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The Last Word: A Play In One Act

Central characters Mom, elderly, experiencing dementia, approaching the end of life, is generally in a wheelchair or hospital bed throughout.  Greg, her son, the narrator, speaks directly about his experiences with Mom (“narrating”), and sometimes becomes an active part of the vignettes he’s describing (“in

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Confession: The Hours

A windowless room. A woman. Hair a bit unbrushed. In need of a wash. Hugs a cardigan around herself and shifts in her seat like she’s waiting for someone else to come into the room. Only she’s not, and they never do. She has the

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Ever After

CHARACTERS PRINCESS — 20s-30s. A fairytale princess whose gotten her every wish her whole life.  FROG — 20s-30s. Green, goggle-eyed, flippers. Male or female.MOTHER GOOSE — Everybody’s grandmother.  PRINCESS — 20s-30s. A fairytale princess whose gotten her every wish her whole life.  FROG — 20s-30s.

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Dialogue of the Deaf – a cultural sightbite

SETTING Nail salon in a strip mall; the present. Lights go up on two Deaf women conversing in ASL while getting a pedicure. Their pedicurists are hearing but invisible to the audience; they do not know ASL. DEAF WOMAN A Hey-hey-hey – not that color.

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Untitled Mantis Play (Chronicle of a Death Foretold)

CHARACTERS (1f, 1m) Lisa – femme, any ethnicity, 20s-30s. A spindly praying mantis who also happens to be a scientist. Santiago – masc, Latinx, 20s-30s. A hopeless romantic and moody poet. Also a praying mantis. SETTING A makeshift habitat for two praying mantises, which is

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That Time Shannon Doherty Grew A Heart

CAST Ben and Joe – men in their 40s SET A kitchen set. SYNOPSIS Two gay men attend a nineties-themed celebration and come to the realization that the years after the AIDS crisis have passed them by. The playwright expects productions to be undertaken by

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First Church of Cthulhu Bake Sale and Bingo Night

SYNOPSIS Whenever two or more are gathered together in his name, whether the “his” in question is God, Allah, Cthulhu or Barry, the Night Watchman, there’s always going to be a bureaucracy. And in that bureaucracy, in the red tape and the messy mix of

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La Vida Corta

CHARACTERS DIANA – Young woman obsessed with telenovelas CONSUELO – Character in the telenovela, La Vida Corta TIME Present PLACE Small living room Grabbing the remote control, DIANA turns on the television. The title of the telenovela, La Vida Corta, appears on the screen. Followed

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Manifestation Destiny

Cast of Characters NATHAN – A gay man of any ethnicity, should be fairly young. He’s dead, but looks no different from any other young professional in the morning. GRAHAM – His widower, close in age, perhaps a little younger. Looks like a man suffering

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MOTHA FUCKAS IN THE BARBERSHOP

SETTING Present Day. Interior of a black-owned barbershop (ew not Great Clips) on the Eastside of Atlanta. Flags for the Atlanta sports teams adorns all of the walls. Paintings of Barack Obama and Malcolm X kicking it reside next to the mirrors. Muhammad Ali and