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Mama Bear
How far would a mother go to save her child?
Debra, who is in prison for an unthinkable act, must come to terms with her crime, her punishment, and her guilt.
Cast Size: 9 | Genre: Drama | Run Time: 2 hours
Tupperware
He’ll end up with either a new wife or an impressive collection of Tupperware
Ernest Henry, recent widower, finds himself the focus of attention from a parade of ladies who enter his home and wave homemade dishes under his nose in their efforts to become the next Mrs. Henry.
Cast Size: 3 | Genre: Comedy | Run Time: 10 minutes
Cud’n Helen Ain’t Got No Color
Because we are a nation still grappling with racism and colorism, racism’s bastard child
Helen Laverne, a light-skinned African American woman who has experienced both privilege and ostracism because of her complexion, comes face to face with past hurts when she must go home for a funeral.
Cast Size: 8 | Genre: Drama | Run Time: 1.5 hours
Old and Very Old
Passion … it’s always good, even when you’re old; heck, even when you’re very old!
Elderly couple Constance and Willis has had a long marriage marked by periods of blissful togetherness and wild fallings-out, both of which underscore their extreme passion toward each other.
Cast Size: 4 | Genre: Drama | Run Time: 1.5 hours
Desktop
Even before AI, there were people inside your computer
Find out finally whether your laptop really is out to get you.
Cast Size: 8 | Genre: Comedy | Run Time: 30 minutes
Psychopath: On Emotion
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact. –William Shakespeare
In this monologue presented as a choreopoem, an unhinged woman recounts the betrayal of her best friend, whipping her emotions into a frenzy and driving herself toward revenge.
Cast Size: 1 | Genre: Dark comedy | Run Time: 15 – 20 minutes
The Soul Has Hankerings for Immortality
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. – Oscar Wilde
Three unlikely comrades come together for a moment to share a snippet of their facades while fighting like mad to conceal the pain, uncertainty, and hopelessness of the real person behind the mask.
Cast Size: 3 | Genre: Experimental | Run Time: 30 minutes
Dinah & Ulysses
“Dinah and Ulysses, sittin’ in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g…”
Will Dinah ever give Ulysses a break and trust that his interest in her is sincere, despite her uncomfortable self-consciousness over
her weight?
Cast Size: 4 | Genre: Romantic comedy | Run Time: 1.5 hours
The Balding Woman
Every story has at least two sides
A husband and wife whose marriage is in crisis revisit a recent traumatic event from wildly different perspectives.
Cast Size: 8 | Genre: Faith-based romantic dramedy | Run Time: 2 hours
Wandering in Zion
Who can contain a wandering spirit?
Zion has never been able to overcome her unsettled, nomadic spirit and faces some tough decisions because of it.
Cast Size: 5 | Genre: Drama | Run Time: 1.75 hours
Drinking Cappuccino
For gossip as steamy as the cappuccino
Four long-time friends meet once a month at an uptown Chicago coffeehouse to catch up on each other’s busy lives – and, of course, to dish the latest dirt.
Cast Size: 7 – 12 | Genre: Comedy | Run Time: 1.5 hours
The Clowns
When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on. – Heinrich Heine
Four ordinary men, made up in clown face to hide their identities, assemble to carry out an assassination.
Cast Size: 8 – 9 | Genre: Dark comedy | Run Time: 1.5 hours
Taking Sides
We must always take sides. – Elie Wiesel
While Golden Chavis is visiting her grandmother, she experiences a traumatic encounter with a neighbor and then, equally traumatic, witnesses how easily her family settles the issue.
Cast Size: 7 | Genre: Drama | Run Time: 1.5 hours
Mrs. Ludwig Was Right
Some housewives are more desperate than you can imagine…
Sinister Mrs. Ludwig is implicated in a teenager’s suicide because of the last sentence in the suicide note: “Mrs. Ludwig was right.”
Cast Size: 9 | Genre: Drama | Run Time: 1.5 hours