ONE-ACTS AND SHORT PLAYS

AWESOME BIG SOMEBODY (One-Act Play)
4F 2M
AWESOME BIG SOMEBODY is a dark comedy about a mother competing with her daughter for the same celebrity after the latter wins a dinner date with Him. In their desperate race to the star, mother and daughter draw unwitting allies to their cause. But when Baby gets pregnant, everyone goes to war. AWESOME BIG SOMEBODY is a wild romp through celebrity worship, designer adoption, compulsive shoplifting, lesbian subterfuge, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse and the endless war in the Middle East... in other words, a slice of America.

THE BIG ONE! (Ten-Minute Play)
1F 1M
In the aftermath of an earthquake, Will pays his neighbor Kayla a visit to see if she’s okay. Having lived through Hurricane Sandy, Kayla has disaster preparedness down to an art. But Will’s got his emergency kit together too, having survived Katrina. Each considers themselves prepared for anything... until the earth moves. It's "The Big One!"

THE RAISINS GO WITH THE NUTS (Ten-Minute Play)
3F
When Stacey insists her elderly mother be admitted to the ER during the pandemic, Barbara, the nurse at the registration desk, struggles to get her to calm down and describe her mother’s symptoms. But when mask-less Joan interrupts them, it quickly becomes apparent that the only thing mother and daughter are sick of is each other’s company.

THE PRICE OF BLUE (Ten-Minute Play)
2F 1M
Bluebeard has a new bride (again.) Mother has concerns (not for the first time.) And Josephine has a plan. THE PRICE OF BLUE follows what happens when Bluebeard’s mother tries to disrupt her son’s murderous ritual by casting doubt on his new bride’s fidelity. It bloody well better work.

PATTI SMITH, P.I. (Short Play)
2F
PATTI SMITH, P.I. reimagines the “Godmother Of Punk” as a 60-something coffee-drinking private eye interrogating a young whiskey-guzzling Janis Joplin for unspecified crimes. But as Patti grills Janis about her supposed self-destruction, Janis upends Patti’s assumptions, turning the harsh light of interrogation onto Patti’s own personal life. The resulting war of wits deconstructs the myths surrounding the two female rockers who stayed true to themselves while navigating the male-dominated industry of sex & drugs & rock ‘n’ roll. (part of the 365 Women a Year playwriting project)

SHOOT ME (Ten-Minute Play)
1F 2M
Adam and Sam pack up a one-room schoolhouse, now in shambles. Or rather, Sam packs up the room while Adam sits back, bullying Sam with his crude boasts about banging chicks. But when Sam sees an apparition of one of the slain Amish girls, he berates Adam, reminding him they’re cleaning up a school shooting. Despite his defensive strategy, Sam remains the underdog until Carlie, Adam’s girlfriend, joins them. As the dark side of this triangle is revealed, Carlie grows to realize that the Amish schoolroom massacre was really a hate crime against girls and part of a larger misogyny. So SHOOT ME…

SOFT ON THE INSIDE (Ten-Minute Play)
5F 3M
On Valentine’s Day in a posh chocolate boutique, salesclerk Stephanie caters to her clients’ unique needs. Kevin doesn’t want to spend much to keep his booty call happy. Middle-aged Ritchie spends what he must on his teenaged girlfriend, Tara. Cheryl and Joel argue over the family shopping list. And Roxanne has her weekly purge to maintain. But although she indulges her clients, Stephanie is incensed by the homeless woman loitering outside the shop. A love letter to those sweet on chocolate, SOFT ON THE INSIDE is the perfect Valentine.

LAUNDRY DAY (Short Play)
1F 2M
When a stranger enters her laundromat, Maribeth does not welcome this young homeless man… until she finds out he’s Daniel, a local boy back from the war in Iraq. As Daniel reveals he’s indeed without a home and grieving his best buddy killed in the war, Maribeth takes him home for a shower… and more. And that’s just one way Daniel settles the score with Maribeth’s husband, Pete.