Kenna DeValor

TIME
While Winter usually fades softly into Spring, the winter has lasted nearly 6 months, with snow and harsh freezes. As PERSEPHONE speaks, the sun begins to slowly surrender to the night, from a blushed pink to a night with piercing darkness.

SETTING
Modern Day, 2026.

CHARACTERS
PERSEPHONE is the Greek goddess of Spring. Unbeknownst to history, she was a queer woman in a lavender marriage all this time with HADES, and had a fleet of female deities to keep her company and warm during the harsh winters where HADES was away with other men. In this dramatic monologue, she has become vengeful and refused to give the Earth Spring because they truly haven’t deserved it. She stands in the snow; the set for the scene is simple, with snow raining from the heavens. She is so cold her skin is burning, she is bitter, and pissed.

In this ten-minute play by Kenna DeValor, Upper-West-Siders Sage and Wren are a couple that suddenly find themselves on a bench in Central Park. How did they get there? What happened that led them there? All Sage remembers is a drunken night out during a snowstorm and all Wren remembers is that they were drunk behind the wheel. Wren and Sage grapple with life, death, and accepting the fact that life is more than just existing and dying one day. Somehow, an eternity together in Central Park doesn't sound half bad.

Set in Greenwich Village during the mid-1990s, THE ARTIST IS DEAD follows the brief but radiant life of Charlie Burke, a young queer artist whose dreams of creative recognition collide with the devastating reality of the AIDS crisis. Charlie lives with his boyfriend Lucas and best friend Leslie in their apartment known as The Art Haus. As Charlie’s art gains recognition and his first gallery show approaches, a single reckless night changes everything. Charlie struggles with the weight of betrayal, secrecy, and illness while his loved ones grapple with their own grief, anger, and helplessness. His overbearing mother Charlotte refuses to accept his sexuality or his diagnosis, further isolating him from those who truly care. This play highlights the deep bonds that remain unbroken even after death.

It's the end of the world. Six strangers understand that their world and lives--as they know it--are done for. A comet will be colliding with earth at any moment. Join them in their final moments while they listen to the radio for updates, fight to stay positive, build bonds and learn what their lives really meant before doomsday. Wait a minute, something is off about this radio...

A short play to submit to the popular 'Taco Bell Quarterly'. A newly broken up couple accidentally gets locked into a Taco Bell overnight, and they have a very awkward yet heartfelt six hours.