Steve Duprey

In the face of the mothers imminent death, a small family deals with the eternal and nagging question; Why do we pray?

When four college friends, now in their sixties, discover that one of them has been “gifted” with an abandoned baby, they try to figure out what’s next; for the mother, for the baby, and for the four of them. Through their research, the ladies discover that the child (still with no name) could be adopted, even by women of their age, but that adoption agencies are more likely to grant adoption to married couples. They decide that two of them will get married in order to remove that obstacle. The dream sequence “dating game” scene allows for the choice to be made. The wedding is performed on stage and we watch, as the 4-week-old baby receives her name in the last scene.
Utilizing the often ignored “older woman” demographic, the play examines the themes of lasting friendships, older female empowerment and the current adoption system. It is a character-driven comedy with some bawdy language and an interesting twist at the end.

Four men in their sixties gather at their usual spot...a cabin in the woods...to play cards, eat wings and complain about their various ailments. But one of them has news of a new woman in his life...a much younger woman. The weekend is spent trying to reconcile this new information with his age, his widow and his widows brother (who is, to say the least, not crazy about this news.)
A great opportunity for older men to show off their skills, this play makes a sweet companion piece to WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE

When Derek finally lands a job that he feels might be able to get himself and his girlfriend Danielle off the streets, they are quickly reminded by seventy-year-old Buck, a twenty-year veteran of the homeless life, that these things are never certain…that they often turn out to be nothing but quicksand. Undeterred, they begin to plan their escape from the homeless life. Stuart Kaplan, an old high school friend of Danielle’s happens by and sees his old friend. Confused but sympathetic, Stuart does his best to offer help, which Danielle’s sense of pride and dignity causes her to reject. Eventually and through Stuarts prompting, Derek and Danielle realize that the money that he is making will be insufficient. Buck contracts pneumonia and refuses help…again, pride and dignity. Derek loses the job. The two are stuck in the quicksand again, helpless as they watch their friend die, unable to help. In the end, the two are left with little but the sense of dignity that they continually strive to maintain.

Thomas and Judie Springer are a typical Midwestern American couple in their early thirties. They have typical conservative values which include God, guns and trucks. At the same time, they have an infestation of hummingbirds in the house. They keep getting in and then breaking their little necks on the front room picture window as they try to get out.
A gentle creature floats into the lives of these two fairly hardened individuals. She’s Thomas’ niece. His estranged brother’s daughter. Estranged because Thomas’ brother Lucas is a “flaming liberal” as Thomas calls him. But Violet is quite different than the last time he saw her. She’s fifteen and goes by Vince now. Lucas threw her out and she hopped a bus to her only relative…her uncle Thomas. Her very conservative Uncle Thomas.

When Matt leaves Charlotte at a fancy restaurant and sticks her with the check because he's too chicken to break up with her, Charlotte's best friend decides that Matt needs to be taught a lesson. But when the gun she uses to "scare" Matt is actually loaded with live bullets, things go a bit sideways.
Matt's two best friends, Perry and Randy end up deeply embroiled in the mess and yet able to crack wise through out.
And then, there's the narrator! He's really just the real narrator's cousin who's doing him a favor. Things get very sticky with him going off script and gumming up the works of the whole play. He may even get shot himself.
Cut One Leg is, at heart, a comedy in the vein of The Play That Goes Wrong, but the themes of identity, betrayal, and revenge bring a serious flavor to this hilarious romp.

Set in Elora, Ontario, Canada we meet a traveling, alcoholic, painter who travels by bicycle across the country painting and selling in various communities so he can use the money to feed his addiction. He occasionally stays long enough to form relationships but moves on when things get too involved. This time, the relationship proves to be too much for him and he rolls on once again. Based on a true story.

Martin, a registered sex offender, has decided, in consultation with his parole officer and his therapist, to self-report his presence to the folks in his new neighborhood. The trouble comes when Annabelle, the neighbor across the street, let's her husband, Glen know about Martin. The play explores her attempt to convince Glen and her son Michael to see Martin as a person and not as "the worst thing he ever did."
It's a difficult thing to see the humanity in a sex offender. the play does not excuse or justify the action, but it does open our eyes to the flaws in the current system and, hopefully, softens our hearts to the possibility that no one is "the worst thing they ever did."

A collection of six short plays all centered on the theme of Forgiveness and Redemption. Can a daughter forgive her father for his infidelity? Can a son forgive his newly discovered father for abandoning him fourteen years ago? Can a young boy turned older man forgive the priest who abused him? Are any of these people redeemable?

The Plays

A Simple Redemption​ - This play, written in two parts, opens the first and second acts. It's a discussion between and older person and younger person about the fact that one cannot seem to forgive the other over some indiscretion or offense. The roles reverse in the second part.

​Breaking Up - 17 year old Emily confronts her father when she discovers that he has been cheating on her mother for years.

​Making Amends - Three monologues that deal with the idea of making amends in the long term and the short. A hit-and-run accident decades earlier still haunts one character. The indiscretion of a fling at a work conference haunts another. The third deals with a young man's loss of faith and his failure to reveal it to his dying mother. This play is about missed opportunities.

​Fourteen Years - Dueling "takes" on the "23 and me" culture, this play looks at two first-time meetings. One between and mother and daughter, the other between a father and a son. Both children were abandoned fourteen years earlier. As the play unfolds, we watch how each parent and each child handles the situation. Spoiler: one pair does vastly better than the other!

Reparations - What happens when a rapist and his victim bump into each other fourteen years later? Both are in therapy, both are trying to heal. Can we see any humanity in the rapist? This play explores that question.

​Raped By God - In this Greek chorus style piece we see the whole cast voice the pain and horror that is child abuse by the clergy. Is there any redemption for the people?

Epilogue - The play ends with a challenge to look inward and a charge to open our eyes to the injustice and pain in our world, in our communities and in our own lives.

A lone woman enters a train station. It is late at night. She has been traveling alone for a very long time…looking for something, searching for a thing that she can’t really identify. Perhaps it’s the goodness of mankind…that thing that separates the special from the ordinary. She has been unable to find it. But here…in this train station…she comes upon the person who embodies everything she has been looking for…everything she has dreamed of. But he doesn’t recognize it in himself. To him, he is ordinary…just doing what he was always taught to do. Her search ends here.

A man and woman argue about how important it is to do something memorable...to "make your mark". And then he does something impossible...and VERY memorable!

A mother and daughter argue over the existence of God and sexual gratification until Dad steps in and changes the direction.

Charlie has been gone for 20 years. Presumed dead, although no body was ever found. Today, his widow Martha receives a package that looks like it been banging around the world for about 20 years. It's from Charlie! Martha and her roommate Betsy finally uncover the mystery of whatever happened to Charlie.

A ten-minute play about two unlikely life boatmates afloat in the ocean and their interesting discussions about survival.