Stop Requested
( 15 minute, drama/comedy). 1M, 1F
Lewis and Christine meet on a city bus, each focused on their own destination - Lewis is headed for the dentist, while Christine is going shopping downtown. When Vietnam vet Lewis insists that he knows Christine, however, their individual journeys merge for a brief time as they develop an unlikely friendship for the duration of a bus ride. Production History: Playwrights' Platform Summer Festival, 2008 *Audience Choice and Playwright's Choice *Best Actress Nominee - Jennifer Fogarty *BEST PLAY, BEST ACTOR - Vincent Siders *BEST DIRECTOR - Gail Phaneuf South Camden Theatre Company, 2009 HEUER PUBLISHING - for Licensing |
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(10 minute, comedy) 1 M, 1 F
Production History
The 13th Boston Theatre Marathon, 2013
ACME New Works Winter Festival, 2013
Fem Noire Festival, Image Theatre 2012
Plot summary: Honey and Matt have been married for many years. This
morning, Honey forgets why she has come into the kitchen and tries to encourage
her husband to help her jog her memory. He is reluctant to do so. In the midst of trying to recall why she came in the room, she finds out that she has also forgotten that the two had a serious “discussion” the previous night. Honey wants Matt to remind her what thediscussion was about and he resists. Does she really want to know? Offered by Brooklyn Publishers
If a Ball Could Dream
(10 minute, comedy/drama) 2 F
Production History:
The Women's Theatre Project, Girl Play 2011, FL
Louisiana State University, Outworks Festival, LA 2011
Turtle Lane Young Actors in Winter Festival, MA 2010
NativeAliens Theatre Collective Short Stories, NYC 2010
Tennessee Williams Festival, Provincetown, MA 2008
Gail Phaneuf's short play "IF A BALL COULD DREAM" has been chosen to be a part of the Sixth Annual Outworks Festival at Louisiana State University in March 2011. Playwrights from around the country submitted their work to the festival, which features new plays about “gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer themes.” Phaneuf's play deals with a ten year old girl who is questioning her gender and decides to discuss it candidly with one of her close friends. The short play is a glimpse into how quickly the honesty, openness and innocence of youth can turn shameful and cause people who feel "different" to close down and retreat into a closeted and fearful place.
Production History:
The Women's Theatre Project, Girl Play 2011, FL
Louisiana State University, Outworks Festival, LA 2011
Turtle Lane Young Actors in Winter Festival, MA 2010
NativeAliens Theatre Collective Short Stories, NYC 2010
Tennessee Williams Festival, Provincetown, MA 2008
Gail Phaneuf's short play "IF A BALL COULD DREAM" has been chosen to be a part of the Sixth Annual Outworks Festival at Louisiana State University in March 2011. Playwrights from around the country submitted their work to the festival, which features new plays about “gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer themes.” Phaneuf's play deals with a ten year old girl who is questioning her gender and decides to discuss it candidly with one of her close friends. The short play is a glimpse into how quickly the honesty, openness and innocence of youth can turn shameful and cause people who feel "different" to close down and retreat into a closeted and fearful place.
Random Selection
(10 minute, comedy/drama) 2 M, 1 W
A man is detained for a random search at the airport and is subsequently sent to war for his "country". A chilling and absurd journey from wand to wand.
Production History:
The Boston Theater Marathon,Boston, 2004
Provincetown Theatre Co., staged reading, MA,2004
Hovey Shorts , Play Festival, Newton, MA, 2004
Curry College , "War Games" production, 2006
The Best of Boston’s Ten Minute Plays (Volume One), Toneeluitgeverij VINK B.V., 2005
*Best New Plays Boston
Pictured here Jerry Bisantz and Patti Hathaway
A man is detained for a random search at the airport and is subsequently sent to war for his "country". A chilling and absurd journey from wand to wand.
Production History:
The Boston Theater Marathon,Boston, 2004
Provincetown Theatre Co., staged reading, MA,2004
Hovey Shorts , Play Festival, Newton, MA, 2004
Curry College , "War Games" production, 2006
The Best of Boston’s Ten Minute Plays (Volume One), Toneeluitgeverij VINK B.V., 2005
*Best New Plays Boston
Pictured here Jerry Bisantz and Patti Hathaway
Urban Gardens
(20 minute, comedy/drama) 3 F
Brooke has decided to plant some colorful flowers in front of the run-down city brownstone next door. An innocent enough act on the face of it, however, she is confronted by Doris, a resident of the city subsidized property. Doris challenges Brooke’s motivations to “beautify” the neighborhood and they match wills in a heated exchange over gentrification in the city.
Production History:
Playwrights' Platform Summer Festival, Boston, 2004
South Camden Theatre Company, "Facing Ourselves"
production, South Camden, NJ, 2007
Curry College - Class Acts, 2007
Brooke has decided to plant some colorful flowers in front of the run-down city brownstone next door. An innocent enough act on the face of it, however, she is confronted by Doris, a resident of the city subsidized property. Doris challenges Brooke’s motivations to “beautify” the neighborhood and they match wills in a heated exchange over gentrification in the city.
Production History:
Playwrights' Platform Summer Festival, Boston, 2004
South Camden Theatre Company, "Facing Ourselves"
production, South Camden, NJ, 2007
Curry College - Class Acts, 2007
Games and Puzzles
Off(10 minute, comedy/drama) 1 M, 1 F
SYNOPSIS: Ted and Kelly are in the midst of a painful separation. Ted has returned, at Kelly’s request, to help clean out the basement and take his “stuff”. A puzzle with two missing pieces becomes a metaphor for their life together as they struggle to understand their love and their marriage.
Production History:
FVCC Theatre 10 Minute Play Festival, Kalispell, MT. 2016
The Femnoire Festival, Image Theater, Lowell, MA, 2011
The Boston Theatre Marathon X, Boston, MA, 2008
Curry College, Class Acts 2007
Filmed by Newton Cable Television, 2008
Offered by Brooklyn Publishers
Pictured here is B.D. Mason of television fame!
SYNOPSIS: Ted and Kelly are in the midst of a painful separation. Ted has returned, at Kelly’s request, to help clean out the basement and take his “stuff”. A puzzle with two missing pieces becomes a metaphor for their life together as they struggle to understand their love and their marriage.
Production History:
FVCC Theatre 10 Minute Play Festival, Kalispell, MT. 2016
The Femnoire Festival, Image Theater, Lowell, MA, 2011
The Boston Theatre Marathon X, Boston, MA, 2008
Curry College, Class Acts 2007
Filmed by Newton Cable Television, 2008
Offered by Brooklyn Publishers
Pictured here is B.D. Mason of television fame!
Fruits and Nuts
A counter top social comedy. (15 minute, comedy) 2 M
SYNOPSIS: This counter top social comedy features a heated exchange between a sensitive banana and a crusty walnut who are desperate for someone to "make something" of their lives. This play explores the prejudice that fruits and nuts encounter.
Production History:
Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA
Curry College, Class Acts
Filmed by Newton Cable Television
Offered by Brooklyn Publishers
SYNOPSIS: This counter top social comedy features a heated exchange between a sensitive banana and a crusty walnut who are desperate for someone to "make something" of their lives. This play explores the prejudice that fruits and nuts encounter.
Production History:
Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA
Curry College, Class Acts
Filmed by Newton Cable Television
Offered by Brooklyn Publishers
Matching Strangers (previously titled A Perfect Match)
(10 minute, comedy) 1W, 1M (*Previously named A Perfect Match)
SYNOPSIS: Zac comes home to find that his wife just received a message that Zac is having an operation the next morning that she was unaware of. Zac tries to avoid telling his wife what the operation is and why he needs/wants it. When he finally tells her the truth, Geri cannot believe what she has heard. This crisis challenges the concept of a perfect match.
Production History:
ACME Winter New Works Festival, Maynard, MA 2008
Curry College, Class Acts, 2007
offered by Brooklyn Publishers
SYNOPSIS: Zac comes home to find that his wife just received a message that Zac is having an operation the next morning that she was unaware of. Zac tries to avoid telling his wife what the operation is and why he needs/wants it. When he finally tells her the truth, Geri cannot believe what she has heard. This crisis challenges the concept of a perfect match.
Production History:
ACME Winter New Works Festival, Maynard, MA 2008
Curry College, Class Acts, 2007
offered by Brooklyn Publishers
NOT FUNNY
(10 minute, comedy) 1 W, 1 gender neutral
Synopsis: A hospital clown is confronted by a woman on a late night subway ride. Why are we really afraid of clowns?
Production History
St. Paul's Episcopal Church New Albany, IN 47150
I've Gotta Go
(10 minute, comedy)
Production History:
Curry College, Class Acts 2007
Production History:
Curry College, Class Acts 2007
The Trouble with Pistils
(10 minute, comedy)
Production History:
Playwrights' Platform Summer Festival, MA, 2005
Curry College - Class Acts, 2007
Production History:
Playwrights' Platform Summer Festival, MA, 2005
Curry College - Class Acts, 2007
Clean Up On Aisle 6
(10 minute, comedy)
Production History:
Curry College, Class Acts 2007
Production History:
Curry College, Class Acts 2007
New Tricks
(20 minute, comedy)
Production History:
Wessley College, New Works Reading Series 2007
Production History:
Wessley College, New Works Reading Series 2007