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Short Plays
&
​Monologues

Short Plays & Monolgues

I've written over forty short plays and monologues, many of which have received live productions or online performances.
​You can read all of my short plays and monologues on New Play Exchange.
Short Plays:
A Clean Bathroom
A Haunting in May
​A Warrior's Heart
​Apart
Balconies
​Character Points
​Corn Mother
Dark Gallery
Empathy
Ghost Story
Hello, Neighbor
How Bad Can It Be?
I'll Be Zooming You
In the Dark
It's Enough
Light
Light the Way Back 
​Matthew Weaver Writes One Million Plays
​Monsters in the Dark
​River Witch
Rona and the End of the World
Safe as Houses
Sisters
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
The Donation
​The Keg of Amontillado or Berenice Bites Back
The Next Step
​The Single Ladies Cozy Murder Book Club
Writing a Play for the Quarantine Bake Off

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Monologues:
Dream Analysis
Ghost in the Wall
Itch
Photos with my Rapist
Quarantine Eating
Still Life

Tooth Fairy from Hell

WIT (Women in Theatre) Monologues:
A Trial by Her Peers (Elizabeth Robins)
A Woman Like Her (Annette Arkeketa)
Final Performance (Ana Maria Campoy)
Fragile Beautiful (Isabel Rubio Ricciolini)
Happy Birthday, Homa Rousta (Homa Rousta)
Her Little Match Girl (Dinara Yuldasheva) 
Look (Canyon Sam)
My Mother, Mr. Brown (Charlotte Charke)
Now, Rebirth​ (Shabnam Tolouei)
The Dance Politic (Vida Ognjenovic)
To Shape a World ​(Marcelle Tassencourt)
Vaudeville Queen (Dora Dean)
Read Short Plays & Monologues on NPX

Productions

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Tony Ortega performs QUARANTINE EATING for Theatre is the Cure.

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Produced by The One-Minute Play Festival, April 2020
Light

Produced by Auburn University, November 2020
Light
Light the Way Back


Produced by Centerstage Theatre, November 2020
Ghost Story

Produced by Disrupt Theatre Company, December 2020
Itch
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​Produced by Interlochen Center for the Arts, March 2022
Apart

Produced by Bucknell University, December 2022
Light the Way Back

Produced by Endless Mountains Theatre Company, August 2023
Character Points
Apart
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CHARACTER POINTS at Endless Mountains Theatre Company
Produced by BATS Pop-Up Pub Theatre (Stavanger, Norway):
Tooth Fairy from Hell, May 2025
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Produced by Theatre is the Cure:
Ghost in the Wall, March 2020
Still Life, April 2020  
Quarantine Eating, May 2020 

​Produced by 
Millersville University Theatre, April 2020
I'll Be Zooming You
Light the Way Back
Safe as Houses
The Next Step​
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A scene from Auburn University's production of LIGHT THE WAY BACK.

​Produced by The Bechdel Group, January 2021
Character Points

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Produced by SUNY Plattsburgh, April/May 2021
The Next Step

​Produced by NextStage Theatre Company, July 2021
Light the Way Back

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Produced by The Femme Fatale Play Festival, August 2021
The Single Ladies Cozy Murder Book Club

Produced by Creative Works Lancaster:
​The Single Ladies Cozy Murder Book Club, February 2021
​A Haunting in May, May 2022

Produced by The Orpheus Theatre Company:
Corn Mother, October 2021
River Witch, November 2022
A Warrior's Heart, November 2023
The Keg of Amontillado or Berenice Bites Back, November 2024
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APART at Endless Mountains Theatre Company
Read Short Plays on NPX

Gaslight Theatre Company: PlayRoom




​Over the course of eight years I was commissioned to write eight unique short plays for Gaslight Theatre Company's PlayRoom Series. Conceived by Matthew S. Hinton in 2012, PlayRoom takes one ordinary room of a house and stages multiple stories by several playwrights. All of my short plays for PlayRoom can be read on New Play Exchange.

  • Home for the Holidays: Ghost Story - 2019
  • Dining Room: Sisters - 2018
  • Back Porch: Safe as Houses - 2017
  • Garage: It's Enough - 2016
  • Master Bedroom: In the Dark - 2015
  • Attic: The Next Step - 2014
  • Bathroom: A Clean Bathroom - 2013
  • Kitchen: Empathy - 2012
Read PlayRooom Plays on NPX
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