10-Minute Plays for Adults
When the Levee Breaks. A young hot-shot corporate lawyer meets the girl of his dreams at a karaoke bar. A cautionary tale.
When the Levee Breaks
Produced at Best of the 10’s at Chicago Dramatists and Second City Chicago.
Produced at Manhattan Rep, New York. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1hmGvO_xT4
Produced, audience-selected as a finalist, and published by The Secret Theatre in New York in February, 2016.
Produced at Rhinofest Chicago.
When the Wheels Come Off
A promising friendship develops between a paraplegic psychologist and a building engineer; promises cannot always be kept.
Selected as a finalist for The Artistic Home Studio's Cut to the Chase Festival.
Produced at Ten in 10 Brookfield 10-Minute Play Festival; Nov. 2014.
Shooting Flies
An adolescent’s struggles to overcome the traumata of an accidental amputation and the loss of his mother. He is “aided” in this process by his no-nonsense aunt.
Received a staged-reading at It Happened One Weekend, Chicago Dramatists.
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune depicts the rise and tragic fall of a Golden Gloves boxing champion.
Received a staged-reading at Rhinofest Chicago.
Community Service
An errant youth is sentenced to provide community service in an unusual shelter for homeless families.
Scars
Two women examine their pasts to determine their future.
Meep-meep
Bad judgment begets outlandish consequences in this cartoon comedy of sex, drugs, the Road Runner, Little Richard, and Erik Satie.
Received a staged-reading at Three Cat Productions; October 2014.
Received a staged-reading at Rhinofest Chicago, Feb. 2015
A Dopey Christmas
Christmas and world peace are threatened when Snow White sues Santa Claus for breach of promise. Dopey to the rescue?
Received a staged-reading at Three Cat Productions; December 2014.
Home for Christmas
Coming of age in military school detention over the holidays.
Produced as part of Holiday Stories at Three Cat Productions; December 2014 - January 2015.
Happy Birthday Dear Lord (of the Flies)
When the children are left alone for Christmas, monsters arise. (A 30-minute play)
Hunger
An old man, a thug, and greed meet on a subway platform.
To The Great Egress (10 minutes).
PT Barnum is confronted by his first 'exhibit' at the Gates of Heaven.
The Sun, the Moon, and Salena.
The story of the love of the sun, the moon, and their daughter, Salena. And of the treacherous, predatory ocean. And the budding love of drama students Jennifer and John, the creators of the story of Salena.
Scheduled for production with New Light Theater Project's Darkroom Series 15 January 18-19, 2018 in the Gallery Space at Access Theater - 380 Broadway NY NY.
Performed as part of Heels Over Head at IO/Chicago in October 2017