Ten minute monolog. Watching the first NASA launch of her career, Berniece remembers a mentor.

Ten minute play. During a layover, a pilot stages a protest in a remote airport gate. Someone stole her stuffed lucky Bilby! Two of her attendants try to convince her to return to the plane and salvage her job. Included in the collection "A Wealth of Bank Holidays"

Ten minute play. Teenage Johnny finds his older sister Amy at their abandoned childhood home, where they relive a night that changed their lives forever. Can Johnny convince her to leave the past behind?

Ten minute play. Linney, age 13, is desperate to make the bus for school, in order to take the entry exam for the prestigious STEM magnet school. But the neighborhood dog won't let her through the gate. A challenge for her critical thinking skills! Included in the collection "The Seven Ages of WoMan."

Full length. A comedy in two acts adapted for the 21st century from the original by Anna Cora Mowatt, which was the hit of the season in NYC in 1845.

“Fashion adorns fools, my dear, but cannot feed them!”

The comedy focuses on the Tiffany family, whose sudden rise from the merchant class has allowed them to buy their way into the trendy social circles in mid 19th century NYC. Obsessed with the outrageous styles of the upper class, their vulgar display of wealth attracts numerous suitors for the Tiffany’s daughter. They become piled with debts, which Mr. Tiffany tries desperately to hide. Will Jolimaitre, the fake French Count, fleece the family and “spoil” their precious debutante? Will the blackmailing clerk, Snobson, besmirch the family’s good name? Mistaken identity, betrayal, and family secrets add to the treachery and hilarity. Leave it to an old family friend, Adam Trueman, to unravel the mess and return the family to simpler, honest American values.

Adaptor’s Notes:

This play, in its original version, was the most popular American comedy of the 19th century. It premiered at the Park Theatre in New York City on March 24, 1845, setting a record for sold out performances. It was the first play to successfully satirize American life with some degree of naturalism, and it was the first commercially successful play written by a woman in this country. While this adaptation is careful to retain the original strengths of the work, it has been revised and edited to appeal to the audiences and theatres of today.

Ten minute play. Welcome--have a cookie and bring the crazy!

Ten minute monologue. In a mountain village in Peru, the rebels are moving in. A young priest faces a difficult choice before morning.

Full length. Published by Next Stage Press. A collection of seven short plays with contemporary characters chronicling the stages of a woman’s life. A reimagining of Shakespeare’s soliloquy from As You Like It.

Ten minute play. At a midwest Mega store, it’s mayhem on Christmas Eve in a toy store, minutes to closing. A teenage Mom and a tenacious Grandma battle over the right to the last Cyborg City Tonka Truck. A funny and touching tale of connections between strangers. Included in the collection "The Seven Ages of WoMan."

Full length. A comedy of nuptials somewhere on the Great Lakes; based very loosely on the ridiculous antics in Jane Austen’s own saga of three sisters, Persuasion.

Anna is summoned to the surprise wedding of her widowed father to a much younger woman who threatens to ruin the Ellsworth family’s beloved Indiana home. And she’s Canadian! The ceremony is timed to occur during the fall Equinox on a remote Great Lakes island resort where, seven years ago, Anna met and lost the love of her life. Since then, she’s become a bitter and withdrawn technical writer who loses her lunch at the first hint of an “I do”. (A nauseous spinster!) As the family gathers for the ceremony, they uncover alarming details – Wiccan rituals, carnival schemes, dubious land deals. In desperation, Anna, her two sisters, and their Aunt Rusty plot to abduct the bride and enlighten the clueless groom. But who’s the handsome sailor with cousin Louella? Why is Aunt Rusty strangely protective of Anna? What is the bizarre report from the family doctor? Will Anna unscramble the mystery and discover who she can trust before it’s too late?!