Billy’s Suitcase
1W, 1M · 10 mins
Billy and Lucy are both leaving forever. Can they help each other truly escape?
Workshop Production - Actors Theatre of Louisville
Production -Rutgers Theatre Company
Script and rights available by contacting Dano here.
Character Descriptions:
BILLY
LUCY
Dude Derrick
2W, 1M · 10 mins
Derrick has just been given the opportunity of a lifetime—his own reality show! But can his mother-in-law and wife convince him to accept the offer?
Actors Theatre of Louisville Heideman Award Finalist, 2011
Produced at NYU Playwright’s Horizons Theatre School
Script and rights available by contacting Dano here.
Character Descriptions:
DERRICK, a construction worker, 30
VALERIE, his wife, an office worker, 26
SUSAN, Valerie’s Mother, 58
Loving Again
1M, 1F · 10 mins
Ryan has finally fallen in love again after a terrible heartbreak. How will Emily react when Ryan decides to tell her his deepest, darkest secret?
Script and rights available by contacting Dano here.
Character Descriptions
RYAN, 36
EMILY, 31
Rules Of The House
1M, 2F · 10 mins
Annie and Scooter are celebrating the death of Harold Price, their husband and father. Things are great until Joe Price arrives home from the funeral to confront them about this unexpected celebration.
Commissioned and premiered by the Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY
Script and rights available by contacting Dano here.
Character Descriptions
ANNIE PRICE, a mother and a wife, 58
SCOOTER PRICE, a long-term college student, Annie’s daughter, 26
JOE PRICE, successful, grounded, Annie’s son, Scooter’s brother, 31
Something Creative
1M, 1F · 10 mins
Two temps copy and shred and copy and shred documents to the point of a near nervous breakdown. Can they remember why they moved to New York in the first place? To do something...something creative.
Actors Theatre of Louisville Heideman Award Finalist
Premiered by Project Y Theatre in NY, NY
Produced by Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT.
Script and rights available by contacting Dano here.
Character Descriptions
MATTIE, a veteran temp in the file room
RANDOLPH, a rookie temp in the file room
Survival
1F, 1M · 10 mins
Against all odds, Mac has survived...but can his marriage do the same?
Actors Theatre of Louisville Heideman Award Finalist, 2008
Finalist, Samuel French OOB Festival, 2009
Published by the Northwest Playwrights Alliance in NorthNorthwest 2010. Purchase a copy of the book here.
Script and rights available by contacting Dano here.
Character Descriptions
KATHRYN, 31, Mac’s wife
MAC, 37, Kathryn’s husband
The New
1 M, 2F · 10 mins
It’s New Year’s Eve in the convenience store and Allan, Lilly, and Rose must all confront difficult life changes as the clock ticks down.
Winner of Actors Theatre of Louisville’s in-house ten-minute play contest
Premiered at Actors Theatre of Louisville
Script and rights available by contacting Dano here.
Character Descriptions:
ALLAN, a convenience store clerk, 26
LILLY, the resident customer, 25
ROSE, dressed for a party, 25
The Soft Sand
1M, 1W · 8 mins
Harry is jogging down a peaceful beach when he encounters a woman meditating. He searches desperately for the perfect way to connect with her. The Soft Sand is a play that dances somewhere between reality and a beautiful dream.
Published by the Northwest Playwrights Alliance in NorthNorthwest 2007, available here.
Script and rights available by contacting Dano here.
Character Descriptions:
HARRY, a jogger, early thirties
HELENA, a meditating woman, early thirties