Beth Huber

Beth Huber spent thirteen years performing, choreographing, directing, and stage managing with theater companies in Kansas City and the surrounding areas as well as touring with a USO production of Godspell throughout Europe in the time before the wall fell. She’s laid on the floor of a tour bus in hot pants and clown makeup on the Czechoslovakian border during an air raid, so nothing much fazes her. Speaking of skimpy costumes, Huber also played Janet in the first KC equity production of the Rocky Horror Show and won a “Best of Theater in Non-Traditional Venues” award for her cast’s work in KC’s glitziest gay bar, The Cabaret, in a charity event for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Foundation. She eventually left the theater to raise 2 children and 2 million, give or take, dogs. But after a mind...

Beth Huber spent thirteen years performing, choreographing, directing, and stage managing with theater companies in Kansas City and the surrounding areas as well as touring with a USO production of Godspell throughout Europe in the time before the wall fell. She’s laid on the floor of a tour bus in hot pants and clown makeup on the Czechoslovakian border during an air raid, so nothing much fazes her. Speaking of skimpy costumes, Huber also played Janet in the first KC equity production of the Rocky Horror Show and won a “Best of Theater in Non-Traditional Venues” award for her cast’s work in KC’s glitziest gay bar, The Cabaret, in a charity event for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Foundation. She eventually left the theater to raise 2 children and 2 million, give or take, dogs. But after a mind-blowing experience in Utah involving outdoor hot-tubs and mountain ghosts, she developed an obsession with quantum physics, and that led her to try to make sense of her experiences through playwriting. She now teaches playwriting and classical rhetoric as an Associate Professor at Western Carolina University. Huber has written three full-length plays, several one-acts, and a number of academic and popular essays. She is currently published by Next Stage Press. Beth Huber is happy to be back in the theater community and is ready to explain mountain ghosts to anyone who will listen.

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Scripts

Generations: A War Story

by Beth Huber

Cast Size
17—22
Genre
drama,
experimental,
political

There are soldiers everywhere. Some are obvious; some are masked as a small child or a secretary. In Generations: A War Story, a war is going on – a war within a war within a war – at an industrial corporation filled with soldiers from the past, the present, and the future.

There are soldiers everywhere. Some are obvious; some are masked as a small child or a secretary. In Generations: A War Story, a war is going on – a war within a war within a war – at an industrial corporation filled with soldiers from the past, the present, and the future.

Piece of the Sky

by Beth Huber

Cast Size
6
Genre
drama

In Piece of the Sky, the battle between fate and free will takes its toll as six souls search for meaning and truth outside of the confines of time. Gilbert, while drinking to forget his troubles, introduces himself to Jack, who has stopped off at the bar to relax before heading home to his young son. Total strangers, Benjamin and Gabby, happen upon each other while celebrating the end of a long work week with...

In Piece of the Sky, the battle between fate and free will takes its toll as six souls search for meaning and truth outside of the confines of time. Gilbert, while drinking to forget his troubles, introduces himself to Jack, who has stopped off at the bar to relax before heading home to his young son. Total strangers, Benjamin and Gabby, happen upon each other while celebrating the end of a long work week with friends. The two pairs’ bartenders are struggling with the meaning of life and their responsibilities towards humanity. All six characters take a philosophical journey toward a deep understanding of their places in and out of time.

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The Godot Particle

by Beth Huber

2
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy

In this homage to Beckett, The Godot Particle, two physicists are struggling with a reality-altering decision: to flip a switch and potentially change the world or do nothing and live with the nothing that happens.

In this homage to Beckett, The Godot Particle, two physicists are struggling with a reality-altering decision: to flip a switch and potentially change the world or do nothing and live with the nothing that happens.

What You Sow

by Beth Huber

Cast Size
3
Genre
drama

Maya has come home to confront her father, Clyde, about the physical abuse of her brother, CJ. But when Clyde suffers a stroke, Maya must choose whether to help him or let him die.

Maya has come home to confront her father, Clyde, about the physical abuse of her brother, CJ. But when Clyde suffers a stroke, Maya must choose whether to help him or let him die.

Holy Night

by Beth Huber

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

Max and Barb meet at a Bus stop just outside of Middletown, Pennsylvania, on the night before Christmas. The two are sharing their often uncomfortable thoughts on family and the meaning of the holidays when Max notices a bright light in the sky, one that Barb cannot see.

Max and Barb meet at a Bus stop just outside of Middletown, Pennsylvania, on the night before Christmas. The two are sharing their often uncomfortable thoughts on family and the meaning of the holidays when Max notices a bright light in the sky, one that Barb cannot see.

Silent Night

by Beth Huber

Cast Size
2
Genre
horror,
mystery/thriller

In the short play "Silent Night," Ash and her wife Parker are dealing with horrifying explosions, both real and imagined, that threaten their home, their relationship, and even their very sense of reality. In a test of loyalty, the partners must choose whose world to live in.

In the short play "Silent Night," Ash and her wife Parker are dealing with horrifying explosions, both real and imagined, that threaten their home, their relationship, and even their very sense of reality. In a test of loyalty, the partners must choose whose world to live in.