Serena Norr

Serena Norr

Serena Norr is a writer, playwright, and founder of Let’s Make a Play, a playwriting program for kids and adults. Her plays have been performed at the Omaha Fringe Festival, White Plains Performing Arts Center, the New Deal Creative Arts Center, Westchester Collaborative Theater, the Tank, The Players Theater with the Rogue Theater Festival and the NYC Short Play Festival, the University of Alabama as well as...
Serena Norr is a writer, playwright, and founder of Let’s Make a Play, a playwriting program for kids and adults. Her plays have been performed at the Omaha Fringe Festival, White Plains Performing Arts Center, the New Deal Creative Arts Center, Westchester Collaborative Theater, the Tank, The Players Theater with the Rogue Theater Festival and the NYC Short Play Festival, the University of Alabama as well as various productions over Zoom. She is a recent second-rounder at the Austin Film Festival for her full-length play, “Agency for the Lost.”

Her play “OTHER” was recently published in Theatre Unbound’s “Bittersweet” Monologue Collection and “Zoom Like No One is Watching” was published in the “UNTITLED COVID SHORT PLAY ANTHOLOGY” by Flower Song Press. "Cut Out Fam" will be published in ellipsis... literature & art Drama in April 2023.

During COVID, 15 of her plays received a Zoom production, such as “The Dividing Demons” performed with Primary Stages, "The Bookstore" performed with Westchester Collaborative Theater, “Zoom Like No One is Watching” performed with Sister Shakes for the Show Must Go Online Play festival and B Street Theatre's New Play Brunch, to name a few productions.

Her monologues, "It's the Michelle Jennings Show," "Waiting and Wanting, "Mama, Can You Hear Me? "Deep in Night Thoughts," "Behind the Bars" and “Zoom-A-Ference 2022" was performed with Vintage Soul Productions. Recently, her short "Secrets & Lies" was a part of The Queans Theatre REPRESENT festival, her full-length "The Demise of Baby Johnson" was showcased through the Dramatists Guild's DG Footlights Series, "Purdy's" was a part of the Omaha Fringe Festival, and her plays “Morning Ritual” “Zoom Like No One is Watching” was performed as a part of Rogue Theater Festival. Additionally, "$5 dollah, $5 dollah" was performed at the Short Play Festival and "The Rainbow Method" was performed with the New Deal Creative Arts Center.

She is also a member of the Dramatists Guild, Westchester Collaborative Theater, Cut Edge Collective (NYC), a participant of the 2021 Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive, and a participant of the Women's Theatre Festival (WTF) Directing Program. For more information, visit http://www.serenanorr.com/

Plays

  • Morning Ritual by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: dreams, sleep disorder + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, satire, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: dreams, sleep disorder, women's issues, doctor-patient relationship, wacky, mind games, twilight zone-like
    VILLA is put to sleep at Morning Ritual, a seemingly peaceful retreat to help those who have undergone trauma. However, she wakes before she completes the transgressive period - causing her counselors (LUCIE and BEAM) to question her and everything they thought they knew about the science at the Ritual. With pandering and back and forth questioning, Lucie and Beam try to understand what caused Villa to wake up...
    VILLA is put to sleep at Morning Ritual, a seemingly peaceful retreat to help those who have undergone trauma. However, she wakes before she completes the transgressive period - causing her counselors (LUCIE and BEAM) to question her and everything they thought they knew about the science at the Ritual. With pandering and back and forth questioning, Lucie and Beam try to understand what caused Villa to wake up while doing their best to conceal the truth that Villa starts to reveal.
  • OTHER (Monologue) by Serena Norr
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
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    Genre: biography, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: biracial identity, being yourself + 3 more
    Genre: biography, drama, experimental, melodrama, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: biracial identity, being yourself, a short Zoom play, audition monologue, cultural identity
    Sara a bi-racial, white passing women in her 30s who is contemplating her confusion over picking racial identity boxes for a job application that she has covered up, and not understood her whole life. Waiting for a phone call, she thinks about who she is, covering up being an "other," and what it means to finally check that box.
  • Baby or the Demise of Baby Johnson by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: former child star, stalker + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, tragedy
    Keyword: former child star, stalker, mothers, son, mother and son, celebrity obsession, full length
    Former child and teen star Baby Johnson is trying to find her way back to stardom. Now at age 40, Baby has a with a 13-year-old son and she can't escape her past that was filled with pills, drinking, a fire, and issues with her mom (and former manager). When she meets a new manager, it seems that everything she ever dreamed will finally come true, but his intentions may not exactly be what Baby needs to...
    Former child and teen star Baby Johnson is trying to find her way back to stardom. Now at age 40, Baby has a with a 13-year-old son and she can't escape her past that was filled with pills, drinking, a fire, and issues with her mom (and former manager). When she meets a new manager, it seems that everything she ever dreamed will finally come true, but his intentions may not exactly be what Baby needs to get her to her ultimate goal, an Oscar.
  • Spin Cycle by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: laundry, full-length play + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, immersive, mystery/thriller, zoom
    Keyword: laundry, full-length play, difficult mothers, Mental Health
    JUNE spends her days working in the laundromat, taking care of her mother, SABEL, and saving money for college that she can't yet afford. With confusion over her mother's version of the past and a war that can't be named, June finds herself trying to understand the truth about the past. As confusion mounts, she finds solace in her beloved laundromat and the calm of the Spin Cycle.
  • Agency for the Lost by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    9
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: full length, toxic work culture + 7 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, immersive, melodrama, zoom
    Keyword: full length, toxic work culture, absent father, altered consciousness, lonely, dark comedy, abandoned child, dimensions, Childhood
    Mae has a simple life, typing memos for the "important” at Memos for the Less. Her hands, however, are suffering as she types day-after-day, sending memos up to the faceless on the 27th floor. But something is missing. Is it her dead end marriage? Or the constant messages she gets from her shallow officemate, or the lingering feeling of abandonment when her father left 36 years ago. It all seems to change...
    Mae has a simple life, typing memos for the "important” at Memos for the Less. Her hands, however, are suffering as she types day-after-day, sending memos up to the faceless on the 27th floor. But something is missing. Is it her dead end marriage? Or the constant messages she gets from her shallow officemate, or the lingering feeling of abandonment when her father left 36 years ago. It all seems to change when she goes to the Agency for the Lost, a quasi-detective firm with a founder who has a penchant for cigarettes and egg salad sandwiches, who promises to find her dad in the "lost dimension," a place everyone goes who leaves. When he comes back, or the person who she thinks is her Dad, she realizes that longing for the idea of someone isn’t exactly the same idea as the actual person. As her hands and body continue to weaken, she learns from her dad (who may or may not be her dad) that there is another way. A place where she doesn't have to follow the rules that she doesn't get or chase the preverbal carrot to get to the 27th floor. Will she give it all up and leave like her father, or stick around and finally feel "found"?
  • The Rainbow Method by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: new age, wellness + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, satire, zoom
    Keyword: new age, wellness, Wellness Industry, control, guru, a short Zoom play
    JULEY, a world famous wellness guru and creator of “The Rainbow Method,” a technique that uses rainbows to heal others, just completed a stay at The Foundry, a clinic to help her with a trauma. During her release, her manager, SAMI, comes with his own agenda, pushing her to get back to work where all she wants is to stop pretending. As the power shifts, SAMI uses the very method that JULEY created on her. Is...
    JULEY, a world famous wellness guru and creator of “The Rainbow Method,” a technique that uses rainbows to heal others, just completed a stay at The Foundry, a clinic to help her with a trauma. During her release, her manager, SAMI, comes with his own agenda, pushing her to get back to work where all she wants is to stop pretending. As the power shifts, SAMI uses the very method that JULEY created on her. Is JULEY’s method real, or is the power of manipulation the real strength?
  • The Debt Collector by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: credit cards, money + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, satire, zoom
    Keyword: credit cards, money, Debt, debt collection, american satire, twilight zone-like
    Buy now, pay later. Or so they say. Rayon lives by this mantra except she's up to her eyeballs in debt with a home filled with the latest and greatest gadgets and no one to share it with. An unexpected visit from KJ, an 8th degree debt collector, offers her a way out but is Rayon strong enough to accept a life without debt?
  • $5 Dollah, $5 Dollah by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: NYC, bags + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental
    Keyword: NYC, bags, hustling, comedy, contemporary New York City, Chinatown, Bizarre, weird
    Avon is a fast-talking hustler trying to sell bags in Chinatown to a faceless boss named G. Dale, a wannabe actress, now hostess from Texas, approaches his table with a penchant for bag-smelling. Avon invites Dale to the back alley to show her custom bag. She eventually follows and ends up at a packed nightclub where they take a moment to dance. Dale, however, is distracted and wants the bag that she was...
    Avon is a fast-talking hustler trying to sell bags in Chinatown to a faceless boss named G. Dale, a wannabe actress, now hostess from Texas, approaches his table with a penchant for bag-smelling. Avon invites Dale to the back alley to show her custom bag. She eventually follows and ends up at a packed nightclub where they take a moment to dance. Dale, however, is distracted and wants the bag that she was promised as Avon angrily takes her to the back. With a faceless boss watching, the stakes are high for Avon to do his job and sell the bag, or face the wrath of G.
  • Earth Cure by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama, zoom
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    Keyword: future America, sustainability + 3 more
    Genre: drama, zoom
    Keyword: future America, sustainability, sustainable living, fish, future dystopia
    It's the year 2035 and the world is perfect, or so it seems. DR. HETTA JACOBS is not convinced that Earth Cure, a solvent to clean the earth and the water is actually doing that.
  • Cut Out Fam by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: Suburbs, women + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, satire, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: Suburbs, women, magazines, Ladies Magazines, zoom, short play, subversive, weird plays, collage, hot dogs
    Sue’s secret to creating the perfect family is simple: cut them out of magazines and pretend they are real. As she retreats to her world of play to escape the chaos of her real world, she loses a grasp of reality, finding it harder to tell her real family from the one she created.
  • I See You by Serena Norr
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 2 more
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    Keyword: a short Zoom play, pandemic + 3 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, farce, zoom
    Keyword: a short Zoom play, pandemic, experimental, adult friendship, short
    It's been years since BILLO and MAE have seen each other. They are both surprised when they see each other across the street from one another. On opposite sides of the street, they scream to try to catch up and slowly inch closer and closer as they connect about what was, and maybe what life can be.
  • Purdy's by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: absent mother, coronavirus + 6 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, horror, mystery/thriller, radio drama, zoom
    Keyword: absent mother, coronavirus, diner culture, Townie, comedy-mystery, difficult mothers, adult depression, COVID 19
    GRAY, a mother of 2 ran away from home during the pandemic. On the road for days, she stops for a bite to eat at Purdy's, a small diner in Hicksville. Here, she meets PURDY and CLOVER, seemingly nice townies who GRAY feels a kinship to and finally opens up to reveal why she left. Talking over Purdy's signature dishes, Gray warms up to these seemingly welcoming strangers.

    But could...
    GRAY, a mother of 2 ran away from home during the pandemic. On the road for days, she stops for a bite to eat at Purdy's, a small diner in Hicksville. Here, she meets PURDY and CLOVER, seemingly nice townies who GRAY feels a kinship to and finally opens up to reveal why she left. Talking over Purdy's signature dishes, Gray warms up to these seemingly welcoming strangers.

    But could letting her guard down be her downfall?
  • Dr. Bob (Monologue) by Serena Norr
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: mothers, adult depression + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, satire, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: mothers, adult depression, computers, Covid-19, monologue, a short Zoom play, moms, Sad
    Claire, a suburban mom of 3, is trying to solve her problems with the help of Bob, a computer database of licensed professionals.
  • Zoom Like No One is Watching: Part 1 by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: zoom, coronavirus + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, experimental, romantic comedy, zoom
    Keyword: zoom, coronavirus, blind date, date, dance, funny, dancing
    Awkward encounters ensue as an unlikely pair (DAVID and HILLY) go on a blind date in a Zoom chat during quarantine. During their short chat, they share revelations about kids, death, work, love, and lust, as they try to understand each other and themselves. Forging an unlikely bond through dance, they start to peel off their layers and perhaps start to feel a little less lonely until reality strikes.
  • Late, On Purpose: Part 2 by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: adult relationships, bittersweet love story + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy, zoom
    Keyword: adult relationships, bittersweet love story, zoom
    Part 2 of the 3 part series: It is now July 2020 as HILLY and DAVID continue to chat on Zoom. DAVID finds solace in a living situation and asks HILLY to join him.
  • Its Always Been You: Part 3 by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: Abnormal Couple, zoom + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, romantic comedy, zoom
    Keyword: Abnormal Couple, zoom, cars, Couple, kids
    Part 3 of a 3-part series: It is now July 2022 and HILLY and DAVID haven't spoken for years. She suddenly wants to speak with him with some unexpected news.
  • Fast $$ by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: love of money, money + 6 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, satire, zoom
    Keyword: love of money, money, women, fast money, parking lot, aging hippie, name change, a Zoom play
    KAT, a suburban wife, with a shady past is in need of money fast! She meets DANO, in a seedy park who offers her the chance to become rich quickly. Only caveat? She has to give up everything she is without knowing what she's really getting into.
  • That Time I Met a Vampire at Mercury Lounge by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: music, vampires + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, fantasy, satire, zoom
    Keyword: music, vampires, alternate timelines, rock bands, NYC
    Waiting for the band The Reverence to play at Mercury Lounge, Cal strikes up a conversation with Della who seems to be waiting for a friend to join her. With a confidence that can't be placed, Cal mysteriously alludes to to his intentions but lost Della is too blind to see the darkness that's right in front of her.
  • The Wig Maker by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, experimental + 3 more
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    Keyword: Wigs, craftsman + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, experimental, melodrama, satire, zoom
    Keyword: Wigs, craftsman, satire, dark, wigmaking, adults and kids
    Beatrice, a world-renowned wig maker known for her craftsmanship, spends her days teaching her assistant, Mateo the craft while also making real hair wigs. When Mel, an eccentric client comes in, Mateo promises her wigs they don't make comes with the price of seeing Mel's odd world and her obsession for her kids...and what wigs they wear.
  • The Waiting Game (Monologue) by Serena Norr
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama, radio drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: a Zoom play, A woman's role + 1 more
    Genre: drama, radio drama, zoom
    Keyword: a Zoom play, A woman's role, audio drama
    GLORIA, late-30s is waiting at her computer screen, finding herself going down a rabbit hole thinking about her life and what she really wants.
  • Run for Cover by Serena Norr
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adventure, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: running, concentration of power + 4 more
    Genre: adventure, dark comedy, drama, mystery/thriller, satire, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: running, concentration of power, car accident, women, plays for women, action adventure
    All Marigold wanted to do was to run. But so did Betty. When Marigold gets hit by Betty's car, she finds herself stuck at home pinned over by her hapless husband/nurse, Roland, who can't seem to find the right tea that might bring her peace or say anything right.

    When their family friend and town police officer, Riley delivers unexpected news about the case, Betty and Marigold are...
    All Marigold wanted to do was to run. But so did Betty. When Marigold gets hit by Betty's car, she finds herself stuck at home pinned over by her hapless husband/nurse, Roland, who can't seem to find the right tea that might bring her peace or say anything right.

    When their family friend and town police officer, Riley delivers unexpected news about the case, Betty and Marigold are forced to peel away at the baggage they can't seem to run away from as different versions of what happened -- both during the accident and to their lives -- in this who-done-it suburban caper.
  • Tony's Pasta House by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Valentine's Day, pasta + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Valentine's Day, pasta, bowling, couples
    RAY, a struggling travel agent and SALLY, a popular bowler are ready to enjoy a dinner at Tony's Pasta House for Valentine's Day when Ray drops some news that will change the course of the evening, and the couples future.
  • The Dividing Demons (Monologue) by Serena Norr
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: anxiety attack, anxiety + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: anxiety attack, anxiety, coronavirus, accounting
    Roy Donaldson is back to work as an accountant at The Dividing Demons. It is 2021 and he can't shake his anxiety and uneasiness, which has been heightened since he is back at the office. Here, he tells his boss, Ken, exactly how he feels.
  • Life on The Upper Deck by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Staten Island, Staten Island Ferry + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, zoom
    Keyword: Staten Island, Staten Island Ferry, a young couple, zoom, adult relationships, dating, NYC
    Staten-Island born Denny and Connecticut-born Gilda connected on Zoom and are finally meeting in person on the Upper Deck of the Staten Island Ferry. Could they survive in the real world when finally learning the truth about who they really are.
  • Undercuts by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: estranged siblings, apple pie + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, mystery/thriller, satire
    Keyword: estranged siblings, apple pie, control
    JACKIE comes back after a long-time away to visit her sister, ELLIS. However, she learns that her sister is still under RYAN's control.
  • The Great Zoom Mystery by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: happy hour, a Zoom play + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, mystery/thriller, zoom
    Keyword: happy hour, a Zoom play, adult friendship, bonds of friendship
    Yet another Zoom happy hour with 6 college friends who haven't seen each other in person for months. On Zoom, they all see something they shouldn't have in a neighbors house -- and learning more about each other that they never realized before.
  • The Fortune Teller by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: fortune teller, a marriage in crisis + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: fortune teller, a marriage in crisis, mother, daughters motherhood
    SAVVY comes back to her mother (DIANA's) house after a fight with her husband--only to end up dealing with issues from her childhood.
  • Miracle Fluff by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: baby, tired mom + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: baby, tired mom, TV, nighttime, dark comedy, couples, infomercial
    Tired new parents’ JUDE and CARYS finally got their new baby to sleep for the night
    and they're ready for a night of mindless TV. CARYS becomes obsessed after watching a commercial for the Miracle Fluff that’s supposedly made with an ancient formula designed to wash away fear, worry and anxiety.
    Her want for the blanket brings out layers (and issues) in their marriage that have perhaps always...
    Tired new parents’ JUDE and CARYS finally got their new baby to sleep for the night
    and they're ready for a night of mindless TV. CARYS becomes obsessed after watching a commercial for the Miracle Fluff that’s supposedly made with an ancient formula designed to wash away fear, worry and anxiety.
    Her want for the blanket brings out layers (and issues) in their marriage that have perhaps always
    been there all along.
  • It's the Michelle Jennings Show by Serena Norr
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: comedy, zoom + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: comedy, zoom, tv host, Quarantine
    MICHELLE is a modern woman who seems to have it all. But during quarantine her persona started to unravel that was surrounded by an affair, uneasy temperament, and more that she covered in her new book and wants to address to her audience. Driven by power and her ego, she is actually just propelling the illusion of who
    she was as there’s actually no one in the audience.
  • The Wheel Man by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: adult relationships, author + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, zoom
    Keyword: adult relationships, author, bad marriage, family fight
    The Wheel Man is about Toby's broken dreams. Author of the Banana Blast book, he is desperate to find success again but finds himself blocked, lost and confused. After a night out with the girls, his wife, Millie, suggests that he work at Lim's new wheel shop for stability and a steady paycheck. During their conversation, truth about their relationship, unstable life and desires come out. Will Toby...
    The Wheel Man is about Toby's broken dreams. Author of the Banana Blast book, he is desperate to find success again but finds himself blocked, lost and confused. After a night out with the girls, his wife, Millie, suggests that he work at Lim's new wheel shop for stability and a steady paycheck. During their conversation, truth about their relationship, unstable life and desires come out. Will Toby become the wheel man, or stay true to his dream -- that might ever happen.
  • The Gadget Man by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 5 more
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    Keyword: a lousy future, Dystopia + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, melodrama, satire, science fiction, zoom
    Keyword: a lousy future, Dystopia, The Sharper Image, salesman, Drugs, alternate reality
    It is the year 2022 and ABLE and REAGAN are meeting in an abandoned mall at the Sharper Image store for an exchange of booster, REAGAN's wonder product. During their transaction, ABLE wants a smaller boost as conflict arises and LINCOLN, a former manager of The Sharper Image and former Gadget Man appears. He also needs this wonder product but the price may be too steep for the broken Gadget Man. Will they...
    It is the year 2022 and ABLE and REAGAN are meeting in an abandoned mall at the Sharper Image store for an exchange of booster, REAGAN's wonder product. During their transaction, ABLE wants a smaller boost as conflict arises and LINCOLN, a former manager of The Sharper Image and former Gadget Man appears. He also needs this wonder product but the price may be too steep for the broken Gadget Man. Will they get the magical booster they need or suffer like the rest of humanity?


  • Shine by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: cleanliness, NYC + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, satire, tragedy
    Keyword: cleanliness, NYC, High Society, dominance, subverse
    SABEL and BECKY have been tasked to clean REAGAN's penthouse. The sisters did something in the past that keeps them tied to this work that BECKY thinks they will never get out of. When REAGAN returns, SABEL finally finds her voice to escape but it may be too late for BECKY
  • Garden Gnomes by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: gardening, troubled kids + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, young audiences
    Keyword: gardening, troubled kids, rich kids, gnomes
    Rich and reckless, GRACEN caused havoc to LIBBY’s garden, smashing her collection of precious garden gnomes. They now have to come together for GRACEN’s community service, which his mother arranged. During his shift, he learns more about plants, happiness and perhaps the keys to his future from LIBBY’s anecdotes.
  • Life in Color by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: experimental, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: color, magic + 1 more
    Genre: experimental, fantasy, young audiences
    Keyword: color, magic, hide and seek
    Dahlia and Regent James live in colorless world. They stumble upon a color that they don't know the name for in their attic. When they use it, a world of magic ensues as they start to see how bright and beautiful life can be.
  • Another Stupid BBQ by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: barbecue, Suburbs + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: barbecue, Suburbs, housewife, dark comedy
    It's the hottest day of the year and GRETA is hosting her annual BBQ when unexpected guests JANE and DAR arrive. Questions arise over who invited them, leads to a discovery of the unsavory side of GRETA's perfect suburban BBQ.
  • Waiting and Wanting by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: Covid-19, zoom + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: Covid-19, zoom, good teacher, breakdown
    BAIN is a nervous yet eager to please young teacher who is thrown into the world of online schooling due to COVID. With the new teaching situation, he finds himself drained and alone as his students never join his Zoom class. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, he reveals his anguish and a behind the scenes look at his
    situation.
  • Mama, Can You Hear Me? (Monologue) by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: coma, flute + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: coma, flute, pleasing mothers
    REAGAN’s mother BRYLEE has been in a coma for months, following an incident with BRYLEE’s boyfriend. Every day after her school, REAGAN comes to the hospital to visit her mother and play for her. With the weight of the emotional abuse in her ear and pressure to be perfect, REAGAN wants the impossible: for her mother to
    finally hear her.
  • Asleep at the Wheel by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: ghost town, cars + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, horror, satire, zoom
    Keyword: ghost town, cars, a young couple, creepy, deception, halloween, spooky
    Cole and Julia have been driving for hours to a wedding when they fall asleep and end up in a ghost town. Confusion ensues as their relationship is tested while being scared by the unknown of where they are.
  • The Best Man Who Ever Lived by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: a funeral, rich family + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: a funeral, rich family, three characters, contemporary mystery
    It is Harbor's funeral, a billionaire who was considered the best man who ever lived. Two guests sneak away into his wife's den to search for clues into his death, which he believes was a set up.
  • Zoom-A-Ference 2022 (Monologue) by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: comedy, zoom + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, zoom
    Keyword: comedy, zoom, computers
    ABBY is a young woman in her early-20s who is also the founder and CEO of Dr. Bob. A protege in the tech world, she is also troubled by the past and specifically the actions of her mother and sister that still haunt her, no matter how successful she is. She is also a bit over the top and wiry as she talks about personal aspects of her life that she never revealed before.
  • Behind the Bars by Serena Norr
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: jail, computers
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: jail, computers
    MILLIE is a young woman in her mid-20s, who 5 years prior shot her fiance. She is now in prison, seeking counseling via a new platform, Dr. Bob, with COVID looming in the background.
  • Deep in Night Thoughts by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: mom problems, mom issues
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: mom problems, mom issues
    Julie is an anxious mom of two who often “talks” to her husband Reggie at night, though he doesn’t listen as he is asleep. This sounding board is her only way to share how she feels and process her day, and, ultimately her actions from 5 years ago.
  • Blank Canvas by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: artist, adult relationships + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, tragedy
    Keyword: artist, adult relationships, Hudson Valley
    CARYS is a struggling artist who is secretly obsessed with trying to hit it big. Her boyfriend, SHAW is jovial and lighthearted but very supportive, almost to a fault who CARYS feels gets in the way of his work.
  • Secrets and Lies by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, zoom
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    Keyword: bi-racial relationship, a young couple + 3 more
    Genre: drama, zoom
    Keyword: bi-racial relationship, a young couple, marriage, adult relationships, mixed ethnicity
    DEX and BECCA are set to get married in 3 days. They are excited to build a life together, but after a dinner with DEX’s mother, BECCA tells DEX that she is half-Black. DEX’s reaction sets the evening on a tailspin as he reveals how he really feels, and perhaps who he really is.
  • Meeting of the Minds by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, horror + 1 more
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    Keyword: haunted
    Genre: drama, horror, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: haunted
    BABY is a washed up teen star looking for her come back role. Her manager, RICK, is secretly obsessed with her and asks to meet in an abandoned church to discuss her next big role. When noises are heard in the church and a creepy priest arrives, Baby has to perform her biggest role yet: fight to save her life.
  • Items to Return by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: adult relationships, breakup
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: adult relationships, breakup
    The 10-minute play follows the reunion of Lucas and Rosie in a coffee shop. They recently broke up and Rosie wanted to meet to get back some of her old possessions. Although they meet on neutral pretext, their past relationships slowly interweave into their conversation and things are said ultimately ruins one of the character's delicate ego.
  • Lab Rat by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama
    Genre: comedy, drama
    DR. GUNDER found the cure for cancer until his assistant, TEDDY trips and unplugs the wires in the lab.
  • The Meat Man by Serena Norr
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Boxing, meat
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Boxing, meat
    A call at 3am has JACOB, an aging boxer, questioning his wife, BELINDA, on a recent meat order that might be more than what it seems.
  • Doors by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: experimental, tragedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: a Zoom play, new york real estate + 4 more
    Genre: experimental, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: a Zoom play, new york real estate, Brooklyn, doors, Brooklyn real estate, colors
    Deva, a 60-year-old mom of two, can't keep up with all changes that are happening in her Brooklyn neighborhood. In an attempt to keep out the leeches and vampires aka real estate agent who wants her coveted apartment, she instills door after door, and escapes into a world of colors that her daughters, Maude and Sari, help her create. When the final door opens, Deva must confront the reality of the real...
    Deva, a 60-year-old mom of two, can't keep up with all changes that are happening in her Brooklyn neighborhood. In an attempt to keep out the leeches and vampires aka real estate agent who wants her coveted apartment, she instills door after door, and escapes into a world of colors that her daughters, Maude and Sari, help her create. When the final door opens, Deva must confront the reality of the real world vs the illusionary world she has been safely nestled in.
  • The Book Store by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: future, bookstore + 2 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: future, bookstore, ex husband and wife, arguing couple
    It is 2021 and JENNY is about to open up her new book store, Books and Nooks. GERALD, her ex-husband is the only one attend the opening.
  • VS. by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: interview, Job Interview + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: interview, Job Interview, younger women, NYC
    A job interview is never easy. Jennifer, a young hopeful, will have to pass the ultimate test if she wants the job.
  • Oh, To Return to those Chocolate-Covered Sunday’s by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    8
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: satire, twilight zone-like + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, satire
    Keyword: satire, twilight zone-like, chocolate
    What does it mean to find joy in simple things or horror in the complex or to simply want chocolate on Sunday?
  • DFS (Discontinued Food Society) by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy
    Genre: dark comedy
    Welcome to a meeting of the Discontinued Food Society. It's Daisy's first meeting.
  • Blood Dawgs by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, zoom
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    Keyword: Boxing, boys + 1 more
    Genre: drama, zoom
    Keyword: Boxing, boys, fight
    FRITZ is the owner and undefeated champion of his underground boxing rink. But he finally meets his match when gets paired with his ex-coach, BILL BONES, and his new prodigy, RICCO.
  • World Traveler by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: fellow travelers, a rivalry between brothers + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: fellow travelers, a rivalry between brothers, competitive brothers, identical twins, wine, adult relationships
    MILES' twin brother, SYMON, is visiting from his recent travels with a job offer that sounds too good to be true. LIZA, a wannabe model, is intrigued by the offer as she wants the promise of the life MILES has never been able to give her.
  • You Know You Need This by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: adventure, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: stealing
    Genre: adventure, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: stealing
    CADY and MERYL, both 21, are in a trendy boutique when CADY suggests that MERYL should steal to feel alive. Will she do to finally feel something?
  • Junked Out Life by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: absent father, junkyard
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: absent father, junkyard
    ERIN, is confronting her absent father, HAROLD, in the junkyard. She is reaching out for help after years of being away.
  • Slice of Cherry Pie by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: argument with mother, cherry pie
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: argument with mother, cherry pie
    Sable is visiting her mother after being away for years. She addresses her in her childhood kitchen with a slice of pie.
  • Just Cause by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: family, brothers
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: family, brothers
    Just Cause
  • ST. CHRIS Story by Maureen Morgan, Adapted for the stage By Serena Norr by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: adaptation, faith-based + 4 more
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    Keyword: adapation, 1970s + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, faith-based, movement/physical, tragedy, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: adapation, 1970s, good teacher, adults and kids, christian faith
    St. Chris tells the story of a moment in Maureen Morgan's life as a teacher at St. Christopher's in Dobbs Ferry, NY in the 1970s. During this time, the PINS children came to the school who would forever change her life after one fateful day and how the power of connection and music saved them.
  • Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: Sisters, family
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: Sisters, family
    The complexity of sisterhood with these 3 sisters who often don't feel like sisters.
  • Cupcake Therapy by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: family, cupcakes + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: family, cupcakes, drinking, mental institution
    Anthony recently returned from a three-year stint in a mental institution, bringing back the demons from the past with him.
  • Sweet Sixteen by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: twilight zone-like, sweet 16 + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, immersive
    Keyword: twilight zone-like, sweet 16, dark comedy, Adaptable for a Radio Drama, subversive
    In this perfect world, everyone must transition and lose their useless full capacity brains and achieve their full potential with no anger, pain, jealousy at age 16. But Jane know that succumbing to the surgery will mean that she will lose everything that makes her special and no longer be a "free thinker," becoming a "robot" to this society and these new norms. Can Jane escape her fate before her 16th birthday?
  • DND by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: lending money, motel + 1 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: lending money, motel, crime
    Marc is trying to uncover the work of Anno, his boss, to the feds. But he needs the help of his loyal henchwomen, Riley to get the job done.
  • Double by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 5 more
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    Keyword: full length play, Sci Fi + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, immersive, satire, science fiction, zoom
    Keyword: full length play, Sci Fi, experimental, experimental theater
    All Mara wants is to get rid of her “Double” so she can be free. Free of the lingering voice that follows her. After getting a part at an audition, she discovers Double, Inc, a facility that is touted for its ability to get rid of doubles...with a cost. As she gets further and further into her treatments, the division of who is who gets blurred as the whole person vs. the subconscious fights for the ultimate...
    All Mara wants is to get rid of her “Double” so she can be free. Free of the lingering voice that follows her. After getting a part at an audition, she discovers Double, Inc, a facility that is touted for its ability to get rid of doubles...with a cost. As she gets further and further into her treatments, the division of who is who gets blurred as the whole person vs. the subconscious fights for the ultimate battle of control....of Mara's mind.
  • To the One I'll Never Meet by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: biography, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: biracial characters, biracial family + 5 more
    Genre: biography, drama, experimental, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: biracial characters, biracial family, absent father, father daughter, NYC, Dads, abandoned child
    WOMAN and MAN have never met and never will. The play examines the love/disconnection of a father and his daughter who have never connected in real life and how they have lived very different yet intertwined lives in NYC. A story of abandonment, hope, and love that somehow connects the unconnected.
  • The Bell Crunch by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: alternate timelines, a Zoom play + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, satire, zoom
    Keyword: alternate timelines, a Zoom play, Short plays, changing times
    DEV and MARX never seem to have enough time and find themselves traveling through life -- and at various ages -- when they hear a bell and it all shifts again. Shifting from when they were older to their younger days and back again, they reflect on their lives -- and the difficulty of their dreams.
  • (Monologue) Mother's Mind by Serena Norr
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, melodrama + 1 more
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    Keyword: contains monologues, woman + 5 more
    Genre: drama, melodrama, zoom
    Keyword: contains monologues, woman, difficult mothers, absent mother, a mother's love, Mental Health, mental health issues
    This woman's mother is complicated. But she's figured out how to help her; how to really help her mother's mind.
  • The Run to Nowhere by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 2 more
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    Keyword: a Zoom play, a short Zoom play + 2 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, movement/physical, zoom
    Keyword: a Zoom play, a short Zoom play, NYC, lonely
    It's just another night at home where MADS is ready to settle in with a glass of wine and a self-help book when she looks around the way and sees her neighbor, BRECK running in place to nowhere. She goes on the fire escape and starts to talk to her, convincing her of the importance of running in place and tempting what is by coming over and running together, revealing their loneliness and unlikely connection.
  • 4 Aces by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: cards, adult women best friends + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, experimental, zoom
    Keyword: cards, adult women best friends, women, best friends
    Its cards night again at Abby's to play the game that no one wants to play. As these best friends meet for their card night, secrets about the past and the future come to life in this comedic short.
  • Vitality and Purpose by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: women, experimental + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, zoom
    Keyword: women, experimental, sexual shame, shame, guilt, subverse, subversive
    Delfie is contemplating her guilt and shame as she interweaves the memories of the men who caused her to feel this way.
  • Hunger by Serena Norr
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: body issues, magazines + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, satire, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: body issues, magazines, teens, Teen girls, women, Hunger, subversive, anorexia, high school actors, eating disorders
    Cybil is hungry. Hungry for her mother's attention. Hungry for her dad who left. Hungry for a life where she can just be. Unable to communicate these needs, she makes herself less by not eating and obsessing over "perfect" bodies that she pours over in her magazines. When Lulu, a model from one of her magazines comes to life, Cybil finds herself teaching Lulu how to be a teen in the real world,...
    Cybil is hungry. Hungry for her mother's attention. Hungry for her dad who left. Hungry for a life where she can just be. Unable to communicate these needs, she makes herself less by not eating and obsessing over "perfect" bodies that she pours over in her magazines. When Lulu, a model from one of her magazines comes to life, Cybil finds herself teaching Lulu how to be a teen in the real world, as Lulu has an intense hunger that can't be filled. As Cybil becomes smaller and smaller, visually becoming the person she always wanted to be, Lulu finds herself wanting more from the real world, becoming filled by food and everything in Cybil’s life she thinks make her feel empty.
  • Stocked by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: stock images, stock + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, zoom
    Keyword: stock images, stock, subversive
    Ben has always dreamed of being a stocked image. With an opportunity to test at STOCKED HQ, he meets Betty, a beloved stock image on the verge of reaching a million downloads. Betty, though, seems unhinged as she uses her voice for the first time to tell Ben the truth of what happens behind closed doors. Will Ben be able to see the truth of what is happening at STOCKED HQ, or will Mac's flashy promises turn him into the ultimate prize?
  • Lucky (Monologue) by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: abortion, women + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, zoom
    Keyword: abortion, women, mothers, monologue, zoom, lucky, moms
    What does it really mean to be lucky according to Jem?
  • Filled (Monologue) by Serena Norr
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: women, early midlife crisis + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, immersive, satire, zoom
    Keyword: women, early midlife crisis, midlife crisis, moms, older women
    Rae desperately wants to be filled. She tries to do that by spending her days stealing from 99 cents stores and her nights online shopping. When she gets caught, she questions if she's having a midlife crisis, or a craving for a life that will never be fulfilled.
  • The Edge of Reason by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, experimental + 2 more
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    Keyword: imperfect beauty, perfect + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, experimental, satire, zoom
    Keyword: imperfect beauty, perfect, zoom, women, short play
    Just one drink of Dex's potion will make anyone perfect? But perfection has a price to pay.
  • Bay Window (Monologue) by Serena Norr
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, zoom
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    Keyword: celebrating christmas, single mom + 3 more
    Genre: drama, zoom
    Keyword: celebrating christmas, single mom, final moments, divorce, Holidays
    SARA-BELL, a newly single mom of 3 is waiting by the window on Christmas Eve. Her kids are finally sleeping and she has a moment to herself.