In this ecological fable we view climate change from a different, non-human perspective. A glacier observes what is happening in a far northern valley as a wolf returns to Homeland after years away to find that her pack has left. Almost all living creatures have left, though jackrabbits have relocated there from the desert and a lone crow remains. With the help of the one remaining indigenous plant they try to understand and reverse the devastation that is occurring.

Women of different ages and ethnicities tell defiant, joyous, sad, sweet and universal stories about their breasts. For 2 to 16 actors. Mix and match for a partial or whole evening. (Published by Next Stage Press. https://next-stage-press.myshopify.com/collections/all/robin-rice)

An often-humorous look at a life that could have been squashed but instead rises strong and confident. Young Edna Mae yearns to be a visual artist, but a nagging body obsession deflects her focus. Middle-aged Edna Mae finds life in a stodgy town and marriage to an unsympathetic husband have blocked her creativity. She has struggled to maintain her artistic edge, but colors have literally drained from her life to the point where all she sees is sepia. At a Starbucks in San Diego, Edna Mae decides to not return to her midwest, apple-pie home, but rather seize the day. In this 90-minute story, we finally see elderly Edna Mae -- almost homeless, but happy as a clam doing what she loves with self-confidence enough to share with a young, homeless girl - the granddaughter she never met. (Also available in an Italian translation.)

A wild and crazy romp with a very dramatic underbelly. Harmony is a violinist, but she is also pregnant. The story unfolds in her mind during her drugged state as she gives birth. She wakes (in her dream) to find she has an over-dependent daughter and her small town has literally turned into a frightening and over-bearing circus including an immoral conductor, a lover, a militaristic teacher, and a type-A community leader. Breaking away and choosing motherhood or musicianship for herself is Harmony's challenge. In the end she is strong enough to choose both.

A Maine Coon Cat tells a tale of love, loss and new beginnings. Torn from his Dear One in Vermont, he adjusts with great difficulty to being relocated in New York City. As Dear One's health goes downhill, her sister in NYC finds her life unwravelling. An angry cat doesn't help. Neither does a clueless doorman. Love and acceptance are found in unexpected places. Note: this is not a children's play.

Based on true history. In 1831 rural Pennsylvania, a doctor is murdered. Who did it? His wife, a pioneer in education for women, whom he is forcing to abandon her school in Philadelphia? A magical, sexy, itinerant Cuban who claims to rub shoulders with the rich and famous? Or did Dr. Chapman take his own life? The Cuban is ultimately hanged and the wife goes free... but the truth is up for grabs. Based on the best-selling novel "The Murder of Dr. Chapman" by Linda Wolfe, the story contains many parallels to life today.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas (the woman the Parkland high school is named for) is credited with saving the Florida Everglades from extinction. This drama tells the story of her life up to her early 20s when she moved to Florida. What influences caused her to grown into a woman of grit, focus, determination and an abiding love of nature? The story follows Marjory from 1885 to 1998, through her parents' divorce, her mother's deteriorating mental state, years at Wellesley College, efforts to find her missing father, dead-end jobs and a disastrous marriage -- often utilizing magical realism to pave the path.

Award-winning story of haves and have-nots, anchored by the true story of Lola and Pale Male, redtail hawks with a nest on a posh, Upper East Side apartment in New York City. A sensitive doorman, his diabetic sister, and Mary Tyler Moore (who lived there) champion the hawks. A social-climbing doorman and Paula Zahn (CNN anchor who also lived there) want to get rid of the hawks. In a magical bit of fervent wishing, a songbird becomes a young woman and points the way forward for the sensitive doorman and his sister.

New York-produced drama. A father leaves his wife, twin children and their grandmother to pursue his birdwatching obsession. The family moves away, but determined to reunite with him, the daughter constructs an elaborate tree house to attract him. When that doesn't work, she kidnaps the grandmother and installs her in the tree. Grandmother is not well; the twin brother is a huge problem; gym-teacher mother is clueless. Birds, an unlikely transformation and good old human nature combine for a very real solution.

Today's struggles aren't that different from the 1950s and '60s for a young girl pursuing her dream to be a visual artist. With the aid of her mentor, Wonder Woman, Suki jumps time, escaping the smothering '50s and her conservative New England town, landing at a college where her dreams can be fulfilled. Except, civil rights activism and a majorly sexy guy distract her. No, I won't have sex. No, I will focus. Good luck. Despite Wonder Woman's warnings, Suki finds herself quitting college and getting married. After an aborted stint in the Peace Corps, she finds herself in a rural town in a rundown house with a baby, no money and a jealous husband who loves her but values his antique car above all else. Suki sneaks. She lies. She goes from emotional and open to closed and super organized in order to stay on top of things as her husband's mental stability spins out of control. She does everything she can to keep painting. Eventually, he cracks and attacks her physically. She leaves in order to save herself and her baby daughter even though she knows this will in all probability cause him to kill himself. She returns to her hometown to rest, absorb what was good that she turned aside before, and to begin again. The townspeople have been invading her thoughts all along, but also watching out for her. (Based on true stories.) (Note: To avoid confusion - early recommendations below were written for early drafts of the play.)

L.A. produced. Inspired by Sartre's NO EXIT and Dante's INFERNO. An absurdist but very real look at love and mortality. A young woman is trapped in a runaway subway car rushing to an unknown destination. A cobweb covered ancient knits in the corner. A one-legged homeless woman and a music-addicted punk turn the space into a cycle of attraction, hope and despair.

Long ago in Australia a male bowerbird builds a gorgeous bower to attract a female bowerbird. She is unimpressed until he points out that his bower, unlike the others, is decorated with blue items. What's blue? She hasn't a clue. Turns out that he has a mutation that enables him to see colors - fascinating, and also evolutionary magic! Ah, nature. Ah, love. He does the flip-wing mating dance and the deal is sealed. (10-minutes in production)

In the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, a young member of the Basarwa, an ancient African tribe, draws icons in the sand to protect the people, the land, and their way of life. A power-hungry oil prospector from Texas shows up with intent to ravage the land. A rap contest will determine who wins. Nature fights on the side of the native. Guess who wins. (If movement is included, then more actors play Sun, Moon, Wind, etc.)

Autumn, 2021. Three blocks along Broadway on the Upper West Side of New York City. A woman falls, but is too proud to accept help. She hobbles toward home, unable to shake a young person who is strangely friendly. Is the woman a famous actress from the past? Has the kid be severely mistreated? Movies, wildlife in the city park, and basic loneliness -- an unexpected bond is formed. (Part of a collection with many playwrights: WALKING PLAYS.)

Two homeless lovers sleep on the street in a refrigerator carton. It's their anniversary, but instead of celebrating, one sits by a city pond morosely, silently fishing. There are no fish. There aren't even cattails. A year ago chemicals were dumped in the pond to make it sparkly, sanitized and visually appealing. This invasion of the people's space (their space) by the clean police merits action. The silence between the lovers is broken as they take up the fight for right.

Based on a true story. The 20-25 minute play travels with Dominican nuns Sister Jane Mooney, Sister Mary McGee, and Sister Whilhelmina Heintz as they deface a nuclear missle silo and face a judge for sentencing. (Published by Next Stage Press in WHEN SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN. https://next-stage-press.myshopify.com/collections/coming-soon/robin-rice)

In Vermont, a free-spirited young Caucasian woman and an accomodating young African-American man are deeply in love. They are due to get married in an hour, but she is afraid their beautiful relationship will be harmed by outside pressures.

Pandas are notoriously not interested in sex. In the not too distant future, a woman scientist is determined to fertilize the last living female panda bear, but an old boyfriend shows up and tries to lure her away to a life of love, meatloaf and relative leisure. He's very sexy. The scientist is torn. The fertilizing drug she developed, BUDFUD129ZK, may save pandas from extinction, but it has only a 50 per cent success rate. If it fails, the female panda will die. Decisions! Big decisions!

Candy, 14, wants big breasts. A sidewalk Mrs. Santa, selling Christmas trees, agrees that Candy is "flat as a pancake" and offers to grant her wish (since Santa didn't come through last year when Candy wrote to him). Mrs. Santa promises to grant Candy's wish, and offers advice on other sexual matters too. (Mature subject matter. This is definitely NOT a play for children.)

Ten monologues either delivered by an animal or about an animal. Comic, tragic, sweet, frightening and sexy. Characters range from a starving crow, to an aroused nun, to a determined wolf, to a conflicted mother and more.

Blake and Comfort have been shut in for 34 days. It's not going well for Blake. With the aid of the angel of death, Comfort lures Blake into believing they aren't eating sardines and saltines and drinking water, but in the elegant ballroom of the Titanic drinking champagne and dancing.

Yogi Berri, 31, is very depressed. He thinks he's gotten too old to play well anymore. Yolanda, the Oracle of the Yankess, appears in the Yankee locker room to buck Yogi up. She is endlessly positive, but he's a tough case. Finally, she discovers that all he needs is eyeglasses -- and a push from Shakespeare.

A lonely goatherder and a lonely troll. The troll is out to get retribution from slights from the three Billy Goats Gruff. The goatherder will have none of it. An unexpected alliance is formed. Love blossoms.

An elderly woman is trying with all her might to escape from the memory of her (dead) husband. She tries to move forward (physically and mentally), but the memory of him keeps literally blocking her way. Finally, she finds the strength to kill the memory. (Her thoughts are spoken by herself at a young age. A monologue except for one sentence. The man's role is non-speaking.) (Approx. 15 minutes.)

Somewhat in the future. A woman has been shut in, working at an Amazon phone bank. She is anonymous, underpaid, overworked. Life is passing her by. A cockroach appears. He's man-sized, and very sexy. (Climate change has benefitted cockroaches.) She's tempted, but when she discovers that female roaches can have babies without sex with males (parthenogenisis) she realizes how narrow her life has become and leaves Amazon to adventure into the world.

In the wee hours following a New Years Eve party, amid crumpled napkins and leftover cake, the flame on a forgotten candle still flickers. Not far away, an ice cube is on the table top beside the dregs of a tipped over drink. They fall in love - the fire and the ice. Their passion is overwhelming, but we know what will happen if they come together. True love never had such a desperate situation.

One night four women approach the George Washington Bridge planning to drastically change or put an end to four unhappy lives. The bridge itself, as seen through Martha (elderly, homeless) has infrastructure problems. They clash; they use advanced imaginations to maintain isolation from each other. Finally, music makes bonds and hope rises with the sun.

An elderly woman with aphasia and a 13-year-old girl on the spectrum are neighbors in an apartment building. The girl is at a crisis in her life. No one is friends with her and her mother doesn't understand. When the elderly woman climbs the stairs to the girl's floor to beg her to stop walking back and forth at night and keeping the woman awake, she finds the girl drinking whiskey, about to jump off the balcony and put an end to her isolation. The unlikely pair bond and a new and life-saving friendship blooms.

In a future world, turkeys rule and humans are raised for -- well, you know what. On this day, when Turkey Lurkey has his sights set on slaughter, two humans rebel, setting off The Revolution. Humans battle turkeys! Who will be on the table for future feasts?

In "Hold On, Kid" a young person wants a soldier to trade the soldier's gun for a homemade kite.
In "Hold On, Anna" two men are hunting. One, engaged to the other's sister, finds out that hunting is part of their lifestyle.
In "Hold On, My Love," a very short play, an elderly couple pledges to hold tight to a shared memory and moment forever.

Creation vs Evolution. What gets credit for life? A scientist and an artist (in outer outer space) compete for bragging rights. The scientist watches evolution happen through a powerful magnifying glass as the artist creates. A glorious Earth emerges -- and humans -- but how did it happen?

In this very updated version of "Beowulf," Bully sits grandly on the chair on the Lincoln Memorial. (Lincoln has been disposed of.) Bully is unspeakably wealthy and vain - the ruler of all for life! Average American waits on Bully hand and foot. South of the border, noble Joséowulf comes to the rescue, gathering troops along the way. There is much blank verse, a huge clash, a massive battle. Good is victorious. (30 min. max.)

An African elephant has been catured for a zoo, but escapes in transit and finds herself in the Gobi Desert where an anti-immigrant Mongolian camel wants the elephant to go home! A mash up of protest play, Christmas play, climate change and immigrant controversy. When the elephant offers water to the thirsty camel, we will see who is the bigger animal.

Sir David Attenborough is in an Australian forest searching for a Bowerbird bower. He discovers two - AND the two males who have built the bowers to attract a female. Luigi's bower is big - very, very big. Darryl's is small, but decorated beautifully. Mary arrives -- a virgin, innocent, pretty and very desirable. She can't decide. Competition grows until the males perform a dance-off to win her heart. Mary is disgusted by their antics. She chooses neither one. Luigi and Darryl are bereft. Sir David encourages the males: Another female will be along.

In 1911, Edward Clark Potter has an opportunity to create the most important sculpture of his life. In his New York back yard sits a gigantic block of marble. Inside the stone is the sculpture that will emerge once he begins carving, but also inside the stone are thoughts buzzing in his head: detractors, public opinion, a competitor, even George Washington and a "wabbit" who hates his ideas. His wife encourages him to make what is in his heart, but it's a struggle. Finally he allows the spirit in the stone to emerge. It is triumphant! It is the first of the NY City Library lions! (A true story filled out with a lot of imagination and movement.) (About 60 minutes.)

A C.E.O. who is wound so tight they can barely breathe visits a zoo, A small penguin there opens a world of what-could-be. The C.E.O. struggles mightily against it, but in the end breathes deeply, inhaling a new, free life.

Two young musicians from Ohio travel to New York City to make it big. Busking in a subway train they run into a small problem. They are alone with the conductor - who is a zombie. Molly loves her life more than music and escapes, but Moe loves music more than anything. He stays to entertain the music-loving conductor. Uh oh. (approximately 20 minutes)

Monologue. Any gender. A crow is an inner voice. Or your worst fear. Or your imagination working overtime. Beautiful, seductive, articulate, poetic and very hungry, even for human flesh. (7-10 minutes long)

An atheistic Yankee and a religious southern lady were on a cruise ship that sank. They find themselves on a very small rock in the middle of the ocean and the tide is rising rapidly. He can't swim. She won't go in the water. He counts on his brain to save them. She counts on prayer. Something seems to be working. What is it?

A young woman is trapped in time. In 1949 at age 14 she visited NYC to see her grandparents on Staten Island, but they didn't meet the ferry. She has been travelling back and forth on the ferry ever since, hoping that the next time it docks they'll be there. An 18-year-old on the spectrum is also on the ferry, and also reaching the end of his/her/their rope. The two form a bond and hope springs anew for both.

A personnel manager at a hotel chain must hire a new housekeeper asap, but doesn't like immigrants. The manager doesn't get the last word.

Lou has been isolated for 45 days. Lou must be a difficult person because nobody has checked up on them. Lou has reached the end of their lonely rope and is about to put a gun to their head, but a cockroach intervenes.