How would that be fair if people could jump in and out of line as they pleased? What if someone else came? And they were willing to wait while you were off tra-la-la -ing about? How is that fair? What if your turn came up and you weren’t here? What should we do? Let everything grind to halt while we wait for you for who knows how long? Should we move to the next person only to have you show up? It would be chaos. Utter pandemonium!

“There she goes manipulating me again. Maybe I don’t want to be charting new territories. Maybe I just want to get through the day. Maybe that’s enough for me.”

What kind of treasure would you hope for, if someone left you a map where “X” marks the spot?

Best friends Junie and Dot have left their husbands and children behind and embarked on an adventure, following a map left to Junie by her free-spirited mother Doris, who passed away one year ago. Reluctantly dutiful, Junie struggles with her unresolved frustration at Doris’ perpetual attempts (even reaching beyond the grave) to mold her staid and steady daughter into something more like the effervescent Dot. Upon stumbling on their destination, the women encounter something unexpected…Doris’ dragon, who has a task for Junie, as well as a final message from her mother.

Average Run Time: 15-20 minutes
Casting Breakdown:
JUNIE, a woman in her 40s, straight-laced. A quiet fighter.
DOT, a woman in her 40s, effervescent. The best side kick ever.

Genre:  Magical Realism, Drama
Set Requirements: none

Production History:
2023,  New Works Festival, Morgan-Wixon Theatre, Santa Monica, California
2020, Acting Out INK fest, 2cents Theatre, Hollywood, California (Canceled due to COVID)

Here Be Dragons is available to read by request (use form below) or at the New Play Exchange.

“But I can’t put my life on hold anymore. I’m 30 years old. At some point soon, I’ll get tied down, but now, right now, I’ve got to take my shot.”

At Sunday family dinner, Jeannie reveals to her younger sister her struggles with finding employment with all the restraints marriage and new motherhood impose. Annie is frustrated that her big sister wasn’t able to be there for her through a recent difficult break up. Annie finally reveals that she has decided to follow her life-long dream and has taken a job in Paris, even though it will take her away from her family.

Average Run Time: 15 minutes
Casting Breakdown:
ANNIE, Female, 30s, a photographer. Adventurous.
JEANNIE, Female, 30s, ANNIE’s older sister. A Professor of Political Science and a mother. Exhausted.

Genre: Drama
Set Requirements: Dining table

Production History:
2017, (Radio Format, under title “Macaroni au Fromage”)  Pequod Productions for Triangle Reading Service, North Carolina

Comfort Food is available to read by request (use form below) or at the New Play Exchange.

“You drown long enough, maybe you grow… gills, a fish tail. Learn to swim.”

When Sasha “falls” off a boat, she encounters the feral mermaid Nara, who can’t decide whether to eat the sad intruder or let her drown.

Average Run Time: 10 minutes
Casting Breakdown:
Sasha, a woman in her 30s
Nara, a feral mermaid. Ageless.

Genre: Magical Realism, drama, Dark humor
Set Requirements:  imagination.

Production History:
Unproduced.

Under the Sea is available to read by request (use form below) or at the New Play Exchange.