FULL-LENGTH PLAYS
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A Full-Length One Act for Mature Audiences
CAST OF CHARACTERS: (6M, 1F, 1MTF)
SYNOPSIS:
How can you get away with murder? Try the "Panic Defense." A docudrama that is loosely based on four actual murder cases of members of the LGBTQIA+ community. The personal lives of the victims unfold as they divulge their struggles, their hopes and their dreams in search of better lives for themselves and for those they love. Unfortunately, their gender identities are the catalyst to four senseless, hate-filled murders depriving each of them of their future.
After their deaths, they are victimized again by a biased judicial system.Gay panic defense strategies seek to capitalize on the bias in favor of heterosexuality and blame the victims for their own demise. The question remains: Is there real justice for members of the LGBTQ+ community?
CAST OF CHARACTERS: (6M, 1F, 1MTF)
SYNOPSIS:
How can you get away with murder? Try the "Panic Defense." A docudrama that is loosely based on four actual murder cases of members of the LGBTQIA+ community. The personal lives of the victims unfold as they divulge their struggles, their hopes and their dreams in search of better lives for themselves and for those they love. Unfortunately, their gender identities are the catalyst to four senseless, hate-filled murders depriving each of them of their future.
After their deaths, they are victimized again by a biased judicial system.Gay panic defense strategies seek to capitalize on the bias in favor of heterosexuality and blame the victims for their own demise. The question remains: Is there real justice for members of the LGBTQ+ community?
A Full-Length Play for General Audiences
CAST OF CHARACTERS: (5M, 2F)
SYNOPSIS:
Dummies takes place during the 1967-1968 school year in a NYC public junior high school. John Lucci, a new Special Education teacher, avoids the draft and the inevitable tour of duty in Viet Nam by taking on a class of students who have been rejected everywhere else. John loses his heart to the children, two especially. He and the defiant, “emotionally disturbed” and potentially brilliant Angel develop a tumultuous relationship that causes each to grow. And John is continually pushed to do better by the hyperactive Rosetta, whose unflagging honesty demands of her teacher and classmates that they always do the right thing. John’s deepening appreciation for the children leads him to insist on their right to the kind of education that will truly develop their potential.However, his advocacy alienates the administration to the extent that it may cause him to forfeit the job that has, so far, saved him from the draft.
CAST OF CHARACTERS: (5M, 2F)
SYNOPSIS:
Dummies takes place during the 1967-1968 school year in a NYC public junior high school. John Lucci, a new Special Education teacher, avoids the draft and the inevitable tour of duty in Viet Nam by taking on a class of students who have been rejected everywhere else. John loses his heart to the children, two especially. He and the defiant, “emotionally disturbed” and potentially brilliant Angel develop a tumultuous relationship that causes each to grow. And John is continually pushed to do better by the hyperactive Rosetta, whose unflagging honesty demands of her teacher and classmates that they always do the right thing. John’s deepening appreciation for the children leads him to insist on their right to the kind of education that will truly develop their potential.However, his advocacy alienates the administration to the extent that it may cause him to forfeit the job that has, so far, saved him from the draft.
A Full-Length Play for General Audiences
CAST OF CHARACTERS (4M, 4F)
SYNOPSIS
Hel’s Kitchen, a comedy-drama set in The Bronx, New York of 1961, is a realistic account of
a watershed weekend in the life of a young woman. Helen, the eighteen year old, sewer-mouthed
fat girl, has always used her clique to insulate herself from life. Though she is not prepared
to leave her teenage years behind, Helen discovers that her relationships with her friends
Vinny (the stud), Stanley (the brain) and Fern, a student of beauty culture, must be re-defined
in order for them to survive as a group and emerge as individuals.
CAST OF CHARACTERS (4M, 4F)
SYNOPSIS
Hel’s Kitchen, a comedy-drama set in The Bronx, New York of 1961, is a realistic account of
a watershed weekend in the life of a young woman. Helen, the eighteen year old, sewer-mouthed
fat girl, has always used her clique to insulate herself from life. Though she is not prepared
to leave her teenage years behind, Helen discovers that her relationships with her friends
Vinny (the stud), Stanley (the brain) and Fern, a student of beauty culture, must be re-defined
in order for them to survive as a group and emerge as individuals.
A Full-Length Play for General Audiences
CAST OF CHARACTERS: (5M)
SYNOPSIS:
More Suds is the second installment of a gay serial, comedy-drama. We follow Marty Hardman and his pals, Chris (the pretentious chef de cuisine) and Don (writer of children's books and Doctor Seuss enthusiast) to their new country digs. The peace and quiet of the countryside is shattered with the unexpected arrival of Marty's autistic Uncle Ira and a hot but kinky pond-scaper. Adapting to the “country life” isn’t as easy as it seems. Long time friendships are tested, relationships are strained and family ties prove awkward when the boys settle into their gay “Green Acres.”
CAST OF CHARACTERS: (5M)
SYNOPSIS:
More Suds is the second installment of a gay serial, comedy-drama. We follow Marty Hardman and his pals, Chris (the pretentious chef de cuisine) and Don (writer of children's books and Doctor Seuss enthusiast) to their new country digs. The peace and quiet of the countryside is shattered with the unexpected arrival of Marty's autistic Uncle Ira and a hot but kinky pond-scaper. Adapting to the “country life” isn’t as easy as it seems. Long time friendships are tested, relationships are strained and family ties prove awkward when the boys settle into their gay “Green Acres.”
“STRAIGHT-TALKING was a SEMIFINALIST for the 2017-2018 In-Progress New Play Series at Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. It is our pleasure to support STRAIGHT-TALKING.”
-Artistic Director
-Artistic Director
A Full-Length Play for General Audiences (Adult Theme)
CAST OF CHARACTERS: (5M, 2F)
SYNOPSIS
Straight-Talking examines the inner identity struggle of a vulnerable high school senior, who is outed when photos of his sexual indiscretion appear on Facebook. His well-educated but misguided parents try to “fix” the problem by sending him to a 'conversion' therapist to rid him of his unwanted same-sex attraction.
CAST OF CHARACTERS: (5M, 2F)
SYNOPSIS
Straight-Talking examines the inner identity struggle of a vulnerable high school senior, who is outed when photos of his sexual indiscretion appear on Facebook. His well-educated but misguided parents try to “fix” the problem by sending him to a 'conversion' therapist to rid him of his unwanted same-sex attraction.
A Full-Length Play for General Audiences
CAST OF CHARACTERS: (6M, 1F)
SYNOPSIS
SUDS, a gay serial, comedy-drama, takes place in a NYC Brownstone. It’s about the entangled lives of a group of unconventional people some of whom have provocative pasts they do not wish to divulge to their present circle of friends. We follow Marty Hardman and the muscular love of his life, Jock, through their ups and downs, ins and outs. The friends who help them through love and loss include a writer of children’s books, a pretentious master-chef, a “non-performing”drag queen/fortune-teller who may actually have psychic gifts, a prostitute, and a man with a questionable identity. Every one has something to hide, but all secrets eventually are exposed, for good or ill. Through a series of mishaps,false-identities and a personal tragedy, we find real people struggling to live with themselves and one another.
CAST OF CHARACTERS: (6M, 1F)
SYNOPSIS
SUDS, a gay serial, comedy-drama, takes place in a NYC Brownstone. It’s about the entangled lives of a group of unconventional people some of whom have provocative pasts they do not wish to divulge to their present circle of friends. We follow Marty Hardman and the muscular love of his life, Jock, through their ups and downs, ins and outs. The friends who help them through love and loss include a writer of children’s books, a pretentious master-chef, a “non-performing”drag queen/fortune-teller who may actually have psychic gifts, a prostitute, and a man with a questionable identity. Every one has something to hide, but all secrets eventually are exposed, for good or ill. Through a series of mishaps,false-identities and a personal tragedy, we find real people struggling to live with themselves and one another.
A Full-Length Play for General Audiences
CAST OF CHARACTERS: (4M,3F)
SYNOPSIS
The mayor has taken control over a bureaucratic school system, appointed a like-minded chancellor and, together, they attempt to rid the system of unwanted teachers despite the fact that teacher tenure protects them from being fired. While his union stands on the sidelines, Javier Díaz-Johnson, a well-respected, high school history teacher, is being warehoused together with an incompetent, aging English teacher, an art teacher who suffers the indignities caused by his outbursts due to Tourette’s Syndrome, a Special Educator accused of illegal practices, as well as other unwanted teachers, all strangers to one another. They are banned from their respective schools and mandated to report to a reassignment center: spending long days in a small, windowless room with nothing to do but wait.They are waiting for a judgment that may never come. Some of them are innocent and some are guilty of minor infractions while others may have committed more serious offenses but none of them deserve their prolonged punishment. With their careers shattered, their reputations tarnished and their fate hanging in the balance, hostilities are unleashed as Javier Díaz-Johnson tries to unite the group with a call-to-action. His own sense of justice and fair play contributes to his demise as the nightmares unfold in the “Rubber Room.”
CAST OF CHARACTERS: (4M,3F)
SYNOPSIS
The mayor has taken control over a bureaucratic school system, appointed a like-minded chancellor and, together, they attempt to rid the system of unwanted teachers despite the fact that teacher tenure protects them from being fired. While his union stands on the sidelines, Javier Díaz-Johnson, a well-respected, high school history teacher, is being warehoused together with an incompetent, aging English teacher, an art teacher who suffers the indignities caused by his outbursts due to Tourette’s Syndrome, a Special Educator accused of illegal practices, as well as other unwanted teachers, all strangers to one another. They are banned from their respective schools and mandated to report to a reassignment center: spending long days in a small, windowless room with nothing to do but wait.They are waiting for a judgment that may never come. Some of them are innocent and some are guilty of minor infractions while others may have committed more serious offenses but none of them deserve their prolonged punishment. With their careers shattered, their reputations tarnished and their fate hanging in the balance, hostilities are unleashed as Javier Díaz-Johnson tries to unite the group with a call-to-action. His own sense of justice and fair play contributes to his demise as the nightmares unfold in the “Rubber Room.”