Newest Reading - LIES, at Image Theatre, Lowell, Mass.

By Martha Patterson

Short play LIES will be produced at Image Theatre's "Naughty Readings" series, Nov. 2011, in Lowell, Mass.

SYNOPSIS: Lourdes and Simon, a young married couple, are lying to each other. But how much – and why?

New production in Portland, Oregon - THE MISTAKEN LOVER

By Martha Patterson

Short play THE MISTAKEN LOVER will be produced in Jan.-Feb. in Portland, Oregon as part of Third Eye Theatre's Grand Guignol festival. Grand Guignol was a popular style of theatre in the late 1800s-1940s in Europe and America and involved lots of gore - people getting their heads chopped off and eyes gouged out. My play is a blend of horror and comedy.

SYNOPSIS: In Paris, Monsieur LeSucre thinks his wife has been unfaithful.

Two New Short Comedies - A DEPARTURE, and A PIECE OF CHEESE

A DEPARTURE
A Short Comedy by Martha Patterson

SYNOPSIS: George doesn’t want his wife Anna to “discover” herself.



A PIECE OF CHEESE
A Short Comedy by Martha Patterson

SYNOPSIS: Marie gets angry because Kari wants her cheese back – but is that all there is to this “friendship?”

New short comedy - PANDORA'S BOX

PANDORA'S BOX
A New Short Comedy
By Martha Patterson

Susie and Tom are entertaining their unfaithful friends George and Angela in their living room - but what is in the Mystery Box George has had delivered?

New production of LIFE ON MARS in Seoul, Korea

Another production by the Seoul Players in Korea - LIFE ON MARS, a comedy about a bored female Humanoid who meets a nervous extraterrestrial waiter in a bar on Mars. Performances will be in mid-October 2011 at Club After in Itaewon. This is one of twelve winners in a 10-minute play competition.

LIFE ON MARS to be produced by Summerplay, Changing Scene Theatre Northwest, Washington state

LIFE ON MARS
A short comedy by Martha Patterson

LIFE ON MARS, about a bored female Humanoid who encounters a nervous extraterrestrial waiter on Mars, will be produced at Summerplay 2011 by Changing Scene Theatre Northwest in Washington state. Part of an evening of ten short plays by American writers.

FAMILY AFFAIRS to be produced as reading at Boston Center for the Arts

FAMILY AFFAIRS
A farce by Martha Patterson

This comedy, about an Armenian-American family dealing with their conflicted relationships at Christmastime, will be given a reading Thursday, June 9th, at 7:30pm, at the Boston Center for the Arts, Tremont Street, Boston. Produced by Write On and Shadowbox. Directed by Terry Torres.

Newest one-act play: ME AND SUGAR

ME & SUGAR
By Martha Patterson

SYNOPSIS: Present-day comedy. Margaret and Sugar, two farm widows, come to terms with the men in their lives.

Monologue MARNIE from THE BIG HAT to be produced in Ohio, Spring 2011

Monologue MARNIE from THE BIG HAT
By Martha Patterson
To be produced in Spring 2011
By "Frogs With Fangs," Columbus, Ohio

SYNOPSIS: Marnie, a young Southern woman, decides to follow in the footsteps of her sexy, long-lost aunt.

THE LITTLE DOLL to be produced in New York City

THE LITTLE DOLL
A Horror Play in 60 Seconds
By Martha Patterson

Very short horror play THE LITTLE DOLL will be produced in New York City by Spare Change Theatre's "In A New York Minute" Festival, April 29th-30th, 2011.

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

Video scenes from GIRL BEFORE A MIRROR

Scenes from GIRL BEFORE A MIRROR
By Martha Patterson
Directed by Jon-Claire Lee
Short + Sweet Festival, Sydney, Australia
February 2011

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pySJZpgCNM

New Short Comedy - LIFE ON MARS

LIFE ON MARS
A Short Comedy
By Martha Patterson

Angie, a bored Humanoid, visits Mars and strikes up a romance with a nervous extraterrestrial waiter over a martini.

Photos from SWAN Day Boston, GOING OVERBOARD, March 5th, 2011

Publicity photos from Australian production of GIRL BEFORE A MIRROR

JACK & HIS MOTHER'S GHOST a finalist at 21st Century Theatre

JACK & HIS MOTHER'S GHOST, a short comedy, has been selected as a finalist at the Twenty-First Century Theatre's Vittum Awards.

Synopsis: Jack meets his Mother’s ghost 35 years after she died and she gives him advice on his love life.

Review of AN ARTFUL MARRIAGE from May 2010 in Milwaukee, posted in MilwaukeeExpress.com

Sex, Drugs and the Pink Banana
Pink Banana Continues Its Annual Short Theatre Tradition
By Russ Bickerstaff


An Artful Marriage – Martha Patterson’s pair of monologues about a couple who have been married for years. Mark Medrek plays a wealthy man who wants to get into art. Katie Merriman plays his wife—a woman who wishes she could have traveled when she was younger. Another wistful moment in the program, which actually ends up being really well balanced between comedy and drama. It’s pretty rare that a shorts show would have this kind of balance.

GOING OVERBOARD to be produced as a staged reading

Short romantic comedy GOING OVERBOARD has just been chosen for SWAN Day Boston in March (SWAN stands for Support Women Artists Now). This festival of staged readings will be produced at the Boston Playwrights Theatre.

Depressed Miranda and easygoing Arthur, two middle-aged people dumped by their exes, meet by accident on the Staten Island Ferry.