33 Days
Cast:
3 males, 4 females
A play about homeless
teens that uses slang and foreign words as
a substitute for the earthy language of
the street. An innovative, honest script
with strong characters. Written for
high school students, but never
condescending, 33 DAYS usually clocks in
at just under one hour.
Like Yesterday
Cast:
1 male, 1 female
Plot Summary: Husband
and wife holocaust survivors deal with
the husband having Alzheimer’s
disease. Although the
husband’s present memory is
shattered, past memories are still
alive.
No Epilogue
Cast:
1 male, 1 female
Plot Summary:
Mike, a struggling poet and cab driver,
and Steph, the girl who loves him,debate
the causes of a mysterious suicide early
one morning on the Brooklyn Bridge.
We soon learn that Mike hasn't written
anything in months, but this suicide seems
to inspire him. Was Mike somehow at
fault for the stranger's fate? And
how far will Steph go to inspire him
again?
Revisioning
by Hope McIntyre
Cast: 3 females
Plot Summary:
Three women are brought together on a
convict ship traveling to the New
World. After great hardship,
only one finds a new life at the end of
the journey. This piece uses
movement, slides and a unique theatrical
structure in order to examine parts of the
past that are not taught in history
classes.
The Crown Prince of
Perfect
by
J.
Boyer
Cast:
Up to 6 males, 8 females
Plot Summary:
Brian Colby and his wife Sarah are in
counselling as the play begins, and it's
not going well. Of course, neither
has their marriage. That's why
they're in counselling with Dr. Castle, to
help them get through the last of the time
they'll be spending together. The doctor
means to take them through various stages
of their relationship, hoping to show them
something positive amidst all their
turmoil, but as Brian and Sarah see scenes
from their marriage acted out on the other
side of the stage, it only serves to
underscore all their fears and
animosities. As Brian tells his version of
events, then Sarah tells hers, they seem
to have spent their marriage worlds apart.
Whatever made them think this marriage
could work to begin with? Have they
lived together all these years without so
much as one perfect moment? And if
there were such a moment, if such a moment
exists for any husband and wife, where
would it be? What would it teach us,
if only we could find it?
Ripple
Effect
by Hope McIntyre
Large
cast play, written for performance in high
schools
Plot Summary: A
high school janitor discovers a poem
outlining a desire to seek revenge on the
school. The audience then takes a
journey with the janitor as she attempts
to discover which teenager may be the
ticking time bomb. Ripple Effect
explores the link between violence on a
personal level with larger, more global
violence.