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Short Plays
&
​Monologues

Short Plays & Monolgues

I've written fifty 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:
Bell Witch
Bloody Mary
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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​Produced by 
Endless Mountains Theatre Company:
Character Points, August 2023
Apart, August 2023

Produced by Bucknell University:
Light the Way Back, December 2022

Produced by Creative Works Lancaster:
A Haunting in May, May 2022​
The Single Ladies Cozy Murder Book Club, 
February 2021
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​Produced by
 Interlochen Center for the Arts:
Apart, March 2022

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

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

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

​​Produced by The Bechdel Group:
Character Points, January 2021
Produced by Gretna Theatre for Whispers in the Dark:
Bell Witch, October 2025
Bloody Mary, October 2025

Produced by BATS Pop-Up Pub Theatre (Stavanger, Norway):
Tooth Fairy from Hell, May 2025
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Produced by The Orpheus Theatre Company for Tales by the Fire:
The Keg of Amontillado or Berenice Bites Back, November 2024
A Warrior's Heart, November 2023
River Witch, November 2022
Corn Mother, October 2021
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CHARACTER POINTS at Endless Mountains Theatre Company

​Produced by Theatre is the Cure:
Quarantine Eating, May 2020 ​
Still Life, April 2020 
Ghost in the Wall, March 2020 

​​Produced by Millersville University Theatre:
I'll Be Zooming You, April 2020
Light the Way Back, April 2020
Safe as Houses, April 2020
The Next Step, April 2020
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Produced by The One-Minute Play Festival:
Light, April 2020
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Produced by Disrupt Theatre Company:
Itch, December 2021

Produced by Centerstage Theatre:
Ghost Story, November 2020

Produced by Auburn University:
Light, November 2020
Light the Way Back, November 2020
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A scene from Auburn University's production of LIGHT THE WAY BACK.
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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