Short Plays
Flat Meat Society
A West Virginia woman is on her way to fame and fortune, but loses the love of her life, cooking very unconventional cuisine.
WINNER - Best Script, Short + Sweet Festival - Sydney, Australia
PUBLISHED - Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2023, Smith & Kraus
Cast size: 1 Female
Runs approx. 10-12 minutes
Thin Air
A tightrope walker faces her moment of truth as she tries to regain her balance on the wire after a tragic accident. A one-woman musical adaptation of Tom Coash's multi-award winning play, Thin Air. Original music and songs by Jon Brielle.
WINNER - Judges Choice, Short + Sweet Festival, Sydney, Australia
WINNER - Dogwood National One-Act Competition
PUBLISHED - A Solitary Voice, Epic Monologues, New World Theatre
PUBLISHED - Eleven Eleven Journal for Literature & Art
50+ Productions in seven countries and counting…!
Raghead
A blind date, a veiled woman, a firefighter. Will sparks fly? Nick, a New York City firefighter, is surprised when Sarah, his blind date shows up wearing an Islamic veil. An ugly incident early in the day has affected Sarah’s outlook on men and veiling, making Nick’s reaction doubly important to their future.
WINNER - InspiraTO Festival - Jury Choice Award, Toronto, Canada
PUBLISHED - Best 10 Minute Plays of 2015, Smith & Kraus
50+ Productions in seven countries and counting…!
Cast size: 2
Approx. 10 minutes
Stepping into Fire
A tightrope walker faces her moment of truth as she tries to regain her balance on the wire after a tragic accident. A one-woman musical adaptation of Tom Coash's multi-award winning play, Thin Air. Original music and songs by Jon Brielle.
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PUBLISHED - Brut Festival Anthology 2019, New Jersey Repertory
Cast size: 1 Female
Runs approx. 15 minutes
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Ukimwi
This encounter between an American oil worker and a young Kenyan prostitute in a Cairo bar offers a glimpse into the miasma of ignorance and superstition that haunt Africa's struggle with their devastating HIV epidemic.
WINNER - Hammerstein Award, Ensemble Studio Theatre
WINNER - Bijou Theatre Playwriting Competition
WINNER - Pittsburgh New Works Festival
WINNER - Robert R. Lehan Playwriting Award
PUBLISHED - Stonecoast Review 2017, Univ. of Southern Maine
PUBLISHED - Arcadia Literary Magazine
Cast size: 2
Runs approx. 20 minutes
Kamasutra
The question of sex raises it's head when Doris and Harold, a nice older couple from Hackensack, visit the Chandela Temples in India, famous (or infamous) for their erotic carvings celebrating the Kamasutra religious rituals. Amidst the highly suggestive surroundings, Doris and Harold reexamine their love and marriage.
WINNER - Diez Minutos Festival - San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
WINNER - George R. Kernodle Playwriting Contest
WINNER - Kentucky Playwrights Workshop New Play Contest
PUBLISHED - Best Ten Minute Plays of 2019
Cast size: 2
Runs approx. 10 minutes.
Bubble, Bubble
A pair of feminist witches show up at the Salem, Mass. Hooters restaurant to take advantage of the Valentine's Day special, "Shred a photo of your Ex and get free chicken wings". They intend to shred with a vengeance and throw in some dark magic to spice things up. A little something wicked with your curly fries?
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Cast size: 3 Females
Approx. 10 minutes
T-Day + 1
Don and Carl, patriotic Americans, equip themselves for a shopping date with destiny. A hilarious look at holidays and materialism in America.
Cast size: 2
Runs approx. 10 minutes.
A Cairo Kiss
(Formerly titled Khalass)
An unlikely romantic rendezvous on top of the Great Pyramid of Egypt between Sara, an outspoken, proudly bohemian Jewish American girl working on location in Cairo with a film crew, and her new Egyptian friend Khalid, is the setting for this light-hearted but revealing examination of the passions stirred by the complicated history of Arab - Israeli relations.
WINNER - Middle Eastern Playwriting Competition - American University of Sharjah, UAE
Cast size: 2
Runs approx. 30 minutes.
Be The Hunter
Bobby, a United States Marine, on home leave from Iraq, asks Quint, a hunting buddy, to help him stage an accidental shooting which would excuse him from returning to the war. Simple set. Runs approx. 10 minutes.
WINNER - Dubuque Fine Arts Players National One-Act Contest
PUBLISHED - Boston Theater Marathon XI 2009 Anthology
PUBLISHED - Best Ten-Minute Plays for 2 Actors 2007
Cast size: 2
Runs approx. 10 minutes.
Inside/Out
Love, intimacy and the ability to communicate are all at risk in this intensely emotional play. Set in a prison trailer, an overnight conjugal visit turns frightening as husband and wife struggle to hold onto their relationship as they discover how truly separate their lives have become.
WINNER - Lorraine Hansberry Award, Kennedy Center Program on Cultural Diversity
WINNER - George R. Kernodle Playwriting Competition
PUBLISHED - Qu Literary Magazine
Cast size: 2
Approx. 25 minutes
Intensity
Ismael Smith, aka “Mr. Intensity”, an African-American, college football player, is working out in the team training room. He has a soft cast on his knee, post-knee surgery. He has also been skipping classes and when assistant coach Reed confronts him with it, he says once he’s back playing no one will care about that. Reed says that he will never play football again and unless he gets his grades up, he’ll soon be out of a scholarship, out of college, and back on the street. It’s time for Ismael to make some decisions.
FINALIST - Actors Theatre of Louisville, National Ten-Minute Play Contest
Cast size: 2
Runs approx. 10 minutes.