Waltrudis Buck

Waltrudis Buck (writer/actor) holds an MFA in fiction writing from Hunter. Her one-act Water Without Berries was one of four plays chosen from hundreds to be work-shopped at the Ivoryton Playhouse in Ct. for their “2019 Women Playwrights Initiative Festival” and won an Ellie Award for Excellence in Playwriting. Some of her poetry and short stories were published in The Olivetree Review. Her novel, The Berlin Girl, can be purchased as an e-book at Amazon.
As an actor she has worked extensively in Regional. On screen she has been directed by Woody Allen, Oliver Stone, Todd Haynes, Barry Levinson, Sofia Coppola, and Tyler Perry among others, always in small speaking roles.

Waltrudis Buck (writer/actor) holds an MFA in fiction writing from Hunter. Her one-act Water Without Berries was one of four plays chosen from hundreds to be work-shopped at the Ivoryton Playhouse in Ct. for their “2019 Women Playwrights Initiative Festival” and won an Ellie Award for Excellence in Playwriting. Some of her poetry and short stories were published in The Olivetree Review. Her novel, The Berlin Girl, can be purchased as an e-book at Amazon.
As an actor she has worked extensively in Regional. On screen she has been directed by Woody Allen, Oliver Stone, Todd Haynes, Barry Levinson, Sofia Coppola, and Tyler Perry among others, always in small speaking roles.

Scripts

Real Estate

by Waltrudis Buck

1
Cast Size
6—7
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
political

Through the collapsing marriage of two academics in New York City, Real Estate explores the forces that allow some of us to remain connected, while others are pushed into social exile. Henry and Sandy are academics, brilliant but underpaid, and living with Sandy's rabble-rousing, Trump-hating activist mother. Deemed by the co-op board to be unworthy to inherit Henry's father's apartment, Henry and Sandy each...

Through the collapsing marriage of two academics in New York City, Real Estate explores the forces that allow some of us to remain connected, while others are pushed into social exile. Henry and Sandy are academics, brilliant but underpaid, and living with Sandy's rabble-rousing, Trump-hating activist mother. Deemed by the co-op board to be unworthy to inherit Henry's father's apartment, Henry and Sandy each struggle to find solace and a new home. A witty and sometimes absurd romp through the minutiae of inheriting and selling an apartment, Real Estate asks who is worthy of a roof over their head, and how the spaces we inhabit allow us to connect to others.

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Noise and Trash

by Waltrudis Buck

Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

Anna, a gifted poet, is drowning in noise and trash. Her neighbors drive her crazy. Her editor is pressuring her with deadlines. Rick’s job, teaching teenagers in an underserved public school may be the more challenging. Deeply in love with Anna, he persuades her to move in with him. Survival of the fittest? Maybe! Only one of them survives.

Anna, a gifted poet, is drowning in noise and trash. Her neighbors drive her crazy. Her editor is pressuring her with deadlines. Rick’s job, teaching teenagers in an underserved public school may be the more challenging. Deeply in love with Anna, he persuades her to move in with him. Survival of the fittest? Maybe! Only one of them survives.

Ibsen at the Urban O

by Waltrudis Buck

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama

Three people, trying to manipulate their way to success in showbiz, face unexpected results.

Three people, trying to manipulate their way to success in showbiz, face unexpected results.

Passage

by Waltrudis Buck

Cast Size
3—4
Genre
drama,
horror,
melodrama,
mystery/thriller,
political,
tragedy

Synopsis:
HELEN has been moved to a different wing into a tiny room in her retirement home. She hears voices emanating from the closet and stops eating. LILLY, her daughter, can’t get any answers from the staff. She has to attend a wedding out of town. When she returns, she finds that her mother has met with a gruesome fate.

Synopsis:
HELEN has been moved to a different wing into a tiny room in her retirement home. She hears voices emanating from the closet and stops eating. LILLY, her daughter, can’t get any answers from the staff. She has to attend a wedding out of town. When she returns, she finds that her mother has met with a gruesome fate.

Disco

by Waltrudis Buck

Cast Size
5—13
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
drama,
period

Mrs. Brady is just starting her late Saturday night shift. All she wants are some decent tips and a bit of peace and quiet to read the paper. Not a chance. One after another of life’s big and little dramas unfold in the intimate confines of her workstation.

Mrs. Brady is just starting her late Saturday night shift. All she wants are some decent tips and a bit of peace and quiet to read the paper. Not a chance. One after another of life’s big and little dramas unfold in the intimate confines of her workstation.

Green Tea

by Waltrudis Buck

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
romantic comedy,
tragedy

Lois pays an unannounced visit to her daughter’s new apartment. She has a surprise for Meagan. Meagan has a few revelations of her own, which come as a big shock to Lois. Insults fly, tears flow, insights are gained, and conflicts, if not resolved, at least are aired, over green tea.

Lois pays an unannounced visit to her daughter’s new apartment. She has a surprise for Meagan. Meagan has a few revelations of her own, which come as a big shock to Lois. Insults fly, tears flow, insights are gained, and conflicts, if not resolved, at least are aired, over green tea.

Water Without Berries

by Waltrudis Buck

Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

Gentrification has come to Harlem. Maggie’s grandsons are trying to keep her from being evicted. The immediate problem is to dismantle the fantastic garden Maggie has created on the roof. Toussaint, an actor, just back from a tour, has no permanent place himself. Danny, a teacher with troubles of his own, wants Maggie to move in with him and his pregnant wife. But how can Maggie leave? What if Mariel, the mother...

Gentrification has come to Harlem. Maggie’s grandsons are trying to keep her from being evicted. The immediate problem is to dismantle the fantastic garden Maggie has created on the roof. Toussaint, an actor, just back from a tour, has no permanent place himself. Danny, a teacher with troubles of his own, wants Maggie to move in with him and his pregnant wife. But how can Maggie leave? What if Mariel, the mother of the boys, who disappeared years ago, comes back and finds only strangers?

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