One-Act Plays
Right Field of Dreams
(1M/1F/1N) 10-year-old Tim would much rather be watching "Damn Yankees" than playing right field in his Little League game. A visit from an unexpected guest helps Tim reveal his true feelings to his coach.
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
Boston Theater Company - Boston, Masschussetts (May 2024)
Directed by Lyndsay Allyn Cox
Featuring Allison Beauregard, Oliver Rizzo, and Rémani Lizana
Barrington Stage Company - Pittsfield, Masschussetts (February 2023)
Directed by Alan Paul
Featuring Skyler Gallun, Matt Neely, and Camille Upshaw
Mile Square Theatre - Hoboken, New Jersey (June 2022)
Directed by Andrew Baldwin
Death Defying
(2F) 10 minutes - Zazel and Airabella, two circus aerialists from different eras, find themselves trapped in a waiting room as they await their fate which depends on someone knowing their real names.
* FINALIST: City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting
* SELECTION: Itinerant Theatre's The Play's The Thing
* SELECTION: Luna Stage 6th Annual New Moon Short Play Festival
* SELECTION: Fusion Theatre's The Seven
* PUBLISHED: The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2019
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
Mount Saint Mary's University - Emmitsburg, Maryland (November 2020)
Directed by Elena Rittie
Short+Sweet - Sydney - Sydney, Australia (February 2019)
Directed by Oliver Walton
NJ Rep - West End Festival of the Arts: Theatre Brut - Long Branch, NJ (September 2018)
Directed by Mikaela Kafka
with Anna Gion & Stephanie Windland
Academy Theatre, Tapas 3: The Reckoning - Atlanta, GA (June 2018)
Directed by Fracena Byrd
with Ashe Kazanjian and Leica Wilde
Fusion Theatre, The Seven - Albuquerque, NM (June 2018)
READINGS
Luna Stage - West Orange, NJ (May 2018)
Directed by Mikaela Kafka
with Anna Gion & Stephanie Windland
Itinerant Theatre: The Plays the Thing, Women Leading - Lake Charles, LA (April 2019)
with Heather Phillips & Amanda Boutin
For Unto Us
(1M/1F) 10 minutes - Mary and Joseph are a pair of 5-year-olds playing with a doll. But before they can start, they’ll need to debate gender stereotypes, the relative merits of Christmas versus Hanukkah, the nature of God, and what it means to have two dads.
* PUBLISHED: Dramatists Play Service
* WINNER: Acadia University MiniFest Selection & Best Play
* WINNER: Second Place, Storefront Theatre - We Like Short-Shorts Festival
* SELECTION: Luna Stage 3rd Annual New Moon Short Play Festival
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
Phoenix Stage Company - Oakvile, CT (June 2016)
Directed by Ed Bassett
with Becky Venable and Aric Martin
Exit 7 Players - Ludlow, MA (February 2016)
Directed by Thomas LeCourt
with Jami Wilson and Adam Malmborg
OnStage Atlanta - Atlanta, GA (December 2015)
Directed by Judith Beasley
with Katy Clarke & Robert Wayne
Lionheart Theatre - Norcross, GA (December 2015)
Directed by Dot Reilley
with Janel Stover & Jacob Geerling
The Players Guild Of Leonia - Leonia, NJ (June 2015)
Directed by Robert Klein
with Terianne Shetler & Darren Carfano
Stage Q - Madison, WI (June 2015)
Directed by Francisco C. Torres
with Simone LaPierre & Brian Belz
La Strada Ensemble Theater - Asbury Park, NJ (June 2015)
Directed by A.J. Ciccotelli
with Joy Chanik & Daniel Chase
Barrington Stage Company - Pittsfield, MA (February 2015)
Directed by Julianne Boyd
with Jessie Shelton & Zach Wymore
Acadia Theatre Company - Nova Scotia, Canada (January 2015)
Directed by Charissa Sanche
with Jenna Newcomb & Steve Roberts
READINGS
The Barnstormers - Tamworth, NH (September 2021)
Directed by Bob Shea
with Penny Purcell & Bob Bates
Theatre Southwest - Houston, TX (November 2015)
Village Playwrights - New York, NY (June 2015)
Directed by Lara Gold
with Kelly Klein & Darren Carfano
Luna Stage - West Orange, NJ (May 2015)
Directed by John Michael DiResta
with Monica Wyche & Eric Shorey
Storefront Theatre - Waxhaw, NC (March 2015)
with Nicole DePietro & Daniel Stanford
Four Quarter Theatre - New York, NY (March 2015) Directed by Dana Trottier with Kirby Mason & Eric Szkarlat Boyd
The Last Night
(2F) 10 minutes - On the last night of Hanukkah, a young woman must decide whether to finally open a special gift from her mother.
* SELECTION: Luna Stage 4th Annual New Moon Short Play Festival
* WINNER: Jeffrey Award
* PUBLISHED: The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2017
* SEMI-FINALIST: Attic Productions' Christmas Playwriting Festival
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
Atlanta Radio Theatre Company - Atlanta, GA (December 2020)
Kent Denver School - Englewood, CO (May 2018)
with Danielle Tamkin and Sadie Mauger
Short & Sweet Festival - Sydney, Australia (2017)
Directed by Alick Draper
Short & Sweet Festival - Wellington, New Zealand (Oct 2016)
Directed by Shannon Friday
with Ania Upstill & Sabrina Martin
READINGS
Theatre Ariel, Theatre & Nosh - Philadelphia, PA (December 2018) Directed by Deborah Baer Mozes with Marissa Barnathan and Victoria Rose Bonito Luna Stage - West Orange, NJ (May 2016) Directed by Jane Mandel with Elsbeth Denman & Rachel Faison
Telephone
(6) 10-25 minutes - Avery and Jordan get a call that seems to be coming from Avery's own telephone number. Who they discover on the other end of the line will challenge their understanding of time, friendship, and connections.
* COMMISSION: Ohlone College Playwrights Festival
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
Ohlone College Playwrights Festival - Fremont, CA (May 2020)
Directed by David Mesropyan
with Owase Ahmed, Sydney Bush, Rhys Cooper, Zeus Cuthbert, Omar Gomez, and Leah Robertson Assistant Directed by Yorick Moran, Understudy: Tera Vitek
Bergen County Acadmies - Hackensack, NJ (June 2020)
Directed by Edie Crowley & Liz Farias
with Bella Castillo, Maya Monteleone, Sage Placer, Sarah Cassell, Miles Rosenberg, and Anna Kordzakhia
In Mrs. Baker's Room
(2M/1F) 10 minutes - Jacob Ritter has modeled everything he does and teaches in his fifth grade classroom on his own fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Baker. Everything. The only thing missing from his perfect classroom is Mrs. Baker herself.
* WINNER: Center for Spiritual Living Playwriting Contest
* WINNER: Father Hamblin Award for Outstanding Playwriting
* FINALIST: City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting Contest
* COMMISSION: Abingdon Theatre Company
* SEMI-FINALIST: Drury University One-Act Playwriting Competition
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
The Sauk - Jonesville, MI (April 2022)
Directed by Mari Nuñez
Theatre Southwest - Houston, TX (July 2015)
Directed by Lisa Schofield
with Sam Martinez, Elizabeth Barry and Andrew Nurre
READINGS
City Theatre - Miami, FL
Directed by Alex Alvarez
with Jovon Jacobs, Karen Stephens, and Brant Boehm
Center for Spiritual Living - Princeton, NJ
Directed by Jon Heron
with Kyrus Keenan Westcott, Lori Foltz Fabian and Pat Byrne
Abingdon Theatre Company @ Christ Church - Bay Ridge, NY
Directed by Bara Swain
with Carole Monferdini, Stephen Kaplan and Scott Davis
Helen Keller Visits Martha Graham's Dance Studio
(3F) 8 minutes - Two giants face off over the nature of art.
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
YES! Dance Festival - Firehouse Theatre - Richmond, VA (December 2018)
Directed by Jacqueline Jones
with Maggie Roop,Kaye Weinstein Gary, & Kelly Kennedy
Project Y Theatre - NY New Playwright Festival - New York, NY (October 2015)
Directed by Leta Tremblay
with Madeline Chilese, Maia Karo, & Bethany Nicole Taylor
Tim Eless, Private Eye
(1M/1F) 10 minutes - Tim is a private eye with short-term memory. Laura is the leggy femme fatale that comes to him with a mysterious case. If only Tim can remember why she's there. And what she wants. And why she's there.
* WINNER: Blank Theatre Company, Young Playwrights Competition
* WINNER: City Theater Company’s Delaware 10-Minute Play Contest
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
The Barnstormers - Tamworth, NH (September 2021)
Directed by Bob Shea
with Jordan Stanley & Rachel Alexa Norman
Mercy College - Irvington, NY (April 2019)
with Reeyaz Bettencourt and Mikayla Newham
Bergen County Players - Oradell, NJ (June 2016)
Directed by Frank Osmers
with David Luke and Debbie Zika
Seoul Players - Seoul, Korea (November 2015)
Directed by Joon Hur
with Jema Abbate and Henry Ball
Theatre Southwest - Houston, TX (November 2015)
The Players Guild of Leonia - Leonia, NJ (June 2015)
Directed by Carol Fisher
with Chris Milone, Jeanmarie Garver-Gaydos
Blank Theatre Company - Los Angeles, CA
Directed by Jonathan T. Hagan
with Jeremy Green, Noah Wyle and Julie Goldstein
New York University - New York, NY
Directed by Will Nolan
with Noelle Romano, Jim Weitzer
City Theater Company - Wilmington, DE
Directed by Tom Shade
Oh, Happy We
(1M/1F) 15 minutes - An allegorical drama in which Evelyn, an elderly woman, meets up with David, a young man, at a deserted bus stop on a rainy night. The play deals with issues of mortality, the will to live, and companionship.
* WINNER: Blank Theatre Company, Young Playwrights Competition
* WINNER: Northwestern University’s Short Play Competition
* WINNER: Vanguard Theatre West Coast 10-Minute Play Contest
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
Vivid Stage - Summit, NJ (February 2023)
Directed by Andrew Binger
with Joshua T. Crockett and Noreen Farley
Mercy College - Irvington, NY (April 2019)
with Angelica Campoverde and Jonathan Delgado
Second Stage Theatre, Blank Theatre Company - Los Angeles, CA
Directed by Marisa Ryan
with Eric Michael Cole & Jane Singer
Theatre Studio Inc. - New York, NY
Directed by Terry Seeberg
And Jack Came Tumbling After
(2M/1F) 20 minutes - Jack is Jill's naive paramour who lets himself be talked into a murder scheme that causes him to come tumbling after her. The nursery rhyme will never be quite the same.
* WINNER: Blank Theatre Company, Young Playwrights Competition
* WINNER: California Young Playwrights Competition
* WINNER: International Thespian Society Playworks Competition
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
The Barnstormers - Tamworth, NH (September 2021)
Directed by Bob Shea
with Dale Place & Jean Mar Brown
Old Globe Theatre - San Diego, CA
Directed by Julie Wolfson
with Tim West, Jill Drexler, Josh Patrick
HERE & Lincoln Center Theatre's American Living Room - New York, NY
Directed by Stephen Kaplan
with Paul West, Shannon Selbe
Blank Theatre Company - Los Angeles, CA
Directed by Marisa Ryan
with Daniel Henning, Ingrid Berg & Darryl Kurylo
Actors on the Verge @ Creative Acting Company - New York, NY
Directed by Ernio Hernandez
with James Huffman, Stacey Louis & Michael Tyree
Ensemble Studio Theatre - New York, NY
Directed by Aaron Kisner
with Brandon Epland, Jenni-Lyn McMillin & Scott Macmillan
Masquers Club - Los Angeles, CA
Directed by Tom Black
The Elevator Play: Beyond Thunderdome
(4M/3F) 25 minutes - A farce that takes place in an elevator stuck between the 46th and 47th floors of the offices of Trotsky, Dostoevsky, Hammersmith and Ping, LTD on the day that Tina Turner is scheduled to make a special appearance at the office.
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
Expanded Arts - New York, NY
Directed by Stephen Kaplan
with: Farah Alvin, Spencer Aste, Wade Gasque, Melissa McKee, John P. Moore, Will Nolan & Andrea Schell
Self-Addressed
(2M) 25 minutes - A drama that tells the story of a 17 year old boy who, upon writing a therapy letter to his dead father, brings his father back to deal with unresolved issues surrounding his death.
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
Second Stage Theatre, Blank Theatre Company - Los Angeles, CA
Directed by Dan Gilmore
with Daniel Henning and Steven Gilborn
Hudson Theatre, Blank Theatre Company - Los Angeles, CA
Directed by Dan Gilmore
with Daniel Henning and Peter Van Norden
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Tartan Palms Theatre Company - Edinburgh, Scotland
Directed by Donna Parish
with Derek Outterston and Simon Tate
The Long Walk to Forever Book & Lyrics by Stephen Kaplan, Music by Steve Yorra
(1M/1F) 10 minutes - Based on the short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. On the day of her wedding, Catherine is visited by her first love, Newt who takes her on a walk.
Production History
READINGS
BMI Musical Theatre Workshop - New York, NY
Directed by Will Nolan
with Farah Alvin and Stephen Kaplan
The Drill
(1M/F, Flexible) 1 minute - The sad nonchalance of a safety drill at a high school.
* PUBLISHED: One Minute Plays: A Practical Guide to Tiny Theatre
* PODCAST: Onstage: On-Air
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
Playwrights Say #NeverAgain - Nationwide
Numerous productions as part of protest plays against gun violence.
New York Indie Theater 1-Minute Play Festival, New Ohio Theatre, New York, NY (February 2015)
Directed by Ana Margineanu
Gi60 Festival - Brooklyn College, NY (June 2015)
Directed by Eugene Solfanelli
with Katherine Harte-DeCoux and Walter Petryk
Rich Heritage of Cedar Rapids Theatre Company - Cedar Rapids, IA (May 2018)
Code Red Plays at Steel River Playhouse - Pottstown, PA (September 2018)
Mystic Vision Players - Linden, NJ (April 2019)
Directed by Bobby Devarona
with Erica Boyea, Keith Griggs, Alicia Hayes, Kerala McGrail, Althea Nava, Lydia Szlasa, Howard Whitmore, and James Wrona
The Choice
(1M/1F) 1 minute - A father buys a dress for his son.
* PUBLISHED: One Minute Plays: A Practical Guide to Tiny Theatre
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
Phoenix Repertory Theatre - Gimme a Minute (April 2019)
Garfield Center for the Arts - Hey, Wait a Minute (June 2018)
Stage Left Theater Fast and Furious III (January 2016)
Gi60 Festival - Brooklyn College, NY (June 2015)
Directed by Rebecca Guskin
with Heather Zoll and Mickey Ryan
New York Indie Theater 1-Minute Play Festival, New Ohio Theatre, New York, NY (February 2015)
Directed by Leta Tremblay
with Leah Dietrich and Thomas Muccioli
Happy Meal
(2M/F) 1 minute - A parent confronts a McDonalds cashier about the gender appropriateness of a Happy Meal.
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
Stage Left Theater Fast and Furious III (January 2016)
New Jersey 1-Minute Play Festival, Luna Stage, NJ (May 2015)
Directed by Drew Dix
Father's Day
(1M/1F) 1 minute - A new father surprises a grocery store cashier.
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
New Jersey 1-Minute Play Festival, Luna Stage, NJ (May 2015)
Directed by Drew Dix
Pride
(2 Any) 1 minute - Two friends argue about the meaning of Gay Pride.
Production History
PRODUCTIONS
Stonewall 50, Queens, NY (June 2019) Directed by Katie Kay Chelena Featuring Hennessey and Stacey Raymond
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