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On his nineteenth birthday on the 19th, a young man asks to kiss the girl of his dreams. She says no. A Reality Girl appears and offers him an interesting alternative.
Matthew Weaver
Matthew Weaver
Matthew Weaver is a Spokane, Wash., playwright and screenwriter.
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His plays have been produced in Washington State, Canada, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas, West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Colorado, California, Florida, Ireland, Japan, Oregon and Maryland.
His comedy "Bed Ride" was a 2016 finalist in the Rover...
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His plays have been produced in Washington State, Canada, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas, West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Colorado, California, Florida, Ireland, Japan, Oregon and Maryland.
His comedy "Bed Ride" was a 2016 finalist in the Rover...
Matthew Weaver is a Spokane, Wash., playwright and screenwriter.
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His plays have been produced in Washington State, Canada, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas, West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Colorado, California, Florida, Ireland, Japan, Oregon and Maryland.
His comedy "Bed Ride" was a 2016 finalist in the Rover Dramawerks annual play contest in Plano, Texas. "Variations on a First Kiss" received Audience Favorite Comedy in the Exit 7 Players Theater's Short Play Contest.
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"Awnings" received the Robert Barnard Audience Award-Friday for a reading at the Arts Resources for the Tri-State (ARTS) New Works Festival in Huntington, WV, December 2016.
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"The Fluidity of Truth" is a semifinalist in the NYC Playwrights project Women in the Age of Trump.
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His screenplay "Trapped in a First Kiss" is a finalist in the first annual Twin Falls Sandwiches Film Festival in Twin Falls, Idaho, in October 2016.
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His short screenplay "Untoward" is a 2016 semifinalist in the DC Shorts Film Festival in Washington, D.C., and a quarterfinalist in the Richmond International Film Festival in Richmond, Va.
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He works by day as a reporter for an agricultural newspaper. Listen to a May 2017 interview with the Washington Grain Commission podcast, Wheat All About It: http://wagrains.org/podcast/episode-18-behind-the-curtain/
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His short screenplay "The Lift" received the only honorable mention in the Short. Sweet. Film Fest screenplay contest in March 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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His plays have been produced in Washington State, Canada, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas, West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Colorado, California, Florida, Ireland, Japan, Oregon and Maryland.
His comedy "Bed Ride" was a 2016 finalist in the Rover Dramawerks annual play contest in Plano, Texas. "Variations on a First Kiss" received Audience Favorite Comedy in the Exit 7 Players Theater's Short Play Contest.
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"Awnings" received the Robert Barnard Audience Award-Friday for a reading at the Arts Resources for the Tri-State (ARTS) New Works Festival in Huntington, WV, December 2016.
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"The Fluidity of Truth" is a semifinalist in the NYC Playwrights project Women in the Age of Trump.
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His screenplay "Trapped in a First Kiss" is a finalist in the first annual Twin Falls Sandwiches Film Festival in Twin Falls, Idaho, in October 2016.
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His short screenplay "Untoward" is a 2016 semifinalist in the DC Shorts Film Festival in Washington, D.C., and a quarterfinalist in the Richmond International Film Festival in Richmond, Va.
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He works by day as a reporter for an agricultural newspaper. Listen to a May 2017 interview with the Washington Grain Commission podcast, Wheat All About It: http://wagrains.org/podcast/episode-18-behind-the-curtain/
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His short screenplay "The Lift" received the only honorable mention in the Short. Sweet. Film Fest screenplay contest in March 2017 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Plays
A New Play by Matthew Weaver by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 3··Cast:3Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 11 more·Keyword: future, information + 7 moreGenre: comedy, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, farce, horror, parody/spoof, political, romantic comedy, satire, tragedyKeyword: future, information, three-character play, science fiction, literature, theater, playwright, playwriting, good roles for womenTEN-MINUTE: In the year 9936, a new play by Matthew Weaver has been discovered.Another Play by Matthew Weaver by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:3Genre: comedy, experimental + 3 more·Keyword: theater, good roles for women + 5 moreGenre: comedy, experimental, farce, immersive, satireKeyword: theater, good roles for women, comedy, literary, mindbender, three actors, three womenTEN-MINUTE: Three actresses get on set to read their latest script.Sebastian and Chloe by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 3··Cast:6Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more·Keyword: good roles for older and middle-aged actors, good roles for older women + 4 moreGenre: comedy, drama, experimental, fantasyKeyword: good roles for older and middle-aged actors, good roles for older women, good roles for young performers, #absurdist, #absurdist realism, agingTEN-MINUTE: After their 50th wedding anniversary, Sebastian and Chloe find out the truth about how they met.
Selected for the Spokane Civic Theatre Playwrights Forum Festival in June 2018.The Quail by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:6Genre: drama, experimental + 2 more·Keyword: marriage, love + 8 moreGenre: drama, experimental, movement/physical, romantic comedyKeyword: marriage, love, romance, adultery, family, aging, time, good roles for seniors, birds, natureTEN-MINUTE: Before they move to Rhode Island, Jillian and Nolan spend one last weekend at Quail Rock. Selected for Northwest Ten Festival in Eugene, Oregon, in March 2018.Smackeroo by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:1Genre: comedy, experimental + 3 more·Keyword: Valentine's Day, monologue + 3 moreGenre: comedy, experimental, holiday, immersive, romantic comedyKeyword: Valentine's Day, monologue, one-page monologue, # Great roles for men and women, kissingA monologue, narrated by the first kiss shared by a couple. Selected for Monologue-A-Looza February 2018 in Hollywood, CA.A Sprig of Mistletoe Up in That One Little Corner of the Jail by Matthew Weaver
·Cast:7Genre: dark comedy, drama + 3 more·Keyword: good roles for women, good roles for young performers + 6 moreGenre: dark comedy, drama, faith-based, holiday, tragedyKeyword: good roles for women, good roles for young performers, christmas, holiday, christmas eve, bank robbers, crime, O.HenryONE-ACT: Young Alec, the sheriff's son, spends Christmas Eve with the notorious bank robbers Bonnie and Bonnie. Selected for the Long Form March 16-18, 2018 at Stage Left Theater in Spokane, Wash.Timmy's Big Kiss by Matthew Weaver
·Cast:15–50Genre: adventure, comedy + 7 more·Keyword: young adult, teen performers + 4 moreGenre: adventure, comedy, drama, experimental, farce, movement/physical, romantic comedy, satire, young audiencesKeyword: young adult, teen performers, teen audience, # Great roles for women #comedy, large casts for young adults, Theatre for YouthYA FULL-LENGTH COMEDY: Timmy Hilsop is on the run from every girl in his school and the tri-county area, all of whom want to kiss him to win a prize established by his rock star older brother, Van. But does Timmy even want to be kissed?
Selected for the 2018 Plays-In-Development program at The Sauk in Jonesville, Michigan in June 2018.Confidence Boost by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:2Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more·Keyword: romance, Relationships + 4 moreGenre: comedy, drama, movement/physical, romantic comedyKeyword: romance, Relationships, Great Roles for Women, #friendship, #adults/Friendship/Self-Esteem, Valentine's DayTEN-MINUTE OR LESS: Ivy helps neighbor Houle tie his tie before a big date.High School Nachos by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 2··Cast:2Genre: comedy, political + 2 more·Keyword: good roles for women, good roles for young performers + 5 moreGenre: comedy, political, science fiction, young audiencesKeyword: good roles for women, good roles for young performers, time travel, time, aging, high school actors, high school aged actorsTEN-MINUTE: Written in an hour and performed for the Nugget Fringe Festival in Grass Valley, California, Jan. 27, 2018. The prompt was: "Yes time travel is possible. Will explain later." - Jose Conseco
V. travels back in time for a favorite meal.Alistair Eats Alone by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:1Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more·Keyword: monologue, holiday + 7 moreGenre: comedy, drama, experimental, holiday, movement/physicalKeyword: monologue, holiday, Valentine's Day, dating, romance, couples, single, great role for men, RelationshipsTEN-MINUTE MONOLOGUE: Alistair Caulfield dines in a restaurant full of couples, talking to himself. A monologue.The Word by Matthew Weaver
·Cast:2Genre: drama, faith-based·Keyword: one-minute play, husbands and wives + 4 moreGenre: drama, faith-basedKeyword: one-minute play, husbands and wives, good roles for older and middle-aged actors, health, marriage, family medical problemsONE-MINUTE: Fred and Ruth wait for word.
One-minute play, performed by Stage Left Theatre, Spokane, Wash., in February 2018.Onion Ode by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 2··Cast:1Genre: docudrama/historic, experimental + 3 more·Keyword: Walla Walla sweet onion, agriculture + 5 moreGenre: docudrama/historic, experimental, farce, immersive, young audiencesKeyword: Walla Walla sweet onion, agriculture, monologue, good roles for young performers, monologues for young actors, vegetables, farmingTEN-MINUTE YOUTH MONOLOGUE: A young performer, dressed as a Walla Walla sweet onion, delivers a report on the vegetable, produced in a specific region in Washington State.The Wish by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:2Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more·Keyword: Drama, romance + 5 moreGenre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, fantasy, holiday, romantic comedyKeyword: Drama, romance, birthday, one-minute play, good roles for men and women, Relationships, kissingONE-MINUTE: Colton makes a familiar birthday wish as Lydia looks on.
A one-minute play. Originally performed January 2017 as part of Stage Left Theater's Fast and Furious festival in Spokane. Wash.Sit Here For the Present: An Appreciation of Beverly Cleary by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:5Genre: biography, experimental + 2 more·Keyword: 365 Women a Year, Beverly Cleary + 8 moreGenre: biography, experimental, immersive, young audiencesKeyword: 365 Women a Year, Beverly Cleary, reading, books, book talks, Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, biography, women, schoolTEN-MINUTE: Five performers talk about their favorite books written by Beverly Cleary, author of the Ramona Quimby series. Written for the 365 Women a Year Project.Calpurnia Delivers Caesar's Papers to Mark Antony by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 2··Cast:2Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 4 more·Keyword: 365 Women a Year, women + 7 moreGenre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, period, political, tragedyKeyword: 365 Women a Year, women, #strong roles for #women, History, Caesar, widows, political, Politics, biographyTEN-MINUTE: Calpurnia, final wife to Julius Caesar, delivers his papers to Mark Antony following Caesar's assassination.
Written for the 365 Women a Year project.Flies at the Nativity by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 3··Cast:3Genre: adventure, comedy + 9 more·Keyword: Christmas plays, christmas + 8 moreGenre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, faith-based, fantasy, farce, holiday, movement/physical, period, satire, young audiencesKeyword: Christmas plays, christmas, comedy, satire, insects, humor, threehander, comedic nativity play, nativity, biblicalTEN-MINUTE: Yes, you read the title right. Three common houseflies are present at the site of the birth of the Baby Jesus.The Ark by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:3Genre: comedy, docudrama/historic + 7 more·Keyword: comedy, good roles for actors + 3 moreGenre: comedy, docudrama/historic, fable/folktale, faith-based, fantasy, farce, movement/physical, parody/spoof, satireKeyword: comedy, good roles for actors, biblical, witty dialogue, wittyTEN-MINUTE: Noah's three sons - Japheth, Shem and Ham - have to usher in the animals two by two on the boat their father recently built. A 10-minute comedy, selected for performance on the Onstage-Offstage podcast by George Sapio in October 2017. http://www.gsapio.com/podcasts/itunes/171001WEAVER.mp3Enter Bruce, Dragging His Mother-in-Law's Body by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 2··Cast:1Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more·Keyword: monologue fun monologues for actors, fathers + 6 moreGenre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, horror, movement/physicalKeyword: monologue fun monologues for actors, fathers, husbands, Mother-in-Law, funny monologues, back pain, fun dads, dadsMONOLOGUE: Bruce enters the stage, dragging the dead body of his mother-in-law. A monologue, written for the NYC Playwright's Write a Monologue For Me program in September 2017.Mind Your Ps and Qs by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:3Genre: drama, tragedy·Keyword: romance, Temptation + 7 moreGenre: drama, tragedyKeyword: romance, Temptation, good roles for women, marriage, infidelity, first love, kissing, ten minute drama, ten minuteTEN-MINUTE: Workers at a typesetting company experience a moment of temptation.
Author's note: This was written after reading "Letter Perfect," a history of the origins of the alphabet, by David Sacks, and learning the origins of the expression "Mind your Ps and Qs," referring to keeping the letters straight when using movable type.egg salad and cola by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:2Genre: comedy, drama·Keyword: marriage, love + 7 moreGenre: comedy, dramaKeyword: marriage, love, romance, secrets, men and women, husbands and wives, food, lunch, cookingTEN-MINUTE: Newlyweds Elliott and Nan are enjoying the last evening of their honeymoon when Elliott, a chef, decides to make Nan's lunch for the next day back at work. What Nan reveals astonishes him.When You Are a Little Bit Older by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 2··Cast:3Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more·Keyword: fun roles for young women, fun roles for young men + 8 moreGenre: comedy, drama, movement/physical, romantic comedy, young audiencesKeyword: fun roles for young women, fun roles for young men, teen performers, kissing, young audiences, roles for youth, coming of age, growing up, first kisses, fun roles for teensYA-ONE-ACT: Owen tags along on older brother Cooper's hot date at the movies with Ava. But then Owen runs out of popcorn ...
Selected for the Pittsburgh New Works Festival in Carnegie, PA, produced by Thoreau NM - a Production Company, in September 2017.
Shortlisted for the International Talent Club Balkan Regional Playwrights Childrens Drama category in July 2017.Awnings by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 4··Cast:3–7Genre: comedy, romantic comedy·Keyword: rainstorm, kissing + 6 moreGenre: comedy, romantic comedyKeyword: rainstorm, kissing, thunder, lightning, romance, steamy, strong female, Great Roles for WomenTEN-MINUTE: Arthur and Viola find themselves under an awning in the middle of a storm.
A 10-minute play.
Winner, Robert Barnard Audience Award-Friday for reading at the Arts Resources for the Tri-State (ARTS) New Works Festival in Huntington, WV, December 2016.
Selected for Curious Arrow Theatre's Lucid Short Play Festival in September 2017 in Grand Rapids, MI.Seven Minutes in Heaven by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:5Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more·Keyword: roles for youth, roles for teenagers + 5 moreGenre: comedy, drama, movement/physical, romantic comedy, young audiencesKeyword: roles for youth, roles for teenagers, kissing, romance, Drama, friendship, first kissesTEN-MINUTE: Jordan McMint wants to be Charlie Donner's first kiss during a game at a party. Charlie's saving his first kiss for Caitlin. Unstoppable force meets immovable object in a closet. Part of the "First Kisses" evening of short plays.
Selected for the Red Eye 10s International Play Festival, produced on the same day in Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Colorado, three sites...TEN-MINUTE: Jordan McMint wants to be Charlie Donner's first kiss during a game at a party. Charlie's saving his first kiss for Caitlin. Unstoppable force meets immovable object in a closet. Part of the "First Kisses" evening of short plays.
Selected for the Red Eye 10s International Play Festival, produced on the same day in Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Colorado, three sites in California, Florida, Ireland and Japan Sept. 30, 2017. Dates for Texas and Germany TBD!View From the Reef by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:4Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more·Keyword: environment, Endangered Species + 6 moreGenre: comedy, drama, political, young audiencesKeyword: environment, Endangered Species, pollution, ocean, cauliflower coral, fish, shut-ins, best friendsTEN-MINUTE: Cauliflower corals Collie and Coral have never left the coral reef. Why would they? But a chance encounter with a deep sea diver has them questioning the future.
Originally written for the Saving Endangered Species international playwriting contest in 2015.
My challenge to myself was to write about an invertebrate, and ultimately to try to write the most moving play about cauliflower coral possible.Friday Nights at the Food Court by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:6Genre: drama, young audiences·Keyword: teenagers, young adult + 7 moreGenre: drama, young audiencesKeyword: teenagers, young adult, teen drama, relationship abuse, teen drinking, teen drug use, relationship drama, romance, strong femaleYA ONE-ACT: Selected for Gallery Players Black Box New Play Festival June 2017, in Brooklyn, NY.
Kent Rowan and brother Bobby are at the food court of their local mall, getting dinner after buying shoes for Bobby.
Cheryl Jarvis, the girl Kent likes, is at another table with friends Brandy and Madison. Her overbearing boyfriend, Keith, crashes the party to check in on his girlfriend...YA ONE-ACT: Selected for Gallery Players Black Box New Play Festival June 2017, in Brooklyn, NY.
Kent Rowan and brother Bobby are at the food court of their local mall, getting dinner after buying shoes for Bobby.
Cheryl Jarvis, the girl Kent likes, is at another table with friends Brandy and Madison. Her overbearing boyfriend, Keith, crashes the party to check in on his girlfriend.
Love and hate, betrayal and woe all play out among the teen scene at a local mall on a Friday night.X by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 2··Cast:3Genre: dark comedy, drama + 6 more·Keyword: The letter X, alphabet + 4 moreGenre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, farce, melodrama, movement/physical, mystery/thriller, young audiencesKeyword: The letter X, alphabet, three actors: two men one woman, very short, one-minute play, shady charactersONE-MINUTE: A very short play only using words that begin with the letter X for dialogue.
Xerxes comes upon the mysterious Mr. X in a park, looking to make a sale. But Xerxes has his own agenda ...The Embrace by Matthew Weaver
·Cast:3Genre: drama·Keyword: women, strong women + 4 moreGenre: dramaKeyword: women, strong women, strong female characters, female friendships, # Great role for older woman, remembering loved oneTEN-MINUTE: Written in an hour Jan. 21, 2018, for the Nugget Fringe Festival Three-Hour Plays in Grass Valley, CA.
Judith is quietly crying on a park bench when Claudette and her boyfriend pass through.
The prompt we were given was the quote by Rumi, "The hurt we embrace becomes joy. Call it to your arms where it can change."Spin The Bottle by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:6Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more·Keyword: senior citizens, kissing + 6 moreGenre: comedy, drama, romantic comedy, tragedyKeyword: senior citizens, kissing, romance, senior, aging, spin the bottle, sex after 50, first kisses10-MINUTE-PLUS: Six frisky seniors play a favorite childhood game. Part of the "First Kisses" evening of short plays.Second Kisses by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:2Genre: comedy, romantic comedy·Keyword: kissing, romance + 8 moreGenre: comedy, romantic comedyKeyword: kissing, romance, sexy, steamy, #two hander, short and sweet, strong female character, beta male, 18th birthday, men and womenTEN-MINUTE: It's Ian's eighteenth birthday. He and Portia can't seem to stop kissing about it.Rugburn by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:2Genre: dark comedy, experimental + 3 more·Keyword: halloween, evil clowns + 8 moreGenre: dark comedy, experimental, holiday, horror, tragedyKeyword: halloween, evil clowns, childhood trauma, Horror, parts for teenage boys, clowns, Terror, movie monsters, #two hander, audience interactiveFIVE TO TEN-MINUTE-ISH: An evil clown asks young Cole for a simple favor: A genuine smile.
Backstory: In college I got the chance to write a paper about evil clowns for a Monsters in Literature/Film class. (Thanks, The Joker and Stephen King!) Years later, a competition put out requests for scripts that reflect and ponder on the nature of certain monsters. My monster of choice was immediate, and...FIVE TO TEN-MINUTE-ISH: An evil clown asks young Cole for a simple favor: A genuine smile.
Backstory: In college I got the chance to write a paper about evil clowns for a Monsters in Literature/Film class. (Thanks, The Joker and Stephen King!) Years later, a competition put out requests for scripts that reflect and ponder on the nature of certain monsters. My monster of choice was immediate, and I got to put my research to good use.Operation Keep the Kitten Alive by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:3Genre: comedy, movement/physical + 1 more·Keyword: teenagers, babysitter + 7 moreGenre: comedy, movement/physical, young audiencesKeyword: teenagers, babysitter, kitten, surgery, young adult, those nachos we found, pet care, thumb wrestling, roles for young performersTEN-MINUTE: Lifelong friends Seabone and Ogden are high schoolers recovering from recent appendectomies. Bad things happen when they're bored. Zelda Zwieback is tasked with keeping them occupied and from popping their stitches.
Written and performed as part of Stage Left Theater's 24-hour play festival, Left Overs, in Spokane, Wash. As part of the festival, writers were required to use...TEN-MINUTE: Lifelong friends Seabone and Ogden are high schoolers recovering from recent appendectomies. Bad things happen when they're bored. Zelda Zwieback is tasked with keeping them occupied and from popping their stitches.
Written and performed as part of Stage Left Theater's 24-hour play festival, Left Overs, in Spokane, Wash. As part of the festival, writers were required to use a particular prop; in this instance, a ceramic kitten.
Directed by Jessica Rempel. Starred Ezra Way as Seabone, Jacob Carruthers as Ogden and Joni Elizabeth as Zelda. Edited to add: I have to say, total credit for Zelda's history as a thumb wrestler came from Joni. When I asked the performers their comfort zones, and if they had any special abilities, Joni - independent of anything - proceeded to tell me how she had been a champion thumb wrestler in school, so good her thumb had its own name: Hank. It was a gift.Abby & Ksenia & the Monster by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:3Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more·Keyword: strong female characters, Sisters + 6 moreGenre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, horror, young audiencesKeyword: strong female characters, Sisters, girl power, Monsters, Childhood, coming of age, growing up, good roles for young performersTEN-MINUTE: A Terrifying Monster is in Abby and Ksenia's room. The sisters need to try to ignore it.
Performed as part of Mildred's Umbrella Theater's Museum of Dysfunction play festival, July 2017, Houston, Texas.
Performed as part of Dramatic Acting track for Summer School for Performing Arts in Westford, MA, July 2017.
Selected for Abiding Harvest...TEN-MINUTE: A Terrifying Monster is in Abby and Ksenia's room. The sisters need to try to ignore it.
Performed as part of Mildred's Umbrella Theater's Museum of Dysfunction play festival, July 2017, Houston, Texas.
Performed as part of Dramatic Acting track for Summer School for Performing Arts in Westford, MA, July 2017.
Selected for Abiding Harvest Shorts Play Festival in Broken Arrow, OK, October 2017.I, Marshmallow by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:9Genre: adventure, comedy + 8 more·Keyword: marshmallows, comedy + 4 moreGenre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, experimental, farce, horror, melodrama, satire, tragedy, young audiencesKeyword: marshmallows, comedy, scouts, Campfire, fire, inanimate objectsTEN-MINUTE: Everyone loves a camp fire. Except for maybe the marshmallows.
Performed as part of Arts Resources for the Tri-State (ARTS) New Works Festival in Huntington, WV, in December 2016.Quite by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:2Genre: adventure, comedy + 7 more·Keyword: Q, words that begin with Q + 4 moreGenre: adventure, comedy, drama, experimental, fantasy, farce, parody/spoof, period, romantic comedyKeyword: Q, words that begin with Q, Queen, quake, queendom, one-minuteOne-minute play. Uses only words that begin with the letter "Q" for dialogue.
Performed in January 2016 during the Fast and Furious one-minute play festival at Stage Left Theater in Spokane, Wash.Feminine Care by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:8Genre: comedy·Keyword: men and women, feminine care + 6 moreGenre: comedyKeyword: men and women, feminine care, comedy, feminism, gender, period, Relationships, grocery store aisle10- to 15-MINUTE: Three guys find themselves in the feminine care aisle, having to pick out a product for the important ladies in their lives.
Key dialogue written by Emily Wagnitz.
Originally performed June 2012 by Ignite! Community Theatre in Spokane, Wash., directed by Will Gilman. Also performed on Spokane community radio the same year.Arguing With Toasters by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 2··Cast:4Genre: dark comedy, drama + 4 more·Keyword: women's issues, women + 4 moreGenre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, fable/folktale, political, satireKeyword: women's issues, women, toasters, kitchen appliances, Domestic, absurdistTEN-MINUTEISH: Four women argue with toasters.
Selected for University of St. Thomas' Ampersand 2.0 Festival April 2017 in Houston, Texas.The Girl Wore Red Licorice by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:6–10Genre: comedy, romantic comedy·Keyword: romance, love of your life + 6 moreGenre: comedy, romantic comedyKeyword: romance, love of your life, red licorice, psychic, hopeless romantic, good roles for women, good roles for older women, good roles for young womenONE-ACT: Produced as part of Spokane Civic Theatre's Playwrights Forum Festival in summer of 2014.
A psychic comes up to Peter Hopewell and tells him when and where to meet the love of his life ... and what she'll be wearing.Be in the Moment by Matthew Weaver
·Cast:20Genre: experimental·Keyword: Spokane, observational + 2 moreGenre: experimentalKeyword: Spokane, observational, theater verite, real lifeA playwright observes the activities going on around them on a particular day in Spokane, Wash.
Theater verite.
A finalist for the Dionysian magazine, issue 002, February 2017.Under an Iguana Moon by Matthew Weaver
·Cast:2Genre: comedy·Keyword: strong women, women + 4 moreGenre: comedyKeyword: strong women, women, stuffed iguana, motherhood, cool aunt, children's cartoonsTEN-MINUTE: Written and performed in 24 hours as part of Stage Left Theater's Left Overs Festival in Spokane, Wash., in March 2015. Directed by Juan Mas, starring Aubrey Shimek Davis and Jordan Lannen.
Avery and Zoey both find Iggy, a stuffed iguana, for the important little girls in their lives, but there's only one. And neither woman is going to let him go.The Fluidity of Truth by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:3Genre: dark comedy, drama + 4 more·Keyword: women, harassment + 6 moreGenre: dark comedy, drama, horror, political, satire, tragedyKeyword: women, harassment, Trump, Women in the Age of Trump, police, women's issues, social issues, 10 minuteTEN-MINUTE: Gina accuses Donnie of being inappropriate.
Semifinalist in NYC Playwrights' Women in the Age of Trump project.Velociraptors in the Garden by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 2··Cast:5Genre: adventure, comedy + 11 more·Keyword: velociraptor, British + 7 moreGenre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, farce, horror, melodrama, parody/spoof, period, satire, science fiction, tragedyKeyword: velociraptor, British, sitting room, velociraptors, dinosaurs, family, illegitimate children, English manners, death"Downton Abbey" meets "Jurassic Park."
A ten-minute comedy. Absolutely no redeeming value whatsoever. Performed April 2018 as part of Cupcake Lady Productions' Another Taste of Rotten Theatre in Brooklyn, NY.New Mistakes by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:2Genre: adventure, comedy + 1 more·Keyword: online dating, kissing + 6 moreGenre: adventure, comedy, romantic comedyKeyword: online dating, kissing, texting, balding, dating, comfort zone, first kisses, texting while drivingFIVE-MINUTE: Selected for Cone Man Running Productions' Five-Minute Mile Play Festival November 2016 in Houston, Texas.
Wally and Sam are two lonely hearts giving love a second chance. They're meeting in person for the first time. Via text, Wally sends Sam a suggestion ...
Part of the "First Kisses" evening of one-acts.Bed Ride by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 2··Cast:12–18Genre: comedy, farce + 1 more·Keyword: bed rest, bedroom comedy + 5 moreGenre: comedy, farce, romantic comedyKeyword: bed rest, bedroom comedy, One-Set, gangsters, birdwatchers, marriage, babyFULL-LENGTH: 2016 finalist in the Rover Dramawerks play contest in Plano, Texas.
Directed by Beverly Hasper at Masquers Theater in Soap Lake, Wash., in the summer of 2013.
Bob and Agatha Outhaus are confined to their bed for medical reasons. Agatha is eight months and three weeks pregnant and just about to give birth, and Bob broke both of his legs. Bob is an outdoors newspaper columnist,...FULL-LENGTH: 2016 finalist in the Rover Dramawerks play contest in Plano, Texas.
Directed by Beverly Hasper at Masquers Theater in Soap Lake, Wash., in the summer of 2013.
Bob and Agatha Outhaus are confined to their bed for medical reasons. Agatha is eight months and three weeks pregnant and just about to give birth, and Bob broke both of his legs. Bob is an outdoors newspaper columnist, but hasn't wanted to tell his bosses about his injuries, so he's still been writing his column like he's getting out and about.
Their nurse, Joan, has a thing for bad boys. Bob's ne'er-do-well brother, Simon, arrives to help out and brings his girlfriend, Twinkie, with him. But trouble tends to follow Simon around ... unless it's already on the Outhaus doorstep!Aces Are Feverish by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:16–20Genre: adventure, comedy + 3 more·Keyword: noir, mystery comedy + 8 moreGenre: adventure, comedy, mystery/thriller, parody/spoof, periodKeyword: noir, mystery comedy, detective, female lead, mystery, comedy, maple bars, good roles for women, #large cast, #romanceFULL-LENGTH: Directed by Joanne Moore Bracht; Masquers Theater in Soap Lake, Wash., Summer of 2016
Ace Valentine is a classic noir detective like Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe. Only she has a cold. When a sexy club singer asks her to investigate the disappearance of his missing wife, Ace is forced to confront old flames and longtime rivals. Before long, she's on the trail of a killer,...FULL-LENGTH: Directed by Joanne Moore Bracht; Masquers Theater in Soap Lake, Wash., Summer of 2016
Ace Valentine is a classic noir detective like Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe. Only she has a cold. When a sexy club singer asks her to investigate the disappearance of his missing wife, Ace is forced to confront old flames and longtime rivals. Before long, she's on the trail of a killer, consuming a large quantity of doughnuts - her medicine of choice - and dodging bullets. And ducking is hard when you have the sniffles.Variations on a First Kiss by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:4Genre: comedy, romantic comedy·Keyword: kissing, david ives + 6 moreGenre: comedy, romantic comedyKeyword: kissing, david ives, boyfriend, sexual harassment, romance, bad kisser, good roles for women, # Great roles for men and womenTEN-MINUTE: Received Audience Favorite Comedy, Exit 7 Players Theater Short Play Contest in Ludlow, Mass., February 2016.
Performed as part of Mad Lab Theatre's Theatre Roulette Festival in Columbus, Ohio, May 2016.
Azalea finds out Christopher has never had his first kiss. He proceeds to imagine the many, many ways it could go wrong.Asterisk Kisses by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:2Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more·Keyword: kissing, first kiss + 6 moreGenre: comedy, drama, romantic comedyKeyword: kissing, first kiss, first kisses, romance, #two actors, #two hander, good roles for men and women, good roles for millennial-age actorsTEN-MINUTE-PLUS: Performed by Fearless Productions, Kicking and Screaming Festival in Rahway, N.J., February 2016
Logan asks Jessica to be his first kiss.True Love's Kiss by Matthew Weaver
·Cast:7Genre: adventure, comedy + 6 more·Keyword: fairy tale, Prince + 5 moreGenre: adventure, comedy, fable/folktale, fantasy, parody/spoof, romantic comedy, satire, young audiencesKeyword: fairy tale, Prince, princess, witch, Kiss, true love's kiss, feministTEN-MINUTE: Performed by Liberty Lake Community Theatre as part of New Works Festival, March 2017, in Liberty Lake, Wash..
Performed by Mad Lab Theatre as part of Theatre Roulette festival, May 2016, in Columbus, Ohio.
Wicked witch Prunetoria has cast a spell on Princess Honeysuckle. Only true love's kiss will wake her up. But there's a catch ...
It's up to...TEN-MINUTE: Performed by Liberty Lake Community Theatre as part of New Works Festival, March 2017, in Liberty Lake, Wash..
Performed by Mad Lab Theatre as part of Theatre Roulette festival, May 2016, in Columbus, Ohio.
Wicked witch Prunetoria has cast a spell on Princess Honeysuckle. Only true love's kiss will wake her up. But there's a catch ...
It's up to Prince Darling, Prince Dashing and Prince Ruggedly Handsome to ride to Honeysuckle's rescue.
Meanwhile, on the horizon, another princess is making her way to the castle ...First Kisses by Matthew Weaver
·Cast:31Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more·Keyword: kissing, first kisses + 6 moreGenre: comedy, drama, fantasy, pantomime, romantic comedyKeyword: kissing, first kisses, romance, aging, seduction, first kiss, spin the bottle, seven minutes in heavenFULL-LENGTH: An evening of short plays devoted to first kisses.
Includes "New Mistakes," "True Love's Kiss," "Asterisk Kisses" and "Variations on a First Kiss."
In "The Kissing Scene," Quinn discovers Dominick's secret.
In "Shrug," a boy and girl wonder what all the fuss is about.
In "The...FULL-LENGTH: An evening of short plays devoted to first kisses.
Includes "New Mistakes," "True Love's Kiss," "Asterisk Kisses" and "Variations on a First Kiss."
In "The Kissing Scene," Quinn discovers Dominick's secret.
In "Shrug," a boy and girl wonder what all the fuss is about.
In "The Cereals Aisle," a man and woman share a passionate moment in the middle of a grocery store.
In "Spin the Bottle,"a group of senior citizens play a favorite childhood game.
In "Seven Minutes in Heaven," Jordan tries to give Charlie his first kiss.Gluttony & Lust Are Friends by Matthew Weaver
Recommendations: 1··Cast:25–50Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more·Keyword: lust, gluttony + 8 moreGenre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, farce, romantic comedy, satireKeyword: lust, gluttony, seven deadly sins, virtues, Sex, food, apocalypse, sumo wrestler, erotic bakeries, all-you-can-eatFULL-LENGTH: Read as part of the WILDSound Festival in Canada in August 2015.
At the annual gathering of the Seven Deadly Sins, Gluttony and Lust begin commiserating about the monotony of their routines. Apparently even having sex all the time and eating as much as you could ever want eventually gets really boring.
So Gluttony and Lust swap, and are so reinvigorated and energized...FULL-LENGTH: Read as part of the WILDSound Festival in Canada in August 2015.
At the annual gathering of the Seven Deadly Sins, Gluttony and Lust begin commiserating about the monotony of their routines. Apparently even having sex all the time and eating as much as you could ever want eventually gets really boring.
So Gluttony and Lust swap, and are so reinvigorated and energized that they convince the other deadly sins to follow suit. Meanwhile, the world falls into chaos, with erotic bakeries taking the place of Starbucks on every street corner and a sumo wrestler being named the Sexiest Person Currently Breathing.
Eventually the Virtues get involved, as all the changes threaten to bring about the apocalypse.
Set entirely in a Chinese buffet restaurant.Cashmere Woods by Matthew Weaver
·Cast:6Genre: comedy, drama·Keyword: Men, women + 8 moreGenre: comedy, dramaKeyword: Men, women, cross-gender acting, female performers, Poker, infidelity, marriage, gender, aging, # Great roles for older womenFULL-LENGTH: A group of friends gathers for their semi-regular "Guy's Night Out" poker game. All of them are at various stages of life - Teddy and his wife just had a baby. Hank just started dating again. Clint is suspicious of his wife. John is embarking on a new business venture. Pierce is distracted by worry.
They're all starving, because it's The Stooge's night...FULL-LENGTH: A group of friends gathers for their semi-regular "Guy's Night Out" poker game. All of them are at various stages of life - Teddy and his wife just had a baby. Hank just started dating again. Clint is suspicious of his wife. John is embarking on a new business venture. Pierce is distracted by worry.
They're all starving, because it's The Stooge's night to bring food. Only The Stooge apparently met a girl ...
All characters are male, but are to be played by female performers.