LOOKING FOR THE PONY 3w, 1m
Eloisa is finally ready to leave a lifeless career to pursue a life-long dream when her sister Lauren is diagnosed with breast cancer. Lauren's perfect life and Eloisa's second chance collide as the sisters grab hands and embark on a roller-coaster ride of treatment, ambition, loss and acceptance. As funny as it is heart-breaking, Looking For The Pony is a fast-paced journey dedicated to the fierce love of two sisters.
TUNNEL. VISION 2w
What if Beckett wrote for The L Word
? Two women on stage nearly collide, take in each other and the audience. These two strangers, as women will, make nice with the audience, disagree about how to do that and compete for attention with their stories. Their stories spill out leading them to discover that they must together replay the events that brought them together in order to heal. Tunnel. Vision is about betrayal, loss and love.
ONE NATION UNDER 4w, 2m
A modern tragedy centered on the fall of a Federal Bench Judge poised to be picked for the Supreme Court. Set in 2004-2005, the Judge compromises her principles, setting off a ricochet of damage that impacts her son, her clerk, a single mother serving in Iraq, the solder’s son and sister, and herself. One Nation Under is about the laws of the land and the laws we each, as individuals, choose to live by.
THE BRONX CASKET CO. (Musical – Under Development)
Lyrics and Music by DD Verni (founder/composer and bass guitarist for pioneer metal band OVERKILL)
THE BALLAD OF ROM AND JULZ (Musical – Under Development)
Book by Andrea Lepcio • Lyrics by Cheryl L. Davis • Music by Brooke Fox
The Ballad of Rom and Julz, a new musical adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, tells of Rom, a transitioning F to M public school hottie who chases private school tail and deals T to the athletes. When Julz, the reining queen of Verona Academy, falls hard for Rom, boundaries between public and private, male and female, and love and hate erode.
TARTUFFED 4w, 3m
An adaptation of Moliere’s Tartuffe that takes an insider look at contemporary corporate America where the firm stands in for home, money is the new/old religion, and hypocrisy is alive and well.
ME YOU US THEM 2-3m, 1-2w
Two boys spot each other across a vacant lot anywhere in the world – Zamzama Street in Karachi, Haifa Street in Baghdad or Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. Hungry, lonely, bored and without hope, they form a bond through their poetic language and extreme street dance moves. A modern woman frightened by the world around her and her inadequate response searches online alone for answers. At the moment she realizes she needs to find the question, in a Second Life or Avatar way, she becomes Z, the boys' friend of a friend. Together, they make a plan to blow up the Center of Things.
BOTTOM OF NINE 2m, 2w
Set during the deciding 2004 Yankees/Red Sox championship game, avid Red Sox fans face the truth about their team, themselves and their town. Six months after their parents’ accidental deaths, Paul and Donna can barely make ends meet. Donna has decided it’s time to sell their parent’s house to get on with their lives. Paul would rather die. She forces the issue by inviting over her new girlfriend, Tyeesha – the first African-American to ever visit their home. The action takes place in continuous time while the game is played. Paul and Donna must lose everything in order to discover what they have.
ECLIPSE 1w, 1m
This "Twilight Zone" comedy explores how the world we inhabit is created by the choices we make. Pedestrian rage destroys New York City and the rest of the world. Two corporate consultants survive. He’s the boss, she’s a lesbian. Somebody says no. They both discover their capacity for war and peace. A soul-searching, side-splitting romp.
HOOK & EYE 4w, 1m
The 1952 coming-of-age story of four Boston sisters juxtaposed against the evolution of the Jewish-American comic triggers questions about family allegiance, gender identity, materialism and mainstream American mores divorced from Jewish religious and cultural traditions. The play reflects on the ongoing expression, borrowing, morphing and assimilation of individual, cultural and national identity. Winner Trustus Playwrights Festival.
“Under Huddlestone” 1w, 1m
In the early morning, a young woman comes upon a young man lying facedown in a stream. She rescues him only to discover he had intended to kill himself.
"Tumble Jumble” 3w, 2m
A river’s run dry, a dog’s been lost, a town’s dying, a wedding’s going as planned and Edo’s playing solitaire. Five young people grapple with life and loss and the mystery of experience.
“A Peddler’s Tale: Buttons, Guts & Bluetooth” 1w, 1m
The absolutely true story of an immigrant who turned three buttons into a banking empire.
“Strangers in the Night” 1w, 1m
A woman learns too late who her pick up is.
“How I Won The War” 1w, 2m
A WW II Vet recalls how he won the war with Germany, his father and himself.
“The Macalfardongregintosh Twins” 2w
Two sisters, a Scottish Flag, hand-to-hand combat.
“Looking for the Pony” 4w
A one-act drama about a woman and her sister as they journey through the places that breast cancer takes them. Heideman Finalist. Published in Plays and Playwrights 2003 and Estrogenius 2002.
“Get in the Car” 1m, 1w
The founder of abstract expressionism and his footnote. In our imagination, Jackson Pollack and Edith Metzger explore their choices in the aftermath of their fatal accident. Heideman Finalist. Published in Estrogenius 2004.
“Second Kiss” 3w, 1m
Teenage sex angst: second kiss, 'cause the first one didn’t do it.
“Why Do Good Boobs Go Bad? 4w
After her sister dies of breast cancer, a woman goes on a search not for the cure, but
for the cause. Published in Estrogenius 2003.
"Parched" Dance-theater created with Zach Morris and Nikki Berger, Williamsburg Art Nexus, Nov 02.
“Do Over” 2w
After the death of their father, a prodigal daughter returns home to the sister who cared for him.
“Can You Get My Cat Off My Ass?” 2 actors, any gender
Written for presentation in a public bathroom, a stranger asks a stranger for help.
“Crossing Town” 1w
Late for work, a woman fights her way down a crowded street until she…stops.
“Peace on Earth Goodwill to…” 2w
A woman tries to stop the war by buying all the weapons on the open market.
"Whodunit" (Ten-Minute Comedy) 1w, 1m
A young woman finds her long lost Dad. Published in lichen, vol.4 no.2, fall 2002
“Night Night”(Ten-Minute Drama) 2w
A nightmare brings two longtime lovers to a turning point in their relationship.
“The Wife Seller” (One-Act Farce) 2w, 2m
A the turn of the nineteenth century tale of Luce Ferryfleet, a self-made man who happens to be a woman, proves that all too often, whether in pants or a dress, women fight their battles alone.
“Average Family Business” (Ten-Minute Comedy) 2w
Audrey wants a family business. Ruth is statistically certain she’s unable to run the one she has.
“Love’s Lost and Found" 5w
Lesbian commedia del'arte love farce.
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