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Full Length Plays (listed alphabetically by category)
Drama/Dramedy Comedy Mystery/Thriller Seasonal Youth/Educational
...smile, and smile, and be a villain
Thomas Kelly
2M/2W

2 young male voice-overs

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

Bird's Nest Soup
Lucy Wang
2M/3W

Blessed Event
Jim Hetrick
4M/5W

The Butterfly Within
Thomas Kelly
3M/1W/2 female teens/1 male teen/2 boys

Cell Cycle
Cristina Pippa
5W/3M

Crystal
Fred Rohan Vargas
3M/1W (teens)

The Daughter of Donovan
Aleks Merilo
1M/1 young girl/Ensemble

Eighty-Two
Evan Guilford-Blake
4M/1W/Voiceovers/1 Parakeet

Extreme Unction
Thomas M. Kelly
1M/1W/4 men and/or women

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

High Tea With His Excellency
Robert Joseph Ahola
3M/4W

The Home Front
J.C. Svec
2M/3W

Kitchen Recipes
Steve A. Rowell
6M/5W

Leavin' for Heaven
Evan Guilford-Blake
4M/1W/Voiceovers/1 Parakeet

Losing Daniel
Lon E. Rogers
2M/3W

The Measure of a Man
Brian C. Petti
8+M/1W+/2 Young Boys

Oswald's Backyard
Leslie Bramm
4M/2W

Patriarch
Bob Mahnken
2M/3W & 2 teens (boy & girl)

Pensacola
David-Matthew Barnes
2M/4W

Second Son
Lon Rogers
4M/2W

The Seduction of Thomas Sorrell
T.F. Cahill
5M/2W

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

The Timekeeper
Thomas M. Kelly
3M/1W

Three Shades
Sandra Hosking
2M/2W

The Trials of Clarence Darrow
Paul D. Hauck
1M

We Are the Beltanes
Franklin Newman
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

ZEN and the Art of Making Par
Thomas M. Kelly
3M

Asparagus
Jeanne Drennan
2M/6W

Ba-Bang!
Thomas Kelly
Min. 12 Actors

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

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

Freedom, Texas
Michael Halperin
4M/2W/Voiceovers

Going to Tibet
T.F. Cahill
4M/3W

The Juju Bead Heist
Charles Egbert
7M/3W

NEW!! The Maid's Day Off
Martha Patterson
3M/2W

Mixville
Thomas M. Kelly
2M/1W/1 Teenage Boy

Night of the Bully
Jack Neary
6M/4W/1 young man/1 young woman

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

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
Rbert 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
Crystal
Fred Rohan Vargas
3M/1W (teens)

Mary O'Leary & the Leprechauns of Ballybun Village
Tim Ryan
A cast of thousands!

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/Educational/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

Bracelets and Boyfriends
David-Matthew Barnes
2W

Bystander 9/11
Meron Langsner
3 Actors

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

Don't Mention It
David-Matthew Barnes
2W

False Hopes
David-Matthew Barnes
3W

FANA!
Thomas M. Kelly
8M/4W

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

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

On the Trail of the Bespectacled Grouse
Jannie Wolff
1M/1W

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

NEW!! Worth a Thousand Words
Stefanie DeLeo
1 woman/1 young girl

ABC: A Bureaucratic Comedy
William Arnold
4 Persons

The Association
Ken Cook
4M/1W/2 Persons/Ensemble


The Beat Goes On
Mark Lambeck
2W

Check, Please!
Dave 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

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

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
NEW!! 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


Stop Snoring, Jay!  I'm Dreaming of Christmas!
Thomas M. Kelly
6M/3W (adaptable)

Wake Up, Jay!  It's Christmas!
Thomas M. Kelly
3M/2W

Wenceslas
Nicholas Conti
Large cast possibilities
NEW!! 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

The Monarch's New Raiment
Melanie MacQueen
4 men / 6 women / 4 Either

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

Stop Snoring, Jay!  I'm Dreaming of Christmas!
Thomas M. Kelly
6M/3W (adaptable)

Taming of a Bull-(Y)
Nicholas Conti
2 Women; 1 Teenage Boy & Girl

This is Not Our Backyard, Charlie!
Thomas M. Kelly
10-15 Ensemble Cast

The Trunk
Jon Potter
3 young women/2 young men/one voice

Unbecoming Stephanie
Lauren Hoffman Cochran
Variable Teens/Adults

Wake Up, Jay!  It's Christmas!
Thomas M. Kelly
3M/2W

You're in Trouble Now, Charlie!
Thomas M. Kelly
4 Actors


Shorts (listed alphabetically by category)
Drama Comedy Mystery/Thriller Seasonal Youth/Educational

Big Red and Little Tiger
Lucy Wang
2M

Digital Natives
Barbara White Morgan
3M/2W

The End
David Kruh
4M/1W

Grieving Process
Steven Bergman
2M/1W

Inside Out
Evin Anderson
1W/1 teen boy/1 young girl

Jingling Through the Holidays
Mary Burkin
1W/Several Voice-overs

Minstrel Boy
Christine Emmert
2W

Reserved
Kellie Powell
3M/2W

Semper Fidelis
James Rosenfield
3M/
2W

Silent Night
Jeffrey Neuman
1W

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 Man?
Jason Matthews
1 young man/1 woman

Zeus's Women
Jeffrey Neuman
7W/Chorus

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

Cold Feet
Philana Gnatowski
2W

Concerto for Organ in B-Sharp
Lucy Wang
3M/2W

Death and Motor Vehicles
Isaac Rathbone
1M/1 either

dog_eat_dog.com
Patrick M. Brennan
3M

The Famished
Lucy Wang
1M/1W

Front Row
Cynthia Glucksman
1M/1W

NEW!! 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

Kiss Me Nate
Jim Doyle
3M

Late Reunion
Aaron Leventman
1M/1W

Lettuce Spray
Jim Doyle
1M/1W

Love Me or Leash Me
Jim Doyle
3M/1W

Making Ends Meet
Jim Gordon
3M/2W

Medea-Life-Crisis
Jim Doyle
5M/2W+ (and a Greek Chorus!)

NEW!! Ochlophobia
Sylvia Davenport-Veith
2W/1 either/1 dog

The Old Ways
Jerry Bisantz
5M

One Afternoon in Smithfield
Stephen Bergman
2M/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

NEW!! 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

Speed Dating 101
Jeffrey Davis
1M/1W/1 man or woman

Uncoupled
Chip Keyes
2M

Under Par
William Allen
1M/1W

  Jingling Through the Holidays
Mary Burkin
1W/Several Voice-overs

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

LOCK DOWN
Steven Bergman
2M/2W

The Test
Jonathan Potter
1 young man/1 young woman
Collections
NEW!! 5 Plays for High School Students by Jonathan Potter
Anatomically Correct: Nine Short Plays by J.F. Dacey
Going Somewhere? by Julie Greene
A Guy Walks Into a Bar by Con Chapman
A Quintessential Evening by Felix Racelis
The Art of Bullfighting by Lucy Wang
Bus Stories: A Trilogy of Independent One-Acts by Mark Lambeck
Don't Mention It: A Trilogy of Plays by David-Matthew Barnes
The Hockey Plays: A Hat Trick of Shorts About Hockey & Life by Con Chapman
Inside Out by Evin Anderson
The (Mis)Adventures of Charlie & Jay by Thomas M. Kelly
Modern Goddesses by Jeffrey Neuman
The Mommy & Me Fishing Trip & Other Plays by Terry M. Sandler
The Real Stories of the Brothers Grimm compiled by George Larkin
Relationships: Eight Short Plays by Gene Lesser
Scenes from a Chinese Restaurant: Three Short Plays by Lucy Wang
To the Nines: Nine Plays by Nancy Zaman

West of Boston by Con Chapman
Books
interJACtions: Monologes at the Heart of Human Nature, Edited by JulieAnn Charest Govang
The Youth Theatre Director's Handbook by Maureen McIntyre & Lane Riosley
Singular Voices: Monologues from the International Centre for Women Playwrights, Edited by Ellen Margolis
Images of America: Greater Boston Community Theatre by Judson Lee Pierce (Courtesy of EMACT)
Playwright/Author Directory (Alphabetical Listing)
Ahola, Robert Joseph
Allen, William
Anderson, Evin
Arnold, William
Baldwin, Kevin T.
Barnes, David-Matthew
Bauer, Monica
Bergman, Steven
Bisantz, Jerry
Borengasser, Dan
Braendlin, H.P.
Bramm, Leslie
Bray, John Patrick
Brennan, Patrick M.
Brogan, Rachael
Burkin, Mary
Cahill, T.F.
Chapman, Con

NEW!! 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
Doyle, Jim
Drennan, Jeanne
Egbert, Charles

Eiland, Robert
Elina, Rick
Emorine, Denis
Fotis, Matt
Fraser, Alexander
Glucksman, Cynthia
Gnatowski, Philana
Gordon, Jim
Greene, Julie
Guilford-Blake, Evan
Haan, Scott
Halperin, Michael
Hanagan, Jay
Hare, Chris
Hauck, Paul D.
Hensley, Robert D.

Hetrick, Jim
Hoffman Cochran, Lauren
Hosking, Sandra
Kelly, Thomas M.

Keyes, Chip
Kruh, David
Lambeck, Mark
Langsner, Meron
Legge, Michael
Lemere, Susan

Lesser, Gene
Leventman, Aaron
Liddell, Janice L.
MacQueen, Melanie
Mahnken, Bob

Margolis, Ellen
Masselam, George Matry
Mathews, Garret
NEW!! Matthews, Jason
Mattson, Robert
McGarty, Michael
McIntyre, Maureen
McNiff, Sandra
Merilo, Aleks

Mitchell, Brian
Murdoch, Shannon
Neary, Jack
Neuman, Jeffrey
Newman, Franklin
Nogueira, Lorna Olson, Phil

Patterson, Martha
Petti, Brian
Pippa, Cristina
Potter, Jon
Powell, Kellie
Pratt, Judith
Racelis, Felix
Rathbone, Isaac
Rice Lichtig, Robin
Riosley, Lane
Rogers, Lon E.
Rohan Vargas, Fred
Rowell, Steve
Ryan, Tim
Sandler, Terry M.
Scampini, Marie

Scott, Tommy F.
Sheperd, Laura L.
Stowers, Tony
Stratford, Aoise
Sullivan, Larry
Svec, J.C.
Sypek, Thomas W.
Tick, David B.
Tucker, Dave
Vukadinovich, Michael

Wald, Malvin
Wang, Lucy

Weems, Michael
White Morgan, Barbara

Williams, Ryan
Wolff, Jannie
Younger, Kelly
Zaman, Nancy
 

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