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Short Plays
&
​Monologues

Short Plays & Monolgues

In the last nine years 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.
Ten-Minute Plays:
A Clean Bathroom
​Apart
​Character Points
​Corn Mother
Dark Gallery
Empathy
Ghost Story
Hello, Neighbor
I'll Be Zooming You
In the Dark
It's Enough
Light the Way Back 
​Matthew Weaver Writes One Million Plays
​Monsters in the Dark
Rona and the End of the World
Safe as Houses
Sisters
The Donation
The Next Step
​The Single Ladies Cozy Murder Book Club
Writing a Play for the Quarantine Bake Off


​One-to-Three Minute Plays:
Balconies
​Light

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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

While live theatre productions were postponed during COVID-19, there was a big push for online theatrical content. I have been privileged to be a part of this brave new world of online theatre with virtual readings and productions of the following short plays and monologues in 2020/2021.
​Produced by Auburn University: 
Light
Light the Way Back


Produced by Centerstage Theatre:
Ghost Story

Produced by Millersville University Theatre:
I'll Be Zooming You
Light the Way Back
Safe as Houses
The Next Step


Produced by The One-Minute Play Festival:
Light

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Produced by SUNY Plattsburgh: 
The Next Step

Produced by NextStage Theatre Company:
Light the Way Back
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Tony Ortega performs QUARANTINE EATING for Theatre is the Cure.
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A scene from Auburn University's production of LIGHT THE WAY BACK.


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​Produced by 
Theatre is the Cure:
Quarantine Eating 
Still Life  
Ghost in the Wall


Produced by The Bechdel Group:
Character Points

Produced by Creative Works Lancaster:
​The Single Ladies Cozy Murder Book Club

Produced by The Femme Fatale Play Festival:
The Single Ladies Cozy Murder Book Club

Read Quarantine 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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