PLAYS
HONOR AND THE RIVER (3M, 1F)
HONOR AND THE RIVER (3M, 1F)
HONOR AND THE RIVER (3M, 1F)
Set against the romantic background of a New England river, a teenage boy confronts his fear of water and the ghost of his drowned father as he is forced to join the school’s rowing team.
“Dudley’s riveting work is a stunner.”
-The New York Times
“…as theatrically effective and as visually arresting as any production I’ve seen this season.
Set against the romantic background of a New England river, a teenage boy confronts his fear of water and the ghost of his drowned father as he is forced to join the school’s rowing team.
“Dudley’s riveting work is a stunner.”
-The New York Times
“…as theatrically effective and as visually arresting as any production I’ve seen this season. Dive in.”
-The Montclair Times (New Jersey)
“Anton Dudley’s Honor and the River is a work of stunning beauty and moving tenderness.”
-The Glen Ridge Paper (New Jersey)
“The sleeper hit of the season…”
-The Star-Ledger
“Dudley succinctly and convincingly illuminates elusive inner qualities which underpin true maturity and manhood.”
-TalkinBroadway.com
2004 commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club
2004 produced by New York Stage & Film, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
2004 premiered Off-Broadway by Arielle Tepper Madovar’s SPF, featuring Jan Maxwell, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
2007 produced by Luna Stage
2009 produced by The Walnut Street Theatre
2009 published by Playscripts, Inc.
Photo: Nicholas Park & Kevin Duffin
GETTING HOME (2M, 1F)
HONOR AND THE RIVER (3M, 1F)
HONOR AND THE RIVER (3M, 1F)
When Tristan enrolls in a Continuing Ed class at NYU called “Fairy Tales and Their Contemporary Urban Parallels in Reality,” ancient Indian myths begin playing out in both his and his friends’ love lives. As myth and reality meld, a new definition of love in the city emerges for these charmingly wayward twenty-somethings.
“Surprising and e
When Tristan enrolls in a Continuing Ed class at NYU called “Fairy Tales and Their Contemporary Urban Parallels in Reality,” ancient Indian myths begin playing out in both his and his friends’ love lives. As myth and reality meld, a new definition of love in the city emerges for these charmingly wayward twenty-somethings.
“Surprising and effective!”
— The New York Times
“****FOUR STARS!
Dudley’s sprightly new comedy explores contemporary New Yorkers' search for love with a refreshing sense of wonder … witty, unexpected and often magical... It’s like falling in love all over again.”
— Time Out NY
“GETTING HOME is witty, shockingly beautiful, and delightful!
— The Village Voice
2006 premiered Off-Broadway by Secondstage Theatre Uptown, directed by David Schweizer
2011 published by Vintage in Eric Lane and Nina Shengold’s Shorter, Faster, Funnier
Photo: Manu Narayan, Marcy Harriell & Brian Henderso
CITY OF (3F, 3M)
HONOR AND THE RIVER (3M, 1F)
LETTERS TO THE END OF THE WORLD (2F, 3M)
Four disparate Americans journey to Paris in search of love. A mysterious symphony of speech and dreams unfold as their lives entangle in a web of paintings, opera, and absinthe.
"City Of puts Dudley's keen perceptions on vivid display"
- NY1
"It's pleasing to meet a playwright with so many ideas"
-NY Times
2015 - premiered Off-Broadway at T
Four disparate Americans journey to Paris in search of love. A mysterious symphony of speech and dreams unfold as their lives entangle in a web of paintings, opera, and absinthe.
"City Of puts Dudley's keen perceptions on vivid display"
- NY1
"It's pleasing to meet a playwright with so many ideas"
-NY Times
2015 - premiered Off-Broadway at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater, produced by The Playwrights Realm, directed by Stephen Brackett
Photo: Cheryl Stern & Steven Rattazzi
LETTERS TO THE END OF THE WORLD (2F, 3M)
LETTERS TO THE END OF THE WORLD (2F, 3M)
LETTERS TO THE END OF THE WORLD (2F, 3M)
2012 finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Drama
A revealing article about the African AIDS crisis, buried deep in the pages of a fashion magazine, leads a young gay man in New York City to form an unexpected correspondence with a woman in Zambia. The friendship takes him halfway around the world to discover that Africa is much cl
2012 finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Drama
A revealing article about the African AIDS crisis, buried deep in the pages of a fashion magazine, leads a young gay man in New York City to form an unexpected correspondence with a woman in Zambia. The friendship takes him halfway around the world to discover that Africa is much closer to his heart than he thinks.
"What makes Letters to the End of the World so refreshing is Dudley's ability to write with thoughtfulness and complexity about eternal concerns... Compassionate yet clear-eyed, he allows his characters independent life as they search for meaning and connection, and the result is thoroughly satisfying and movingly human." - Backstage
"Proving that gay theater can still successfully and meaningfully explore the subject of AIDS..." -The Advocate
"The plot-line of the play pits our noble aims as a people against our nationalistic urges...if you didn't see [Dudley's previous plays], start feeling guilty now." -The Clyde Fitch Report
"The play I've been waiting 25 years for someone to write." -Tim Miller
2010 premiered by At Hand Theatre Company at Theatre Row
2011 published by Playscripts, Inc.
Photo: Francesca Choy-Kee & Tyrone Mitchell Henderson
SLAG HEAP (4F, 2M)
LETTERS TO THE END OF THE WORLD (2F, 3M)
A DRAM OF DRUMMHICIT (8M, 2F)
Ashley and Dave are sex workers in a crumbling industrial town in Northern England. But after Dave accompanies an old friend, Fran, on a high paying job, Dave has bigger dreams of moving to London and making it in the entertainment industry. Friendships and loyalties are tested as Ashley is left to fend for herself, Dave aspires to a more
Ashley and Dave are sex workers in a crumbling industrial town in Northern England. But after Dave accompanies an old friend, Fran, on a high paying job, Dave has bigger dreams of moving to London and making it in the entertainment industry. Friendships and loyalties are tested as Ashley is left to fend for herself, Dave aspires to a more legitimate career, and Fran struggles with the reality of how compromising their trade can be.
"The hot new Off-Broadway play."
-The Daily News
"...a haunting drama that doesn't overemphasize its political undertrapping... Playwright Dudley has a great ear for dialogue, and truthfully realized characters. He relates their story without skirting the unsettling reality that they often enjoy their work. His writing is brutal and crisp, but full of warmth."
-Curtain Up
"Dudley has a good ear for dialogue and a gift for dark humor."
-TheaterMania
2005 premiered Off-Broadway by The Cherry Lane Theatre, featuring Vincent Kartheiser, directed by Michael Morris
2006 produced by Theatre Pro Rata
2011 published by Playscripts, Inc.
Photo: Brienan NeQua Bryan
A DRAM OF DRUMMHICIT (8M, 2F)
LETTERS TO THE END OF THE WORLD (2F, 3M)
A DRAM OF DRUMMHICIT (8M, 2F)
co-written with Pulitzer Finalist and Tony Nominee Arthur Kopit
Inspired by actual events: an American entrepreneur has found the perfect Scottish island on which to build his new golf course. But as mythical secrets — and actual bodies – are unearthed, the true nature of the island wreaks comic havoc.
“Anton Dudley is a playwright to watch
co-written with Pulitzer Finalist and Tony Nominee Arthur Kopit
Inspired by actual events: an American entrepreneur has found the perfect Scottish island on which to build his new golf course. But as mythical secrets — and actual bodies – are unearthed, the true nature of the island wreaks comic havoc.
“Anton Dudley is a playwright to watch.”
– Los Angeles Times
“Gleeful!”
– San Diego Union-Tribune
“Keeps the audience in stitches.”
– La Jolla Light
2011 premiered by LaJolla Playhouse, directed by Christopher Ashley
2013 published by Samuel French
Photo: Murphy Guyer & Kathryn Meisle
SUBSTITUTION (2F, 2M)
THE LAKE'S END (1F, 4M)
THE LAKE'S END (1F, 4M)
When a tragedy occurs, the choices we make about how we live and how we love can bring about endless surprises. As Calvin's mom tries to cope with the violent death of her teenage son, a substitute teacher challenges everything she thinks she knows about her child. Together they form a volatile bond through the one thing they have in co
When a tragedy occurs, the choices we make about how we live and how we love can bring about endless surprises. As Calvin's mom tries to cope with the violent death of her teenage son, a substitute teacher challenges everything she thinks she knows about her child. Together they form a volatile bond through the one thing they have in common, the memory of a dead child.
“Jan Maxwell’s compelling, unsentimental performance is the centerpiece of SUBSTITUTION
but its strength is matched by Kieran Campion’s portrayal.” - The New York Times
“Anton Dudley is endearingly quirky, with amusing characterizations and astute observations about youth and human reserve.” - Back Stage
“Director Katherine Kovner manages to keep the tone of the piece lightly humorous while never forgetting the weight of the subject matter.”
- Theatermania.com
2008 premiered Off-Broadway by The Playwrights Realm at Soho Playhouse, featuring Jan Maxwell
2007 developed by New York Theatre Workshop, featuring Michael Esper and Jan Maxwell
2007 developed by New York Stage & Film Company
2007 developed by Partial Comfort Productions, featuring Quincy Tyler Bernstein
Photo: Jan Maxwell & Kieran Campio
THE LAKE'S END (1F, 4M)
THE LAKE'S END (1F, 4M)
THE LAKE'S END (1F, 4M)
Against the romantic back drop of Lake Como in 1937, four British ex-pats escape reality and chase love and their lost pasts while history races aggressively forward.
"The best Adirondack Theatre Festival production ever? Quite possibly. A great show. An evening to remember."
- The Chronicle
"An engrossing play. The play's beautiful languag
Against the romantic back drop of Lake Como in 1937, four British ex-pats escape reality and chase love and their lost pasts while history races aggressively forward.
"The best Adirondack Theatre Festival production ever? Quite possibly. A great show. An evening to remember."
- The Chronicle
"An engrossing play. The play's beautiful language is reminiscent of the best works of Noel Coward."
- The Post-Star
"A wondrous romantic tragedy."
- The Record
2003 premiered by Adirondack Theatre Festival, featuring Jason Butler Harner, directed by Martha Banta
Photo: Henny Russell & Jason Butler Harn
SPAMLET (3F, 3M)
THE LAKE'S END (1F, 4M)
17 ORCHARD POINT (2F)
Gert is sick of packing meat at the Schpam factory. She'd rather be a rock star. So, the sudden, mysterious disappearance of her husband provides a welcome opportunity. But before the blades of the meat processing plant can be wiped clean, her morose meddling son, Hamlet, is home from college, rarin' to avenge his father's death. Soon, ho
Gert is sick of packing meat at the Schpam factory. She'd rather be a rock star. So, the sudden, mysterious disappearance of her husband provides a welcome opportunity. But before the blades of the meat processing plant can be wiped clean, her morose meddling son, Hamlet, is home from college, rarin' to avenge his father's death. Soon, however, the hormone-heavy Hamlet is distracted by the chatter and charms of Indian exchange student Ohfahfahfah, who, together with her incestuously-inclined step-brother Herc, his mom Dolores, and Gert's neo-Nazi boyfriend Fritz, leads Hamlet down the oft-melodramatic, always-hilarious path to self-destruction.
"Spamlet packs more jokes into its two hours than an entire season of Saturday Night Live."
- Washington City Paper
"I couldn't stop laughing"
- The Washington Post
2002 commissioned and premiered by Cherry Red Productions
2005 Midland Theater
Photo: The Schpam Loaf
17 ORCHARD POINT (2F)
THE EMPTY OCEAN (2F, 3M)
17 ORCHARD POINT (2F)
co-written with Stephanie DiMaggio
Lydia lives by her motto, "leave your baggage at the door, or it will end up on your face." After fleeing the family's rundown apartment building a decade ago for "one long night out" in Las Vegas, Lydia is called home by her daughter Vera, only to find that the baggage she thought she dropped is waiting
co-written with Stephanie DiMaggio
Lydia lives by her motto, "leave your baggage at the door, or it will end up on your face." After fleeing the family's rundown apartment building a decade ago for "one long night out" in Las Vegas, Lydia is called home by her daughter Vera, only to find that the baggage she thought she dropped is waiting for her inside. With a daughter fueled by faith, a mother driven by devotion, and a family secret that sounds the bell between them, 17 Orchard Point is a firecracker of a dark comedy about two generations of women battling to claim their home and history.
"Weekend Pick"
- NY1
"Ms. Pawk plays the sleek, flashy, gorgeous, crass Lydia with tremendous panache."
- NY Times
"A chilling psychological thriller with all the necessary twists and turns to keep the audience gasping and guessing for an emotionally-laden seventy-five glorious minutes."
- Theatre Reviews Limited
"A good mix of humor and pathos, genuinely funny lines, and twists that actually surprised."
- The Front Row Center
2014 premiered Off-Broadway at the Beckett Theater/Theater Row, featuring Michele Paw
COLD HARD CASH (8F, 5M)
THE EMPTY OCEAN (2F, 3M)
THE EMPTY OCEAN (2F, 3M)
A young boy is paid by his school to make higher grades. Earning his first hundred dollar bill causes him to be haunted by the ghost of Benjamin Franklin who takes him on a fantastically frightening journey through commerce and history, finally questioning the value and purpose of education.
2008 commissioned and premiered by Williamstown
A young boy is paid by his school to make higher grades. Earning his first hundred dollar bill causes him to be haunted by the ghost of Benjamin Franklin who takes him on a fantastically frightening journey through commerce and history, finally questioning the value and purpose of education.
2008 commissioned and premiered by Williamstown Theatre Festival, featuring Heather Lind, directed by May Adrales
Photo: Cast of the Williamstown Theatre Festival production
THE EMPTY OCEAN (2F, 3M)
THE EMPTY OCEAN (2F, 3M)
THE EMPTY OCEAN (2F, 3M)
In the near future, after the predicted collapse of the Fish Species, Daphne and her family struggle to consume in their diminished environment. Caught between what is sustainable and what is desirable, their carnal actions reveal the consequences of being human in an increasingly unnatural world.
2012 premiered by the Harold Clurman Lab C
In the near future, after the predicted collapse of the Fish Species, Daphne and her family struggle to consume in their diminished environment. Caught between what is sustainable and what is desirable, their carnal actions reveal the consequences of being human in an increasingly unnatural world.
2012 premiered by the Harold Clurman Lab Company, directed by Stephen Brackett
2012 developed by the Hangar Theater
Photo: Jack Romano & Polly Lee
BOB (2F, 3M)
SONG OF THE WIND (2M, 1F)
FLUID LOVE (2F, 2M)
Bob the plumber's life is turned upside down when he accidentally sleeps with a fifteen year-old Lolita wanna-be. Too bad the only person he can turn to is his best friend, the town sheriff and little Lolita's big sister!
2006 premiered by New York Stage & Film Company, directed by Leigh Silverman
2007 Ensemble Studio Theater
2007 Making Rain Productions, The Producers Clu
FLUID LOVE (2F, 2M)
SONG OF THE WIND (2M, 1F)
FLUID LOVE (2F, 2M)
Bret and Carla are neighbors, best friends, and intensely co-dependent. Carla has a husband and two kids. Bret has an empty apartment with new locks on the window and door; Carla has the keys. So, when Bret brings home a pretty co-worker after his first day on the job, it's fair to wonder: is he turning over a new leaf, or running headlon
Bret and Carla are neighbors, best friends, and intensely co-dependent. Carla has a husband and two kids. Bret has an empty apartment with new locks on the window and door; Carla has the keys. So, when Bret brings home a pretty co-worker after his first day on the job, it's fair to wonder: is he turning over a new leaf, or running headlong into destruction?
2010 developed by Partial Comfort Productions, featuring Greg Keller and Tony Nominee Isabel Keating
2009 developed by PlayLabs, MCC Theater, featuring Armando Riesco, Polly Lee, and Isabel Keating
Photo: Polly Lee & Lucas Hall
SONG OF THE WIND (2M, 1F)
SONG OF THE WIND (2M, 1F)
SONG OF THE WIND (2M, 1F)
Recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for 2020
On a lonely beach in the North Channel Islands, the boundaries of dream-life and waking-life blur, as two men travel through time to find their future in the past. Song of the Wind is a love song to the vanishing rural lives of two soul mates who believed they had found
Recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for 2020
On a lonely beach in the North Channel Islands, the boundaries of dream-life and waking-life blur, as two men travel through time to find their future in the past. Song of the Wind is a love song to the vanishing rural lives of two soul mates who believed they had found Tír na nóg, the mythical Land of Youth.
2017 presented in New Works Reading Series by Irish Repertory Theater, NY
2017 developed by Lark Pay Development Center, featuring Dan Amboyer
Photo: Nicholas Cutro & Travis Walters
MOVING ON (2M, 2F)
PETER & THE WILEY WOLF UNPLUGGED (14flex)
SONG OF THE WIND (2M, 1F)
An abandoned lover falls for the moving man who moved his partner away. Their newly found relationship is brazenly tested by one's randy, drunk mother and the other's pregnant ex-girlfriend. At the end of the day, a new model for the American family will emerge.
2008 developed by New York Stage & Film Company
2009 developed by PlayLabs, M
An abandoned lover falls for the moving man who moved his partner away. Their newly found relationship is brazenly tested by one's randy, drunk mother and the other's pregnant ex-girlfriend. At the end of the day, a new model for the American family will emerge.
2008 developed by New York Stage & Film Company
2009 developed by PlayLabs, MCC Theater, featuring Armando Riesco and Charles Socarides
2010 developed by Franklin Stage Company
FLIGHT OF KINGS (2M, 1F)
PETER & THE WILEY WOLF UNPLUGGED (14flex)
PETER & THE WILEY WOLF UNPLUGGED (14flex)
An art smuggler travels to Peru to find the Inca Princess of Feathers. There he befriends a homeless street child who teaches him the meaning of flight.
2005 commissioned and premiered by the Baryshnikov Arts Center
Photo: (1st row) Andrea Thome, Anton Dudley, Edwin Sanchez, Mikhail Baryshnikov; (2nd row) Javier Guiterrez, Ray Muñoz, Martin Kildare, Mary Schmidt-Campbell
PETER & THE WILEY WOLF UNPLUGGED (14flex)
PETER & THE WILEY WOLF UNPLUGGED (14flex)
PETER & THE WILEY WOLF UNPLUGGED (14flex)
In this magical interpretation of a classic, we meet young Peter as he and his Grandmother are setting up the musical instruments for a grand concert. When Peter is left alone with the magic conductor's baton, the instruments come to life ... as do characters from every other imaginable wolf tale! Peter and his new friends must work to se
In this magical interpretation of a classic, we meet young Peter as he and his Grandmother are setting up the musical instruments for a grand concert. When Peter is left alone with the magic conductor's baton, the instruments come to life ... as do characters from every other imaginable wolf tale! Peter and his new friends must work to separate all the stories before the Big Bad Wolf rewrites all their endings in his favor.
2011 produced by Majestic Theater
1996 produced by Williston Summer Stage
Photo: Cast of the Majestic Theater production
edWARd2 ( 3M, 3F, 4flex)
THE QUEEN OF POP [One-Act] (4F, 3M, 2-7flex)
CIRCUMVENTION [One-Act] (6F, 3M, 1-3flex)
A puppet retelling of Marlowe's classic, using found text and contemporary allusions.
2002 premiered by FringeNYC at the Culture Project
2011 Dublin International Gay Theater Festival
Photo: Erin Mallon, Kaolin Bass & DJ Hill
CIRCUMVENTION [One-Act] (6F, 3M, 1-3flex)
THE QUEEN OF POP [One-Act] (4F, 3M, 2-7flex)
CIRCUMVENTION [One-Act] (6F, 3M, 1-3flex)
Anna dreams of seeing the sea, but is afraid to leave the safety of her bathtub. When Anna's best friend loses her disposable underwater camera in Mexico, a strange and wonderful journey unfolds, changing lives for the better, or for the worse. Structured loosely after Schnitzler's classic La Ronde, Circumvention is the story of traveling
Anna dreams of seeing the sea, but is afraid to leave the safety of her bathtub. When Anna's best friend loses her disposable underwater camera in Mexico, a strange and wonderful journey unfolds, changing lives for the better, or for the worse. Structured loosely after Schnitzler's classic La Ronde, Circumvention is the story of traveling the world without ever leaving home.
2007 premiered by Keen Company at Theater Row, NY
2007 commissioned and published by Playscripts, Inc.
Photo: Keen Company premiere at Theater Row
THE QUEEN OF POP [One-Act] (4F, 3M, 2-7flex)
THE QUEEN OF POP [One-Act] (4F, 3M, 2-7flex)
THE QUEEN OF POP [One-Act] (4F, 3M, 2-7flex)
In order to boost her fame, Calista's manager creates a rumor that she is the lost princess of a small island nation. When that nation is in desperate need of a new ruler, identities are mistaken and things get out of hand. In the end, celebrity just might become synonymous with democracy.
2013 published by Heuer Publishing
DAVY & STU [Ten-Minute] (2M)
PLEACHING THE COFFIN SISTERS [One-Act] (2F, 1M)
THE QUEEN OF POP [One-Act] (4F, 3M, 2-7flex)
As the sun sets over a swampy Scotland bog, two boys meet in the darkness as part of a nightly ritual. Davy and Stu is a heart-wrenching look at the intensity of adolescent romance and forbidden love.
2001 finalist for Heideman Award, Actor's Theater of Louisville
2001 produced by The Director's Company
2005 published in Backstage Books Ne
As the sun sets over a swampy Scotland bog, two boys meet in the darkness as part of a nightly ritual. Davy and Stu is a heart-wrenching look at the intensity of adolescent romance and forbidden love.
2001 finalist for Heideman Award, Actor's Theater of Louisville
2001 produced by The Director's Company
2005 published in Backstage Books New American Short Plays, edited by Craig Lucas
2006 produced by Ensemble Studio Theater Marathon
2007 produced by Bread and Water Theater
Short film, directed by Soman Chainani, available from Strand Releasing on Boys Life 6.
PLEACHING THE COFFIN SISTERS [One-Act] (2F, 1M)
PLEACHING THE COFFIN SISTERS [One-Act] (2F, 1M)
PLEACHING THE COFFIN SISTERS [One-Act] (2F, 1M)
Identical twin sisters Bevil and Yevil Coffin bag the bodies of the dead at the edge of eternity in preparation for The Collection. One night, they discover one of the bodies isn’t exactly dead.
2005 published in PLAY, Vol. II, edited by Jordan Harrison &
Sylvan Oswald
2006 premiered by Ensemble Studio Theater
2006 Manhattan Theater Source
Identical twin sisters Bevil and Yevil Coffin bag the bodies of the dead at the edge of eternity in preparation for The Collection. One night, they discover one of the bodies isn’t exactly dead.
2005 published in PLAY, Vol. II, edited by Jordan Harrison &
Sylvan Oswald
2006 premiered by Ensemble Studio Theater
2006 Manhattan Theater Source
2006 Momentum Productions
2007 New Works/New Haven at Long Wharf Theater (Festival Winner: Best Playwright & Best Production)
2008 Haus 73, Hamburg Germany
Photo: Johanna Gerosch & Pina Bergemann
ANTARCTICA [Ten-Minute] (1F, 2M)
PLEACHING THE COFFIN SISTERS [One-Act] (2F, 1M)
PLEACHING THE COFFIN SISTERS [One-Act] (2F, 1M)
A couple's entire marriage is called into question when a mysterious package arrives at their desert island home.
2005 produced by Lincoln Center Theater Directors' Lab at Cherry Lane Theater
2006 produced by Vital Theater Company at the McGinn Cazale Theater
2007 produced by Samuel French Festival, NY
2008 produced by Cleveland Public The
A couple's entire marriage is called into question when a mysterious package arrives at their desert island home.
2005 produced by Lincoln Center Theater Directors' Lab at Cherry Lane Theater
2006 produced by Vital Theater Company at the McGinn Cazale Theater
2007 produced by Samuel French Festival, NY
2008 produced by Cleveland Public Theater
2009 finalist for Heideman Award, Actor's Theater of Louisville
Photo: Bryan Dykstra & Jennifer Dorr White
JANUARY 1ST, 2000 [One-Act] (2M, 1F)
JANUARY 1ST, 2000 [One-Act] (2M, 1F)
JANUARY 1ST, 2000 [One-Act] (2M, 1F)
Two young Ravers make a pact to end their lives at the moment of the new millennium. On a beach, at the edge of the ocean, at the moment they are about to fulfill the pact: time stops,people multiply, the dead come back to life, and the young couple realize that death is perhaps not the only goal in life.
2002 premiered by Lincoln Center
Two young Ravers make a pact to end their lives at the moment of the new millennium. On a beach, at the edge of the ocean, at the moment they are about to fulfill the pact: time stops,people multiply, the dead come back to life, and the young couple realize that death is perhaps not the only goal in life.
2002 premiered by Lincoln Center Theater Directors' Lab at HERE Arts Center
Photo: Erika Thomas
UP HERE/IN HERE [Ten-Minute] (1F)
JANUARY 1ST, 2000 [One-Act] (2M, 1F)
JANUARY 1ST, 2000 [One-Act] (2M, 1F)
A very clean woman in a very clean house catches a dead bird that has flown into her very clean window. Unfortunately, something else has flown into the window, as well.
2006 produced by DNA Festival of Short Plays
2007 produced by Intentional Theatre Group at Altered Stages
Photo: Lethia Nall
WHO'S THAT, GURL? (1M)
JANUARY 1ST, 2000 [One-Act] (2M, 1F)
WHO'S THAT, GURL? (1M)
Having heard an offensive joke about gay men talking like black women, this gay man invites you to join him, as he lovingly navigates the precarious world of racial politics and sexual identity, through laughter, tears, and personal stories, while trying to discover what he may have appropriated from another “gurl’s” culture.
2018 presented at Diversionary Theater, CA
Photo: Anton Dudley
STILL LIFE (4F)
FUN WITH DICK (2F, 3M)
WHO'S THAT, GURL? (1M)
A struggling painter enters an art contest called 'Images of Death.' She seeks help from her ex-lover's teacher. The two women form an unusual relationship that pushes the boundaries of both their art and their humanity.
2015 developed by The Cherry Lane Theater in the Tongues After Dark Reading Series, featuring Kelly McAndrew, direc
A struggling painter enters an art contest called 'Images of Death.' She seeks help from her ex-lover's teacher. The two women form an unusual relationship that pushes the boundaries of both their art and their humanity.
2015 developed by The Cherry Lane Theater in the Tongues After Dark Reading Series, featuring Kelly McAndrew, directed by Margarett Perry
2014 developed by The Playwrights Realm in the Next Edition Festival
FLYING LEAP (3M, 1F)
FUN WITH DICK (2F, 3M)
FUN WITH DICK (2F, 3M)
Stephen is mourning the loss of his girlfriend when his mother jumps in front of a moving train. An absurdist farce ensues, in which Stephen's father accuses him of matricide, the investigating officer tries to seduce Stephen, and his Aunt Crystal takes him on a trip to Europe that costs them her life.
2012 developed at Theater Row
2018 Mo
Stephen is mourning the loss of his girlfriend when his mother jumps in front of a moving train. An absurdist farce ensues, in which Stephen's father accuses him of matricide, the investigating officer tries to seduce Stephen, and his Aunt Crystal takes him on a trip to Europe that costs them her life.
2012 developed at Theater Row
2018 Monologue published in THE BEST STAGE MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN 2018, by Smith & Kraus, Inc.
FUN WITH DICK (2F, 3M)
FUN WITH DICK (2F, 3M)
FUN WITH DICK (2F, 3M)
In the future, we are born separate from our genitals, who may remain with us until puberty, at which time they are sent to live in camps while we spend adulthood without them. In this post MeToo era comedy, one boy isn't ready to part with his penis, which brings his community to its knees.
2018 developed at Cherry Lane Theater & Playwrights Realm
TERMS OF ENCAMPMENT (2F, 2M)
THE ATLANTEANS [Ten-Minute] (3F, 2M)
FAITH IN GODS [Ten-Minute] (2M)
Grandpa is a superhero. Mom is a Police Chief. Grandma is wearing leather and handcuffs. One nerdy gay boy is going to have to work really hard to keep this family together.
2009 developed at MCC Theater, featuring Robert Hogan
FAITH IN GODS [Ten-Minute] (2M)
THE ATLANTEANS [Ten-Minute] (3F, 2M)
FAITH IN GODS [Ten-Minute] (2M)
A young man confronts his former idol, a disgraced soccer star, with news that will change forever the course of their lives.
2010 finalist for Heideman Award, Actor's Theater of Louisville
THE ATLANTEANS [Ten-Minute] (3F, 2M)
THE ATLANTEANS [Ten-Minute] (3F, 2M)
THE BELIEVERS [Ten-Minute] (2F, 1flex)
In a hospital room, two siblings argue over a childhood memory. The truth is revealed by a time-traveling mermaid who appears in the hospital room sink.
2017 premiere at The Bechdel Group
THE BELIEVERS [Ten-Minute] (2F, 1flex)
THE BELIEVERS [Ten-Minute] (2F, 1flex)
THE BELIEVERS [Ten-Minute] (2F, 1flex)
Cammie and Heather are making the perfect prom date from some wires, metal scraps, and the heart of their dead dog.
2012 premiere at Stella Adler Studio
SOMETHING BLUE [Ten-Minute] (2F)
THE BELIEVERS [Ten-Minute] (2F, 1flex)
SOMETHING BLUE [Ten-Minute] (2F)
Two sisters search for a lost wedding ring in Reno, Nevada, but end up finding the their history instead.
2011 developed at Playwrights Realm
ONE-MINUTE PLAYS
THE BELIEVERS [Ten-Minute] (2F, 1flex)
SOMETHING BLUE [Ten-Minute] (2F)
Geometry; God's Love; Fortunes Told; The Twilight Kiss; Second Coming; This I Want to Try; Snowflakes
Premieres at...
2020 1MPF at New Ohio Theater
2019 1MPF at Queens Theater & New Ohio Theater
2018 1MPF at New Ohio Theater
2016 1MPF at HERE Arts Center
2015 1MPF at HERE Arts Center
Geometry published in "5 Minute Plays" edited by Lawrence Harbison, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books.