Brenton Kniess

"Where wallabies wallow the children will play hide and seek in the hallow..."

An outsider warns of an imminent danger that no one else in the group has witnessed. Skye has to make a choice. Does she follow her family or the outsider? Her future depends on it.

FULL LENGTH MURDER MYSTERY: Robert Davins, a troubled concert pianist, plans a dinner party for those closest to him in an attempt to put his life back on course. As an argument disrupts the evening, the guests mysteriously pass out, only to wake up to find Robert’s dead body collapsed on his piano and a bloody letter opener sitting in the middle of the room.

Revision coming Summer 2024.

TEN MINUTES: In an attempt to face his grief, a puppeteer receives an unexpected visit from old friends.

TEN MINUTES: Stacey and her boyfriend, David own an ice cream truck that has been within Stacey's family for 60 years. David is looking towards the future of their relationship while Stacey just wants to keep her family business going. Will this relationship freeze up in this cold dark comedy?

TEN MINUTES: In the sequel to The Peculiar Puppets of Philip Platt, Penelope Platt receives an unexpected birthday gift from her recently deceased father.

ONE ACT: In this alternate version of the short play, Melt, Stacey and David's relationship is on thin ice when David insists on selling the ice cream truck that has been within Stacey's family for 60 years. While Stacey wants David to abandon the sale, the situation gets complicated when the buyer shows up ready to take the truck.

TEN MINUTES: Nick, a quantum physicist is celebrating his 25th birthday with his brother, Jonah, Jonah's fiance, Tasha, and Nick's ex-girlfriend, Ava. After Jonah and Nick get into an argument regarding Nick's time management, Nick makes a shocking revelation.

An eager playwright has finished their submission form for an upcoming playwriting competition. Now they’re ready to submit their play…or so they think.

ONE-ACT: After what seemed to be a failed date, Olive contemplates what she needs to do to get into a long-term relationship. Ella, Olive's roommate wants to help her, but Ella believes that for Olive to get into a relationship she'll need to stop collecting pillows, which Ella knows to be a dangerous addiction. Will Olive give up this fluffy fascination for love?

COLLECTION: Playwright Brenton Kniess takes audiences on five different journeys where characters face the trials and tribulations of life, death, and love. Ranging from comedy to drama, science fiction to horror, audiences can expect a night of emotions when they experience The Five Stages.

Plays Included
Slapjack Saturday
Melt
Clockwork
Luck of the Draw
The Peculiar Puppets of Philip Platt

ONE-ACT: Three movie theater employees are stuck cleaning up the Thatcher Theater, a quaint small-town movie theater after a busy Halloween night. As they clean, one mistake leads to the trio unleashing a ghostly visitor.

TEN MINUTES: Based VERY loosely on real events, a widowed woman brings a raccoon into a bar for her weekly game of slapjack.

TEN MINUTES: In the not-so-distant future, the U.S. government has made a law stating that the government will arrange all marriages. A young outspoken writer, Irelynn, meets with her assigned husband-to-be, Bennett, hours before their marriage becomes legal. While having their first conversation, they share stories of past love, societal changes, and how love connects everything in their lives.

MONOLOGUE: Within this monologue, a person reveals their connection with a past lover who is still a part of them.