The Short Plays
SUNDAYS (2w) BUY
Two long-time lovers time trip through 20-years of love, war, bird watching and Sundays
Presented by TerraNova Collective with K.K. Moggie and Stacey Raymond, directed by Jo Cattel, Jan 12 and at Culture Project Women Stage, Jul 13
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) BUY
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.
Estrogenius, directed by Dina Epshteyn, Oct 08
DYKE PATROL
A hand-held puppet show with butch Barbies and fem Kens.
New Perspective Theatre, Women's Work Lab, directed by Elysa Marden, Aug 08
A PEDDLER'S TALE: BUTTONS, GUTS & BLUETOOTH (1w, 1m)
The absolutely true story of an immigrant who turned three buttons into a banking empire.
Commissioned and presented by Women’s Project; Productions and Arts World Financial Center
as part of GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUNDS, directed by Kim Wield, May 07
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT (1w, 1m)
A woman learns too late who her pick up is.
HOW I WON THE WAR (1w, 2m) BUY
A WW II Vet recalls how he won the war with Germany, his father and himself.
Production at Vital Theatre, directed by Jim Duff, Dec 06
THE MACALFARDONGREGINTOSH TWINS (2w)
Two sisters, a Scottish Flag, hand-to-hand combat.
Production, 24 hour plays, The Lady Cavaliers, Jun 06
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; Reading at Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer
Research Fund, Oct 04; Produced by Manhattan Theatre Source, directed by Barbara Gulan, Sep 02; Directed by Brooke O’Harra:
Produced by Samuel French Festival, Aug 02; Produced by Strawberry Festival, Jul 02; Produced by Vital Theatre, May 02 and
Reading at International Centre for Women Playwrights and Titans Theatre, Mar 02
GET IN THE CAR (1m, 1w) BUY
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; Produced by Provincetown Theatre Company, directed by Barbara Gulan, May
05; Produced by Estrogenius, Manhattan Theatre Source, directed by Barbara Gulan, Oct 04 and Reading at Dramatists Guild as
part of Final Presentation of DG Fellows, Jun 04
SECOND KISS (3w, 1m) BUY
Teenage sex angst: second kiss, 'cause the first one didn’t do it.
Produced by Bloody Unicorn, AZ, Sep 06; Alternate, Sam French Festival, “Second Kiss,” 2006; Produced by Vital Theatre, Dec 05
and Sam French, Jun 06, directed by Stephanie Gilman and Reading at ArtsPass, Mar 05
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.
Produced by Estrogenius, Manhattan Theatre Source, Oct 03
OUT THERE
A ten-minute musical about war and love. Lyrics and music by Charlie Bloom
Raw Impressions, Mar 06
PARCHED
Dance-theater created with Zach Morris and Nikki Berger,
Williamsburg Art Nexus, Nov 02. 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.
Produced in Tandem Acts by Women’s Project, Apr 04
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.
Produced as part of Inside Out, Women’s Project, Mar 04
CROSSING TOWN (1w)
Late for work, a woman fights her way down a crowded street until she…stops.
Produced as part of “This is Your Brain On…” Vital Theatre, Jan 04
PEACE ON EARTH GOODWILL TO ... (2w)
A woman tries to stop the war by buying all the weapons on the open market.
Reading at Butte College, Apr 03; Produced in Tandem Acts by Women’s Project, Feb 03 and Produced by THAW, Feb 03
WHODUNIT (Ten-Minute Comedy; 1w, 1m) BUY
A young woman finds her long lost Dad. Published in lichen, vol.4 no.2, fall 2002
Reading at Teacher's Theatre of NJ, Apr 02 and Produced by Vital Theatre Company, Oct, 01
NIGHT NIGHT (Ten-Minute Drama; 2w)
A nightmare brings two longtime lovers to a turning point in their relationship.
Produced by Vital Theatre, Oct 02; Produced by Culture Project, Jul 02 and Produced in Tandem Acts, Women's Project, Apr 02
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.
Workshop Hangar Theater, Lab Company Playwright Residency, Jun 99
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.
Produced by Love Creek Productions, Apr 01; Workshop at Hangar Theater, Lab Company Playwright Residency, Jun 99 and
Workshop at Carnegie Mellon University, 98
LOVE'S LOST AND FOUND (5w)
Lesbian commedia del'arte love farce.
Production Women Playwrights Collective, Aug 98
Two long-time lovers time trip through 20-years of love, war, bird watching and Sundays
Presented by TerraNova Collective with K.K. Moggie and Stacey Raymond, directed by Jo Cattel, Jan 12 and at Culture Project Women Stage, Jul 13
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) BUY
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.
Estrogenius, directed by Dina Epshteyn, Oct 08
DYKE PATROL
A hand-held puppet show with butch Barbies and fem Kens.
New Perspective Theatre, Women's Work Lab, directed by Elysa Marden, Aug 08
A PEDDLER'S TALE: BUTTONS, GUTS & BLUETOOTH (1w, 1m)
The absolutely true story of an immigrant who turned three buttons into a banking empire.
Commissioned and presented by Women’s Project; Productions and Arts World Financial Center
as part of GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUNDS, directed by Kim Wield, May 07
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT (1w, 1m)
A woman learns too late who her pick up is.
HOW I WON THE WAR (1w, 2m) BUY
A WW II Vet recalls how he won the war with Germany, his father and himself.
Production at Vital Theatre, directed by Jim Duff, Dec 06
THE MACALFARDONGREGINTOSH TWINS (2w)
Two sisters, a Scottish Flag, hand-to-hand combat.
Production, 24 hour plays, The Lady Cavaliers, Jun 06
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; Reading at Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer
Research Fund, Oct 04; Produced by Manhattan Theatre Source, directed by Barbara Gulan, Sep 02; Directed by Brooke O’Harra:
Produced by Samuel French Festival, Aug 02; Produced by Strawberry Festival, Jul 02; Produced by Vital Theatre, May 02 and
Reading at International Centre for Women Playwrights and Titans Theatre, Mar 02
GET IN THE CAR (1m, 1w) BUY
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; Produced by Provincetown Theatre Company, directed by Barbara Gulan, May
05; Produced by Estrogenius, Manhattan Theatre Source, directed by Barbara Gulan, Oct 04 and Reading at Dramatists Guild as
part of Final Presentation of DG Fellows, Jun 04
SECOND KISS (3w, 1m) BUY
Teenage sex angst: second kiss, 'cause the first one didn’t do it.
Produced by Bloody Unicorn, AZ, Sep 06; Alternate, Sam French Festival, “Second Kiss,” 2006; Produced by Vital Theatre, Dec 05
and Sam French, Jun 06, directed by Stephanie Gilman and Reading at ArtsPass, Mar 05
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.
Produced by Estrogenius, Manhattan Theatre Source, Oct 03
OUT THERE
A ten-minute musical about war and love. Lyrics and music by Charlie Bloom
Raw Impressions, Mar 06
PARCHED
Dance-theater created with Zach Morris and Nikki Berger,
Williamsburg Art Nexus, Nov 02. 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.
Produced in Tandem Acts by Women’s Project, Apr 04
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.
Produced as part of Inside Out, Women’s Project, Mar 04
CROSSING TOWN (1w)
Late for work, a woman fights her way down a crowded street until she…stops.
Produced as part of “This is Your Brain On…” Vital Theatre, Jan 04
PEACE ON EARTH GOODWILL TO ... (2w)
A woman tries to stop the war by buying all the weapons on the open market.
Reading at Butte College, Apr 03; Produced in Tandem Acts by Women’s Project, Feb 03 and Produced by THAW, Feb 03
WHODUNIT (Ten-Minute Comedy; 1w, 1m) BUY
A young woman finds her long lost Dad. Published in lichen, vol.4 no.2, fall 2002
Reading at Teacher's Theatre of NJ, Apr 02 and Produced by Vital Theatre Company, Oct, 01
NIGHT NIGHT (Ten-Minute Drama; 2w)
A nightmare brings two longtime lovers to a turning point in their relationship.
Produced by Vital Theatre, Oct 02; Produced by Culture Project, Jul 02 and Produced in Tandem Acts, Women's Project, Apr 02
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.
Workshop Hangar Theater, Lab Company Playwright Residency, Jun 99
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.
Produced by Love Creek Productions, Apr 01; Workshop at Hangar Theater, Lab Company Playwright Residency, Jun 99 and
Workshop at Carnegie Mellon University, 98
LOVE'S LOST AND FOUND (5w)
Lesbian commedia del'arte love farce.
Production Women Playwrights Collective, Aug 98