*  You’re Okay
*  Up a Tree
*  Onward We Row
*  Spinster in Paris
*  Soups On:  Chop, Boil, Simmer
*  Kanoodle

You’re Okay
A five-minute dramady

Characters:
Woman (any age)
Man (any age)

Synopsis:  Shopping incites an anxiety attack that only a friend can help heal.

Production History:  And Toto Too, The Play Crawl, Denver, 2022
Kelly Uhlenhopp, Jeff Jessmer, Photo credit John Moore

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Up A Tree
A five-minute comedy

Characters:

Linda (40’s)
Joe (40’s)

Synopsis:  Linda and Joe, destined to be together since the third grade, share their first kiss only to share the surprise of a lifetime.

Production History:  And Toto Too, The Play Crawl, Denver, 2014
Picture with Laura Aducci and Michael Nuccio 2014

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Onward We Row
A ten-minute dramedy

Characters:

Evelyn (30s-40s)
Hal (68)
Henry (16)

Synopsis: Evelyn must finish painting the house while trying to keep her wandering father with dementia in one place.

Production History:
Staged Reading: Open Eye Theatre, Margaretville, NY, 2020

 

Spinster in Paris

A ten-minute comedic monologue

Character:

Dorothy (60’s, 70’s, even 80’s – the older the better)

Synopsis: Dorothy begrudgingly sets out on the long journey to her shitty friends’, shitty fourth wedding, in shitty Paris.

Production History:
Staged Reading: One Night Stand Theatre, Denver, 2018
Staged Reading: Follies Play Reading Festival–Sarasota, FL., 2018

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 Soups On: Chop, Simmer, Boil

A trilogy of short plays inspired by soup!  To be performed together or separately.

Chop

Characters:

Margie (30’s – 50’s)
Sarah (30’s – 50’s)

Synopsis: Two neighbors prepare delicious creamy beet soup, but the evening turns nasty!

Production History:  One Night Stand Theatre, Denver, 2014

Simmer

Characters:

Stacy (60’s)
Frank (60’s)

Synopsis:  An empty nester couple prepares soup as their nonsexual-therapy homework when the evening turns into a sexy cat and mouse game.

Production History: One Night Stand Theatre, Denver, 2015

Boil

Characters:

Becky (30’s – 40’s)
Bob (40’s)
Suzie (20’s)

Synopsis:  It’s Halloween night and Becky is drowning her flu and sorrows in medication. Her husband Bob comes home with his mistress Suzie, wreaking havoc in an already struggling relationship.

Production History:  Blame It On The Playmakers, Denver, 2014

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Kanoodle

A five-minute comedy

Characters:  

Older Woman (50’s+)
Older Man (50’s+)

Synopsis:  A reserved, conservative woman applies for a writing job in a film office and is harassed by a smarmy Hollywood producer.

Production History:  Theatre Company of Lafayette, CO, 2008 
Picture of Lisa and John