Lane McLeod Jackson

Lane McLeod Jackson

A playwright, director, and producer who has worked in New York, Ireland, and Atlantic City. Lane McLeod Jackson has an MA in Theatre and Dramatic Studies from the National University of Ireland: Galway. Lane is the co-writer of the independent film Another Time, The Creative Director (2011-2018) of the Dark Star Pirate Cruises in Wildwood Crest NJ, and the playwright of The Promised Land (2019).

Plays

  • A Prophet's Gamble
    Long before King Arthur pulled the sword from the stone, Merlin had a vision. A world of peace and prosperity where knights guarded the weak and innocent. To make this happen he has brought together witches, knights, bishops, and a giant. But will these enemies help forge paradise and more importantly- who will pay the price?
  • Gingerbread
    Harriet Lamb, a powerful aged witch, has reached her final days. At peace with the world, she has found a home baking and teaching her gifted pupil, Alicia. Until Sandra, an old customer who 17 years ago traded her firstborn for riches. Now fabulously wealthy, Sandra wants the child returned. But you can't go back on this kind of deal. All hell breaks loose as hit-men, prodigies, and magic fuel a battle...
    Harriet Lamb, a powerful aged witch, has reached her final days. At peace with the world, she has found a home baking and teaching her gifted pupil, Alicia. Until Sandra, an old customer who 17 years ago traded her firstborn for riches. Now fabulously wealthy, Sandra wants the child returned. But you can't go back on this kind of deal. All hell breaks loose as hit-men, prodigies, and magic fuel a battle that will burn everything to its core.
  • The Promised Land
    Climate Change has ripped society apart.
    Wildfires burn uncontested, oceans drown cities, and pestilence spreads from coast to coast. Abraham, the leader of a small farming community, holds back the end of the world. Along with Ester, his beloved wife, and leader of the secret police, they race against the clock to find a future for their fields and brilliant daughter, Rebecca. But when Elliot, a...
    Climate Change has ripped society apart.
    Wildfires burn uncontested, oceans drown cities, and pestilence spreads from coast to coast. Abraham, the leader of a small farming community, holds back the end of the world. Along with Ester, his beloved wife, and leader of the secret police, they race against the clock to find a future for their fields and brilliant daughter, Rebecca. But when Elliot, a traveling salesman, comes knocking with temptation, their entire society is put at risk.
    Lust, betrayal, murder, and faith clash in mankind's last hope, here in The Promised Land.

Recommended by Lane McLeod Jackson

  • Basement
    25 Jun. 2020
    A stunning story about communication. That fundamentally in order to understand each other we don't just share a language but our souls. Tense, funny, and with heartwarming moments throughout Basement by Michael Hagins should be read at the next opportunity.
  • The Amen Trilogy
    23 Jun. 2020
    Cassandra Rose's The Amen Trilogy strikes at the very heart of the theatrical experience. It weaves the personal and the divine effortlessly. Heartbreak, anger, forgiveness, lust, love, and pain in this play echo across time and space in this beautiful epic. Sorry for the repeated recommendation but my old email disappeared and I didn't want my recs to disappear.
  • Bananapocalypse
    23 Jun. 2020
    A fast-paced romp through bureaucracy, false friends, and our precious beautifully limited banana-based resources. A metafictional farce in the spirit of Doctor Strangelove, it would be a delightful evening.
  • The Body
    23 Jun. 2020
    And eerie exploration of the Dynamics between stepparents and stepchildren. Who hasn't wished for an easy way to connect, to forget the past, to move on. Steve Mould's gives his characters their wish we get to delight in their destruction.
  • SH*T TRAIN
    23 Jun. 2020
    A funny, fast-paced, and too true slice of everyday working life. This play is a perfect addition to any night of 10 minutes or just something to act out when you can't stand your boss anymore.