Len Cuthbert

Audrey needs a male partner for her psychology project on confidence, connection, and communication. Her friend Harlow has a plan. It just happens to be the wrong one.

Three mismatched senior students head to an empty field to track the International Space Station for a
school project. Things go sideways fast. But the envelope found in the dirt and the letter inside turns a
botched assignment into something none of them anticipated.

He's facing legal trouble and the lawyers are named Cease and Desist. That should be reassuring, if they had any idea what they were doing. As a routine meeting unravels, one thing becomes clear: this case isn’t his biggest problem.

Cease and Desist, is a fast-paced absurd farce about incompetent lawyers and unintended consequences.

Red Comet is a contemporary coming-of-age dramedy for two actors that explores friendship, ambition, and the fear of change at the edge of adulthood. Set over the final year of high school, the play follows two best friends, one driven by logic, the other by emotion, as they navigate unspoken feelings, diverging dreams, and the looming reality of separation. Grounded in naturalistic dialogue and fueled by humor, tension, and quiet intimacy, Red Comet uses a rebuilt car as a central metaphor for legacy, choice, and forward motion. With minimal staging and a bittersweet, hopeful tone, the play is a character-driven two-hander that speaks to young audiences and adults alike about growing up, letting go, and deciding what and who is worth holding onto.

A comedic Historical Fiction involving the fate of famous inventor William L. Potts. If you're one of the eight percent of color deficient people in the world, this one's for you.

35-minute comedy
High School State Competition Finalist

Killing Time is a darkly comic, surreal one-act play in which a patron visiting a restaurant discovers he has died and is confronted by the staff with the consequences of a life wasted obsessing over time. Through absurd humor and chaotic interactions, he faces his mortality and is offered a chance at redemption before returning to the living world with a new perspective.

60-minute collection of short plays

An eclectic collection of 6 short award winning plays about reunions.
(Below a history of individual productions prior to being published by Dramatic Publishing 2020)

BENCHED: "Sometimes you need a reminder of why you broke up"
2015: Grand Theatre Playwrights Cabaret, London, Ontario, CANADA
2015: Storefront Theatre, Waxhaw, NC
2016: the Phoenix Stage Company, Oakville, CT
2018: Eagle & Beaver Ensemble, London, UK

THE GIFT EXCHANGE: "A woman seeks help from a lawyer who is part of her problem"
2015: City Theatre of Independence, Kansas
2015: London Public Library, London, Ontario, CANADA
2017: Working Title Playwrights, Atlanta, GA

TABLE FOR TWO RENDEZVOUS: "A couple with a strangely perfect marriage consider altering their circle of life"
2011: NUFAN Tables & Chairs Festival, Chicago, IL
2012: Luxembourg Play Fest, Luxembourg

YOU, ME. ME, YOU.: "We've changed since high school. Especially you"
2015: Smoked Apple Theatre Group, Louisville, KY
2016: Grand Theatre Playwrights Cabaret, London, Ontario, CANADA
2016: Falling Pennies Theatre Company, London, UK
2016: Starlite Players, Sarasota, FL
2017: South Walton High School, Santa Rosa, FL
2019: Playwrights Round Table, Orlando, FL
2022: Translated into Italian, Universita' Roma 3, Rome, Italy

DELILAH.: "A girl asks her biggest supporter and closest friend to cheer her one last time. The hardest yet"
2011: Rising Sun Performance Company (reading), NYC (People's Choice)
2011: London One Act Festival, London, Ontario (People's Choice Award)
2011: InspiraTO Festival, Toronto, ON (People's Choice Award)
2011: Rising Sun Perfromance Company, NYC
2011: Boxfest Detroit, Detroit, MI
2012: ACME Theatre, Maynard, MA
2012: Blue Slipper Theatre, Montana

LAST DANCE: "Two youth discover each other during the last dance"
2017: Geneva Theatre, Geneva, NY
2017: InspiraTO Festival, Toronto
2018: InspiraTO Directors Toolbox
2018: Creative Circuit Studios, San Antonio, TX
2018: University of Alabama Advanced Directing Class, Tuscalosa, AL
2018: Barrington Collective, NYC
2019: Stillwater Fest, Stillwater, OK

REUNITED SHORTS: Collection of above 6 plays
2019: London Fringe Festival, London, Ontario, CANADA

60-Minute Meta Comedy
2021 London Fringe Festival, 2022 Toronto Fringe Festival, 2022 Newmarket International Festival

Two estranged cousins Morgan and Lennox stumble across a strnge historical artifact in the woods, leading them on a metatheatrical journey. When a mysterious FBI Agent appears to collect the item, the tables are turned, and turned, and turned again.

2-hour 2-act comedy drama
This play was originally written and staged in 2012 and 2013 under a different title. In 2024, it was fully rewritten and staged in Ontario, Canada in June 2025.

Blue Side Up is a two-act comedic drama that unfolds in the sky and hangar of a small local airport.
Mick, a young pilot and aircraft mechanic, who also manages the airport in exchange for living space above a hangar is the guardian of his 13‑year‑old sister, Dee‑J, who lives with him after their parents' death. He knows airplanes inside-out but is less confident in parenting.
Dee‑J, now a teenager, dreams of flight and questions what “normal” life really means.
Jade is a former foster child who helps Mick with raising Dee‑J, while juggling college studies and part-time work at the airport. Their contrasting parenting styles spark both tension and humor.
Rounding out the quartet is Delilah, Jade’s compassionate and caring college roommate. She’s pulled into the group's orbit by Jade, and helps them navigate life’s turbulence with warmth and empathy.
Together, these four characters—Mick, Dee‑J, Jade, and Delilah embark on a heartfelt, sometimes comical journey that explores themes of abandonment, resilience, chosen family, and how life’s unexpected challenges can make it hard to “keep the blue side up”

2-hour 2-Act Comedy Drama

A high school drama teacher is approached in the airport waiting lounge by a young lady who says she knows him. Through a series of scenes from the past (Act 1) to the future (Act 2), interwoven with scenes of the present, it is evident that even the least prominent have the potential to impact lives beyond imagination.

90-Minute Canadian / American Historical Fiction
Performed for 800+ in April 2023

On October 30, 1941, American Airlines 1/AM7 was enroute from NYC to Chicago. During the leg from Buffalo to Detroit, it crashed in a farmer's field in Lawrence Station, ON, 20 km South of London.

This new play is about the life stories that were instantly altered by the final flight of the Flagship Erie and the loss of 17 passengers and 3 crew members.

2-hour 1 act original musical

Short of 30 was developed from an award winning 10-minute, 2-character play that is now included with the collection, Reunited Shorts.

Short of 30 takes place at a playground beyond the end of life, where seven posthumous heroes under the age of 30 from World War 2 realize their heroic significance and must decide how to use their remaining youth and passion to inspire and help win the war. The story begins on the heals of WW1 with a surprise ending on the eve of the next, “war to end all wars.”

10-minute Tragedy
A woman visits the workplace of her ex-husband asking him if he switched the ID tags at the birth of their twin girls, of which they each have custody of one child. He uses the circumstance to reveal her true character.

2-hour 2-act comedy drama musical

Grace Mission is a musical about seven Grade 12 students in their final year of high school. The guys have a band and want to enter a big music contest but need one more guy to compete. The girls want to be part of it but don't have the musical talent, so they think. Enter O'Grady, a new student, the perfect addition to the guys dilemma. But by the time prom night arrives, everything about O'Grady's past, present and future will have created enough chaos to leave everyone pondering the values of life, acceptance, and grace. "At Some Point, Everyone Needs A Second Chance." For information from premiere productions, visit http://www.OnStageLive.ca

SCRIPT includes all professionally written piano (and optional guitar) scores.

1 hour comedy
London Fringe Festival

Place one enigmatic girl and one vulnerable guy in one medium sized locked custodial closet. Add one dominant fiancé. Shake knob three times. Oz in a Clozet. This play, Oz in a Clozet, is a combination of comedic calamity that begins when a guy and girl, strangers to each other, find themselves stuck in the custodial closet of a movie theater. The chaos escalates when the fiancé comes in search of her boyfriend.

THE ANOMALY
A young lady visits her former family doctor for a second opinion

STOLPERSTEIN
Two distinctive girls uncover their parallel lives

OFF THE EDGE
One sister needs attention, the other needs the beach.

RELATIVITY & ME
In a subway station, a young mother meets her great grandmother for the first time.

CRUZAR
Cruzar is the most terrifying yet most satisfying ride. It's the ride you avoid until last.

DEATH OF AN EPITAPH
Two friends discuss the value of words.

OKAY CHARLIE
In a digital world, who's really in control?

15-minute drama
Selected for several Short Play Festivals

In a subway station, a young mother meets her great grandmother for the first time.

10-minute comedy

A young lady visits her former family doctor for a second opinion.

10-minute comedy agender

One of us needs sympathy, the other needs the beach.

Two young women meet regularly in a cemetery where their conversation is limited to three words or less — a deliberate restraint that mirrors the brevity of epitaphs. As they banter about life, legacy, and the value of words, their minimalist exchanges slowly reveal tension beneath the surface: one embraces silence and action, the other clings to language and memory.

Together they question whether a person is best remembered by what is carved in stone or lived in daily choices. Through small phrases and large silences, the truth of their connection emerges — and the headstone they sit beside becomes the key to understanding who is visiting whom.

Death of an Epitaph is a compact mystery about grief, friendship, and the legacy we leave behind — not in words, but in the lives we touch.

10-minute historical comedy drama
Produced in several festivals
Published in a collection by Dramatic Publishing in 2020

Two youth discover each other during the last dance.

10-minute comedy about transgender
Published in a collection by Dramatic Publishing in 2020

We've changed since high school. Especially you.

10-minute comedy
Published in a collection by Dramatic Publishing in 2020

A couple with a strangely perfect marriage consider altering their circle of life.

10-minute comedy
Published in a collection by Dramatic Publishing in 2020

Sometimes you need a reminder of why you broke up.

30-minute comedy drama
Ideal for school plays

A youth theatre cast are preparing to stage the musical Joseph for a drama contest. Ironically, some of the cast members become jealous of the lead actor, who seems to be favored by the director. When they devise a plan to oust him, the production gets derailed and their chance to compete in the contest is jeopardized.

40-minute collection of 3 short plays
Published by Big Dog Plays

THE MALADROIT ROMEO (10 Minutes) Bob loves Angelina but when it comes to romance, he can be a little inept. Bob’s plan to propose to Angelina in the college library where they first met studying “Romeo and Juliet” goes awry when he forgets his lines and loses the engagement ring.

ENIGMATIC LUCIDITY (10 Minutes) Then as Bob and Angelina settle into married life, they discover that marriage can be, literally, a series of nightmares.

ONE YEAR ONE DAY (15 Minutes) And when the couple reaches their one-year anniversary, not only does Bob forget, but he accidentally surprises Angelina with 1.7 tons of chicken rock instead of concert tickets. But in the end, it may be Angelina who has the biggest surprise of all!

Plays are independent stories but also act as a 3 short scene play. All three plays are 1M; 1F, repeat characters.