PLAYWRITING

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CORPUS, or The Book of Edith

SEEKING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
FULL LENGTH: Edith Thompson loves God. What's more, she loves children, and she has dedicated a year of her postulancy to working at Saint Lucy's Home for Girls, a cottage orphanage run by the Catholic Church. A week before her postulancy ends and her novitiate life as a nun begins, fourteen-year-old orphan Kasia vanishes, seemingly without a trace. Forced to reckon with the knowledge that unspeakable things have happened to other children in the orphanage, Edith is faced with a choice: to proceed with her vows to the Church, or to defy authority and seek answers in Kasia's disappearance.

CW: This play is based on factual evidence and witness accounts of child abuse in Catholic-run orphanages and utilizes supernatural horror to enhance storytelling and provide catharsis for victims of child abuse. Please utilize your best judgement when reading.

(Drama. 4w, 1m)

Keywords: supernatural horror, abuse, Catholic Church, feminism, miracles

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NUMINOUS, a mystery play

SEEKING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
FULL LENGTH: After a mysterious supernatural phenomenon occurs in their small New England hometown, estranged fraternal twins, Aiden and Faye, are asked by their aunt to venture home to investigate. But in returning, they are surrounded by reminders of Heather, their long-deceased mother, and the memories of their last months with her. In their search for answers, Aiden and Faye reopen old wounds and must choose whether a broken thing is worth saving, all while the memory of Heather lingers in the shadows of their separate and shared grief.

(Drama. 2w, 1m)

Keywords: siblings/twins, estrangement, miracles, Autism, grief

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ULTION, or The Gathering

SEEKING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

​A group of six friends gather in a vacant house to eat, drink, and be merry before they judge the worst among them in a trial inspired by 14th century German vigilante courts. By the end of the night, one truth emerges: there is not one villain. There are many.

(Drama. 3W, 3M)

Keywords: thriller, revenge, vigilante justice, philosophy, accountability, community, holiday

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THE NOT, a Midwestern Gothic horror

SEEKING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Rural Missouri, 1994. Over the past thirty years, Sasha (they/them) has been stalked by an unnamable entity that moves and appears differently each time it is seen. Despite attempting to shield themself from the being, Sasha has been unable to escape its harassment and sits at a small kitchen table on a Friday night, recording their suicide note in a last ditch effort to convince others that the entity is real. The Not is an unsettling hour and a half during which the roots and effects of trauma, abuse, neglect, and self doubt are examined through the lens of psychological and paranormal horror.

(Drama. 1 female presenting, cis-woman, or non-binary)

Keywords: supernatural horror, CPTSD, one-person play, depression, courage

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QUALIA, a post-nuclear play

After intense heat triggers massive reactor explosions across the United States, Alex spends five years alone in a nuclear fallout shelter designed by both of her mothers - one a doctor, the other a robotics and AI scientist. Alex's only friend is Dom, a computer system, who wishes to be granted a body. When Alex's friend from college gets injured and accidentally finds the bunker, Alex agrees to help him but risks losing the one thing she can't live without. * Recipient of "Best New Play" and a $5,000 playwriting grant from New Generation Theatrical for the 2019 Be Original Theater Festival.

(Drama. 2w, 1m)

Keywords: science fiction, human condition, feminism, nuclear apocalypse, artificial intelligence

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ELEFTHERIA

After descending into an afterlife for outcast female spirits, a young woman is called to participate in a horrifying ancient ritual involving blind submission to a higher power. A story of new mythology, an examination of shame culture, and an original language.

(Drama, 8-10w) * Received a reading at the Rollins College Fred Stone theatre in July 2016.

Keywords: fantasy, mythology, feminism, sisterhood, CPTSD, community

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ONE ACTS

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HISS & HECKLE

It's 1937, and Faye and Edie have been vaudeville partners though most of the Depression. After a night of performing their double act, "Bliss & Bickle", the women are rudely (and clumsily) interrupted by Cliff, and gun-toting, washed-up, failed comedian who intends on taking their spot at the theatre, either by forcing the girls out...or shooting them.​

(Comedy. 2w, 1m.)

Keywords: 1930s, vaudeville, comedy, feminism, sisters, theatre

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GHOST

A strange coincidence of fate brings neurotic postal courier Lyle to the apartment of Petra - an emotionally unavailable woman who ghosted him after their spontaneous tryst at a wedding. Lyle stays to demand an apology from Petra, using every avenue available to him, including a male model named Sebastian. Soon, the tables turn, dignity is lost, and Lyle and Petra find themselves wondering if two impossibly flawed people might actually be good together. (Designed to be performed as a double bill with Funeral Party.) * Performed at the ME Theatre in Feb 2018 with Funeral Party.

(Comedy. 1w, 2m.)

Keywords: relationships, manipulation, ghosting, romance

 

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FUNERAL PARTY

A drama about regret and revelations, finds Gwen and Trip sneaking into a crematorium to mourn the death of their best friend, Clay. Clay’s sudden suicide has Trip reeling with guilt but has left Gwen detached and distracted. They turn to a list they’ve compiled to keep them on track: drinks, Vietnamese food, dancing, coffee. When Gwen becomes reluctant to proceed with the evening’s planned events, a dark secret about her relationship with Clay is brought to light. (Designed to be performed as a double bill with Ghost.) * Performed at the ME Theatre in Feb 2018 with Ghost.​

(Drama. 1f, 2m.)

Keywords: grief, friendship, relationships, funeral

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SHORTS

 

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