Plays

Full Length Plays - One Act Plays - 10-minute Plays -
Plays for Young Performers - Plays for Young Audiences

Weird Sisters 5M/4F - Running time: 90 minutes “Weird Sisters” is a retelling of Macbeth set in a modern day high school. Three social outcasts (the Weird Sisters) decide to stoke the ambitions of the star football player (Mac) and his über-popular girlfriend (Lydia) to see how far they will go to make sure Mac is the captain of the football team. Of course, every high school student is assigned to read Macbeth, so the characters quickly become aware that their lives have an eerie resemblance to Shakespeare’s classic play. But, for the three weird sisters, is it too late to stop the events they have set in motion, or will their plan take on a life of it’s own and result in tragedy.

Productions:
Presented as a staged reading by the D/FW Playwrights' Alliance at Dallas Hub Theatre, Dallas, Texas. August 30, 2005
 Yavneh Academy of Dallas, Dallas, Texas, March, 2006
Don Lugo High School, Chino, California, November, 2006
Cape Lookout High School Morehead City, North Carolina, November, 2006
Edmonson County High School Drama Club - Brownsville, Kentucky, December, 2007
Port Allegany High School - Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, November, 2007
 

Weird Sisters is published by
Copies of the script and performance royalty information can be found at their website www.playscripts.com

The Happy Couple 3M/2F - Running time: 2 hours A young lawyer and his wife return to the house that they rented while he attended law school. A lot has changed in ten years. Squatters now occupy the house and won't let the happy couple leave. By the time the sun comes up, no one's life will be the same.

Productions:
Presented as a staged reading by SAT Playwrights in San Antonio, Texas, September 16, 2007
Presented as a staged reading at "Writer's at Play 2" sponsored by the Writer's Garret in Dallas, Texas, October 30, 2002

One-Act Plays

The Temple of Dionysus Cast: 4M/1F - Running Time: 50-60 minutes Steve has lost it all: his wife, his job, his house, and everything he believed in. Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility, wants to make a comeback. Together they recreate the Dionysian religion for the new millennium. Rock bands, beer and babes. Will the world ever be the same? Awards and reviews photos

Productions:
Marietta High School, Marietta, Georgia, February, 2008
West Springfield High School, Springfield, Virginia, January, 2006
Central High School, Bridgeport, Connecticut, March, 2005
Killing My Lobster's 2nd Annual Bruno's Island Festival of New Plays. San Francisco, California, June 10-20, 2004.
Drury University. Springfield, Missouri, April 15-18, 2004.
Premier at the “Out of the Loop Festival” by Water Tower Theatre and Ground Zero Theatre Company. March 8-16, 2002.
Staged reading as part of the "Coffehouse Staged Reading Series", Ground Zero Theater Company, June 18th, 2001

The Temple of Dionysus is published by
Copies of the script and performance royalty information can be found at their website www.playscripts.com

Inside the Loop Cast: 2M / 1 F - Running Time: 25-30 minutes If you could go back and play your entire failed relationship over again, would you? Should you? Would it make a difference? Ben and Cynthia's relationship is replayed from it's bitter end back to it's sweet beginning. Awards and reviews photos Productions: World Premiere as part of TheatreASAP, San Antonio Theatre Coalition, San Antonio, Texas. (September 8, 2007)

Ten-minute Plays

The First Christmas Cast: 1M/1F - Running Time: 10 minutes The play takes place in the living rooms of a recently divorced couple in their mid-30’s. As the couple begins decorating their respective Christmas trees we hear their versions of how their “first Christmas” apart from each other will be, their version of why the divorce took place, and a tender pang of regret. Awards and reviews photos

Productions:
World Premiere as part of SUNY Brockport's "Festival of Ten" (February 23rd - March 4th, 2001)
Produced as part of Christmas at Ground Zero: 2001 by Ground Zero Theater Company in Dallas, Texas. (December 5th - 22nd, 2001)
Produced as part of Underneath the Mistletoe by Loyola University in New Orleans. (November 23rd and 24th, 2003)
Produced as part of Flavor of Love play festival by Black Magic Woman Productions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (August 23-25, 2007)

Santa’s Little Helper Cast: 1M/1F - Running Time: 10 minutes The play is set in the storeroom of an office during the annual Christmas party. During a brief romantic encounter a man and a woman come to discover more about each other and themselves than they bargained for. Awards and reviews photos

Productions:
Premiere as part of the Fresh From the Oven festival presented by Ground Zero Theater Company. 2002
Produced as part of Underneath the Mistletoe by Loyola University in New Orleans. (November 23rd and 24th, 2003)
Produced as part of Christmas at Ground Zero: 2003 by Ground Zero Theater Company in Dallas, Texas. (December 4th through 20th, 2003)

Kringle-phobia Cast: 1M/1F,1 child, 3 evil Santas - Running Time: 10 minutes A man confronts his fear of Santa Claus. Manifestations of his fears tease, taunt and haunt him as he tries to work up the nerve to take his son to the mall to see Kris Kringle. Produced as part of the Spring Shorts: 10-Minute Play Festival by Lakehill Preparatory School, Dallas, Texas, April 2006

Happy Holidays from Anderson, Davis, Seton and Fenner Cast: 1F - Running Time: 12-15 minutes This is a one-woman show about a receptionist at a law firm who is trying to get through the last ten minutes of her shift before the holidays. She gets calls from rude clients, her boss, her boyfriend, her mother and her best friend. Funny and heart-warming. Awards and reviews photos

Productions:
Produced as part of Underneath the Mistletoe by Loyola University in New Orleans. (November 23rd and 24th, 2003)
Produced as part of Christmas at Ground Zero: 2003 by Ground Zero Theater Company in Dallas, Texas. (December 4th through 20th, 2003)
Produced as part of Uncle Dickie's Wicked Little Christmas 2 by EXIT Theatre in San Francisco. (December 2-18, 2004)

Amy's Last Shift Cast: 1M/3F - Running Time: 10 minutes Amy gets a new job as a waitress at the "Double D Doughnut" shop. After a rough first shift, Rose and Paige show her the ropes and the owner, Ed, tells her what it takes to succeed in the world of crullers and cheesecake. It all seems like harmless fun, but where will it lead, and how far to does Amy have to go to make a sale? photos

Productions:
Produced as part of One Day Only 4! by Rover Dramawerks and Audacity Productions in Dallas, Texas (March 27, 2004)
Presented as part of the The Best of One Day Only! by Rover Dramawerks in Dallas, Texas (June 24 & 25, 2005)

Three Kings Cast: 2M/2F - Running Time: 10 minutes Two couples get together on Christmas Eve for a friendly game of poker. But, things get ugly when a player runs out of money and starts betting the Christmas presents. photos

Productions:
Produced as part of A Very FIT Christmas presented by Bootstraps Comedy Theater, December 1-18, 2005 Dallas, Texas.
Produced as part of Lakeshore Players, 2nd Annual 10-minute Play Festival, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, June, 2006 
Produced as part of Acme Theatre Productions New Works Winter Festival, Maynard, Massachusetts, January, 2008.

Plays for Young Performers

Romeo and Juliet at Verona High Cast: flexible 10-20 M/F - Running time: 30-40 minutes Billed as, "A modern take on a classic tale" Romeo and Juliet at Verona High updates Shakespeare's tragedy to a modern day high school. Romeo is the captain of the football team and Juliet is the president of the Chess Club. This half-hour play is ideal for elementary and/or middle schools with a flexible cast size (10-20) and minimal technical requirements. As an added bonus, the play has both a "comedy" and "tragedy" ending and at each performance the audience votes on which ending they would like to see. photos

Productions:
World Premier at Shakespeare Festival of Dallas / Junior Players as part of the "Discover Shakespeare" camp, June 28th, 2002
Workshop production presented by Junior Players "Discover Theatre" summer Theatre camp July 24, 1999
"One-Act Play Festival" - Byrd Middle School, Duncanville Texas, April 15, 2003
Academia Christian Academy - Arlington, Texas, May 16, 2003
The Winston School - Dallas, Texas, December 7, 2004
Hudson Middle School - Sachse, Texas, April 27 & 28, 2005.
Terry Parker High School, Jacksonville, Florida, November 17 - Nov 19, 2005
Arbor Creek Middle School, Carrollton, Texas, Nov 28, - Dec 7, 2005
Barstow High School, Barstow, December 1-3, 2005
ERCLC - Visalia, California, December 13, 2005
Garnet Valley Theatre Class - Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, January 10, 2006
Deep Run High School - Glen Allen, Virginia, January 13, 2006
Thomas Harrison Middle School - Harrisonburg, Virginia, March 31, 2006
Rio Rancho High School - Rio Rancho, New Mexico, May 8, 2006
Garcia Middle School - Sugar Land, Texas, May 12, 2006
Milton High School - Milton, Vermont, May 18, 2006
North Central High School - Indianapolis, Indiana, September 15-16, 2006
Hefner Middle School Drama - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 9-10, 2006
Smithton Middle School - Columbia, Missouri October 28, 2006
Brush High School - Lyndurst, Ohio November 3-4, 2006
Davis Drive Middle School - Raleigh, NC, November 16, 2006 & December 1, 2006
SHAPE American High School - APO, AE, January 9-10, 2007
Damascus Community School - Dulles, Virginia February 3-4, 2007
Walden School - Louisville, Kentucky, April, 2007
George Washington Middle School - Ridgewood, New Jersey, April 20, 2007
Harrisonburg City Public Schools - Harrisonburg, Virginia - June 29, 2007
Coronado High School Theatre - Henderson, Nevada, November 11, 2007
Eastgate Middle School - Kansas City, Missouri - November 14, 2007
Principia High School - St. Louis, Missouri, November 16-17, 2007
Sickles High School Drama Club - Tampa, Florida, Feb 21, 2008
St Mary's Anglican Girls' School - Perth, Australia,  April 1, 2008
Del Valle Junior High - Del Valle, Texas, April, 2008
Stissing Mountain High School - Pine Plains, New York, April, 2008
Rockwall Heath High School - Heath , Texas, May, 2008
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre - Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 2008

Romeo and Juliet at Verona High is published by
Copies of the script and performance royalty information can be found at their website.

Plays for Young Audiences

The Top Hand of Lone Tree Ranch based on the book by Anne Pence Davis Cast: 1M/1F (young actors) and 3M/1F (adult actors) Paddy Pence lived with his grandfather on Lone Tree Ranch. Paddy was small for his age, even when he stood in his boots. Every time he entered the calf scramble contests, he was pushed aside by the bigger boys. Paddy entered the contests because he wanted a calf of his own. Then chance left a tiny black calf behind at Lone Tree Ranch and Paddy soon found himself living an untruth. This musical play for children presents an honest picture of a boy's efforts to do right, and a down-to-earth story of everyday life on a cattle ranch in Texas. photos

Productions:
Staged reading at Ground Zero Theater Company and DFW Playwrights' Alliance. May 29th, 2004.