Here Comes the Sun
A comedic monologue in ten minutes
After a challenging winter during COVID, a woman celebrates the return of the sun at the Winter Solstice with a tequila sunrise.
Woman: 60’s-80s
Production History: Milibo Art Center, The Lost Years, Colorado Springs, CO 2025
Customer Service
A comedy in five minutes
In the midst of a midlife crisis, choir members enter Joy’s crystal store while waiting for their bus to be repaired, changing Joy’s life forever.
Joy: 40s-50s, owns a crystal store
Margot: 30’s+, a choir director
Production History: First Produced in Denver, Colorado by And Toto too Theater Company for The Play Crawl 2024, Abby Apple Boes, Erica Lee Johnson
You’re Okay
A dramady in five minutes
Shopping incites an anxiety attack that only a friend can help heal.
Woman: Any age, shopping for a dress
Man: Any age, great friend
Production History: First Produced in Denver, Colorado by And Toto too Theater Company for The Play Crawl 2023,with Kelly Uhlenhopp, Jeff Jesmer
I Remember Her
A drama in five minutes
A husband will do anything for his wife of 50 years, even if she doesn’t remember.
Wife: 60s-70s, has dementia
Husband: 60s-70s, most loving
Daughter: 30s, comes to visit
Production History: First Produced in Denver, Colorado by And Toto too Theater Company for The Play Crawl 2022, John Ashton, Erica Borillo Dana Hart Wright
Evelyn must finish painting the house while trying to keep her father from wandering into the street. A visitor brings a pleasant surprise.
Evelyn: 30s, Latin, daughter to Hal
Hal: 68, has dementia
Henry: 16, a boy from the neighborhood
Production History: Staged Reading with Open Eye Theatre, Margaretville, NY, 2020
Chop
A horror short in ten minutes
Two neighbors prepare delicious creamy beet soup, but the evening turns nasty!
Margie (30s-50s): Preparing soup
Sarah (30s-50s): Neighbor to Margie
Production History: One Night Stand, Denver, 2014
Simmer
A comedy in ten minutes
An empty-nest couple prepares soup as their non-sexual-therapy homework, when the evening turns into a sexy cat-and-mouse game.
Stacy (60s-70s): Mom, grandmother, exhausted by … her husband
Frank (60s-70s): The husband
Production History: One Night Stand,
Denver, 2015
Boil
A drama in ten minutes
Becky is drowning her flu and sorrows in medication, and attempting to warm up some soup. Bob comes home with his mistress, wreaking havoc in an already struggling relationship.
Becky (30s-40s): Sick with the flu
Bob (40s): Becky’s cheating husband
Suzie (20’s): The mistress
Production History: Blame it on the Playmakers, Denver, 2014
Up a Tree
A comedy in five minutes
Linda and Joe have known each other since the third grade. All grown up, they discover the surprise of a lifetime.
Linda: 30s-50s, hometown girl
Joe: same age, hometown boy
Production History: First Produced in Denver, Colorado by And Toto too Theater Company for The Play Crawl 2014, with Michael Nuccio, Laura Aducci
Kanoodle
A comedy in five minutes
A reserved conservative woman applies for a writing job in a film office and is dismissed by a smarmy Hollywood producer.
Woman (50s +): A writer
Man (20s-40s): A Hollywood producer
Production History: Theatre Company of Lafayette, CO, 2008
Spinster in Paris
A comedic monologue in 10 minutes
Dorothy begrudgingly sets out on the long flight to her shitty friends’ shitty fourth wedding in shitty Paris.
Dorothy: 60s-80s, the older the better
Production History:
Staged Reading with One Night Stand, Denver, 2018
Staged Reading with Follies Play Festival, Sarasota, FL, 2017