Plays
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AVAILABLE FOR PRODUCTION
THE LAST QUEEN OF WONDERLAND
150 years after Lewis Carroll wrote about Alice's adventures in Wonderland, a young girl goes missing and her sister Lacie discovers an impossible secret—all the stories were real. Read more about The Last Queen of Wonderland. |
SLEEPY HOLLOW:
THE LOST CHAPTER When Ichabod Crane went missing in Sleepy Hollow on that fateful night in 1790, it was thought that to be the end of the story; but Ichabod Crane wasn't the only schoolteacher to come to Sleepy Hollow. Read more here. Vertical Divider
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ROBIN HOOD AND THE SECRET OF SHERWOOD
History and legend collide in this new tale of Robin Hood when two brothers, divided by tragedy and pitted against each other in a war for England, discover a shocking truth about their family's connection to the legendary outlaw. Read more. Vertical Divider
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COMING SOON!
Madeline Shelley & The World of Monsters
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When scientists Alice and John Davis disappear from the 1939 World's Fair, their daughter Madeline ventures to the World of Tomorrow in search of them. What she finds is that the monsters that once lived in the stories her parents kept hidden from her are skulking under the streets of New York. Teaming up with a gang of orphans and a strange new friend with her own secrets, her quest begins to unravel the truth about who she really is, and now Madeline must find a way to save her family without becoming a monster herself.
Originally produced by New Covenant Tutorial Theatre. |
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OTHER PLAYS IN DEVELOPMENT
Pathogenesis
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A global pandemic, a dangerous cure, and a father / daughter relationship set to explode at the end of the world. (Drama - 2M, 1W) Find out more...
Development History
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Frackture
When their oldest brother dies, leaving them with a mountain of debt, Mitch and Zack discover that the answer to their prayers--- hydraulic fracturing---may be a devil’s bargain. (Drama - 2M, 2W)
Development History
Development History
- Seabury Quinn Jr., Playwrights Fest, Workshop reading, April 2013
- TAGS New Play Project (Athens, OH), Workshop reading, April 2013
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THE PHYSICS OF TINY BUBBLES
Drama - 3W, 2M
One minute she’s a future Nobel prize-winning physicist and the next she’s managing a laundro-pub in New Jersey. When Prairie Bly’s dad dies in a car accident, she rallies to save the only home she’s ever known from going under. Conspiring against her is a mother who wants to sell the family business, a sister who politely steals her identity, and a man named Dane Shepperd whose sense of timing is anything but coincidence.
Development History
One minute she’s a future Nobel prize-winning physicist and the next she’s managing a laundro-pub in New Jersey. When Prairie Bly’s dad dies in a car accident, she rallies to save the only home she’s ever known from going under. Conspiring against her is a mother who wants to sell the family business, a sister who politely steals her identity, and a man named Dane Shepperd whose sense of timing is anything but coincidence.
Development History
- Seabury Quinn Jr., Playwrights Festival, Reading, June 2012
THE FACE OF CONTRITION
Drama - 3W, 2M
A ratings-starved news pundit on the brink of cancellation, James is coping with the death of his wife and co-host, Alison. He's wants to break the last story they worked on together, but the pressure to produce ratings and stay on the air without Alison's help is greater than he realized. Loyalties are put to the fire when a congressional scandal erupts within James' inner-circle. Squaring off against his daughter, the media, and even his dead wife, how far will James go to make his deadline and ensure his wife's final story will be told?
Development History
A ratings-starved news pundit on the brink of cancellation, James is coping with the death of his wife and co-host, Alison. He's wants to break the last story they worked on together, but the pressure to produce ratings and stay on the air without Alison's help is greater than he realized. Loyalties are put to the fire when a congressional scandal erupts within James' inner-circle. Squaring off against his daughter, the media, and even his dead wife, how far will James go to make his deadline and ensure his wife's final story will be told?
Development History
- Seabury Quinn, Jr. Playwrights Festival, Reading, June 2011
SEPARATION ANXIETY
Drama - 3M, 2W
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On a cold morning in December, Bailey Palmer died. On the day of his funeral, his best friends, Quinn and Jess, are separated by thousands of miles. Stuck in an airport, Quinn is befriended by a woman named Lily whose brutal honesty brings out the truth about his friendship with Bai, while Jess heads to the home of Bailey and his grieving father in search for answers about her friend's mysterious death and forgiveness for what she did to him. The entire morning is interspersed with memories from the last days of Bailey Palmer, flashbacks that reveal truths which Quinn and Jess aren't ready to face.
Development History
NOW A FEATURE FILM AVAILABLE ON AMAZON PRIME, VUDU, XBOX, & MORE
On a cold morning in December, Bailey Palmer died. On the day of his funeral, his best friends, Quinn and Jess, are separated by thousands of miles. Stuck in an airport, Quinn is befriended by a woman named Lily whose brutal honesty brings out the truth about his friendship with Bai, while Jess heads to the home of Bailey and his grieving father in search for answers about her friend's mysterious death and forgiveness for what she did to him. The entire morning is interspersed with memories from the last days of Bailey Palmer, flashbacks that reveal truths which Quinn and Jess aren't ready to face.
Development History
- Curtain Players Play Fest, Workshop, January 2008
- Screenplay adaptation produced by Glass City Films (see Film)
MARS, OHIO
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In the year 2050, fifty-two regular Americans will be selected to join the first city-settlement on Mars through the most rigorous selection process known to human-kind: reality TV. Read this play now on the New Play Exchange.
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THE CENTURY BOX
The Century Box, told through a series of vignettes and monologues was written to commemorate the Bicentennial of Jackson Township and the history of Grove City, Ohio.
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When a sister and brother discover a forgotten time capsule in an old house up for auction, they unlock a mystery that reaches back to the origins of their hometown of Grove City, Ohio; one they'll have to solve before the auction, or risk losing this century box forever.
Photos courtesy of The City of Grove City, May 2015.
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ONE-ACTS & SHORT PLAYS
The View At The End
Dramedy - 2M, 2W (10 minute) Agatha just wants to feel something before the end, and Charlie just wants more wine. Alone on a city rooftop at the end of the world, these two strangers think they know what they want, until Sally and Oscar show up and the end of the world gets complicated.
NEXT STOP CENTRAL STATION
Drama - 2M, 1W (10 minute) Laura just wants to make friends. Sam just wants to read the paper. And Alan needs to focus on his work. But Laura's got to know, "what's in the cooler?" Three strangers, one sub-way car, and a potentially explosive situation.
Parallaxis
Drama - 2M, 2W (10 minute) Axis is sitting on the edge of mortality. The victim of a mall stabbing, he is met by two beings that call themselves Mat and Devyn. Pulled between life and death, Axis discovers more about who he is and the choice that sits before him.
ADVICE TO THE HAPPY COUPLE
ADVICE TO THE HAPPY COUPLE* Comedy/Drama - 1M, 1W (10 minute) What’s the key to a happy marriage? Michelle says one thing. Her husband, Will, has other thoughts. At their friends’ wedding, the advice-cam has found them and going on record might just test every theory they have.
CUCKOLD WALKS INTO A BAR
Drama w/levity. 1 M, 1 W. Tony’s having a crap day. He just wants to have a beer. Or five. He’s not talking to his wife, he got fired, and wait... what happened with the zebra at the zoo? He’s just avoiding the issue, but how long can that go on before the world brings the fight to him?
THE COSMONAUT IN HUMAN RESOURCES
Dramedy - 1M, 1W (10 minute)
When Dreyev walks into human resources, he finds he's missing the one key requirement for the job he wants: he's not Paul. Who's Paul? That's what Dreyev needs to figure out before it's too late. Because it might just be him.
 DO THEY EXPEDITE THERE
Dark Comedy - 1W, 1M (one-act)
It's Christmas Eve. Ray's wanted for murder. Laura's his hostage. He's innocent. And this whole thing was her idea. Surrounded by the cops and running out of time, Laura concocts a plan to get them both the hell out of town; but securing a ransom and daddy's jet becomes the least of Laura's worries, as playing hostage and killer begins to test her and Ray's trust until Laura has to wonder... are they really playing?
THE DEATH OF EDWARD FOX
Comedy - 2M, 2W (~15 minutes)
Fitz, a guardian angel on the edge of retirement finds himself in the hot seat when he goes AWOL and his ward, Edward Fox is murdered. As if that isn't bad enough, new regulations in Heaven allow victims of violent deaths to sue if there is proof of negligence. And Edward Fox is doing just that.If Fitz can't provide answers to Heaven's Internal Affairs office, he stands to lose more than his retirement. He could lose his wings.
 MEETING GOD ON A TUESDAY MORNING
Drama - 2M, 1W (One-Act)
Late for a meeting on a Tuesday morning, the last thing power attorney Jack Clark expected was to end up dead. And even more jarring, he didn't expect to be welcomed to the afterlife by a case-worker named Morty. Kicking around in a heavenly waiting room that oddly resembles his apartment, Jack is forced to come to terms with the man he was and the person he is, getting some help from someone who probably knew him the least, yet seems to understand him the most. With the help of Morty and their inexplicably shared secretary Hanna, Jack readies himself for the biggest meeting of his life.
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