Here Comes the Sun
A 10-minute dramedy
Characters:
Woman (60’s-80’s)
Synopsis: A woman celebrates the Winter Solstice, with the hope that the healing rays of the sun will heal her from long Covid.
Production History: Millibo Art Theatre
Spring 2025
Customer Service
A ten-minute comedy
Characters:
Joy (30’s-60)
Margot (teens – 20’s)
Synopsis: Joy, the crystal shop owner, is terrified when a bus full of tourists want to shop in her store. Surprisingly, new life paths are forged
Production History: And Toto Too Play Crawl 2024
Abby Boes, Erica Lee Johnson, Photo credit John Moore
You’re Okay
A five-minute dramedy
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
Up A Tree
A ten-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
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
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
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 A. and John S.