Full Length Plays
Abundant Life
A young man - gay, Christian, and a person of color. An older man - gay, distrustful, and agnostic. An unlikely friendship forms as new friends face a nation consumed by toxic political, societal, and cultural forces.
(1 act. 12 actors. Minimal set.) Approximate runtime 100 minutes.
Listen to the conversation between Director, Joe Bishara, and Playwright, Cory Skurdal, about the development of the play and the 2023 production.
A young man - gay, Christian, and a person of color. An older man - gay, distrustful, and agnostic. An unlikely friendship forms as new friends face a nation consumed by toxic political, societal, and cultural forces.
(1 act. 12 actors. Minimal set.) Approximate runtime 100 minutes.
Listen to the conversation between Director, Joe Bishara, and Playwright, Cory Skurdal, about the development of the play and the 2023 production.
Catspaw
A wealthy and controlling woman has gone missing. Her son thinks his stepfather knows more than he is telling. Her daughter isn’t sure who she should trust. Her best friend pops in and out at the most inconvenient times. And a gun keeps appearing and disappearing.
(2 acts; 4 scenes. 4 actors. Single set.) Approximate runtime 90 minutes.
A wealthy and controlling woman has gone missing. Her son thinks his stepfather knows more than he is telling. Her daughter isn’t sure who she should trust. Her best friend pops in and out at the most inconvenient times. And a gun keeps appearing and disappearing.
(2 acts; 4 scenes. 4 actors. Single set.) Approximate runtime 90 minutes.
The Hobgoblin of Little Minds
Wealthy lifelong conservative Ethel Ortiz is dead. Her family and friends have gathered with her lawyer to learn who might inherit. The kaleidoscopic crew includes a witch, a faith-based therapist, Ethel's long estranged lesbian daughter, and a snarky gay ghost. Add in a generous supply of white wine and cannabis edibles and everyone’s in for a memorable day.
(2 acts; 4 scenes. 5 actors. Single set.) Approximate runtime 100 minutes.
Wealthy lifelong conservative Ethel Ortiz is dead. Her family and friends have gathered with her lawyer to learn who might inherit. The kaleidoscopic crew includes a witch, a faith-based therapist, Ethel's long estranged lesbian daughter, and a snarky gay ghost. Add in a generous supply of white wine and cannabis edibles and everyone’s in for a memorable day.
(2 acts; 4 scenes. 5 actors. Single set.) Approximate runtime 100 minutes.
New Providence
April 1861. As the American Civil War begins, Catherine, an orphaned young black woman living in rural Ohio, is haunted by strange and frightening visions during which she creates paintings that appear to predict war battles. Word of her creations spreads to the nearby village of New Providence and throughout the surrounding county. Catherine and her adoptive family, already regarded as others and outcasts because of racism, misogyny, and religious bigotry, soon find themselves targeted by a fearful, suspicious, and deeply divided community.
(1 act. 6 actors; 3 doubling roles. Single set.) Approximate runtime 90 minutes.
April 1861. As the American Civil War begins, Catherine, an orphaned young black woman living in rural Ohio, is haunted by strange and frightening visions during which she creates paintings that appear to predict war battles. Word of her creations spreads to the nearby village of New Providence and throughout the surrounding county. Catherine and her adoptive family, already regarded as others and outcasts because of racism, misogyny, and religious bigotry, soon find themselves targeted by a fearful, suspicious, and deeply divided community.
(1 act. 6 actors; 3 doubling roles. Single set.) Approximate runtime 90 minutes.
The New Seattle
An elderly woman contemplates her life and her memories as she considers at last leaving the home where she has lived for most of her life.
(1 act. 5 actors. Minimal set.) Approximate runtime 80 minutes.
An elderly woman contemplates her life and her memories as she considers at last leaving the home where she has lived for most of her life.
(1 act. 5 actors. Minimal set.) Approximate runtime 80 minutes.
The Present Moment
A year in the life. Matt, Caroline, Henry, and Ben experience love, loss, anger, and joy as they struggle to reconcile their lives and their relationships with one another.
(2 acts; 4 scenes. 4 actors. Single set.) Approximate runtime 100 minutes.
A year in the life. Matt, Caroline, Henry, and Ben experience love, loss, anger, and joy as they struggle to reconcile their lives and their relationships with one another.
(2 acts; 4 scenes. 4 actors. Single set.) Approximate runtime 100 minutes.
Saudade
An exploration of a long term relationship. As it falters. As it ends. And as it began. A story of the love, sorrow, delight, disappointment, sadness, and compassion contained within the life of a relationship.
(3 scenes. 4 actors. Minimal set.) Approximate runtime 60 minutes.
An exploration of a long term relationship. As it falters. As it ends. And as it began. A story of the love, sorrow, delight, disappointment, sadness, and compassion contained within the life of a relationship.
(3 scenes. 4 actors. Minimal set.) Approximate runtime 60 minutes.
See No Evil
In 1969, an enigmatic young woman joins the Ripley family as companion to their blind and mentally fragile daughter... and proves a little too inquisitive. Tensions rise. Murder is committed. The unsavory history of the family is at last revealed.
(2 acts; 6 scenes. 6 actors. Single set.) Approximate runtime 110 minutes.
In 1969, an enigmatic young woman joins the Ripley family as companion to their blind and mentally fragile daughter... and proves a little too inquisitive. Tensions rise. Murder is committed. The unsavory history of the family is at last revealed.
(2 acts; 6 scenes. 6 actors. Single set.) Approximate runtime 110 minutes.
Specific Regrettable Admissions
Join Grant, TJ., Coral, Erik, and Tilda for a fun-filled Thanksgiving gathering that probably should have been cancelled. Alcohol and cannabis brownies further fuel enduring resentments and lead to a chaotic game of charades, and then a few specific admissions that both speaker and listener may live to regret.
(1 act. 5 actors. ) Approximate runtime 90 minutes.
Join Grant, TJ., Coral, Erik, and Tilda for a fun-filled Thanksgiving gathering that probably should have been cancelled. Alcohol and cannabis brownies further fuel enduring resentments and lead to a chaotic game of charades, and then a few specific admissions that both speaker and listener may live to regret.
(1 act. 5 actors. ) Approximate runtime 90 minutes.
Sticks & Stones
An elderly critic savages the works of a young transgender artist. The artist outs the critic as a closeted lesbian. A lawsuit for defamation threatens. Artist and critic battle barriers of age, gender, culture, and politics as they seek to comprehend each other and their very different lives and identities.
(1 act. 9 actors. Minimal set.) Approximate runtime 80 minutes.
An elderly critic savages the works of a young transgender artist. The artist outs the critic as a closeted lesbian. A lawsuit for defamation threatens. Artist and critic battle barriers of age, gender, culture, and politics as they seek to comprehend each other and their very different lives and identities.
(1 act. 9 actors. Minimal set.) Approximate runtime 80 minutes.
Sudden Death
A mysterious death. Five suspicious and mistrusting people trapped in an isolated house by a blizzard.. And someone's brought a gun to the party.
(2 acts. 4 scenes. 5 actors. Single set.) Approximate runtime 110 minutes.
A mysterious death. Five suspicious and mistrusting people trapped in an isolated house by a blizzard.. And someone's brought a gun to the party.
(2 acts. 4 scenes. 5 actors. Single set.) Approximate runtime 110 minutes.