C.J. Ehrlich
playwright - screenwriter
PUBLISHED PLAYS:
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• BLACK HOLE ENTERPRISES - Best New Ten-Minute Plays 2019, Applause Theatre and Cinema Books
• CO-WORKERS - Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2018, Smith & Kraus
• NON-REFUNDABLE - Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2017, Smith & Kraus
• THE LILAC TICKET - Best American Short Plays of 2014-15, Applause
• 2 + 1 = MURDER - Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2015, Smith & Kraus
• INTERVENTION - Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2014, Smith & Kraus
• THE NINTH CIRCUS OF HELL - Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2013, Smith & Kraus
• NOIR IN SECOND CLASS - Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2011, Smith & Kraus
• HOME SWEET HOMELAND SECURITY G-Men in G-Strings: The J. Edgar Hoover Follies, Heuer, 2010
• THE THINGS THEY DON'T TELL US - One-Minute Plays: A Practical Guide to Tiny Theatre, Rutledge 2017
AWARDS & RECOGNITION (Screenwriting):
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FINAL EXAM (feature, supernatural horror, female leads)
Synopsis: When a Black teen transfers to an exclusive girls academy in Alaska, she is thrust into their wilderness survival competition, but she'll need to use her street smarts to fight a vengeful demon who's picking off her classmates one by one.
awards
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ScreenCraft Horror Competition 2024, Quarterfinalist
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Austin Film Festival 2023, Second Rounder
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Coverfly Top 4% of 120,000 Projects
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Coverfly Red List #18 Horror Feature (of 11,500) Sep 2023
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Diabolical Horror Film Festival 2023 - Official Selection
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Indie Suspense-Horror-Sci Film Fest 2023 - Official Selection
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Horrorigins Film Fest 2023, Official Selection
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Underground Indie Film Fest 2023, Official Selection
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Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards 2023, Semi-Finalist
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Renegade Film Festival 2023, Lizzie Award nominee, Best Screenplay
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Renegade Film Festival 2023, Finalist
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Bloodstained Indie Film Fest 2022, Finalist
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Independent Horror Movie Awards 2022, Official Selection; Best Feature Screenplay nominee
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Scriptapalooza 2023, Quarterfinalist
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Cinestory 2022 Feature Retreat & Fellowship, Quarterfinalist
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The Script Lab TSL Free Screenplay Contest 2023, Semi-Finalist
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DIRTY WEEKEND (feature, thriller)
Synopsis: When a married man runs off with a sexy stranger for a steamy weekend in a secluded cabin, the light-hearted fling takes an ominous turn when she disappears. But when her strait-laced sister shows up, he realizes that nothing is what it seems, and he may be a pawn in an elaborate game of revenge.
awards
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Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Screenplay Competition 2024, Semifinalist
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Cinestory 2024 Feature Retreat & Fellowship, Quarterfinalist
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LOSER ISLAND (pilot, dark comedy)
Synopsis: When a plane full of neurotic reality-TV contestants crashes in the remote Pacific, the only way the producer's inept nephew can keep them from killing each other is to convince them they're on the show.
awards
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Semifinalist, CineStory TV Retreat and Fellowship 2024
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Top 10, Creative Screenwriting TV Pilots Competition 2023
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Semifinalist, Emerging Screenwriters Comedy Screenplay Competition 2024
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Austin Film Festival Second Rounder 2022
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Winner, Carnage Award, Best Short Script, Diabolical Horror Film Festival 2023
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Top 10% The Writer's Lab USA 2022
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Winner, Austin Comedy Film Festival 2021, Best Dark Comedy Teleplay
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Second Place Winner, Pilots, 2021 Ivy Film Festival (largest student-run film festival in the world)
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Finalist, Houston Comedy Film Festival 2021, Best Dark Comedy Teleplay
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Table Read My Screenplay, Quarter Finalist, Spring 2023
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Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards, Quarter Finalist 2021
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Stupid Voices from the Future (feature, scifi comedy)
Synopsis: What if the future called, but it was the wrong number?
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O-TOWN, THE WEB SERIES
- Season One: High As a Kite, parts I and II
- Season Two: In the Box
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AWARDS & RECOGNITION (Playwriting):
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THE CUPCAKE CONSPIRACY (full-length play, with Philip J. Kaplan)
Winner, Rover Dramawerks National New Play competition 2014
Finalist Charles Getchell Award, SETC. 2013
Finalist, Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Playwriting competition 2012
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THE MALTESE BABKA (full-length play)
Austin Film Festival, Second Rounder
Winner, 2018 National "Women Are Funny" award, Play-Makers Spokane
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ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE & SCIENCE
Finalist, Dover Players Ten-Minute Play Experience, Dover, DE 2019
Encores Selection, Piney Fork Press Theatre fest @ Alvin Ailey Aud, NYC 2013
“Best of Fest”, Testogenius at Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, NY, 2011
BUT I'M THE WEATHER GIRL!
"Neem 2018" Independent International Award for Improper Dramaturgy, "to
support and identify underground dramatic waters," St. Petersburg, Russia 2019
Richard Pacheco Audience Choice Award, Theatre One "Slice of Life" fest, Middleboro, MA 2021
Heideman Award Finalist, Actors Theatre of Louisville
Nantucket Short Play Festival, Nantucket, MA 2018. 2nd Place Winner
Paw Paw Village Players, Paw Paw, MI 2016. Festival Winner, Aud Choice Award (2nd)
West Coast Players, Clearwater, FL 2015. Audience Choice/Festival Winner
Short+Sweet 2013 Chennai, India 2013. “Play of the Day”
Short+Sweet 2013, Sydney & Melbourne Australia. Finalist
Stage Door Prod, Fredericksburg, VA 2011. Best Production, Best Actor awards
NON-REFUNDABLE Heideman Award Finalist, Actors Theatre of Louisville
SECONDHAND GIFTS Heideman Award Finalist, Actors Theatre of Louisville
STANDING ROOM ONLY
Short+Sweet, Chennai, India & Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Finalist 2014
THE THINGS THEY DON'T TELL US
1:One UAE Theater Fest, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Shortlisted 2018
TUESDAYS IN THE PARK WITH RIVER APPLE
Fringe of Marin, San Rafael, CA. 2014. Best Play, Best Ensemble awards
Short & Sweet, Syndey Australia, 2016. Finalist
Festival Winner and Audience Choice Award (2nd), Bellarmine University MADthematics Festival, Louisville, KY 2012
SELECT THEATRE PRODUCTIONS and STAGED READINGS - FULL LENGTH PLAYS
THE CUPCAKE CONSPIRACY: Cupcakes are Easy. Marriage is Complicated
(with Philip J. Kaplan)
A nearly-divorced couple mess up internet dates, and wind up on opposing sides of a conspiracy involving cupcakes. Really evil cupcakes.
• ​Bay City Players, Virtual Production Series, Bay City, MI 2020
• ​Florentine Players, Omaha, NE 2017
• Rover Dramawerks, dir Carol Rice, Dallas, TX 2015 (five-week run)
• Readers Theatre Plus, Sequim, WA. 2015
• Aloha Performing Arts Company, Kealakekua, HI 2014
• Staged Readings:
Friends of the Chappaqua Library, Chappaqua, NY
Incoming Tide Productions, New Rochelle, NY
Producers Club, New York, NY
•Winner, Rover Dramawerks National New Play competition 2014
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Finalist, Charles Getchell Award
• Finalist, Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Playwriting competition
• Westchester Collaborative Theatre, Ossining, NY 2017
• Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, AK 2017 (SR)
• Second Rounder, 2019 Austin Film Festival
• Winner, 2018 Women Are Funny award, Play-Makers Spokane
THIS TIME WE'LL MAKE IT WORK
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Westchester Collaborative Theatre, Ossining, NY 2017 workshop
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Rising Sun Performance Company, ART/NY, dir Mia Anderson, NYC 2015 SR
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4C Theatre, "Play with Your Food", West Barnstable, MA 2014 (SR)
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n.u.f.a.n. ensemble (scene - production), Chicago, IL, Ben Campana dir 2011
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Workshops: Brooklyn Playwrights, Manhattan Theatre Source, HB Studio, NYC.
A handler from a dystopian future travels back in time to brief a bumbling, sexist spy on what could be his, and humanity's, last mission. But will she be in time?
• Overtime Theatre, San Antonio, TX. dir Edward Wise 2016 (five-week run)
• Last Frontier Conference, Valdez, Alaska 2015 SR
• 4C Theatre, "Play with Your Food," West Barnstable, MA 2015 SR
THE HAPPINESS CURE (with Philip J. Kaplan), Art Effects Theatre, NYC SR
MUSICAL MUSICAL workshop, Amadeus Musical School, Chappaqua NY
SELECT THEATRE PRODUCTIONS and STAGED READINGS - ONE ACT PLAYS (20-30 min plays)
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HOMESPUN WEBS: IMAGINING LOUISE BOURGEOIS (2F, 50+)
Newly-divorced Madeline’s drinking her way through her first night in her shabby new apartment, about to decide she can't start a new adventure. Help arrives, in the spectral form of renowned “giant spider” artist Louise Bourgeois, come to teach Madeline about weaving new webs.
- Eden Prairie Players, Eden Prairie, MN 2018
- Rover Dramawerks 365 Women Project, Plano TX 2016
- Actors Studio of Newburyport, Newburyport, MA 2015
- Williamsburg Art & Historical Ctr, “Woman Artist’s Journey,” Brooklyn, NY 2009
- Semifinalist, Stone Soup Double XX Festival, WA 2012
- Finalist, Warner International Theatre Festival, Torrington, CT 2012
I AM THE EGG MAN (2F)
- Philly Primary Stages, Philadelphia PA 2013
LONG TRAIN RUNNING (2M or 2M/F)
A musician loses his partner's guitar in a cross-country poker game. Will their friendship survive?
- Gann Academy, "Playhem," dir. Ilana Jacobs, Waltham, MA 2018
- Westchester Collaborative Theatre and Ossining Arts Council, Living Art Event 2016
MIT A FIDDLE IN THE MIDDLE (2M, 2F, dramedy)
On location with Jewish vaudeville mega-star Molly Picon and crew, in a shtetl soon to be lost to history.
- Untold Stories of Jewish Women, sponsors National Yiddish Theatre Folksbeine,
Museum of Jewish History, 365 Women, Women in the Arts and Media, Manhattan 2018
PICNIC ON THE LAKE (1M, 1F)
Glynnis and Erik's romantic picnic by a glacial lake slowly brings his controlling nature to a boil. Revenge is on the menu, an almost obscene feast they are meant to share. Inspired by the Edgar Alan Poe poem.
- CulturalDC Source DC Festival, Washington DC 2014
- Spokane Radio Theatre, WA 2014
- La Petite Morgue “My Bloody Valentine,” New York, NY. 2014
- Philly Primary Stages, 4x4 Staged Readings, PA, dir. Chelsea Sans 2013
- Finalist, Red Bull Theatre New Plays at Playwrights Horizons, NYC 2013
THE RED AND GREEN ROOM (2M, 1F, 1M/F)
No Exit, meet the Mario Bros.
Three actors drive each other crazy in the Green Room while the star hogs all the stage time.
- Ingenius Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, NY 2012
- Carte Blanche Studios New Play Festival, finalist 2012
ROOM CIRCUS (1M, 2F, LGBTQ screwball comedy)
Faster your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy honeymoon.
- Grin Theatre “Queertet,” Liverpool, UK. (30 minute version) 2014
- Girl Play Lesbian Theatre Fest, Ft. Lauderdale FL. 2012 (SR)
- Flush Ink Productions “She Speaks” Kitchener Ontario Canada. 2012 (SR)
SHREW MAN vs. SHREWMAN (2M, 1F, 1M/F, screwball comedy)
The last, the rarest, the only banned Shrewman comic has finally resurfaced.
Now everyone wants to get their claws on it!
- 39th Annual Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Festival, New York, NY 2014
- Artists Exchange, Cranston RI 2013
- Philly Primary Stages, “The End?”, dir. Brittany Holdahl, Philadelphia PA 2013
- FACT Words & Wine, New York, NY 2013 (SR)
TUESDAYS IN THE PARK WITH RIVER APPLE (5F)
Abby’s new to the city and to full-time motherhood, and just wants to join a playgroup. Play nice, ladies!
- Odenbear Theatre, Taos, NM 2016
- Actors Studio of Newburyport, Newburyport, MA 2015
- Fringe of Marin 2014, San Rafael, CA. 2014 Best Play, Best Ensemble awards.
- Hudson Guild Theatre Company, “NY Ladies: a theatrical collage celebrating women who write with wit,” New York, NY. 2013
- American Globe Thtr 15th Annual 15-Min Play Fest, New York, NY, Lori Kee dir, 2009
WHOM DEATH DOTH S/EEEk: A Comedy of Sex, Death & Shoes (1M, 2F, 1M/F)
- University of North Texas, Denton, TX, Bloo Rodriguez dir 2009
SELECT THEATRE PRODUCTIONS and STAGED READINGS - TEN-MINUTE PLAYS (10-15 min plays)
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2 + 1 = MURDER (1M, 1F, 2M/F)
Private eye Blaze Pascal will solve this case -- by the numbers. Film noir, meet Math 101.
published- Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2015, Smith & Kraus
- The Citamard Players of Millersville University, Millersville, PA 2022
- The Park School, Baltimore, MD 2020
- Sugar-Salem High School, Sugar City, Idaho 2019
- St. Andrew's School, Acting for Public Speaking showcase, Boca Raton, FL 2018
- Breschia University, Owensboro, KY 2017
- The Bobcat Players, Beaver PA and other locations. 2017
- Phillips Academy Drama Lab, dir Emily Humphreys, Andover MA 2017
- South Walton High School Playfest, dir Gage McGoff, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 2015.
- Dewey Decimal Festival, Chappaqua, NY 2014
- Spokane Radio Theatre, Spokane, WA 2013
- Bellarmine University International MADthematics Fest, Louisville, KY 2012 (Overall Festival Winner)
ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND SCIENCE (2M)
Two dads compete in a high stakes game: the elementary school science fair.
- Theatre One Productions, Slice of Life Fest, Middleboro, MA 2023
- Bay City Players On-Line Short Play Festival, Bay City, MI and YouTube. 2020
- Allegan Community Players, Allegan, MI 2020
- Raven Theater Short Play Fest, Healdsburg, CA 2020
- Cliffhanger Company, Mixed Doubles, Brighton, England 2017
- Dewey 2016: Election Edition, Chappaqua NY (as THE FIX IS IN). 2016
- Ridgefield Theatre Barn, Ridgefield, CT 2016
- South StreetPlayers, Tri-Stage Festival, Spring Lake, NY 2016
- Eastbound Theatre, East/West Fest, Milford, CT 2015
- Core Artists Ensemble, Twisted Shorts, New York, NY 2014
- Core Artists Ensemble “Fresh Shorts” at the Barrow Group, New York, NY 2014
- Minnesota Shorts, Mankato, MN. 2013
- Piney Fork Press Encore series, New York, NY 2013
- Piney Fork Theater festival, New York, NY 2013
- Testo-Twist Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, NY 2011
- Testogenius Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source. 2011
- n.u.f.a.n. ensemble Theatre, “A Table and Two Chairs” fest, Chicago, IL 2010
ANDY CARTER BECOMES A MAN (2M, 1F)/alt version (1M, 2F)
On the eve of his coming-of-age ceremony, Andy refuses. A story about family traditions.
- Piper Theatre Prods, “The Living Series,” Brooklyn, NY. 2010
THE BLACK BOX (2M, 1F)
Two strange salesmen try to sell Zelda a black box. What worlds does it contain? What wonders?
- Westchester Collaborative Thtr & Ossining Arts Council, Living Art Event, Ossining, NY 2013
BLACK HOLE ENTERPRISES(1M, 1F)
How can a person be happy, when her job is to spread misery on social media?
published Best New Ten-Minute Plays 2019, Applause Theatre and Cinema Books
- Renegade Theatre Festival, Lansing, MI 2018
- NY Madness & The Navigators Theatre (on book), NYC 2018
THE BEES ARE WATCHING (1M, 1F)
An EPA official, forced to follow orders, is attacked by nature itself.
- Westchester Collaborative Thtr & Ossining Arts Council "Living Art Event", Ossining, NY 2018
- Little Black Dress INK, Mask and Rose Women's Theater Collective
& Bemidji State Univ, Bemidji, MN
& Red Earth Theatre, Sedona, AZ 2018 (SR)
- Little Black Dress INK, Prescott, AZ 2018 (dir Micki Shelton)
BUT I'M THE WEATHER GIRL! (1M, 1F, 1M/F)
A diva, a stressed-out producer, a $40,000 camera, and a Yeti — live, from atop Mt. Everest!
- Neem 2018 Finalist, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Fringe, Valdez, AK 2017
- Fury Theatre, "Reasons Why I Drink", Chicago, IL 2017
COUNTING VOTES WITH PHILIP GLASS (2 M/F)
- Navigators Theatre, NYC 2017
- Little Black Dress INK "We're Not Playing" (online), 2018
- Finalist, B3 Bare Black Box Productions Night of Shorts, Phoenix, AZ 2018
CO-WORKERS (or, Holy Bomb, Batman!) (1M, 1F)
Batgirl's job interview over a vat of molten steel is tanking. Is it the ticking time bomb? Or just, her?
published Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2018, Smith & Kraus
- Little Black Dress INK, Los Angeles, CA (SR) 2018
- Little Black Dress INK "Hot Mess", Prescott, AZ (national winner) 2017
- Little Black Dress INK, Hollywood CA SR 2017
DARK FRIDAY MARKDOWNS (2 M/F)
Two Radio Shack employees from far, far away ponder how Thursday can be Friday AND the feast of the turkeys.
- Westchester Collaborative Theatre "Of Aliens and Avocados," Ossining, NY 2018
THE ENTIRE PUNCH BOWL (5 M/F)
Three alumni are terrified of going to the reunion. But hey, who remembers the random tortures of high school? Uh... everyone. Shania to the rescue!
- Short&Sweet Sydney, Australia, Shortlist, 2016
- Minnesota Shorts, Mankato, MN Semi-Finalist, 2016
FLASH DATE (1M, 1F, 1M/F)
Why stick around ‘til a relationship gets messy? Get in, get out, get Mr. Right.
- Chattanooga State Community College, Chatanooga, TN 2014
HOME SWEET HOMELAND SECURITY (2M, 2F)
New neighbors bond over drinks of 3.5 ounces or less.
published G-Men in G-Strings: The J. Edgar Hoover Follies, Heuer, 2010
- Ridgefield Theatre Barn 2020 One Acts, Ridgefield, CT 2020
- Thistle Dew Dessert/Political Action Comedy theatre, Sacramento CA 2012
- Lafayette Theatre of Colorado, “G-Men in G-Strings: The J. Edgar Hoover Follies,” 2010
INTERVENTION (cast of 5)
A group of friends confront Leon with his problem, but nobody's sure what the problem is.
published Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2014, Smith & Kraus
- Maryville College, dir Branden Johnson, Maryville TN. 2014
- Touch Me Philly, “Normal?” Philadelphia, PA. 2013
IT SKIPS A GENERATION (1M 50+, 1F teen)
In 1980s Brooklyn, an Orthodox teen and her estranged grandfather bond over an old album of newspaper clippings.
- Eden Prairie Players, 2023 Women's One Acts, Eden Prairie, MN 2023
- Eastbound Thtr & Milford Arts Council, East-West Fest, Milford & Westport CT 2016
- The Greenhouse Ensemble, Ten-Minute Play Soiree, NYC 2016
- Black Dress INK, ONSTAGE, at Acting Out NY, Ithaca, NY. 2014 (SR)
- Falcon Rep Company, Becoming American, Fairfield, CT 2012
- Ariel Theatre Salon Series, Philadelphia, PA 2012 (SR)
- Ariel Theatre “The Stranger in Our Midst,” Philadelphia, PA 2011 (SR)
- Brockport Festival of Ten, Brockport, NY, dir P. Gibson Ralph. 2011
- Short & Sweet Sydney, Australia, Shortlist. 2016
- Short & Sweet Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, Shortlist. 2016
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THE LILAC TICKET (1M, 1F, both 50+, romantic comedy)
Sam and Barb confront two crises threatening their 50-year marriage apart: one happening now, in the doctor’s office, the other, a long-buried secret.
published Best American Short Plays of 2014-15, Applause
- Red Earth Theatre, "What Next #2", Outdoors at Tlaquepaque Patio de Las Campanas, Sedona, AZ 2022
- Theatre One, Slice of Life New Plays Fest, Alley Theatre, Middleboro, MA 2021
(Richard Pacheco Audience Choice Award)
- Actors Theatre Playhouse, 2022 Ten-Minute Play Festival, W. Chesterfield, NH 2022
- Town Players of New Canaan (CT), One Acts Festival, Virtual Production 2021
- Nantucket Short Play Festival, Nantucket, MA 2019
- South Street Players Tri-State Theatre Fest, Spring Lake, NJ 2018
- Players Guild of Leonia, Leonia, NJ 2018
- Aery 20/20 Festival, Garrison, NY 2018 (acc not staged)
- Nantucket Short Play Competition, Nantucket, MA & Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2nd Place Winner
- South Street Players Tri-State Theatre Fest, Spring Lake, NJ 2017
- Jewish Women's Theatre @ The Braid, "Our Men Have Their Say", Los Angeles, CA 2016
- Little Black Dress INK, Brooklyn NY. 2016
- Little Black Dress INK, Prescott, AZ. 2016
- Acadiana Repertory Theatre & Little Black Dress INK, Lafayette, LA. 2016 (National Tour)
- LA Female Playwrights Initiative (FPI) & LBD-INK, Hollywood, CA. 2016 (SR)
- Red Earth Theatre-Little Black Dress INK, “Curves Ahead”, Sedona AZ. 2016, SR
- Paw Paw Village Players, XIX OAPF, Paw Paw, MI. 2016
(Audience Choice Award, 2nd place Festival Winner)
- West Coast Players, Clearawter, FL 2015, Festival Winner (Audience Choice)
- OnStage Atlanta, Spring Shorts, Atlanta, GA. 2015
​- BolderLife Festival, Denver, CO. 2014
- Diez Minutos Festival, San Miguel de Allende Theatre, Mexico. 2014
- Atlanta Theater-to-Go, touring production, Atlanta, GA. 2014- 2015
- Short & Sweet Melbourne 2013, Melbourne, Australia (Finalist) 2013
- Short & Sweet Sydney 2013, Sydney, Australia (Finalist). 2013
- Women in Theatre (WIT), Kauai Shorts 2013, Kauai Hawaii. 2013
- Short & Sweet Chennai 2013, Chennai (Madras), India. 2013
- Flying Cat Productions, Heart Throbs 2, New York, NY. (Finalist) 2013
- Boquete Players, Benchwarmers 2013, Boquete Panama. 2013
- Jewish Women’s Theatre of Los Angeles at AJU, Los Angeles, CA. 2013
- SETC, Southeastern Thtr Conference, Stage Door Prod “Trilogy”, Louisville, KY. 2013
- Virginia Theatre Assn Community Thtr Fest, Stage Door Prod, Culpepper VA. 2012 (*State Winners.)
- Boston Theatre Marathon, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Boston, MA. 2012
- Jewish Women’s Theatre of LA Salon Series, Los Angeles, CA. 2012
- Stage Door Productions, 4th OAPF, Fredericksburg, VA, dir. Charlotte Fields 2011
- Kaleidoscope Theatre LOVE fest, New York, NY. 2010
- Little Fish Theatre “Pick of the Vine 2010,” San Pedro, CA. Jan-2010
MAFIANCE WARS (1M, 1F)
Games: they're not just fun and marriage.
- Finalist, Stonington Players “Table & Chairs” Stonington, CT. 2012
THE NINTH CIRCUS OF HELL - (1M, 1F)
Hell is for wimps. Today there will be clowns.
published Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2013, Smith & Kraus
- Axial Theatre, "Twisted Valentines", Pleasantville, NY 2019
- Normandale Community College, student-directed festival, Minneapolis, MN 2018
- Quirky Productions, "Hell is Other People", 2015
- The Pulp Stage, “Crimedy Night” at The Jack London. Portland, OR. 2014
- The Pulp Stage, “In Concert,” Portland OR. 2013
- The Pulp Stage, “Crimedy Night” Portland, OR, 2013
- Pulp Stage, “Pulp Diction IV” Fertile Ground Festival 2013 Portland, OR. 2013
- Brooklyn Playwrights Collective “Dramatizing Dante”, Manhattan Theatre Source NYC 2010
Michael Bordwell dir.
NOIR IN SECOND CLASS (1M, 1F)
Sometimes this couple live in two different movies.
published Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2011, Smith & Kraus
- Texas A&M University, Dept. of Theatre and Dance, Corpus Christi, TX 2019
- Bobcat Players, Beaver, PA and other locales 2018
- Hayman Theatre Upstairs, Curtin University, Perth Australia, 2015
- Echo Theatre, Echo 10 Festival, Provo UT. 2014
- Appetite Theatre “Bruschetta Fest,” Chicago, IL. 2010
- Flush Ink Productions, “She Speaks 2010,” Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, 2010
NON-FLUORIDATED WATER (1M, 1F)
As Sondra tries to plan a dinner party with nothing but a lemon, her dentist boyfriend/cavity warrior obsesses over "just desserts."
- “Current Issues/Current Plays”, Webster Univ, (text) spring semester 2018
- Incoming Tide Productions, “Appetizers Fest,” New Rochelle, NY 2010
NON-REFUNDABLE (2F, 1 flex, LGBTQ comedy)
On a bargain tour of Eastern Europe, a lesbian couple struggle to preserve their clandestine relationship when their hotel room is invaded by an army from a country that doesn't exist.
published Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2017, Smith & Kraus
- WT Theatre 10 Minute Play Festival, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX 2024 dir. B Herring
- StageQ, Queer Shorts 2.1, Madison, WI 2017
- Rainbow Festival, AlphaNYC, NYC 2017
- Dewey 2016: Election Edition, Chappaqua NY
OCCUPY THIS! (cast of 4)
- Text in: “Current Issues/Current Plays”, Webster University, Webster Groves, MO spring semester 2018
- Forearmed Productions' Republican Theatre Festival, Philadelphia PA. 2012
PACKAGE DEAL (1M, 1F, 1 flex)
On a bargain tour of Eastern Europe, a couple try to restore their relationship, and to stay out of prison.
- Ridgefield Theatre Barn, Summer One Acts Fest, Ridgefield, CT 2017
- Seoul Players, Seoul, South Korea 2016
- Carte Blanche Studios North American New Plays Festival, Milwaukee, WI 2012
- Flush Ink Productions, “She Speaks” Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, dir. David Antscheri 2011
SECONDHAND GIFTS (2F)
Over coffee and hand-me-downs, two sisters argue about childrearing, commiserate over the past, and discover that the best gift of all is family.
- Spark Creative Works, Women's Playwriting Festival, Virtual Production 2021
- Little Black Dress INK, Ithaca, NY 2015 (SR)
- Rising Sun Performance Company, “Parenthood”, Williamsburg (Brooklyn), NY. 2014
- The Barrow Group Actors School graduate showcase, New York, NY. 2010
- Lebanon Community Theatre 11th Annual 10-minute Play Festival, Lebanon, PA 2009
- Rapscallion Theatre “Salute UR Shorts” festival, Access Theatre, New York, NY. 2009
SNOW DOWN AT THE NORTH POLE (cast of 5)
- AlphaNYC "Naughty Fest," New York, NY 2015
- Love Creek Productions Holiday Shorts, New York, NY. 2014
- FACT, Words & Wine Holiday Fest, New York, NY. 2013
SPARE SOME CHANGE (1M, 1F)
An entrepreneurial homeless man tries to convince a businesswoman to invest in his lunch.
- Conservative Theatre Festival, Columbus, OH 2017 Robert Cooperman, prod
- Stage Right blodcast, excerpt performed by Rocky Benasher
- Republican Theatre Festival, Forearmed Prod (Cara Blouin), Philadelphia PA, 2012
- Finalist: The Decision 2012, New York, NY. 2012
STANDING ROOM ONLY (1M, 20s and up, 1F 50+, 1M/F)
He wants a seat. She gives him an earful. A comedy about second chances.
- Tomo Suru Players, About Love fest, Vancouver, BC Canada 2016
- Heartland Theatre Co: The Parcel, The Package, The Present, d. Ron Emmons, Normal, IL. 2013
- Between Us Productions, New York, NY. 2012 (SR).
Finalist Short & Sweet 2014 in:
- Sydney, Australia; Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; Chennai (Madras), India.
TAKE A LEFT AT THE WAR ZONE (2M)
- n.u.f.a.n. ensemble Theatre, “8 Minutes in the 80s,” Chicago, IL. 2010
THREE’S A CLOUD/ROOM CIRCUS (10m version)(1M, 2F)
- Flush Ink Productions, “She Speaks 2012,” Kitchener, ON, Canada, 2012 (SR)
- Girl Play Lesbian Theatre Fest, Women’s Thtr Project, Ft Lauderdale, FL. 2011 (SR)
WAITING FOR HUGOT (1M, 1F)
A frustrated screenwriter ineptly stalks a minor celebrity, seeking his ticket out of nowhere. Fate, and his wife, have other travel plans.
- Ridgefield Theatre Barn, Ridgefield, CT 2019
- South of Broadway Players, Charleston, SC 2017
- Echo Theatre, Echo 10 Festival, Provo UT. 2013
SELECT THEATRE PRODUCTIONS and STAGED READINGS - SHORT-SHORTS & MONOLOGUES
ASK ZSUZSANNA: SINGLE MOTHERHOOD AT 50 (monologue)
- The Mother Lode, New York, NY 2018
- Forked Thetre, "Motherlogues", London, England 2017
- Westchester Collaborative Theatre, Notes from the Frontlines, Ossining, NY 2016
- Luna Stage New Moon Short Play Festival, West Orange NJ 2016
- International Women Artists Salon, Broadway Comedy Club, NYC 2015
- Piney Fork Press Theatre, New York, NYC. 2015
- Boog City Poetry, Music and Theatre Festival, New York, NY. 2014
- Pandora Theatre, “Vox Femina”, Houston, TX. Apr/2014
FOUR EPICS AND A CRITIC (IN ONE PAGE) (cast of 5)
- Cone Man Running, Five-Minute Mile Fest, Houston, TX 2016
- Gi60 Seconds International Play Fest, Brooklyn, NY, 2012
- Where Eagles Dare “Zero to Sixty Festival.” New York, NY, 2009
A MURDER OF CROWS (1M, 1F)
- Stage Left Productions, Fast & Furious V, Spokane, WA 2018
OOH BABY, LET’S GO FOR IT (1M, 1F)
- Driven Theatre, Fragmentation IV festival, Houston, TX. 2013
- GAN-e-meed Theatre Project, “Not a Box New Play Fest”, Boston, MA, 2011
ONE SMART COOKIE (1M, 1F)
- Spare Change Theatre “In a New York Minute” fest, NYC 2011
THE THINGS THEY DON'T TELL US - (1M, 1F)
published One-Minute Plays: A Practical Guide to Tiny Theatre, Rutledge 2017
- Shortlist, 1:One UAE Theatre Fest, Dubai, UAE 2018
- Fast & Furious, Spokane WA. 2014
- Gi60 International One-Minute Play Festival, Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK. 2013
- Mind the Gap Productions, World Theatre Day, New York, NY. 2013
- Driven Theatre, Fragmentation IV festival, Houston, TX. 2013
- Spare Change Theatre, “In a New York Minute,” New York, NY. 2010
- Flush Ink Productions, “Asphalt Jungle Shorts,” Kitchener, Ontario. 2010
- Where Eagles Dare One-Act Festival, New York, NY, 2009