Emmet L.F. Cameron

Emmet L.F. Cameron

Emmet L.F. Cameron (they/them) is a rural queer writer living on unceded Anishinaabe land colonially known as Perth, Ontario. As a member of the Perkolator Creative Collective, founder of the Kitchen Theatre Project, & creator of the fictional podcast mini-series BELIEVE ME NOW, Emmet enjoys making theatre in places that are not theatres. As a member of the Lanark County Live Poets Society (LiPS), they have...
Emmet L.F. Cameron (they/them) is a rural queer writer living on unceded Anishinaabe land colonially known as Perth, Ontario. As a member of the Perkolator Creative Collective, founder of the Kitchen Theatre Project, & creator of the fictional podcast mini-series BELIEVE ME NOW, Emmet enjoys making theatre in places that are not theatres. As a member of the Lanark County Live Poets Society (LiPS), they have competed at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in 2018 & 2019. They have created numerous zines of poetry, collage, & other ephemera. They host regular drop-in theatre jams & writing sessions at the Perkolator -- shoot them a message if you're in the Ottawa/Lanark County area & want the deets!

Plays

  • Sayle Island, not exactly: A One Act Memory Rendered Queerly in Multimodal, Polymorphous, Intergenerational, & Transtemporal Perspective by Emmet L.F. Cameron
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: family memory, death of a family member + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, experimental, period
    Keyword: family memory, death of a family member, memory and forgetting, ferry, lighthouse, family, LGBTQ, siblings, transgender teen, one act
    ONE ACT. Heather is trying to herd her teenager, her preschooler, & her allegedly adult brother to the ferry dock in time to meet her mother & her mother's best friend who have promised (threatened) some kind of surprise. But things aren't that straightforward as the play takes place inside each character's memories at different points in their lives.
  • Sweet Home by Emmet L.F. Cameron
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: sex work, class difference + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: sex work, class difference, friendship, age gap relationship, family, dating after divorce, LGBTQ, cringe, one act
    ONE ACT. Caro's building up courage to tell her sugar daddy she's catching feelings before she catches the train back to the city after a lovely weekend together in his suburban home. Caro's roommate/lifemate Dee is en route from campus to visit their dad. They're both about to find out that Caro's daddy is Dee's dad. & he'll be home any minute.
  • Knit With The Soul: a complicated connection in 1 act by Emmet L.F. Cameron
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, faith-based
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    Keyword: Christian college, wedding + 8 more
    Genre: drama, faith-based
    Keyword: Christian college, wedding, ex-gay, LGBTQ, old friends, addiction and recovery, outhouse, one act, exvangelical, queer christians
    ONE ACT. Davy & Nate were queer kids at Christian college together. They meet again outside the outhouse at Nate's wedding reception many years later. Davy was surprised to be invited. Nate's surprised Davy came.

    I am considering whether to develop this as a full-length work, with a second act. I welcome yea or nay votes on that idea!
  • Snooze: a monologue by Emmet L.F. Cameron
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: deadly cults, Cults + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, radio drama, zoom
    Keyword: deadly cults, Cults, one night stand, audition monologue, monologue for anyone, audio monologue, snooze, the morning after, casual sex, monologue
    MONOLOGUE. The morning after a hookup, sometimes you learn some unsettling things about the person you chose the night before.

    This stand-alone comedic monologue is free for use in classes & auditions, & can be performed by any actor.
  • you saw me: monologue from SWEET HOME by Emmet L.F. Cameron
    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: nonbinary, genderqueer + 8 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: nonbinary, genderqueer, Transgender, college, coming out, gender roles, friendship, monologue for non-binary actors, audition monologue, monologue
    MONOLOGUE. Dee & Caro have been best friends since they were college freshmen. Now in grad school, Dee has been out as nonbinary for several years. In this monologue, Dee reflects on how Caro quietly supported them before they even knew.

    This comes from the 1 act play SWEET HOME, which can be found on my NPX profile.
  • modest is hottest: monologue from SELF-SHOT MESSENGERS by Emmet L.F. Cameron
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: modesty, purity culture + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, faith-based, parody/spoof, political, satire, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: modesty, purity culture, Mormon, Youtube, monologues for teenage girls, monologue for teens, comedic monologue, christian faith, monologue
    MONOLOGUE. Alana, a religious teenager, makes an online video poking fun at modesty standards & the influencers who peddle them.

    Context: As of February 2024, SELF-SHOT MESSENGERS is a 1-act work in progress with roles for 1 young woman & 2 young men. Throughout most of the play, Alana is a 20-something ex-Mormon trying to support herself & her boyfriend making videos online &...
    MONOLOGUE. Alana, a religious teenager, makes an online video poking fun at modesty standards & the influencers who peddle them.

    Context: As of February 2024, SELF-SHOT MESSENGERS is a 1-act work in progress with roles for 1 young woman & 2 young men. Throughout most of the play, Alana is a 20-something ex-Mormon trying to support herself & her boyfriend making videos online & following the algorithm to some pretty questionable places in the process. In this brief scene, we see a younger Alana making her first ever video, just for the fun of it.
  • staring at his face: monologue from THOUGHT I’D CALL by Emmet L.F. Cameron
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, radio drama
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    Keyword: sexual assault, grooming + 7 more
    Genre: drama, radio drama
    Keyword: sexual assault, grooming, trauma, old friends, pandemic, essential worker, grocery store, monologue, transgender man
    MONOLOGUE. Owen, a millennial trans guy, shares what happened today at the grocery store he's working at in his hometown the week his former high school drama teacher was arrested for sexual misconduct.

    The project this piece comes from, a one act telephone/radio play, is a work in progress.

    This piece is available free for use in auditions or classes. Credit & context...
    MONOLOGUE. Owen, a millennial trans guy, shares what happened today at the grocery store he's working at in his hometown the week his former high school drama teacher was arrested for sexual misconduct.

    The project this piece comes from, a one act telephone/radio play, is a work in progress.

    This piece is available free for use in auditions or classes. Credit & context must be shared with students/actors using this piece. Please contact the playwright & let them know where & when you’ve used this piece.

    Context: In May of 2020, after reading that Mr, Prince, his high school drama teacher of nearly 2 decades ago has been arrested for grooming & sexually assaulting several female students over the past 5 years, Ty (30s, he/him) calls up an old friend who he knew was in an inappropriate relationship with this teacher when they were seniors. He learns that his friend, now named Owen (30s, he/they), is transmasc, & has come back to their hometown to ride out the pandemic, where he’s living with his dad (a teacher at their old high school), & is working at the same grocery store where he worked as a teenager. In their conversation thus far, Owen has been reluctant to label what happened between him & Mr. Prince as abuse, although he recognizes that Mr. Prince abused other students after him.
  • Orange Peels by Emmet L.F. Cameron
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: OCD, breakfast + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, immersive, romantic comedy
    Keyword: OCD, breakfast, eating disorder, contamination, food phobia, Therapy, mental illness, 10 minute play
    TEN MINUTE. Oscar has made too much breakfast. He calls his ex-girlfriend Melinda, who is trying to eat an orange, without success.

    (Tiny Play #1)
  • Hospital Juicebox by Emmet L.F. Cameron
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: attempted suicide, suicide + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: attempted suicide, suicide, LGBTQ, queer, Hospital, Transgender, death, nonbinary, queer couple, 10 minute play
    10 MINUTES. Nadine's not dead. Cale's not a fan of hospitals, but xe brought her here anyway. Is the night nurse concerned, or is he flirting? A queer couple talks the morning after a suicide attempt.

    (Tiny Play #3)
  • let the lake in by Emmet L.F. Cameron
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2–4
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: coma, Hospital + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, experimental, fantasy, radio drama
    Keyword: coma, Hospital, parents, Dream, lake, teenager, phone call, family, 10 minute play, radio play
    10 MINUTE RADIO PLAY. Kiersten's in a coma. It's her dad's night to stay with her. He doesn't know how to talk to her when he's awake, but when he falls asleep, she talks to him.

    (Tiny Play #7)
  • Breakfast, Lunch, & Wizard by Emmet L.F. Cameron
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, immersive + 1 more
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    Keyword: messy, kitchen + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, immersive, young audiences
    Keyword: messy, kitchen, breakfast, parenthood, middle age, dementia, sandwich generation, father and son, 10 minute play
    TEN MINUTES. Dad got up early & made egg salad sandwiches in a messy kitchen. Gran's moved to dreamland. Son can take care of himself if Dad would just make things look normal.

    (Tiny Play #2)
  • Jacky Figment & the Reject Brigade: a one act comedy on miserable themes by Emmet L.F. Cameron
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: one act, support group + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, fantasy, romantic comedy, young audiences
    Keyword: one act, support group, imaginary friends, Lesbian, vampire, comic book
    ONE ACT. Lady's waiting for her long-term girlfriend, Cynthia, to meet up with her for a date -- but instead she's approached by Jack, who convinces her to come with him to a church basement to join a circle of entities suffering from Abandoned Figment Syndrome. These are imaginary friends, invisible enemies, characters from the cutting room floor. Together, despite Jack's incompetence as a group...
    ONE ACT. Lady's waiting for her long-term girlfriend, Cynthia, to meet up with her for a date -- but instead she's approached by Jack, who convinces her to come with him to a church basement to join a circle of entities suffering from Abandoned Figment Syndrome. These are imaginary friends, invisible enemies, characters from the cutting room floor. Together, despite Jack's incompetence as a group facilitator, they unpack their unreal experiences & look ahead to a new life unmoored from their creators.