Diane Dierks

I have been a family therapist for decades, but have recently "semi"-retired. Over the years, I have written numerous non-fiction articles, a couple of non-fiction books, and two novels. But nothing is as exhilarating to me as writing a play and watching it performed live! In 2015, I wrote a musical about the stations of the cross and it was performed once at an outdoor theater and once inside a church. It was before a free audience, but it represented my heart and soul. Since then, I have written a full-length play called "Fed Up" (a dark comedy about a woman who fantasizes about feeding her husband to death!). Fed Up received an online reading by the Merely Players Presents group in Atlanta, which helped me to revise it, and hopefully make it more ready for production. I have not yet...

I have been a family therapist for decades, but have recently "semi"-retired. Over the years, I have written numerous non-fiction articles, a couple of non-fiction books, and two novels. But nothing is as exhilarating to me as writing a play and watching it performed live! In 2015, I wrote a musical about the stations of the cross and it was performed once at an outdoor theater and once inside a church. It was before a free audience, but it represented my heart and soul. Since then, I have written a full-length play called "Fed Up" (a dark comedy about a woman who fantasizes about feeding her husband to death!). Fed Up received an online reading by the Merely Players Presents group in Atlanta, which helped me to revise it, and hopefully make it more ready for production. I have not yet been successful with it yet, but am still working on it. My current work in progress is a futuristic, comedic full-length play about an AI dating service that I hope to have finished this spring. I live on St. Simons Island, Georgia, with my husband, our three-legged Lab, and our one-eyed Yorkie. We are all tolerating each other's strengths and weaknesses the best we can. :-)

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Scripts

Fed Up

by Diane Dierks

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
fantasy,
romantic comedy

Larry has been laid off during the peak of the 2008 recession and his wife, Fiona, is tired of him lying around, eating wings, and watching baseball. He loves to eat and Fiona loves to cook, but Larry soon learns his eating habits are affecting his health. Fiona’s fantasy of a romantic lover turns deadly when she conjures up a plan to feed Larry whatever he wants – and let fate take care of the rest. This dark...

Larry has been laid off during the peak of the 2008 recession and his wife, Fiona, is tired of him lying around, eating wings, and watching baseball. He loves to eat and Fiona loves to cook, but Larry soon learns his eating habits are affecting his health. Fiona’s fantasy of a romantic lover turns deadly when she conjures up a plan to feed Larry whatever he wants – and let fate take care of the rest. This dark comedy reveals that romantic love can be deceiving, while true love is often disguised by the familiar.

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Way of the Cross

by Diane Dierks

Cast Size
40—50
Genre
docudrama/historic,
drama,
faith-based,
holiday

The Way of the Cross is an “interactive” play, which means that the audience is part of the crowd who witnesses the arrest of Jesus, his trial, his condemnation, and his crucifixion. It is most effective when audience members can relate to how the crowd must have felt many years ago when confronted with the prospect of a mere man, claiming to be God himself, who seemingly threatened the law of the day — a huge...

The Way of the Cross is an “interactive” play, which means that the audience is part of the crowd who witnesses the arrest of Jesus, his trial, his condemnation, and his crucifixion. It is most effective when audience members can relate to how the crowd must have felt many years ago when confronted with the prospect of a mere man, claiming to be God himself, who seemingly threatened the law of the day — a huge insult to the Jewish religious leaders and a major threat to Roman politics. The crowd then was human, just as we are human today, and struggled as we do with what it means to remain Godly in a very ungodly world. During the play, the Deceiver occasionally speaks to the audience in an attempt to lure the crowd to speak out against Jesus. Likewise, the Cantor invites the audience to sing in an attempt to remind them of the timeless love and grace of God. Some people in the audience may be actors and follow those leads. To increase the dramatic impact of the play, audience members are informed ahead of time to participate as they feel comfortable. As Jesus makes his way to the cross, audience members are invited to follow the lead of the crowd and walk along with Him in the Via Dolorosa — The Way of the Cross. This play is only part of the story. At the conclusion of the play, audience members are encouraged to visit a church at an upcoming Easter service to hear the rest of the story — the miracle of His resurrection!

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