JAC Publishing & Promotions Library of Plays

Full Length Plays (listed alphabetically by category)
Drama/Dramedy	Comedy	Mystery/Thriller	Seasonal	Youth/Family
All Other Nights Barry Brodsky 2W/4M An American Tract Barbara White Morgan 2W/3M/2 teens (m/f); 2 young boys Anita's War George Matry Masselam 1W/2M Annie's Story Laura L. Sheperd 2M/7W Asparagus Jeanne Drennan 3M/5W Bird's Nest Soup Lucy Wang 2M/3W Blessed Event Jim Hetrick 4M/5W Cell Cycle Cristina Pippa 3M/5W Choir Practice Coni Ciongoli-Koepfinger 5M/4W Crystal Fred Rohan Vargas 3M/1W (teens) The Cultivation of Succulents Jim Hetrick 2 Men / 3 Teen Boys / 1 Teen Girl / Woman's Voiceover The Daughter of Donovan Aleks Merilo 1M/1 young girl/Ensemble Evening Star Rising Lon Rogers 5M/3W Family Thomas W. Sypek 2M/1W/1 boy & 1 girl (teens) First Kiss 2M/5 young men (teens-20s)/1W/4 young women (teens-20s) Rick Elina The Four Sisters of Bakersfield Martha Patterson 4W/3-4M High Tea With His Excellency Robert Joseph Ahola 3M/4W The Home Front J.C. Svec 2M/3W Kierkegaard's Gambit Lon Rogers 4M/2W Kitchen Recipes Steve A. Rowell 6M/5W Losing Daniel Lon E. Rogers 2M/3W McNaughtin & Son Leslie Bramm 2M/1W/1 Young Man The Measure of a Man Brian C. Petti 8+M/1W+/2 Young Boys NARCISSUS: The Last Days of Lord Byron Robert Joseph Ahola 6M/5W On the Expectation of White Christmases Brian C. Petti 2M/5W Oswald's Backyard Leslie Bramm 4M/2W Patriarch Bob Mahnken 2M/3W & 2 teens (boy & girl) Pensacola David-Matthew Barnes 2M/4W Richard III William Arnold 15M/4W/Ensemble Second Son Lon Rogers 4M/2W The Seduction of Thomas Sorrell T.F. Cahill 5M/2W Sending Postcards Gene Lesser 3M/3W Shadow Map William Allen 8M/2W Sloe Gin Fizz 2M David-Matthew Barnes The Spark of Reason Michael Halperin 8M/2W Star Bright Robert A. Eiland 4M/5W/1 Young Girl There's An Angel in Las Vegas Sean O'Connor 3M/3W/1 Teen Boy Three Shades Sandra Hosking 2M/2W NEW!! Through Enemy Eyes Lauren Ennis 6M/11W The Trials of Clarence Darrow Paul D. Hauck 1M TRANE: beyond the blues - The Life and Legacy of John W. Coltrane K. Biadaszkiewicz 3M/1W We Are the Beltanes Franklin Newman Large Ensemble Cast The Western Tale Tracy Krauss Large Ensemble Cast Who Will Sing for Lena? Janice L. Liddell 1W A Whore's Prayer R.M. Keller 1M/2W The Wright Place Judith Pratt 2M/5W The Year of the Tiger Robert Joseph Ahola 3M/3W	*NEW!!* Attack of the Space Nymphos from Uranus William Arnold Large Ensemble Cast The Back Road to Pocatello Charles Egbert 3M/2W/2 girls Bet A Million Larry Sullivan 4M/2W Bludgeon the Lime Michael Weems 2M/5W Can't Find a Dry Ball Garret Mathews 6M/1W The Color-Blind Blues William Allen 1M/2W/1 either The Crayon Jungle Lorna Nogueira 2M/7W/1 little girl Dead Wrong Roy Battocchio 5M/4W The Decline & Fall of Us All Robert Joseph Ahola 4M/3W The Diet Monologues Monica Bauer Variable Cast Dr. Max Love Robert Joseph Ahola 2M/3W The Fabulous Imbecile Michael Legge 6M/5W Finders Keepers Mary Burkin 5W/3+M/Voices Finding the Greater Fool Robert Joseph Ahola 4M/1W Freedom, Texas Michael Halperin 4M/2W/Voiceovers Going to Tibet T.F. Cahill 4M/3W Investing in Murder Jim Gordon 4M/3W The Juju Bead Heist Charles Egbert 7M/3W The Kindness of Strangers Dan Borengasser 7M/7W The Maid's Day Off Martha Patterson 3M/2W Nude Scene William Allen 3M/2W Pavlov's Cats Robert Joseph Ahola 4M/4W Philosophical Differences Robert A. Eiland 3M/7W/Ensemble Reunions Jay Hanagan 5M/4W Scorekeeper Robert Joseph Ahola 4M/3W Shake-A-Spear Michael Legge 13M/7W Super Cooper Robert A. Eiland 5M/4W Tar Tiff Hans P. Braendlin 5M/4W Thicker Than Water Roy Battocchio 5M/4W/1 Woman's Voice Time Was Michael Legge 2M/4W/2 either/4 teens (2M & 2F) TRILOGY: A Play in Two Parts Rachael Brogan 3W w/mixed ensemble Turning Out Robert D. Hensley 5W/2M What's the Difference? Gene Lesser 4W/2M Where There's a Will, There's... Ryan Williams 6M/4W Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? Tim Ryan A cast of thousands! A Year in the Life of 25 Strangers Living in a City by the Lake Matt Fotis Ensemble Cast	Cutting the Leash Steven Bergman 7M/4W The Juju Bead Heist Charles Egbert 7M/3W The Kindness of Strangers Dan Borengasser 7M/7W A Rather Puzzling Murder Jim Gordon 4M/4W Where There's a Will, There's... Ryan Williams 6M/4W	Christmas Pageants Sandra McNiff A variety of casts, all ages A Meerkat Christmas Robert Joseph Ahola 3M/4W Miracle of Faith Carla Charter Large Ensemble Cast On the Expectation of White Christmases Brian C. Petti 2M/5W	Crystal Fred Rohan Vargas 3M/1W (teens) Dorothy's Road Trip Tracy Krauss Large Ensemble Cast Mary O'Leary & the Leprechauns of Ballybun Village Tim Ryan A cast of thousands! Middle School Moments Jay DiPrima Ensemble Cast The Mystery of the House of the Seven Gables Nicholas Conti 1M/3W/3 young men/2 young men Mystery of the White Spider Kevin T. Baldwin Large ensemble cast Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? Tim Ryan A cast of thousands!
One-Act Plays (listed alphabetically by category)
Drama	Comedy	Mystery/Thriller	Seasonal	Youth/Family
10 Seconds Evin Anderson 1M/1W/2 either Beating Death George Matry Masselam 2W/Voiceovers Betta Fish Christine Emmert 1W/2 Either Big Ball Leslie Bramm 2M/1W/1 young man/1 young woman Blackmail Alexander Fraser 2M/4W NEW!! Bracelets and Boyfriends David-Matthew Barnes 2W Bystander 9/11 Meron Langsner 3+ Actors Captive Minds Lon E. Rogers 3M/3W Class Reunion Jay Hanagan 2M/1W CLEAN David-Matthew Barnes 2W Closing Time Denis Emorine 1M/1W/Possible Adds Course of Treatment Susan Lemere 2M/5W Daily Entries Barbara White Morgan 1M/1W Every Few Seconds Ben Klingemann Ensemble Cast NEW!! False Hopes David-Matthew Barnes 3W Final Notes Sandra McNiff 3M/4W Finding Lovers Lane Kevin T. Baldwin 1 boy/1 girl (teens) Offstage voices The Fortification of Miss Grace Wren Robin Rice Lichtig 1M/1W The Ghost and Josh Gibson Robert Joseph Ahola 4M/1W Holly's Plea George Matry Masselam 2W/1M Islands of Repair Leslie Bramm 1M/1W The Knitting Club Sean O'Connor 2M/1W/1 Voice Lady Gregory's Ingredients Kelly Younger 3W The Last Othello Robert Joseph Ahola 1M/2W The Lollipop Tree Eddie Dean 1M/6W/1 boy & 1 girl (5) Negatives Steve Rowell 2 Persons New England Home Grown David B. Tick Large Cast (teens+) O Rumbles of Joy Robin Rice Lichtig 2M/5 Persons Old Territory Allison Raynor 1M/1W/Ensemble (Optional) On the Trail of the Bespectacled Grouse Jannie Wolff 1M/1W The Red Room Coni Ciongoli-Koepfinger 2M/2W Renholder Place Evin Anderson Ensemble Cast Requiem Sandra McNiff 2M/2W & One Young Girl Resonator Blues John Patrick Bray 3M Separation Anxiety Jay Hanagan 2M/1W Simbiotic Patrick M. Brennan 7 Persons Sitting Duck Season Robin Rice Lichtig 1M/1W A Snowy Night in Iowa Sylvia Davenport-Veith 2M/2W Synchronicity Marie Scampini 1W Unspoken Acts Coni Ciongoli-Koepfinger 7 Persons Unsuspecting Turnips Mark Lambeck 3W/1M Waiting for the 2:45 Mark Lambeck 4W What Remains Martha Patterson 1M/3W Worth a Thousand Words Stefanie DeLeo 1 woman/1 young girl NEW!! Zeus's Women Jeffrey Neuman 6W/6 Chorus Members	ABC: A Bureaucratic Comedy William Arnold 4 Persons The Association Ken Cook 4M/1W/2 Persons/Ensemble The Beat Goes On Mark Lambeck 2W The Cantervilles on the Prairies Olivia Arieti 5M/5W Check, Please! D. Richard Tucker 2M/9W Countdown to 40 Mark Lambeck 2M/3-5W Cyrano Tony Stowers 3M/1W The E.B.F.F. Wants You Judith S. Offer 1M/2W Even Hitler Wrote a Book Michael Vukadinovich 3M/3W Forever Fog Felix Racelis 2W Forgive Me, Father Kelly Younger 2M The Ghost in Striped Pajamas Tommy Scott 5W/3M/1 boy/1 female voice over God...It's a Tough Job Robert Mattson 3M/2W Here Lies George Patrick M. Brennan 3M Hurricane Gramma Phil Olson 2M/2W/1 Loudspeaker Voice IMAGES Brian A. Cheney 2M/2W Kings and Pawns Jack J. Berry 4M/1 Either & Soldiers Luau at Acorn Acres Margie Langston 1M/4 Women Merlin and the King Olivia Arieti Ensemble Cast The Mistake (Or Love's Resources) Denis Emorine 3M/2W The Monarch's New Raiment Melanie MacQueen 4 men / 6 women / 4 Either Monster Records Scott Haan 3M/2W/4 Either No Politics Patrick M. Brennan 2M/3W/1 Voiceover Pandora's Bum Rap Melanie MacQueen 7 men / 5 women/ 5 Either / A Greek Chorus Race You to the Finish Evin Anderson Multi-Age Ensemble Cast Shades of Sylvia Nicholas Conti 1M/4W Talking to Strangers Martha Patterson 1M/1W *NEW!!* Tricky Treat Myles Nye Variable Ensemble Cast The Van Gogh Exhibit Matt Fotis Multiple Characters; Suggested 5 Actors The Widower Jay Hanagan 3M/3W	Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Creature Michael McGarty 3M/1W/5 Ensemble	A Christmas Carol JulieAnn Charest Govang Ensemble Cast Chris Carole - Meet Santa Nicholas Conti A variety of casts, all ages The Little Drummer Boy Nicholas Conti 3M/2W/1 young girl/1 young boy Little Miracle of Bethlehem Nicholas Conti A variety of casts, all ages Tricky Treat Myles Nye Variable Ensemble Cast Wenceslas Nicholas Conti Large cast possibilities	The Cantervilles on the Prairies Olivia Arieti 5M/5W A Christmas Carol JulieAnn Charest Govang Ensemble Cast Donkey in Horse Heaven Rick A. Elina 6 M/W w/possible ensemble Eliza and the Royal Swans Olivia Arieti 1 young girl/2W/1M/12 either The Emperor's Second-Hand Clothes Malvin Wald 3M/1W/1 voice A Fairy's Tale Brian Mitchell A cast of over 20; double casting possibilities Finding Lovers Lane Kevin T. Baldwin 1 boy/1 girl (teens)/Offstage voices Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Creature Michael McGarty 3M/1W/5 Ensemble Harry's Dream Tony Stowers 3M/1W Hopscotch Park Kevin T. Baldwin 1 boy/1 girl/2 offstage voices & an ice cream man Little Red in the Hood Tracy Krauss Ensemble Cast Merlin and the King Olivia Arieti Ensemble Cast The Monarch's New Raiment Melanie MacQueen 4 men / 6 women / 4 Either The Most Awesome Sleep-Over in the History of the World Jonathan Potter 8 young girls An Old, Old Tale Melanie MacQueen Large Ensemble Cast The Red Flower Michael McGarty Ensemble of Ages Requiem Sandra McNiff 2M/2W & One Young Girl Taming of a Bull-(Y) Nicholas Conti 2 Women; 1 Teenage Boy & Girl Tricky Treat Myles Nye Variable Ensemble Cast The Trunk Jon Potter 3 young women/2 young men/one voice Unbecoming Stephanie Lauren Hoffman Cochran Variable Teens/Adults
Shorts (listed alphabetically by category)
Drama	Comedy	Mystery/Thriller	Seasonal	Youth/Family
An Artful Marriage Martha Patterson 2M/2W Big Red and Little Tiger Lucy Wang 2M Bullfighting Lucy Wang 1M/1W Cat and Mouse in Partnership Joshua Rebell 1M/1W Digital Natives Barbara White Morgan 3M/2W *NEW!!* Don't Mention It David-Matthew Barnes 2W The End David Kruh 4M/1W The Flounder Padraic Duffy 6 Actors Girl Before a Mirror Martha Patterson 1M/2W Grieving Process Steven Bergman 2M/1W Inside Out Evin Anderson 1W/1 teen boy/1 young girl It's Not on the Test Carla Charter 2M/1W/3 teen boys/3 teen girls Jingling Through the Holidays Mary Burkin 1W/Several Voice-overs Leap Year Roy Battocchio 2M Letters to an Ex Martha Patterson 1W The Memory Book Jack Dyville 2M The Miller's Daughter Chantal Bilodeau 4M/3W Minstrel Boy Christine Emmert 2W The Morning Bird Sings Craig Spaner 2M or W/1 Female Voice Reserved Kellie Powell 3M/2W Semper Fidelis James Rosenfield 3M/2W NEW!! Silent Night Jeffrey Neuman 1W Something Old/Something New Roy Battocchio 1M/1W The Star of Money Scott Sanford Tobis A small ensemble cast Talk Aoise Stratford 1M/1W The Taste of Medicine David B. Tick 2W/1M/Ensemble The Test Jonathan Potter 1 young man/1 young woman Tour of Duty Gene Lesser 7M/1W What Are Friends For? Roy Battocchio 2M What Man? Jason Matthews 1 young man/1 woman	Acadiana Sludge Rick Mitchell 2M/1W Act Accordingly Shannon Murdoch 1M/1W/1 Either Arnold Nawrocki is Dead David Kruh 2M BITS Patrick M. Brennan 1M/1W Break Even Cynthia Glucksman 1M/1W Breakfast for Dinner Isaac Rathbone 5M/1W The Camel's Back Susan C. Hunter 1M/1W Cinderella's Bawl Lucy Wang 2M/3W Cold Feet Philana Gnatowski 2W Concerto for Organ in B-Sharp Lucy Wang 3M/2W Cookin’ With Gas Martha Patterson 1M/1W Crass Reunion Roy Battocchio 3M Death and Motor Vehicles Isaac Rathbone 1M/1 either dog_eat_dog.com Patrick M. Brennan 3M Endurance Sylvia Davenport-Veith 1M/1W The Famished Lucy Wang 1M/1W Food for Thought Martha Patterson 1M/1W Front Row Cynthia Glucksman 1M/1W Going Gently Roy Battocchio 1M/1W/1 Grim Reaper Going Green Martha Patterson 1M/1W Goodie Bags Roy Battocchio 2M/1W The Guests at Table 11 Isaac Rathbone 2M/2W/2 Either Guilty David Kruh 2M/2W The Guy Chair Steven Bergman 5M Horrormones Chris Hare 1M/1W Inside the Dressing Room Sylvia Davenport-Veith 2W JINX Jim Arnold 4M/2W Joyeaux Anniversaire Martha Patterson 1M/2W Kiss Me Nate Jim Doyle 3M Late Reunion Aaron Leventman 1M/1W Lemonade With a Twist Roy Battocchio 1M/1W Lettuce Spray Jim Doyle 1M/1W Love Me or Leash Me Jim Doyle 3M/1W Making Ends Meet Jim Gordon 3M/2W A Match Made in Heaven Martha Patterson 1M/2W Medea-Life-Crisis Jim Doyle 5M/2W+ (and a Greek Chorus!) Ochlophobia Sylvia Davenport-Veith 2W/1 either/1 dog The Old Ways Jerry Bisantz 5M One Afternoon in Smithfield Stephen Bergman 2M/1W NEW!! Original Relocation Jack J. Berry 1M/1W Patrick & Gwen Philana Gnatowski 1M/1W Population Growth Aoise Stratford 2M/2W Quick'n Ready Gene Lesser 2M Resolution #9 Vanessa David 2M/1W/2 Young Girls Revenge of the Zombie Bridesmaids Sylvia Davenport Veith 2W/1 Either Scenes from a Chinese Restaurant Lucy Wang 2M/1W or 1M/1W SCRAPS Chris Hare 1M/1W The Sensuous Gourmet & the Sichuan Peppercorn Lucy Wang 1M/1W NEW!! Something Old/Something New Roy Battocchio 1M/1W Speed Dating 101 Jeffrey Davis 1M/1W/1 man or woman To the Sticking Point Christopher "Kit" Webb 1M/2W *Trayf* Lucy Wang 2M/1W Uncoupled Chip Keyes 2M Under Par William Allen 1M/1W The War of Virginia and Alabama Dawson Moore 1M/2W		A Christmas Kiss Martha Patterson 1M/1W Jingling Through the Holidays Mary Burkin 1W/Several Voice-overs The Day Rudolph Ran Away to Pittsburgh Coni Ciongoli-Koepfinger Large Ensemble Cast Rudolph’s Big Secret Coni Ciongoli-Koepfinger Large Ensemble Cast X-Mas Marks the Spot Isaac Rathbone 1M/2W	Digital Natives Barbara White Morgan 3M/2W In A Garden Martha Patterson 1 boy / 2 girls *NEW!!* It's Not on the Test Carla Charter 2M/1W/3 teen boys/3 teen girls LOCK DOWN Steven Bergman 2M/2W The Miller's Daughter Chantal Bilodeau 4M/3W The Test Jonathan Potter 1 young man/1 young woman

Ahola, Robert Joseph Allen, William Anderson, Evin Arieti, Olivia Arnold, William Baldwin, Kevin T. Barnes, David-Matthew Battocchio, Roy Bauer, Monica Bergman, Steven Berry, Jack J. Biadaszkiewicz, K. Bilodeau, Chantal Bisantz, Jerry Borengasser, Dan Braendlin, H.P. Bramm, Leslie Bray, John Patrick Brennan, Patrick M. Brogan, Rachael Burkin, Mary Cahill, T.F. Chapman, Con Charest Govang, JulieAnn Charter, Carla Cheney, Brian A. Ciongoli-Koepfinger, Coni Conti, Nicholas Cook, Ken Dacey, J.F. Davenport-Veith, Sylvia David, Vanessa Davis, Jeffrey Dean, Eddie	DeLeo, Stefanie NEW!! DiPrima, Jay Doyle, Jim Drennan, Jeanne Duffy, Padraic Dyville, Jack Egbert, Charles Eiland, Robert Elina, Rick Emorine, Denis NEW!! Ennis, Lauren Fotis, Matt Fraser, Alexander Glucksman, Cynthia Gnatowski, Philana Gordon, Jim Greene, Julie Haan, Scott Halperin, Michael Hanagan, Jay Hare, Chris Hauck, Paul D. Hensley, Robert D. Hetrick, Jim Hoffman Cochran, Lauren Hosking, Sandra Hunter, Susan C. Keyes, Chip Klingemann, Ben Krauss, Tracy Kruh, David Lambeck, Mark Langsner, Meron Langston, Margie	Legge, Michael Lemere, Susan Lesser, Gene Leventman, Aaron Liddell, Janice L. MacQueen, Melanie Mahnken, Bob Margolis, Ellen Masselam, George Matry Mathews, Garret Matthews, Jason Mattson, Robert McGarty, Michael McIntyre, Maureen McNiff, Sandra Merilo, Aleks Mitchell, Brian Moore, Dawson Murdoch, Shannon Neuman, Jeffrey Newman, Franklin Nogueira, Lorna Nye, Myles O'Connor, Sean Offer, Judith S. Olson, Phil Patterson, Martha Petti, Brian Pippa, Cristina Potter, Jon Powell, Kellie Pratt, Judith Racelis, Felix	Rathbone, Isaac Raynor, Allison Joshua Rebell Rice Lichtig, Robin Riosley, Lane Rogers, Lon E. Rohan Vargas, Fred Rosenfield, Jim Rowell, Steve Ryan, Tim Sandler, Terry M. Scampini, Marie Scott, Tommy F. Sheperd, Laura L. Spaner, Craig Stowers, Tony Stratford, Aoise Sullivan, Larry Svec, J.C. Sypek, Thomas W. Tick, David B. Tobis, Scott Sanford Tucker, D. Richard Vukadinovich, Michael Wald, Malvin Wang, Lucy Webb, Christopher Weems, Michael White Morgan, Barbara Williams, Ryan Wolff, Jannie Younger, Kelly Zaman, Nancy


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