Winnie the Pooh
(30 minutes)
Pooh, Christopher Robin, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, and Roo track Woozles, trap Heffalumps, find Eeyore’s tail, bathe with Roo in Kanga’s pouch, save Piglet from a rainstorm, and, of course, secure honey for Pooh.
The House at
Pooh Corner
(30 minutes)
Pooh, Christopher Robin, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, and Roo (and Tigger!) lose each other in the misty forest, battle blustery winds, cope with Tigger’s non-stop bouncing, play a game of Poohsticks, and build houses for each other.
The Ghost Light
Series
(45-60 min. each.)
Five volumes of plays written specifically for high school theatre students, about high school theatre life. Perfect for performance, scene study, or assemblies.
GHOST LIGHT I
Two disgruntled athletes, sidelined from their winter sports find themselves cast in the fall play. Plus eight more. Heuer Publishing
Ghost Light II: Breaking the
Fourth Wall
An actor writes a play to perform with his crush, unaware that she’s a robot. Plus fourteen more.
Ghost Light III:
A Timeless
Curtain Call
Two techies find love in a high-tech sci-fi play. Time literally stands still for two seniors taking their last high school curtain call. Plus eight more.
Heuer Publishing
Ghost Light IV:
Fade to Black
The actress playing Wednesday Addams in a production of “The Addams Family” is too scared to make her entrance, for good reason! An actress brings stage combat training to a rehearsal of “My Fair Lady”! Plus fourteen more.
Heuer Publishing
Ghost Light V: The Voice of Glenn
Between productions, a very intense actress decompresses by turning into an actual zombie. After studying with a New Age acting teacher at a pop-up store in the mall an actress learns to audition for a production of Cats by actually becoming a cat! Plus fifteen more.
Ghost Light VI:
The Real Meaning
of Theatre
A seemingly unsolvable House Management problem is solved by a Greek foreign exchange student on a catwalk. Two choreographers come to realize that the best dancers for a concert version of South Pacific might just be the school’s football team.
A novice Shakespearean actor uses magic to enact revenge on his elementary school bullies. Plus: thirteen more.
Opposites Attack
All the World's ...
Backstage
A Brief Pause
(1 M 1 F. 10 minutes)
Two lost souls meet, by chance, in the park and discover that their mutual reliance on the third person narrative, while restrictive, can also be a stepping stone to romance.
Written on a grant from The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Program for Playwrights. Premiere: Princeton University.
Kevin's Tempest
(2 M 2 F. 20 minutes)
A theatre technician for a production of The Tempest seeks revenge on his brother.
Eminent Domain
(1M 1F. Ten minutes)
Two student teachers fall in love as they prepare a gender-bending play for their elementary school students. Heuer Publishing
The End of the Line
(1 M 1 F. 10 minutes)
A newcomer falls in love with The Welcome Wagon Lady. Heuer Publishing
Gary's Metamorphosis
(2M 2F. Ten minutes)
Last night Gary read Kafka. This morning he’s a bug. Gary’s family copes.
The Great Wanderings of Odysseus, Starring Cameron Fitch
(13 E. 20 minutes)
Cameron skipped a quiz on “The Odyssey” and now must present a play based on it. It doesn’t go well.
Kiss, Then Tell
(10 M 9 F. 60 minutes.)
Lights up on nine pairs of lovers the second after their first kiss.
Concord Theatricals
The Just So Stories
(3 to 30+ Each play.)
Adaptations of five Kipling classics: How the Rhinoceros Got Its Wrinkly Skin, How the Kangaroo Got Its Jump, How the Camel Got Its Hump,
How the Whale Got Its Throat, How the Elephant Got Its Trunk.
Productions: Albany Academies, Auburn Children’s Theatre, NYS tour
Talk to Me, Gabriella
(2M 1F. Five minutes.)
A graduate student tries to justify her thesis, “Modes of Communication During the Black Plague”, but her most recent boyfriend Zoom-bombs her. Published in the Smith and Kraus anthology Laughter is the Best Medicine.
Miranda's Eyes