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I adore ten-minute plays. (Doesn't everyone?) These are all 10 pages or less. Detailed synopses are at
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Comedies:
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Aphrodite at the ER (1F,1M) — A pregnant goddess mysteriously transported into our time encounters the health care system.
Booking (2F) — A bookstore isn't necessarily the best place to find an eligible man.
The Clock Is Ticking (2F) — Tinker Bell is now a psychiatrist, and the Fairy Godmother needs her services.
Directions to Venus (1F,2M) — An artist unhappily accepts directions from a truck driver who gets under his skin and into his wife’s sandals.
Don't Call Me Loretta! (1F,1M) — All he really wants is a grilled cheese, but she's closing for the night.
English Therapy (3F,5M) — Punctuation marks have feelings, too — they don't mind expressing them in the proper setting.
It's So Me, Mom! (2F) — A mother and daughter have very different ideas about proper attire for the prom.
Levels of Living
(2F,1M) — An elderly woman who was accidentally placed in Hell resists efforts to correct the error.
A Mustache & A Mattress (1F,1M) — She wants a mattress, he wants to sell her one, but then a mustache changes everything. This play is available from Dramatic Publishing.
Papaya Sling (1F,2M) — Would-be marrieds check out one another in a rapid-fire, to-the-point repartee.
Remembering a Bottle of of of (1F,1M) — The woman he spots in a Dublin pub looks so familiar (and she should) — if only he could figure out why.
Special Delivery
(2F,2M) — One of my most produced and feted plays. A comedy about a made-to-order baby clinic.
Sweet Potato Pie(s)
(1F,1M) — Breaking bread with a blind date (arranged by the two mothers who roomed together at Ole Miss) can be dicey.
Terminal L (2F, 3M) — Five people with names or missions that sound vaguely like "limbo" wind up somewhere none of them intended to be.
They Say I'm Obsessive (2F) — Vivian loves to count – but when it’s time to pay for a solo lunch, she discovers her money doesn’t add up. (A monologue from this piece appears in Young Women's Monologs from Contemporary Plays published by Meriwether.)
A Valentine Day Sale (1F,1M) — Love at first serial port.
Wrinkles (2F) — A dark little comedy about a symbiotic mother-daughter pair who have more in common than either wants to admit.
Zimy & Zog Visit Earth (2F,1M) — Aliens visit Earth in 2503 and revive a corpse who is desperate for pizza.
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Dramas:
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740 Is a Blue Ribbon (2F) — Gloria has been eagerly awaiting some mail, the same mail that her disabled mother has been dreading.
Felicity's Family Tree (2F) — An elderly woman's ideas about family clash with those of a social worker who thinks her client is mentally unstable.
In the Garden of Love (2F,1M) — A young couple find their love tested when a mysterious box appears on the woman's doorstep.
The Jar (2M) — As brothers pack up their mother's belongings, a jar brings up history and a fight for its strange contents.
Juice (2F,1M) — Todd, a recovering alcoholic, can stay with his wife and baby only if he accepts a job that will be a constant reminder of a friend's horrific death.
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Monologues & Shorts