Sharon Mathis

Sharon Mathis

I’m an active playwright with four productions (two short plays, a one act, and a full length) in the 2019-20 season. Previously, as a solo performer, I created short plays, one acts, and monologues for venues from Fringe Festivals to academic conferences. I’m proud to have founded the Open Invitation Theatre, curating and directing collages of staged readings by diverse feminist poets and writers. Being a...
I’m an active playwright with four productions (two short plays, a one act, and a full length) in the 2019-20 season. Previously, as a solo performer, I created short plays, one acts, and monologues for venues from Fringe Festivals to academic conferences. I’m proud to have founded the Open Invitation Theatre, curating and directing collages of staged readings by diverse feminist poets and writers. Being a psychologist taught me how to listen. A California native, both Atlanta and Alaska are home to me now.

Plays

  • Web by Sharon Mathis
    Cast: 
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    Genre: adventure, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: Woman centered, ecology + 3 more
    Genre: adventure, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, verse
    Keyword: Woman centered, ecology, Magic Realism, mythology, slam poetry
    In a hidden forest where extraordinary spiders are threatened by logging, a mystical spider keeper and a determined ecologist clash over how to save them. When a young slam poet hunting for refuge arrives, each decides the newcomer is key to her own plans. The poet evades their webs. But as she becomes absorbed into the spiders' world, she discovers that she's transforming into a spider herself....
    In a hidden forest where extraordinary spiders are threatened by logging, a mystical spider keeper and a determined ecologist clash over how to save them. When a young slam poet hunting for refuge arrives, each decides the newcomer is key to her own plans. The poet evades their webs. But as she becomes absorbed into the spiders' world, she discovers that she's transforming into a spider herself. There inside the forest's Web of life, she sees that saving it means one woman must die, and she will choose her.
  • He/She and Me by Sharon Mathis
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: monologue, marriage + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: monologue, marriage, gender transition
    Pat's long time husband and soul mate announces he will transition at age 55. She is also transformed by her own emotional transitions as she struggles to hold onto their connection and her love.
  • Coda by Sharon Mathis
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: aging parents, family conflict + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: aging parents, family conflict, romance, Dramatic comedy, losing a parent, love and aging, rebellious parents
    When two aging parents begin an affair, their children are determined to protect them from themselves and each other. Rebelling against their families' control, the escaping lovers are confronted by a threat they can't overcome.
  • Brenda's Plan by Sharon Mathis
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: monologue, southern humor + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: monologue, southern humor, overcoming family crisis, Woman centric
    Brenda's husband does the unthinkable. She's done, but she still needs his disability check. With the help of her friend the Vet's assistant, she finds a way to keep him harmless and quiet.
  • Accomplices by Sharon Mathis
    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: monologue, Woman centric + 2 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: monologue, Woman centric, family conflict, rescuing a child
    When a woman discovers that her adult daughter is living with an abuser, she resolves to rescue her.
  • Web by Sharon Mathis
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: adventure, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: Magic Realism, mythology + 6 more
    Genre: adventure, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, verse
    Keyword: Magic Realism, mythology, poetry, ecology, Endangered Species, coming of age, feminist, pagan spirituality
    In a mystical forest where rare spiders are threatened by logging, a failing spider keeper and a determined ecologist clash over saving them. When a young poet escaping danger arrives, each decides the newcomer is key to her own plans. The poet resists their webs, but finds she's transforming into a spider herself. Entering the forest's Web, she discovers that saving it means someone must die.