The Humanist
(full-length)
Cast: 2 men, 2 women
Dayton Playhouse FutureFest Premiere
JET Festival of New Plays
Staged Reading at Urban Stages
Staged Reading at North Coast Repertory Theatre
Finalist, ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition
When his old flame becomes his new boss, a classics professor at a public university must fight to keep his job in the face of state budget cuts and profit motives, while defending the humanities as the foundation of democracy, in this comedy about the corporatization of higher education.
Read an excerpt here.
Near-Death Experiences
(full-length)
Cast: 3 men, 2 women
Semifinalist, Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition
After surviving a near-fatal car accident, a married couple find their relationship dramatically altered as they face revelations from a troubled past.
Read an excerpt here.
The Gods of Great Men
(full-length)
Cast: 4 men, 2 women
Staged Reading at the William Inge Center for the Arts (Starring Roscoe Orman; Directed by Karen Carpenter)
Finalist, Austin Film Festival Stage Play Competition
Finalist, SETC Getchell New Play Contest
Semifinalist, Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre ScriptFEST
Semifinalist, Dayton Playhouse FutureFest
In the wake of Martin Luther King’s assassination, a Black Baptist preacher in Mississippi Ku Klux Klan territory struggles to keep hope alive, when the return of his Civil Rights activist daughter and the appearance of an enigmatic white fugitive force him to confront his own troubled past.
Read an excerpt here.
The Obliterati
(full-length)
Cast: 6 or 7 men, 2 women
Winner, Second Prize, Julie Harris Playwright Awards Competition
Runner-up, Princess Grace Award
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition
Discovering that his new book may lead to the destruction of his fragile nation, an exiled African writer must grapple with questions about the purpose of art and the meaning of sacrifice.
Read an excerpt here.
Ramadan
(short)
Cast: 1 man
Published in Another Chicago Magazine
A short, humorous piece about the Muslim holy month, its origins, and its public perceptions. Read the play here.
Body Language
(full-length)
Cast: 3 women, 1 man
Staged reading at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference
Semifinalist, Susan Nims Distinguished Playwriting Award
Semifinalist, Dayton Playhouse FutureFest
Staged reading by theNEST at Judson Memorial Church
When a college linguistics professor is told that he has only a short time to live, the lines between passion, marriage, and power become blurred.
Read an excerpt here.
The Silent Exile
(full-length)
Cast: 5 men, 2 women
Finalist, MetLife Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition
Finalist, Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition
Semifinalist, Princess Grace Award
Staged reading at Repertorio Español
Staged reading at Urban Stages
Staged reading at the WorkShop Theater
Staged reading at Theatre Row
A family of Cuban Americans in Miami finds itself in crisis when a daughter’s decision to run for Congress uncovers her parents’ turbulent political past, in this drama of love, betrayal, identity, and exile.
Read an excerpt here.
The Man From Brazoria County
(full-length)
Cast: 5 women, 4 men
Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights New Works Lab
Finalist, Range View Productions Playwriting Contest, Finalist
Semifinalist, Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award
In a small Texas suburb, a teenage girl’s grief over the death of her father is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious ex-convict. Is he a dangerous criminal or a man in search of redemption? As her relationship with him intensifies, the mounting suspicions of friends and family force a brutal confrontation with tragic consequences.
Shame and Desire
(full-length)
Cast: 2 men, 2 women
Stella Adler Theatre
In the New York publishing world just after the dot-com crash, a struggling alcoholic writer schemes to seduce a beautiful and powerful publicist, only to find that he may be the pawn in a larger game of manipulation and betrayal.
Recommended by the LA Weekly for its “delicious script, chock-full of snappy one-liners and Byzantine plot threads that keep the audience guessing right up to the surprise ending.”
Read an excerpt here.
The Bitter End
(full-length)
Cast: 3 women, 2 men
A young man accustomed to cleaning up his best friend’s messes with women ends up becoming part of the mess himself, in this comedy about love, marriage, friendship, and sexual competition.
The New Happy
(10-minute)
Cast: 1 man, 1 woman
Inside a Bear short play showcase
When distant relatives reconnect at a wedding, they are compelled to reexamine their views on happiness and what makes life worthwhile.
Anger
(10-minute)
Cast: 2 women
Elephant Theatre
Two college girls on a backpacking trip through Europe unleash their pent-up aggression after their search for adventure brings heartbreak rather than fulfillment.
The Moving Forward of Souls
(10-minute)
Cast: 2 men, 1 woman
Coronet Theatre
A spat between a husband and wife in front of their best friend, a disillusioned heart surgeon, becomes an existential discussion about the purpose of marriage and the meaning of happiness.
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