Emmet L.F. Cameron

1 HOUR (optional act break). 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.

1 HOUR (with optional act break). 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.

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!

NOTE: This play is currently in development, & a new draft will be coming soon.

TWO ACT. Davy & Nate were queer kids at Christian college together. They met in an ex-gay (un)support group, became friends, & were briefly engaged to be married. They meet again many years later at Nate's picturesque farmhouse wedding to Beata. Davy was surprised to be invited. Nate's surprised Davy showed up. They bump into each other behind the barn & assess whether there's any friendship left to save between them.

A year later, Davy & their girlfriend Rachel are invited to a barbecue in celebration of Nate & Beata's anniversary, which happens to fall on the solar eclipse. They're the only guests who show up. As the sun is obscured, what is revealed?

TINY PLAY. 2 roommates sit on a dumpster-dived loveseat. Then it gets strange.

A response to a prompt to write a detailed & impossible stage direction in 250 words.

a fictional podcast about a fictional family divided by fictional satanism

See Music Samples for the full audio of the 3-episode podcast series.

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.

10 MINUTES (or less). Ash & Bash awake to find themselves the only two people in their neighbourhood. Or perhaps the world? They've idly wished the society around them would melt away before...but this isn't quite like they fantasized.

This script was written based on a prompt provided by KDC Theatre's Festival of New Writing, "The Plan” in Spring 2024.

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.

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.

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)

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.

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)

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)

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)

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.