pack and Ship stores are busy with returns after the holidays across the country. In one small Kentucky town, one woman is overwhelmed with her obligations and finds new ears to hear about her burdens of motherhood.

2-3 MINUTE PLAY

A first date with an environmentalist brings a new experience and a little bit of mystery.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Reading: Literary and Discourse Society, Devon, England

A first date with an environmentalist brings a new experience and a little bit of mystery.

1 MINUTE PLAY

Expectations are important for children before events.

1 MINUTE PLAY

Sometimes, a picnic with family is just what is needed.

5 MINUTE PLAY

Available at Next Stage Press - Part of the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD

A Wedding is a beautiful day to solidify new family ties, but maybe not all members should be tied together.

10 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
During an overseas school trip, strange things to start to happen in the hallways outside of student hotel rooms. Can one teacher chaperone figure out what is really going on?

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Some songs are catchy, and others are a bit annoying… especially fast-food jingles.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Maurice is troubled his daughter is marrying a man that is a real beast.

5 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
In a new world where balance is key and men control their households, an old diagnosis has returned in women’s health as a new crisis.

Facing February: Writing Prompts for Playwrights - 2025
Day 11 Prompt: WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
It’s about all the stuff in-between.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
A lost teen is found, but maybe still missing.

TEEN MONOLOGUE

“Though she be but little, she is fierce!” Thanks, Shakespeare. Being short isn't as poetic as he makes it out to be.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

Selected for Gi60 Houston 2026

SYNOPSIS:
When alien/Earth contact is finally achieved, will our friends from outer space like the answers?

5 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
The demands on mothers across the world can be difficult. For some, the expectations are just too great.

28 Plays Later – PROMPT #15: Write a play with a flawed narrator.

1 MINUTE PLAY

Reading: Literary and Discourse Society, Devon, England

Security cameras can catch thieves and make stars.

5 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Flowers arrive for Charlotte at her new job and imaginations run wild.

Facing February: Writing Prompts for Playwrights - 2025
Day 7 Prompt: ABUSE OF POWER

5 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
A simple red cardinal visits David and Lacey’s window sparking a discussion on death, grief, and hope.

YOUTH 60 MINUTE PLAY

Full Production:
The Independent School, Wichita, Kansas
Theatre Lawrence, Lawrence, Kansas

Students are on a field trip to an Art Museum when suddenly, they are no longer viewers, but active participants with famous artists as they create their masterpieces and pass along valuable lessons along the way.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Although normally for self-expression, social connection, or self-esteem, this selfie session allows three teens to experience more than all of that.

1 MINUTE PLAY

Many things don’t change much at a ten-year high school reunion. Some things change quite a lot.

5 MINUTE PLAY

Available at Next Stage Press - Part of the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD

Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine's - CONTEMPORARY NEW YORK PLAYS-2022 (Volume 1)

An aging man has a breakfast tradition where humor is always on the menu.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
The satisfyingly crunchy texture, the mild sweetness, and the element of surprise at the end of a good meal, maybe fortune cookies do tell the future.

10 Minute Play

Bicycle Face Productions 2024, New Works Night - Lawrence, Kansas

SYNOPSIS:
Based on the Sanskrit’s children’s story of the same name, four strangers find themselves in peril. Will they survive?

28 (29) Plays Later 2024:
Brief 18: “Sanskrit”

10 MINUTE PLAY

New Works Night 2025, Theatre Lawrence, Kansas

SYNOPSIS:
After discovering a mysterious pair of glasses in their office break room, three coworkers begin to see... and feel... each other’s inner lives, uncovering the hidden struggles behind every day faces.

10-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
A young woman reunites with the mother who abandoned her years ago, confronting the pain of the past over a worn maroon children's book that once connected them.

WRITTEN FOR:
2025 Wichita State University 24Hour Festival

TEEN MONOLOGUE

Wearing a fox tail to school each day of high school can be problematic, but one teen sees it as just a reflection of herself.

1 MINUTE PLAY

The cannabis gummy world is always looking for the next big thing.

2-3 MINUTE MONOLOGUE

SYNOPSIS:
What would you do if the time froze for everyone but you? One human already knows the answer.

28 Plays Later:
Brief #28: “We started with time, and its time to end with where there is no time - black holes (or there is time, but it stands still, potentially, or... you know... it's complicated”

10 MINUTE PLAY

A highway rest stop bench is the annual meeting place for one family of crisis and other weary travelers who need respite from the road.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
What are friends for?

YOUTH 60 MINUTE PLAY

Chaos reigns the city streets on Grantham as words run rampant without structure or control. Words run without stopping, mysteries are left unsolved, dancers don’t dazzle, toddler beauty queens exist in chaos, and that is all before the citizens even start to face the beast that lives within the Cave of Terror. Without a complete understanding of punctuation, the city of Grantham will never find peace. It will take the fearless team of G3: Grammar Guardians of Grantham to establish order and ultimately save the day... and language.

10-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Two older friends attempt to sell decades of accumulated “stuff” at a garage sale, only to realize every object comes with a story they’re not quite ready to let go of. As buyers drive past and memories pile up, the two men discover that some things... especially friendship and the past... are much harder to price than a five-dollar blender.

1 MINUTE PLAY

Some thoughts should just remain thoughts.

1-2 MINUTE MONOLOGUE

A swaggering neighborhood “gentleman caller” proudly explains how he roams from house to house charming the lonely ladies stuck inside—revealing that the irresistible legend is actually a very confident neighborhood cat.

1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
The DMV is known for many things, but a place to get lucky has never before been on the menu.

5 MINUTE PLAY

Available at Next Stage Press - Part of the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD

Sometimes good fences make good neighbors, and other times, they make fresh starts... if there is a gate.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Reading: Literary and Discourse Society, Devon, England

A terrible hit-and-run accident brings two families together in a hospital ICU room. Fate has a way of putting people together just as it is needed.

MONOLOGUE

Boog City Festival 18 - 2022, Poet's Theatre, NYC

Aging woman asks for more than kindness. She asks for grace.

1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS: Relationships between grandmothers and granddaughters can be very special… and honest.

Broken Arts Entertainment - 2026

In a near-future society where grief is medically outlawed and emotional compliance is mandatory, Janice risks everything to speak with a digital recreation of her dead daughter. Inside the simulation, Janice must confront the unbearable choice: return to a sanitized world that demands she forget, or stay in a false reality where love still speaks her name.

10-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
A young funeral intern stumbles across something never meant to be seen.

One octogenarian couple celebrates their anniversary in a surprising way.

5 MINUTE PLAY

One young man’s 5th birthday changes everyone’s lives forever.

MONOLOGUE

SYNOPSIS:
THE HAT tells her tale of fame and infamy.

Facing February: Writing Prompts for Playwrights - 2025
Day 26 Prompt: INANIMATE OBJECTS

MONOLOGUE

SYNOPSIS:
Everyone needs a Helen while navigating the crazy university grind.

10 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Capturing the feral neighborhood cats is how one woman tries to make a difference. Her latest goal is to catch the big cat that eats his weight in food each night on her back deck.

Facing February: Writing Prompts for Playwrights - 2025
Day 14 Prompt: HORROR/PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER

10 MINUTE PLAY

Midwest Dramatist Conference, Olathe, KS

Her Too explores contrasting ideas about troubling male/female sexual relations among three generations in a single family. Each family member insists that his or her point of view is the right one.  The real truth changes everything.

1 MINUTE PLAY

28 Plays Later Challegen - PROMPT: Write a RIDDLE play

Some old riddles don’t stand the test of time and viewpoints. Some exceed them.

MONOLOGUE

SYNOPSIS:
A lover remembers a dear partner along with thousands of others. Times may have changed, but memories and pain do not.

28 Plays Later:
Brief #25: Truth in Art

10-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
HOLD MY BOUQUET is a heartfelt comedy about a barn wedding gone hilariously wrong. Although nothing about the day goes according to plan, Dove and Molly rediscover that love doesn’t need perfection... it just needs honesty, humor, and the right people beside you.

MONOLOGUE

FEMALE
40s
Hispanic

SYNOPSIS: A sniper killed 3 and wounds 8 on August 11, 1976 from the 26th floor balcony of a Holiday Inn in downtown Wichita, Kansas. He tried to access the rooftop. The roof was inaccessible, so he forced a maid out of a room on the twenty-sixth floor and went in, locking the door behind him and starting firing indiscriminately at the pedestrians and cars below. His name will not be used. This monologue IS NOT his story....it is hers.

28 Plays Later
Brief #13 Prompt: Today we are focused on writing a play based on real life, and particularly this oh-so-loved sub0-genre of true crime, which brings up an entirely different question - do we have a responsibility for the truth, when we are dramatizing events?

1 MINUTE PLAY

Kids have the best questions about the birds and the birds… and sometimes they have requests.

1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
In Texas, since Senate Bill 8, a six-week abortion ban, took effect, state and local agencies in place to help victims of sex assault and/or unwanted pregnancies are under fire and trapped within the law.

28 (29) Plays Later 2024:
Brief 23: “Let’s write a play with the intention of offending others.”

This is just ONE of the many things offensive to me.

10 MINUTE PLAYS

Reading: Literary and Discourse Society, Devon, England

Job hunting is never easy, but this hunt may be a little more complicated than most.

1 MINUTE PLAY

Small schools and small towns can often create big worries for those ready to fly.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Dramatic Chaos Productions - Plethora of Plays 2023 - Online Reading

SYNOPSIS:
A father and son share a game of catch while the father works through his worries about an upcoming special birthday.

28 Plays Later:
Brief #27: “Create a double-bill play possibility similar in theme or story to a previously written piece in the 2023 28 Plays Later Challenge.” Show goes with my 10 minute play, Bedtime Story – both about the challenges of fatherhood. The same two actors can be used in both.

3 - ONE MINUTE PLAYS

Couple’s Fun – A One-Minute Play
SYNOPSIS:
A couple collapses with exhaustion onto the couch after an evening of couple’s fun.

Happy Anniversary – A One-Minute Play
SYNOPSIS:
One octogenarian couple celebrates their anniversary in a surprising way.

What If – A One-Minute Play
SYNOPSIS:
Two friends take a bold, first step.

28 (29) Plays Later 2024:
Brief 21: “The title of your play is:
I'd do anything for love (but I won't do that)"

MONOLOGUE

SYNOPSIS:
Enough is enough.

Facing February: Writing Prompts for Playwrights - 2025
Day 28 Prompt: Final Line: “I don’t believe you.”

MONOLOGUE

SYNOPSIS:
One spouses illness reestablishes normal for the relationship.

TEEN MONOLOGUE

Cheating on tests is not that hard, but when someone respected discovers it, it's actually pretty hard on the cheater.

MONOLOGUE

SYNOPSIS: soon to be exonerated death row inmate monologue

28 Plays Later – Brief #24: Redemption

5 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS: A mother and her daughter finally have some quiet time to reconnect and look at upcoming dates for important events in the grandbabies’ lives.

Facing February: Writing Prompts for Playwrights - 2025
Day 8 Prompt: MOTHERHOOD/FATHERHOOD/NO HOOD/PARENTHOOD

10 MINUTE PLAY

A creative, enrichment teacher tries to bring literature to life in a 5th grade zoom classroom only to find that the themes they are exploring are already being taught at home.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
A curious seeker questions identity and language in a fluid, abstract space where words shift, echo, and shape the self.

10-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
A spirited elderly woman turns a grad student’s serious interview about aging into a hilariously unpredictable showdown of sass, wisdom, and generational chaos.

MONOLOGUE

One Father’s realization that his child didn’t trust him during his journey.

5 MINUTE PLAY

Available at Next Stage Press - Part of the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD

There are many national holidays celebrated by all. January 8 is celebrated by a select few, but the work they do is for all womankind.

10 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Franklin and Kate are retired now and in their heyday of world travel. Will a jury summons stop their adventures?

Facing February: Writing Prompts for Playwrights - 2025
Day 28 Prompt: AGING

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
The silence is thick, almost suffocating, as the weight of what’s about to happen presses down on Rumi’s chest. Answers are just one phone call away.

5 MINUTE PLAY

2024 Valencia College Theatre Student Directed One Act Festival of Plays

A concert can be a great first date unless the date in question shows her true colors right out of the gate.

1 MINUTE PLAY

A clash of generations puts one scratch lottery ticket on the line.

1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS: Some snacks are delicious… others really pay off.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Jakespeare Virtual Theatre Company
WORCHESTER, MA
2023

Reading: Literary and Discourse Society, Devon, England

Julie and Betsy, sittin’ in a tree, k.i.s.s.i.n.g. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in the baby carriage. If it were only this simple and pure.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
The purpose of a library is to provide access to information, support learning, and build community, but this library may provide a true warning.

1 MINUTE PLAY

Semi-Finalist Minnesota Shorts Play Festival, 2023
Reading: Kansas City Playwriting Group, 2023

Big life changes are tough. Some life lessons are even tougher when you don’t pay attention.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Available at Next Stage Press - Part of the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD

SYNOPSIS:
Estrogen rules the bodies of many humans, and the outcomes of that estrogen varies during the different stages of life. Sometimes they work well together. Sometimes… not so much.

28 Plays Later:
Brief #23: “Body parts - meet writers, writers - meet body parts.”

10 MINUTE PLAY

Eden Prairie Players’ Women's One Acts+ 2024
Semi-Finalist Good Vibes Summer, Broken Arts Entertainment, 2024

2023 - 28 Plays Later - Brief #17: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

SYNOPSIS:
An American is finally touring the grounds of a classic English manor house in Sussex.

1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Knowledge is power, but sometimes, it’s a threat.

28 (29) Plays Later 2024:
Brief 25: “Lets go personal today. Deeply personal. Let's use some psychodramatic tools to... you know... deal with some shit.”

10 MINUTE PLAY

28 Plays Later - Day 1 - Brief: To write a play with a 'time' reference - BONUS points: use the idea of firsts

One mother and daughter duo make final checks before the move to college in the morning, but one BIG thing on the checklist is still not completed.

10-MINUTE PLAY

An anxious plant owner attends a therapy session with her opinionated and neglected houseplants. Led by a wise and knowledgeable plant therapist, Aloe airs grievances and Mother’s Tongue delivers passive-aggressive guilt. Will real growth take root? A heartwarming comedy about care, neglect, and blooming in your own time.

1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS: The United States have some strange laws still on the books.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Guessing who a crush is can be exciting, but sometimes it’s better to just listen.

5 MINUTE PLAY

Available at Next Stage Press - Part of the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD

Reading: Literary and Discourse Society, Devon, England

An anniversary tradition of cake and a flower is enjoyed while memories of the past are shared.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
There are not enough warnings before meeting a real dad joke aficionado… especially one who’s an actual dad.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
A mysterious note with names cities crossed off has two city-named teens alarmed.

10 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
There is nothing graceful about aging normally, but when your physical and cognitive abilities betray you, grace is the only thing you can hope for.

Facing February: Writing Prompts for Playwrights - 2025
Day 17 Prompt: Mythical Creatures from Folklore, Legends and Fairytales
Based on the fairytale The Old Grandfather’s Corner by the Grimm Brothers

10 MINUTE PLAYS

NOTE: Check on fun public domain music that could actually be used on stage

SYNOPSIS:
In the town of Panto, Tennessee, one parent believes that panto theatre and is adamant that its performers have no place in a classroom. Will creativity and engagement win?

28 (29) Plays Later:
Brief 15: Pantomime - Panto

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAYS

SYNOPSIS:
Is love at first sight possible even without saying a single word?

10 MINUTE PLAY

Reading: Literary and Discourse Society, Devon, England

Science shows that heart rates on a first date mimic those of jumping out of a plane. So, why not do both at the same time? What could go wrong?

MONOLOGUE

SYNOPSIS: Why does everyone blame the full moon?

PRE-TEEN MONOLOGUE

Pre-Teen Male

25-35 MINUTES

SYNOPSIS
When a beloved classmate and budding playwright passes away unexpectedly, the students in her high school capstone team are left an unfinished play. Her best friend wants to finish the piece, but it feels impossible... too raw, too sacred. As they begin to travel through her words, the unfinished story springs to life around them. Blending scenes from her incomplete love story with their own heartfelt conversations, the teens wrestle with grief, friendship, and the question of who owns a story when the storyteller is gone. Together, they search for the courage to write the final lines she never had the chance to finish.

10 MINUTE PLAY

Mini Shenanigans Podcast - August 2024

SYNOPSIS:
A family finds themselves in a tense situation. Where is Beth?

5 MINUTE PLAY

Available at Next Stage Press - Part of the collection THE WRINKLE RANCH AND OTHER PLAYS ABOUT GROWING OLD

A mother drives her daughter and her roommate home for a weekend visit. Pushing boundaries are what college is all about, and this daughter plans on making the most of it to embarrass her mother.

TEEN MONOLOGUE

Deciding to be a vegetarian is a wonderful thing, but everything can change once one teen becomes a murderer.

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Teens wake up to family members who suddenly find their voices, breaking free from silence to finally shout their truths.

MONOLOGUE

Jazz made me think of horns... horns made me think of farts... the dots were connected.

28 Plays Later
Brief #22: “Today we're going to write a Jazz play. And no, I don't mean write a play inspired by the fascinating history of jazz (which would also make a cool brief in itself), I mean write a play that uses the same understanding of writing for jazz.”

TEEN 1 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
First dates are rough… some are even rougher than most.

10 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
Prenatal classes cover all the basics for soon-to-be parents including how to choose name. Will this group find the right names for their babies in time for the births?

28 Plays Later:
Brief #26: “Each of us has a name. So today let's honor our names and write about them.”

10-MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
In the quiet of the night, a mysterious nurse enters a hospital room, gently offering words of strength and courage to the new mother, as she guides her through a future not yet explained yet already in motion.

1-MINUTE PLAY

Some attic treasures should be left undisturbed.

MONOLOGUE

Everyone over 50 should have a colonoscopy - just hope you do better prepping than this guy.

5 MINUTE PLAY

28 Plays Later - BRIEF #9: Japanese theatre style - Noh

A modern retelling of a Japanese folk tale about how theatre came to Japan – told with NOH drama elements of masks and movement.

5 MINUTE PLAY WITH MUSIC

SOUNDCLOUD link included in text.

SYNOPSIS:
A simple park. A simple moment. A new reality.

28 (29) Plays Later:
Brief 10: “Let's write something with songs!”

30 MINUTE PLAY

An expecting couple visits New York City for a surprise vacation for the holidays before the new baby arrives. Will there be room at the boutique hotel for them?

10 MINUTE PLAY

SYNOPSIS:
The holiday season brings many expectations, especially after watching a certain holiday channel.