For those of you who suffered the tragedy (knowingly or unknowingly) of missing TC2 Theatre Company's New Play Festival 2025, here is my short play for your reading enjoyment. Sleepwalking (a play)Download
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Owen’s Monologue (from The Bella Vista Motel)
All actors feel free to use for auditions and workshops, but please tell me so I can have a smile. monologue-the-bella-vista-motel-030524Download
Fiasco
A short play (and a quick read). Two characters. They're a couple. Time: Right now. fiasco_charlie-lyonsDownload
Show Don’t Tell
Show don't tell. This is a common mantra for script writers. It's not a bad one either. In fact, it's a rocking good one. "I'm watching this movie/TV show/play, so show me what happens don't tell me!" We - the audience - want to see the conflict. So Show-don't-tell is an admonition against blatant exposition [...]
Put Your Script in the Hands of Actors
Last night I had the pleasure of hearing and seeing a group of wonderful actors read/perform a short script I wrote, The Blue Diner, based on a story that a couple of friends of mine and I came up with, and that we're going to shoot. This reading, however, had nothing to do with casting [...]
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