Intrusive Thoughts And Me
Denise wants to ride the subway in peace. Her intrusive thoughts don’t like this plan.
Cast: 2 W 1 M
Runtime: 1 min
Productions:
Decameron Project, Dir. By Kaz Matamura, Tokyo, Japan, 2024
Equity Library Theatre, Dir. By Kyle A Smith, 2019
The Cop and the Anthem
In this adaptation of the O. Henry short story, Soapy is unhoused on Christmas Eve in New York City, and all he wants is to spend winter on “Blackwell’s Island”, the local penitentiary. Unfortunately Soapy is less adept at getting himself arrested than he hopes. Soapy will put in the work, but will he get to do the time?
Cast: 9 – 20 Gender Neutral
Runtime: 20 min
Production:
UCNJ, Dir. By Eric Hafen, 2024
Miss Conduct
Miss Conduct is a revenge play in which two women actors have decided to kill their old producer turned sexual assaulter. One of the women, Heather, is having second thoughts, and it’s up to Alice to get Heather’s head in the game.
Cast: 2 W
Runtime: 10 min
Productions:
Equity Library Theatre, Dir. By Kyle A Smith, 2019
Winner Best Play No Frills New Thrills, No Frills Theatre Collective, Dir. By Kyle A Smith, 2018
Reading:
Outtabounds, Dir. By Megan Magee, 2023
A Light in the Dark
A man who’s been laid off thanks to the Covid-19 crisis breaks into a church looking for supplies. It’s up to Jesus, the church’s janitor, to get him out and on his way.
Cast: 2 M
Runtime: 10 min
Production:
UCNJ, Dir. By Eric Hafen 2022
Publication:
Drama in the Time of CoVid, 2024
Miss Diagnosed
Annie is Autistic but was misdiagnosed as BPD. Her whole mental health care for years was based off this misdiagnosis, and now she’s come back to her first psychiatrist to demand acknowledgment of who she really is.
Cast: 4 W
Runtime: 10 min
Readings and Workhops:
Spectrum Theatre Ensemble, Dir. By Harmon Dot Aut 2023
Finalist:
Neurodivergent Playwright Initiative, STE, 2021
Miss Orientation
Miss Orientation follows Frederica as she tries to shed some serious weight for a school dance. With her closest confidants pushing her in some unhealthy directions, she finds solace, and acceptance, in a new friend.
Cast: 4 W
Runtime: 25 min
Production:
Adelphi University, Dir. By Shoshanah Tarkow, 2020
Miss Direction
Miss Direction is a play about trying to save the ones you love. Louise wants to take her sister Carrie home and out of a bad situation, but Carrie is resisting the change.
Cast: 2 W
Runtime: 10 min
Productions:
Adelphi University, Dir. By Shoshanah Tarkow, 2020
Equity Library Theatre, Dir. By Kyle A Smith, 2019
Readings:
Theatre for All, Queens Theatre, DIr. By Emerie Snyder, 2018
Don
Don reflects on the choices he made to get where he is, as Keith struggles to get Don out of the rain.
Cast: 2 M
Runtime: 10 min
Productions:
Equity Library Theatre, Dir. By Kyle A Smith, 2019
Secret Theatre, Dir. By Kyle A Smith, 2018
Publication:
Act One: One Act Anthology, 2018
Frisky
A woman falls in love with the TSA agent who frisks her. As her love turns to obsession, we are left wondering: what will we give up for a sense of security?
Cast: 2 W 2 M
Runtime: 30 min
Productions:
Equity Library Theatre, Dir. By Kyle A Smith, 2019
Emerging Artist’s Theatre, Dir. By Adam Sharp, 2018
Miss Education
Mr. Joe wants you to practice safe sex. His abstinence-only education video is sure to show you the dangers of premarital sex, as long as the women involved behave themselves…
Cast: 2 M 2 W
Runtime: 10 min
Production:
Equity Library Theatre, Dir. By Kyle A Smith, 2019
Squashy
Whatever happened to those absurdly energetic children’s shows you watched as a child? You know, the ones with over the top characters, and subtle racism? Squashy explores children’s television with an eye towards the grotesque, posing the question: What did we gain from those days we spent glued to the tube?
Cast: 4 Gender Neutral
Runtime: 10 min
Production:
Best of Bad Theatre Festival, Treehouse Theatre, Dir. By Kyle A Smith, 2014