Scratching
Author: Britton Buttrill
Set in a dilapidated trailer in a Southern town, SCRATCHING is a millennial drama about the lives of two blue-collar brothers whose pasts and futures intersect, causing a downward spiral of drugs, violence, illegal tattoos, unrequited love and the chance for redemption.
Content Advisory:
1 Act, 80 Minutes
2 Females, 2 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/15/2016
A Microwaved Burrito Filled With E. coli
Author: Andrea Alton and Allen Warnock
Molly "Equality" Dykeman, NYC's favorite poet/security guard, attends a lesbian wedding reception at a rundown Mexican
restaurant where she meets a Southern chatterbox waitress.
Content Advisory: strong language
1 Act, 50 Minutes
1 Female, 0 Males, 1 Gender Neutral
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/15/2016
The Legal Secretary
Author: Sarah Congress
When twenty-two-year-old Rachel gets a job as a legal secretary at a big law firm she quickly learns that all that glitters isn't always gold.
Content Advisory: some strong language
2 Acts, 90 Minutes
5 Females, 6 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/11/2016
OD (or) Vice Versa
Author: Nicholas Priore
Nick Jr wakes up in a hospital bed after an overdose, trying to convince the sitter that he is not suicidal.
Content Advisory: Strong language
2 Acts, 120 Minutes
2 Females, 2 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/11/2016
From the Deep
Author: Cassie M. Seinuk
In this psychological drama, Andrew, a missing Boston University student, arrives in the surreal room of the missing, Ilan, an Israeli POW trapped in the same headspace, must convince Andrew to play the games, keep his mind active, and face the truth of his captivity before they both go missing forever.
Content Advisory: Strong language, disturbing story about abuse, real life dive into life of a prisoner of war, GLBT themes
2 Acts, 120 Minutes
0 Females, 2 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/10/2016
The Further Adventures Of…
Author: Kathleen Warnock
Tune in as Maggie Day uncovers the story behind the story of a classic sci-fi series and follows its players from the ‘50s to the age of the internet, revealing secrets, lost loves, and things people couldn’t say then…or now.
Content Advisory: A few f*cks, fight scenes, same sex kissing.
1 Act, 75 Minutes
1 Female, 0 Males, 2 Gender Neutral
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/10/2016
Die For Me
Author: Ethan Ness
Allie and Reese, two high schoolers deeply in love, decide to forge a suicide pact in this drama inspired by "Romeo and Juliet."
Content Advisory: Some Strong language, mature themes
2 Acts, 90 Minutes
1 Female, 2 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/10/2016
The Braggart of Bourbon St.
Author: Kevin P. Joyce
An American commedia about Mardi Gras and the Freedom of Speech.
Content Advisory: Adult themes, some strong language, partial nudity, alcohol usage
5 Acts, 160 Minutes
7 Females, 7 Males, 3 Gender Neutral
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/7/2016
American Strippers
Author: Kevin Broccoli
A group of goddesses crash a male strip club in Texas only to find that it's run by American folk legends.
Content Advisory: male stripping, nudity, strong language, sexuality
2 Acts, 130 Minutes
7 Females, 8 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2015
Date Added: 10/7/2016
Love Me Forever Billy H. Tender
Author: Jesse LaVercombe
January 31st, 2021: Billy H. Tender, Canadian pop icon, is about to play new music for a raging audience in Toronto, but his family is elsewhere: his theatre theorist mother, Stella, has absconded from her research and is secretly soliciting phone sex with strangers, and Hal, Billy’s adoring younger brother, hasn’t left his room… and no one is answering his calls.
Content Advisory: Sexual Content, Strong Language
1 Act, 70 Minutes
0 Females, 1 Male
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/7/2016
Whales & Souls
Author: Andrew Kramer
A small conservative village is visited by a strange creature, causing everything to change.
Content Advisory: Strong Language. Sexual content.
1 Act, 90 Minutes
1 Gender Neutral Character
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/7/2016
Thread
Author: Elena Zucker
The inadvertent “like” of a politically-charged Facebook status— a call for a third Palestinian uprising- unravels a life, and dismantles the borders between Jew and Arab, past and present, time and space.
Content Advisory:
1 Act, 75 Minutes
1 Female, 0 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2015
Date Added: 10/7/2016
Kerrmoor
Author: Susan McCully
An Appalachian Greek tragedy about human sacrafice in modern times.
Content Advisory: This is a dark and brutal play appropriate for ages 12 and over.
1 Act, 65 Minutes
4 Females, 0 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/7/2016
The Illusory Adventures of a Dreamer
Author: Michael Bradley
Inspired by Ibsen’s <em>Peer Gynt, The Illusory Adventures of a Dreamer</em> follows a young
man on a journey of sexual identification
Content Advisory: In the FringeNYC production, the Troll scene featured the company in leather and fetish attire with little clothing.
1 Act, 90 Minutes
2 Females, 6 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/6/2016
Svetlyachki
Author: Alla Ilyasova
Six orphans struggle to survive in a small Russian village just after the Civil War.
Content Advisory: Some violence and stage combat.
2 Acts, 90 Minutes
2 Females, 4 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/6/2016
"So, I Killed a Few People…"
Author: Gary Rudoren and David Summers
A chillingly comic monologue delivered by a convicted serial killer on death row whose final request is to put on a one-man show.
Content Advisory: some adult language, one detailed description of a killing, not for children or impressionable teens, no nudity but character sits in an adult diaper for a time
1 Act, 60 Minutes
0 Females, 1 Male
Year Written/Copyrighted: 1998
Date Added: 7/6/2011
A Fire as Bright as Heaven
Author: Tim Collins
A five-part, multi-character solo show that explores America's social and political upheaval, from 9/11 to the 2008 presidential elections.
Content Advisory: Adult language and situations
1 Act, 90 Minutes
6 Females, 29 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2008
Date Added: 6/28/2011
American Strippers
Author: Kevin Broccoli
A group of goddesses crash a male strip club in Texas only to find that it's run by American folk legends.
Content Advisory: male stripping, nudity, strong language, sexuality
2 Acts, 130 Minutes
7 Females, 8 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2015
Date Added: 10/7/2016
Come to Starr Street
Author: Ren D. Santiago
A typical night at Starr Street for Ani, John, and Ten is sprinkled with cocaine, liquor, music, longing, and laughter until nothing is funny and the purpose is lost.
Content Advisory:
1 Act, 80 Minutes
2 Females, 3 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2013
Date Added: 4/16/2015
Do You Know Me?
Author: Mina Samuels
A woman tries to take her daughter to school, but she has lost her short-term memory. Mired in the past, she struggles to recall who she is.
Content Advisory: Limited strong language
1 Act, 60 Minutes
1 Female, 0 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2015
Date Added: 2/2/2016
Love Me Forever Billy H. Tender
Author: Jesse LaVercombe
January 31st, 2021: Billy H. Tender, Canadian pop icon, is about to play new music for a raging audience in Toronto, but his family is elsewhere: his theatre theorist mother, Stella, has absconded from her research and is secretly soliciting phone sex with strangers, and Hal, Billy’s adoring younger brother, hasn’t left his room… and no one is answering his calls.
Content Advisory: Sexual Content, Strong Language
1 Act, 70 Minutes
0 Females, 1 Male
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2016
Date Added: 10/7/2016
Slipping
Author: Daniel Talbott
Alone, numb, and friendless after the violent death of his father, high school senior Eli moves with his mom from San Francisco to a fresh start in Iowa. A new relationship with a boy named Jake at school exposes Eli again to the possibility of closeness and the danger of being swallowed by it.
Content Advisory: Nudity, strong language, sexual content, and adult themes
1 Act, 85 Minutes
1 Female, 3 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2008
Date Added: 10/6/2011
The Little One
Author: James Comtois
Cynthia, a fledgling vampire, is taken under the wing of a more venerable one, Marie. Marie tries to teach Cynthia how to hunt, be merciful towards humans and make the most out of immortality. However, like all rebellious children, Cynthia intends to carve out her own path.
Content Advisory: Violence, strong language. Recommended for adults only
2 Acts, 100 Minutes
6 Females, 6 Males
Year Written/Copyrighted: 2010
Date Added: 6/4/2012