Ian Donley

ONE ACT: Fred is an usher at a local theater, waiting to make his big break as a playwright. But the only thing getting in his way is his paralyzing fear of a certain loveable frog from The Muppets. With the help of a woman descending from theater royalty, Fred goes on a journey into freeing himself from the person (or frog) holding him back the most.

TW: Sexual content and violence throughout

FULL LENGTH PLAY: Eight-year-old Blake McSweeney is cast to play a serial killer in a buzzworthy film. The more he dives into his role, the more it consumes him and the trajectory of his life. In this darkly comedic psychological thriller, our little child star faces against whether murder is in his blood or whether he is a product of his environment.

TW: VIOLENCE, SEXUAL CONTENT, SOME DEPICTING A CHILD

10 MINUTE PLAY. Mickey, a closeted teenager, is sitting at the dinner table with his family like normal. Tonight, he's going to come out to them. But, as secrets begin to come out, Mickey may have to learn the hard way that some secrets are left unsaid.

ONE ACT: One innocent looking family in an innocent looking town own a crime scene cleaning service. After their parents are kill each other in a murder-suicide, three brothers come over to clean up the crime scene- their family home. But, when they are locked inside, they'll have to confess to the crimes they've swept under the rug (or buried inside the walls).

FULL LENGTH PLAY. Leslie's gut is all out of whack: she's got celiac disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, acid reflux, and bacteria overgrowth. Like many chronically ill people, she finds herself at home the hospital, this time in the emergency room of the St. Roch Hospital. Little does she know, the hospital will become a home to a new virus that may push her, her body, and her sanity to the limit.

ONE ACT. We all have that person from our past who we miss. That moment we long to relive again (or forget completely). In a series of vignettes, people go back to those moments which made them who they are and how they see the world with the help of a shadowy presence.

FULL LENGTH PLAY: Joey, a young writer, gets the opportunity to work with his idol, Paul. But, as their collaboration unfolds, Joey's family history starts to haunt him and his work.

10 MINUTE PLAY. A man in grief over his husband's suicide must come to terms with their relationship when a ghost from the past comes knocking on his door.

SHORT PLAY: James is a lonely artist, watching the world pass by him on Instagram. When the love of his life, Keith, gets engaged to a woman, he has to make a decision whether to stay stuck in the past or embrace a future with him.

SHORT PLAY. Holly, a new mom and conspiracy theorist, sets out to find the inspiration behind her baby's name: the Loch Ness Monster.

TEN MINUTE PLAY. A young missionary is eager to follow the path laid out for him. His friend could care less. When it comes down to testing their loyalty to the church, they will have to discover just how much they're willing to pledge their allegiance to it.

SHORT PLAY: A neighborhood woman is settling in as an empty nester. A local Michael Myers fan swoops in and shows her how full her nest may actually be.

ONE ACT. It's little Kevin's birthday party and all his friends and family are invited (well... those who can make it). As the party goes on, parenting is called into question as the parents try to protect their children from growing up to fast.

10 MINUTE PLAY. A newly out of the closet gay man, Sam, decides to open his horizons and make a Grindr account. Little does he know that some guys are on for all the wrong reasons.

10-MINUTE PLAY: Two baristas are working after hours when a surprise visitor forces them to reconsider their life choices.

FULL LENGTH PLAY. Teddy is afraid of space. Damon is an astrophysicist who doesn't understand his husband's fear. When an astrologist asserts herself in their lives, they become a part of a space revolution that will take them beyond more than just the New Frontier.

FULL LENGTH PLAY. Caroline, like many, is a woman who has built a better life for herself after a traumatic childhood experience in the church. When her sister has a heart attack and goes into the ICU, she will have to come to terms with her past (with the help of her boy toy fitness instructor and a narrator who seems to follow them everywhere they go) and make peace with what has haunted her.

FULL LENGTH PLAY. Politics can get ugly. In the age of social media and a campus civil war, a group of students studying Shakespeare have to navigate this new world. Loosely based on Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," this play asks the question what does a true democratic society look like?

FULL LENGTH PLAY: Ted Davidson is a high school drama teacher, wanting nothing else but to prepare the next generation of artists for the real world. When he begins teaching Tony Kushner's Angels in America, he gets caught in the middle of a culture war as his motives are questioned. As a result, his students take matters into their own hands, leading us to question what it means to prepare children for the real world.

SHORT PLAY: Gretchen is a workaholic running a local coffee shop chain. But, when her work ethic gets in the way of her family life, she goes to seek help with her "workaholicism."

ONE ACT: Stewart is autistic, during a time when autism wasn't a topic of conversation. His mother is a stay-at-home mom, his father is getting an education to provide for his family, his godfather and grandma can't stand each other, and his dog is a... stuffed animal? In this first part of the O'Donnell series, Stewart comes to learn more about his early years.

ONE ACT. It's Maddie's wedding day, but it's her military ex that sweeps her away. As they drive off into the distance, she has to decide if she wants to become the perfect housewife, or throw it all away for her ex who may or may not be working with Russia. Like Scrooge on Christmas Eve, she is visited by familiar faces that push her to make a drastic decision.