Arthur Gramm

Arthur Gramm is a St. Louis based playwright, adapter, and improviser. His love of playwriting was discovered by accident when, after being brought in to consult on stage combat for a new adaption of The Call of the Wild, he was asked to rewrite the entire play. From then on, the previously unknown interest developed into a full-fledged passion. While working on his BA in theatre and communication, Arthur wrote a collection of one-act plays for a staged reading, including one work that experimented with nonlinear, randomized storytelling, ALL IN THE TIMING. He has also volunteered with the Intersect Arts Center teaching theatre and playwrighting to kids in downtown St. Louis. His 10-minute One-Act play, JOY, was a semi-finalist at The End of the Road New Play Festival in 2018. He has also...

Arthur Gramm is a St. Louis based playwright, adapter, and improviser. His love of playwriting was discovered by accident when, after being brought in to consult on stage combat for a new adaption of The Call of the Wild, he was asked to rewrite the entire play. From then on, the previously unknown interest developed into a full-fledged passion. While working on his BA in theatre and communication, Arthur wrote a collection of one-act plays for a staged reading, including one work that experimented with nonlinear, randomized storytelling, ALL IN THE TIMING. He has also volunteered with the Intersect Arts Center teaching theatre and playwrighting to kids in downtown St. Louis. His 10-minute One-Act play, JOY, was a semi-finalist at The End of the Road New Play Festival in 2018. He has also written two legal mystery one-acts, both of which were produced locally in Nebraska. His greatest passion lies with works that have the ability to surprise both the audience and the author. He has written two full-length plays; AFTER THE FACT, an original work, and THE MURDER ON THE LINKS, adapted from the Agatha Christie novel of the same name. The latter was first performed by the Quarantine Players in 2020. He is currently working on his master’s degree.

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Scripts

After the Fact

by Arthur Gramm

Cast Size
13—14
Genre
drama,
mystery/thriller,
political

FULL LENGTH: Emilia and Sofia's lives are suddenly and violently disrupted when Conner Hall, who is on trial for murdering his girlfriend, Trinity, is shot and killed in front of Sofia’s eyes. Emilia, the prosecutor in his case, is pressured to represent Trinity’s parents, who want posthumous justice for their daughter. Meanwhile Sofia, who works for the local news station, searches for the rationale behind...

FULL LENGTH: Emilia and Sofia's lives are suddenly and violently disrupted when Conner Hall, who is on trial for murdering his girlfriend, Trinity, is shot and killed in front of Sofia’s eyes. Emilia, the prosecutor in his case, is pressured to represent Trinity’s parents, who want posthumous justice for their daughter. Meanwhile Sofia, who works for the local news station, searches for the rationale behind this heinous act as she comforts the Hall family and interviews the shooter, Greg. But as the truth starts to make itself clearer, Sofia and Emilia find themselves met with opposition and danger from unexpected sources as they not only unravel the truth, but grapple with the consequences of bias and influence that persist long after a crime is solved.

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Joy

by Arthur Gramm

Cast Size
4
Genre
drama,
tragedy

TEN MINUTE: Emmett and Cara Owens are faced with an impossible decision: terminate their pregnancy and receive life-saving treatment for Cara, or carry the baby to term and risk it all. This play explores the human complexities of life and death pregnancy decisions without getting political. SEMI-FINALIST in the End of the Road New Play Festival.

TEN MINUTE: Emmett and Cara Owens are faced with an impossible decision: terminate their pregnancy and receive life-saving treatment for Cara, or carry the baby to term and risk it all. This play explores the human complexities of life and death pregnancy decisions without getting political. SEMI-FINALIST in the End of the Road New Play Festival.

The Murder on the Links

by Arthur Gramm

Cast Size
14—21
Genre
adaptation,
drama,
melodrama,
mystery/thriller,
period

FULL LENGTH: Adapted from the novel by the same name, written by Agatha Christie in 1923.
Christie's most famous detective, Hercule Poirot receives an urgent letter from Paul Renauld, summoning him to France. When he arrives, Poirot and his companion Hastings find that they were too late to save M. Renauld, as he now lies dead, face down in a grave on the edge of the golf course he was building. Soon, the...

FULL LENGTH: Adapted from the novel by the same name, written by Agatha Christie in 1923.
Christie's most famous detective, Hercule Poirot receives an urgent letter from Paul Renauld, summoning him to France. When he arrives, Poirot and his companion Hastings find that they were too late to save M. Renauld, as he now lies dead, face down in a grave on the edge of the golf course he was building. Soon, the story circulates that he was taken in the middle of the night by masked foreigners after a "secret" But certain facts do not add up. Why is his overcoat too long? Who wrote the love letter found in his pocket? Why is the broken watch running two hours fast? The case is further complicated by the discovery of another body, which has apparently been stabbed in an impossible way. All the while, Poirot must participate in a tête-à-tête with a rival, Inspector Giraud, who sees the case completely differently and refuses to cooperate. Hastings, meanwhile, has fallen in love with a girl who refuses to give her name. This fantastic story, beautifully crafted by Agatha Christie, has been faithfully and cleverly adapted to the stage for the first time. Script freely available upon request.

Review of the Original Work

"A capital story, cleverly designed, briskly told." - Bookman

"Mrs Christie has a surprising gift of keeping the reader's tension unslacked, of heaping excitement on excitement, and of always having a surprise up her sleeve." – Daily Mail.

"A clinking yarn, most ingeniously contrived and skilfully evolved… there is not a superfluous word or a dull one from start to finish… the very best of this sort of fiction." – Winnifred Blatchford in The Clarion.

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