Jonathan Cook

A man visits a therapist regarding his daughter’s strange dreams that have started to
manifest into reality.

*FINALIST - 2024 Ashland New Play Festival
*SEMI-FINALIST - 2023 Princess Grace Award
*SEMI-FINALIST - 2023 SE Texas Festival of New Plays
Mark and Christa, two survivors of a post-apocalyptic world, struggle with whether they are the last two people alive. As her health deteriorates, Christa urges Mark to travel and explore in hopes to discover others, but Mark is reluctant to leave their comfort zone. When a mysterious stranger arrives at their residence one day, Mark is unprepared for the invitation he offers Christa.

It’s the late 1800’s. A post mortem photographer who has a mystical ability to reanimate the recently deceased is conflicted with a dark secret revealed to him by the corpse of a teenage girl. Surreal drama.
(approx 10-15 mins)
*Good opportunity for a teenage actress.

A man enjoying a day at the park encounters two strangers who both mistake his identity – a deal is made, money is transferred, and the man is left confused on what he was just a part of. Dark Comedy
(approx 5-10 mins)

A glimpse “behind the scenes” of the life of Kyle Henley. He is not on the right path in life, so management decides that he must be replaced with another version of himself. Surreal comedy.
(approx 10 mins)

Staff Sergeant Eddie Wilson, a deployed American soldier, loses his best friend along with his entire squad from unexpected sniper fire while also getting critically wounded himself. After recovering months later, he returns home for a new assignment. During his visit, he reconnects with his best friend's widow and daughter, but when she discovers that he has aggressive PTSD from the traumatic event, she’s conflicted on allowing him to be a part of their lives unless he gets help.

After the bizarre disappearance of their daughter, a man and woman are assigned to a grief counselor to help cope with their sadness, but their story leaves the counselor wondering what is fact and fiction.
(approx. 10 mins)

Felix has been collecting a long trail of sins his entire life. Wanting to become a better person, he decides to go to a pawn shop to see how much they’ll pay to take them off his hands.

Kara and Wendell want nothing more than to have a baby, but that has proven to be difficult. After trying various medical procedures without success, they reach out to an unlikely source – a man called Lou and he has the unique ability to bring anything he touches good luck.

SOME PLACE CALLED MAYOR’S INCOME, TENNESSEE is a full-length play that is made up of a collection of short episodic plays. Each play represents a bizarre occurrence that once took place or will take place in this mysterious town known as Mayor’s Income, Tennessee. The Narrator character in the play is there to guide the audience through each of these moments.
(FULL LENGTH PLAY - approx 2 hours)

World class heavyweight champion fighter, “Butcher” Pete Wilcox, is at the peak of his career – a living legend with a winning streak to brag about. He never expected, however, that his undefeated record would end in an exhibition match with Jessie “The Cannon” Tesori – a lightweight female from the women’s fighting division.

An ominous fortune from a fortune cookie creates paranoia and suspicion between two
friends.
*contains adult language, but a non-vulgar version can be provided if interested*

A celebratory dinner party is disrupted by two uncompromising criminals that break in looking for a hideout from the police. Edgy Drama.
(approx 10-15 mins)
*Premiered at Le Chat Noir Theatre as part of the anthology "Some Place Called Mayor's Income, Tennessee".

On this night, a married couple is celebrating their wedding anniversary in their home as a heavy storm brews outside. What they aren't expecting is the unimaginable horror that comes crashing through their roof.

Santa Claus is ready to retire and has launched a new online store to help aid in the process, but when the website crashes on Christmas Eve and all the orders get mixed up, he scrambles to make things right.

(10 MINUTE PLAY) Botanist Adam Wilson has been chosen for a colonization mission to a new planet. The program administrators conducted a mate matching assessment for this one-way trip and paired him with a lovely fellow scientist. She has a secret, however, that is rather unsettling to Adam.

Katheryn is completely smitten with a new man in her life and is eager to show him off to her roommate. Love takes a tragic backseat, however, when the god Eros (aka Cupid) appears and accidentally shoots her new boyfriend with the wrong arrow. Dark Comedy.
(approx 10-15 mins)

Bryce discovers that he has an extreme fear of change. He’s obsessed with strict routines and they are the only thing that brings balance to his life. His fear of altering his routines becomes challenged when he has a difficult time dating a new girl in his life all because of her name.

Playwright, Theodore Janus, visits an actress that is performing one of his plays the day before they close the show. He tries to convince her to change the ending for the final performance – to turn her character’s tragic death into a finale where she survives. Free will versus a scripted fate.
(approx 10 mins)

Jimmy Jam thinks he is caught having an affair with Charlie’s girlfriend. Jimmy Jam finds that Charlie was actually unaware as he confesses everything. Revelations surface line by line and...punch by punch.
*Early work currently only listed for tracking purposes. Planning to rework and make available at a later date.

Six months ago, the outlaw Brackish Noble was murdered by one of his acquaintances. His sister, Cadence, has been hunting down his murderer ever since. She finally has her day and stands face to face with the felon, but revelations in their confrontation awaken her perception of what kind of man her brother really was. Perhaps Brackish deserved to die after all...or maybe his murderer is one of the best con-artists the American old west has ever seen.
*Early work currently only listed for tracking purposes. Planning to rework and make available at a later date.

Estranged sisters reconcile their differences and relive childhood memories only moments before a doom hanging over them strikes, destroying all life on Earth. Apocalyptic drama.
(approx 10-15 mins)
*all female cast

*Premiere will be in October as part of the Gather by the Ghost Light LIVE Event at Le Chat Noir Theatre in Augusta, GA*
Kingdumb is a fun story full of absurdist humor and illogical behavior. There’s a new King in the land that has initiated a mysterious new tax on the citizens. Outraged, the region’s finest Clock fixer, aka “Time Repair Specialist”, recruits some of the most unlikely rebels to help him develop a plan to overthrow the King. Their plotting takes them on a comedic journey through perilous mountain tops all the way to the palace itself where they confront this vile King face to face. Medieval comedy. *large diverse cast with many roles that can be gender swapped; great opportunity for highschools and universities

A married couple are at home winding down for the night when a strange man shows up at their door claiming to be an alien from another planet in need of assistance. Since this man looks very human, they are forced to question whether he’s telling the truth or if he’s just mentally unstable.
*Early work currently only listed for tracking purposes. Planning to rework and make available at a later date.

A haunting tale about three best friends that have a fascination with murder. They made that fascination a reality in their early high school days with a shared first victim. They have since gone their separate ways, but have formed a secret pact, which requires them to still meet once a year to score each other on how good they've gotten at their favorite hobby.
*Early work currently only listed for tracking purposes. Planning to rework and make available at a later date.

Two survivors of a post-apocalyptic world struggle with whether they are the last two people alive until a mysterious stranger arrives at their residence resembling a person from one of the survivor's dreams.
Fantasy drama.