Plays
The Opposite of Love
Performed in Chicago at The Sixth Festival, 2021.
One male, one female, 10 min.
Jewel, a magician’s assistant, runs away from the circus and meets an ice cream truck driver who is running from the law. The Opposite of Love is a short developed from Susan Melinda’s full length, Pitiful Beautiful Pittance.
Pitiful, Beautiful Pittance
Performed in Helena, Montana, at the Last Chance New Play Fest, 2019.
One male, two females, 60 min.
Jewel, a magician’s assistant, runs away from the circus and accidentally winds up at the viewing stand for the Berkeley Pit, the largest mine waste water in the U.S. Overlooking the green water, she meets Todd, who is running from the law. They start to fall in love, but Siri and dead Snow Geese intervene.
The Dog Ghost
Performed by No Joke Theater, Lancaster State Prison, Lancaster, CA, 2018.
Performed as a staged reading at Montana Repertory Theater, Missoula, MT, 2018.
Four individuals of any gender, 60 min.
Two dogs have left King Hamlet’s royal castle to camp out in the woods when another dog shows up to inform them that both King Hamlet, and King Hamlet’s favorite dog, Spot, are dead. But while the three dogs mourn the loss, a dog ghost appears in the woods to tell them who really killed the King.
The Rescue
Performed as a staged reading at the William Inge Festival, Independence, KS, 2016.
Three males, one female, 10 min.
Two male jet fighter pilots argue over who should rescue Franz Kafka from his existential dread until a female jet fighter pilot puts all of them in their place.
The Murder Weapon
Performed as a staged reading at Montana Repertory Theatre, Missoula, MT, 2016.
Three males, one female, 10 min.
Tammy rents apartments in an expensive high-rise building but while showing an apartment to a rich client, a murderer returns to retrieve his gun.
Night Flyer
Performed by Project In Motion at the Gin, Las Cruces, NM, 2012.
Performed at Dixon Place, New York, NY, 2009.
Two aerialists, male and female, two voices, male and female, 10 min.
A young woman meditates on what it means to be alone on a rainy night until a ghost arrives to haunt her dreams.
