Full-Length Plays for Professional and Community Theatre
Making Some Noise, photo by Scott Pakudaitis
Antigone in Munich
Cast: 11 (6f, 5m) with doubling: 8 (4f, 4m)
Running Time: 75-80 minutes
Drama
Social justice, Sophie Scholl, White Rose Society, Nazi Germany, passive resistance, Nazi resistance
Time: 1933-1943
Set: Unit set. The set should consist of playing areas or levels. The scenes are episodic and move quickly in time and space. Set pieces should be kept to a minimum. The play would do well with projections. Multimedia slides for each scene are suggestions.
Synopsis: Sophie Scholl was a member of the White Rose Society in Nazi Germany
which encouraged passive resistance against the totalitarian government. The play chronicles her coming of age and development from bystander to witness to activist.
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Making Some Noise - Drama (full length version)
Semi-Finalist: Eugene O'Neill Play Conference
Readings: T.E.A.S.E. (Little Lifeboats) (Mpls), Workhouse Theatre (Mpls), The Bechdel Group (NYC)
Cast: 3f (20's - 30's)
Running Time: 75 minutes
Set: Unit Set
Female cast, grief, Jewish family, 9/11
Juliana, Emma and Nell see Nazis and terrorists around every corner. This is noted as the three sisters gather yet again for the anniversary of their mother’s tragic death on 9/11. What is the make-up of a life? Is it reduced to belongings and haphazard memories? They have basically been sitting Shiva every September 11th terror attacks. Juliana’s grieving tradition has taken a toll on her marriage. Emma who is always quick to please anyone is ready for a change. Things are turned upside down when Nell returns home and no longer wishes to continue the grieving tradition.
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The Caruso Sisters - comedy
Semi-Finalist AACT New Play Festival
Readings: Little Lifeboats, Houston Family Arts Center, Sundog Theatre
Cast: 5f (Italian-American; 3 roles over fifty years age; let's hear it for "Fine Wine Actresses!")
Running Time: 80-85 minutes
Set: Unit Set
Female cast, actresses over 40; Italian-American, family audiences, magical realism
Giancarlo has died. Anna and Emilia run to Tess’s side to help her through this difficult time. But Tess is amazingly calm. Anna and Emilia are not. Old childhood hurts loom larger than ever. With the help of Italian arias, cannoli and meaty bones, the sisters sort through their life together and work through the threads of "famiglia." The play was written to address the waste of “fine wine” actresses (over 40) that are too often absent on the stage these days.
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Bound by Stardust
Cast: 3 (1m, 2f)
Running Time: 90 minutes
Set: Unit set with 1 insert
North Pole, arctic, magical realism, universe, cosmos, stars, physics, grief
Developed with Purple Crayon Players April 2016, Readings: T.E.A.S.E. (Minneapolis), Theatre Pro Rata (Minneapolis)
Miranda dwells in the past. Any past – as long as the world is prior to her father’s death 2 years ago. Reeling from her mother’s remarriage, Miranda spends a week with her great aunt and acquaints herself with an ancestor from her father’s past – the Russian explorer Otto Schmidt.
In the confines of Elsie’s apartment, Miranda travels back and forth to the North Pole gleaning information about the nature of the universe, loss and ever-lasting presence. As Miranda visits Otto in the past, Elsie is struggling to maintain the equilibrium she is barely holding to since her sister’s death. Trying to keep her crushing anxiety at bay, Elsie tries to give Miranda remembrance and closure. Turning to the stars, Miranda works at building a way of reaching the past and finding her father.
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Cast: 11 (6f, 5m) with doubling: 8 (4f, 4m)
Running Time: 75-80 minutes
Drama
Social justice, Sophie Scholl, White Rose Society, Nazi Germany, passive resistance, Nazi resistance
Time: 1933-1943
Set: Unit set. The set should consist of playing areas or levels. The scenes are episodic and move quickly in time and space. Set pieces should be kept to a minimum. The play would do well with projections. Multimedia slides for each scene are suggestions.
Synopsis: Sophie Scholl was a member of the White Rose Society in Nazi Germany
which encouraged passive resistance against the totalitarian government. The play chronicles her coming of age and development from bystander to witness to activist.
Excerpt
Contact: Your Stage Partners
Making Some Noise - Drama (full length version)
Semi-Finalist: Eugene O'Neill Play Conference
Readings: T.E.A.S.E. (Little Lifeboats) (Mpls), Workhouse Theatre (Mpls), The Bechdel Group (NYC)
Cast: 3f (20's - 30's)
Running Time: 75 minutes
Set: Unit Set
Female cast, grief, Jewish family, 9/11
Juliana, Emma and Nell see Nazis and terrorists around every corner. This is noted as the three sisters gather yet again for the anniversary of their mother’s tragic death on 9/11. What is the make-up of a life? Is it reduced to belongings and haphazard memories? They have basically been sitting Shiva every September 11th terror attacks. Juliana’s grieving tradition has taken a toll on her marriage. Emma who is always quick to please anyone is ready for a change. Things are turned upside down when Nell returns home and no longer wishes to continue the grieving tradition.
Excerpt
Contact: Contact Page
The Caruso Sisters - comedy
Semi-Finalist AACT New Play Festival
Readings: Little Lifeboats, Houston Family Arts Center, Sundog Theatre
Cast: 5f (Italian-American; 3 roles over fifty years age; let's hear it for "Fine Wine Actresses!")
Running Time: 80-85 minutes
Set: Unit Set
Female cast, actresses over 40; Italian-American, family audiences, magical realism
Giancarlo has died. Anna and Emilia run to Tess’s side to help her through this difficult time. But Tess is amazingly calm. Anna and Emilia are not. Old childhood hurts loom larger than ever. With the help of Italian arias, cannoli and meaty bones, the sisters sort through their life together and work through the threads of "famiglia." The play was written to address the waste of “fine wine” actresses (over 40) that are too often absent on the stage these days.
Excerpt
Contact: Playwright or use Contact Page
Bound by Stardust
Cast: 3 (1m, 2f)
Running Time: 90 minutes
Set: Unit set with 1 insert
North Pole, arctic, magical realism, universe, cosmos, stars, physics, grief
Developed with Purple Crayon Players April 2016, Readings: T.E.A.S.E. (Minneapolis), Theatre Pro Rata (Minneapolis)
Miranda dwells in the past. Any past – as long as the world is prior to her father’s death 2 years ago. Reeling from her mother’s remarriage, Miranda spends a week with her great aunt and acquaints herself with an ancestor from her father’s past – the Russian explorer Otto Schmidt.
In the confines of Elsie’s apartment, Miranda travels back and forth to the North Pole gleaning information about the nature of the universe, loss and ever-lasting presence. As Miranda visits Otto in the past, Elsie is struggling to maintain the equilibrium she is barely holding to since her sister’s death. Trying to keep her crushing anxiety at bay, Elsie tries to give Miranda remembrance and closure. Turning to the stars, Miranda works at building a way of reaching the past and finding her father.
Excerpt
Contact: Playwright or use Contact Page