Monologue AMARILIS to be produced by Actors Theatre of Newburyport, Massachusetts, in March 2015

My monologue AMARILIS will be produced in March 2015 as part of the Actors Theatre of Newburyport's  Women's History Month Production, "Claiming The Space."  This event celebrates the achievements of women in history. 

SYNOPSIS:  A drama.  Amarilis, elderly and living in New Orleans, remembers the murder of her Haitian husband during the Parsley Massacre of the early 20th century. 

Two kids' monologues to be published by Applause Books

For One on One: Contemporary Monologues for Kids Ages 7-15, to be published Dec. 2015 by Smith & Kraus / Applause Books, two children's monologues: ALISON, and PUBLIC SPEAKING & THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN. 

IN A GARDEN, a short play for children, to be published by Applause Books

IN A GARDEN, a short children's play with a moral ending, will appear in Applause Theatre & Cinema Books' The Best Scenes for Kids Ages 7-15 in 2015.

SYNOPSIS: Stevie and Tomasina, both around age eight, learn lessons about friendship.

Short comedy CHRISTMAS EVE, MANY YEARS FROM NOW to be produced in London, England in January 2015

Short comedy CHRISTMAS EVE, MANY YEARS FROM NOW will be produced by Bread & Roses, South London (Clapham), England, on Jan. 23rd & 24th, 2015.  The venue is a pub and the series is known as "The Platform." 

SYNOPSIS:  Two-and-a-half thousand years after the Apocalypse, three cave people celebrate Christmas Eve. 

Short drama A STATION IN LIFE to be produced in Marietta, Georgia in November 2014

My short drama A STATION IN LIFE will be produced at the Good Works Festival (an intimate black box theatre) in Marietta, Georgia during the first two weekends of November.  

SYNOPSIS:  What does rock & roll mean ten years later to a survivor of The Station nightclub fire in Warwick, Rhode Island in 2003?

Horror play A DOLL'S LIFE to be presented in NYC, Fall 2014

My short horror play “A Doll's Life” will be presented by Thespian Production/Piney Fork Press at Joria Mainstage Theater, 260 W. 36th St., New York City. This is part of a Halloween festival to be performed on October 16 and 18 at 8pm, or on October 17 at 8pm and on October 18 at 3pm, Thursday thru Saturday.

SYNOPSIS:  A little girl thinks her doll is messing with her, but her father doesn't believe her.

Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEtE_YgRqTw

Reading of THE LOVE SEAT at Clan Na Gael, Connecticut, late October

THE LOVE SEAT, my one-act romantic comedy running about 35 minutes long, will be presented as a reading at Clan Na Gael (an Irish arts center in Stratford, Connecticut) on Sunday, Oct. 26th, 2014, at 4:00pm. Two other one-acts will also be presented.

SYNOPSIS: In three vignettes revolving around a love seat, we find out why Toni keeps turning men down; but is the third man the charm?