Dramatic Work

A Mar­riage is a Story We Tell and Keep Telling Dra­mat­ic Works By Danielle Frimer CHARACTERS* FI: Masc/butch, any race, mid-30s. EM: Femme/feminine, any race, mid-30s. *Gender iden­ti­ties and pre­sen­ta­tions are flex­i­ble, but this is a play about a queer couple. (If Em is not wearing…

Waiting For Gilbert Dra­mat­ic Works By Kelly Pet­tyjohn Setting  A typical living room in a sub­ur­ban house. There is a large window next to  the front door. A sickly house plant is in a pot on the floor next to a couch.  Time  Late after­noon.  Char­ac­ters  Astral,…

What is Held Within a Scene (A Short Story in Play Form) Dra­mat­ic Works By Juliean­na Black­well trigger warning: gun vio­lence Char­ac­ter List JENNIFER WESTERLY: 37 years old. She is a brunette, thin, short. She is dressed in old jogging shorts, a non­de­script pro­mo­tion­al T‑shirt under a bulky…

DRAMATIC WORK by Ayvaunn Penn CHARACTER NAME, BRIEF DESCRIPTION, AGE, GENDER   PROF. BLACK: A Black uni­ver­si­ty edu­ca­tor 35+ Any   PROF. WHITE: A White uni­ver­si­ty edu­ca­tor 40+ Any   PROF. BENTON: A Latinx uni­ver­si­ty edu­ca­tor 40+ Any   PROF. HALLOW: A uni­ver­si­ty edu­ca­tor. Any Race. 40+ Any …

DRAMATIC WORK by Serena Norr CHARACTERS BEN: 25, Dreams to work at Stocked, HQ MAC: 55, CEO of Stocked, HQ BETTY: 30, Stocked Mom, College Student, Best Friend, etc. Assumes all roles and easily con­firms to fit any part at Stocked, HQ 2–3 VARIOUS PEOPLE:…

DRAMATIC WORK By Emma Watkins   A man stands among several play­sets. A play kitchen. A play school. A play vet­eri­nar­i­an. A play pizze­ria and food deliv­ery stand. None of them come above his waist.    ARTHUR: I make little worlds. I’m less inter­est­ed in big ones.…

DRAMATIC WORK By Gregory Von Dare A ten-minute sci-fi comedy about serious stuff.   CAST: TODD: A nerdy guy in his mid-30s. Average height and build. Kind of an annoy­ing voice. GINNY:  She is ath­let­ic and moves with the fluid grace of a dancer. Early 20s. Excited…

DRAMATIC WORK   By KJ Stewart A play­ground. Recess. FOUGLAS (pro­nounced like“Douglas”) kicking wood chips around. CLEMENTINE under a slide pre­tend­ing to be a cat. FOUGLAS throws a wood chip at her. CLEMENTINE: That hurts. FOUGLAS: It’s because I like you. I found a Mouth in the Woods.…

DRAMATIC WORK   by Ben Scran­ton Syn­op­sis When an African-Amer­i­­can woman submits an unusual piece of orig­i­nal art to a show whose theme is ‘The End of Society as We Know It’ debate ensues between the white arts admin­is­tra­tor and the artist.  They nav­i­gate a treacherous…

DRAMATIC WORK by James Menges   Syn­op­sis: A digital ren­di­tion of Hamlet’s solil­o­quy “To be or not to be” per­formed as a con­tem­po­rary group text chat.    Staging Notes: This is an exper­i­men­tal play with a dance element. There is only one spoken line in the…