ONE-ACT PLAYS

LADY OF THE HOUSE

[1 women] [1 hour]

In a post-war dystopia where women are forbidden to be outside the home—ever, a housewife-on-the-run spends the night hiding in a strange, crumbling theatre and reveals she has more than a few secrets to her endurance. A play about how art, imagination, and empathy can help us transcend the unthinkable.

GEORGIA OUT OF MY MIND

[2 women, multiple roles] [1 hour]

Clara Tipton has gone missing, and Nolan County, Georgia’s ragtag bunch of dwellers just might go crazy trying to find her.

Production History

• August/2005: Minnesota Fringe Festival
• July/2005: Truman State University

Fringe Website Audience Reviews

• “You’re going to see some very creative dynamic formal experimentation hitched to a storyline that just builds up steam until the unshakable ending. And it turns out the formal tricks are really all about the content.”
• “The story line has just the right amount of mystery and suspense–each scene blends wonderfully into the next. This is a play that is captivating to watch and great to talk about later–two thumbs up!”
• “Anyone familiar with Southern culture will quickly recognize the conflicts and emotions that the playwright, and actors quite successfully bring to life. And it’s more than a little bit nutty.”

 

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TEN-MINUTE PLAYS

GRACE, or The Prince and the Machine

[1 woman, 2 men]

Written in response to The Weird Sisters’ prompt for a female twist on The Princess & the Pea, this play is set in the not-so-distant future where foul-mouthed brainiac, Grace, the celebrity inventor of social media artificial intelligence, has mere minutes to find her soulmate on the interwebs or she will be forced to take “social suicide” much too literally.

Production History

• June/2015: The Weird Sisters Theatre Project‘s A Night of Twisted Tales: Fairy Tales with a Girl Power Twist; directed by Karen Robinson

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I DON’T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU THIS

[3 women]

The word “education” takes on a whole new meaning as a medical student is evaluated on her first encounter with a real patient.

Development History

• May/2013: Public Reading, Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur, GA
• December/2012: Finalist/Staged Reading, Estrogenius Festival, New York City

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OBJECTS ARE ALIVE

[1 woman, 2 men]

Delia and her son, Quentin, have a Tennessee Williams “museum” in their Columbus, Mississippi home. When Brad Nowicki, a gay writer from St. Louis, shows up on their doorstep looking to connect with his longtime obsession, he manages to connect with much more.

Production History

• January/2012: The Kindness of Strangers: an homage to Tennessee Williams, Academy Theatre, Atlanta, GA; directed by William Hatten