One Act Plays
LIBERTINES OF SIN
A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Genre: Online Comedy
Cast Breakdown: 1f, 4 flexible
Run Time: ~30 minutes
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Synopsis: The Libertines of Sin - a troupe of Ephesus' most inept criminals - meet for their inaugural meeting to discuss evildoing, but the ringleader's detailed agenda keeps getting sidetracked as their companions try to unfurl the happenings of Williams Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors
THE LOST TREASURE OF PALLOSTAR
Genre: Tragicomedy
Cast Breakdown: 2m, 2 f
Run Time: ~50 minutes
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Synopsis: In this absurd spin on the treasure hunting genre, Feodor and Harmonia are two former ne'er-do-wells who have been revitalized on their quest to join the archeologist Melampus on his search for lost treasure. That is, until time loses all meaning and Feodor begins doubting whether there's ever been treasure in the first place.
THE GOOSEGIRL
Genre: Children's/Comedy
Cast Breakdown: 2m, 2 f, 1 flexible
Run Time: ~50 minutes
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Synopsis: While on her way to Karthland for an arranged marriage to Prince Wilhelm, spoiled Princess Galiena brags about how beloved she is by everyone she meets, a claim that her servant, Hilde, is quick to discredit. To prove her point, Galiena challenges Hilde to change personas in order to prove that Prince Wilhelm would choose to marry her even if she weren't a princess. But once she's appointed as the Royal Goosegirl, little does she expect the obstacles and lessons that await.
BACHELOR
NUMBER ONE
Genre: Dark Comedy
Cast Breakdown: 2m, 3f
Run Time: ~50 minutes
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Synopsis: Accepted on the dating gameshow Two First Dates, Jessica hopes that she can finally meet a nice, normal guy and settle down. Unbeknownst to her, one of the eligible bachelors is a psychopathic murderer, a self-proclaimed "lady killer." Following the lives (and deaths) of the contestants on and off camera, Two First Dates hostess, "delightfully delightful" Cheyenne Rivers, must navigate her way through Two First Dates' most bloodsoaked episode ever.
FISHING TALK
Genre: Dark Comedy
Cast Breakdown: 2m
Run Time: ~20 minutes
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Synopsis: Rundown by his humdrum life, the only part of his routine that Barney looks forward to is his weekly fishing session with his unearthly friend, Yaqum. When Barney begins prying too far into Yaqum's secrets, he starts to understand what it would mean to become like Yaqum... and the ultimate sacrifice it would require.
THE
WEIRD ONES
Genre: Comedy
Cast Breakdown: 1m, 3f
Run Time: 70 minutes
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Synopsis: Carla and Rachel Jordan-Proctor are your typical married couple... except for the fact that Carla happens to be a witch which is not by-the-book Rachel's favorite attribute about her wife. Their relationship is further strained when faerie playboy, Dragan, and his latest wife, Tamara, decide to unexpectedly visit. While initially wary of Dragan's Machiavellian views towards marriage, Carla concedes point after point and reevaluates her own relationship with Rachel.
THE EPIC
Genre: Comedy
Cast Breakdown: 2m
Run Time: 20 minutes
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Synopsis: When the blind poet Homer struggles with writer's block on how to end The Odyssey, he pays a visit to his friend, the swineherd Eumaeus. In a world which blurs fiction and reality, all Eumaes wants is for his master, Odysseus, to return home; but in order for Homer to have the perfect homecoming, he needs the perfect ending for his epic.
CONVERSATIONS
ON A GRAVE
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Cast Breakdown: 1m, 1f
Run Time: 20 minutes
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Synopsis: The first in a Percy Bysshe Shelley duology. While both are stand-alone plays, together they explore the consequences and harmful ramifications of Shelley's Romantic idealism. In "Conversations on a Grave," Percy and Mary, author of Frankenstein, test the limits of their newfound relationship while enjoying themselves atop the grave of Mary's mother.
PROMETHEAN
ISLE
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Cast Breakdown: 2m, 1f
Run Time: 20 minutes
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Synopsis: The second in a Percy Bysshe Shelley duology. While both are stand-alone plays, together they explore the consequences and harmful ramifications of Shelley's Romantic idealism. After his apparent death at sea, Percy washes ashore on the island which houses the prisons of the mythological figure, Prometheus. As a subject of Percy's poetry and an icon of Romanticism, Prometheus forces Percy to confront the destruction his idealism caused, most notably, the suicide of his pregnant wife.
BROKEN
Genre: Musical
Cast Breakdown: 3m, 4f, and Ensemble
Run Time: 60 minutes
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Synopsis: The town of Evanston is haunted by an unnamed spirit, but reporter Brett is oblivious to the danger the town poses and chooses only to see the potential of a story to jump-start his career. Though warned by the town elder, Wilma, who shares an uncanny connection with the spirit, Brett pursues the story, placing the entire town in peril.