Plays

Many of the following plays are available on The New Play Exchange

The Storyteller

95 mins, 3W, 3M

17-year-old Randy has lived her entire life off the grid with her dad on an old rotting houseboat, and she’s sick of it. Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest, this play explores the magic and power of the narratives we create.

[2023] Winner, Angus Bowmer Award in Drama, Oregon Book Awards

[2022] Staged Reading, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, dir.
Mallory Metoxen

[2020] Winner, International Thomas Wolfe Playwriting Competition

[2020] Staged Reading, PlayMakers Repertory Company, dir. Vivienne Benesch

[2020] Semi-Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival

[2019] Staged Reading, Spooky Action Theater’s New Works in Action Reading Series (Washington, D.C.) dir. Manna-Symone Middlebrooks

[2019] Finalist, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference

[2019] Staged Reading, Something Marvelous Festival of Magical Realism (Chicago, IL) dir. Claire Reinhart

[2018] Finalist, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference

[2018] Staged Reading, Artists Repertory Theatre (Portland, OR), as part of the Fertile Ground Festival of New Work dir. Caitlin Fisher-Draeger

The Delays

90 mins, 3W, 3M

In an airport, where everyone is busy going somewhere, THE DELAYS focuses on a group going nowhere. A play about the complexity of arrivals, departures, unexpected layovers, and the small moments that connect us.

[2021] Production, Ball State University, dir. Grace Wagner

[2021] Finalist, Angus Bowmer Award in Drama, Oregon Book Awards

[2020] Finalist, 21st Century Voices New Play Festival

[2020] Semi-Finalist, SPACE on Ryder Farm

[2019] Winner, Drammy Award for Outstanding Original Script

[2019] Production, Theatre Vertigo (Portland, OR) dir. Tamara Carroll

The Importance

90 mins, 17 any

A group of high school theatre kids rehearses for a production of The Importance of Being Earnest and come to realize what’s really important.

[2022] Workshop Production at Jerome High School in Jerome, ID dir. Patrick Rexroat

[2020] Commissioned by the Teen West Project for Franklin High School in Portland, OR

BREAK

90 mins, 2W, 2M

In the wake of tragedy and budget cuts, four teachers try to make it through a Monday.

[2021] Selection, Valdez Last Frontier Theatre Conference Play Lab

[2020] Finalist, Kitchen Dog Theater’s New Works Festival

[2019] Finalist, The Scratch: In Pencil Workshop Series

[2019] Finalist, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference

[2018] Staged Reading, Artists Repertory Theatre (Portland, OR), produced by LineStorm Playwrights dir. Matt Pavik

< 3

90 mins, 4W, 2M

14-year-old Ellie is a good kid. It’s the worst. 25-year-old David is grown-up. It’s the worst. Tracy Maccarini’s got it figured out, though. She’s neither. Or both. Is it more dangerous to grow up too fast or too slowly?

[2020] Reading, Artists In Between

[2019] Finalist, Kitchen Dog Theater’s New Works Festival

[2018] Staged Reading, Theatre Vertigo (Portland, OR) dir. Emilie Landmann

[2015] Staged Reading, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference (McCall, ID) dir. Tira Palmquist

[2015] Semi-finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival

CHICK FIGHT! A Reckoning in Nine Movements

[2022] Production, Shaking the Tree Theatre (Portland, OR) dir. Samantha Van Der Merwe

Portrait of the Widow Kinski

120 mins 2W, 2M

A promising artist falls into obscurity. Decades later, his widow works tirelessly to find an audience for his neglected work. But the opportunity to finally secure her husband’s legacy forces her to take a hard look at the past and what was left behind.

[2021] Production, Vivid Stage (Summit, NJ) dir. Clark Carmichael

[2020] Finalist, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference

[2017] Staged Reading, The Blank Theatre’s Living Room Series dir. Samantha Shada

[2016] Semi-finalist, The Bridge Initiative Writing Award

[2016] Semi-finalist, Ashland New Play Festival

[2014] Semi-finalist, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s Generations New Play Development Program

[2010] Staged Reading, JAW Playwrights Festival (Portland, OR) dir. Karin Magaldi

[2010] Staged Reading, Victory Gardens Theater (Chicago, IL) dir. Sandy Shinner

[2009] Staged Reading, Northwestern MFA showcase reading at Steppenwolf Theater Company through Remmy Bummpo Theatre Company (Chicago, IL) dir. James Bohnen

An audio play told through phone-calls, voice mails, and text messages between the employees of Four Seasons Total Landscaping in the hours leading up to the infamous press conference on November 7, 2020. The play explores connection amid a backdrop of political absurdity.

[2022] Production, Theatre Vertigo (Portland, OR) dir. Clara-Liis Hillier

Love Scenes

90 mins, 3W, 3M, 1 Any

6 couples. 6 scenes. 1 apartment building. 24 hours. Ah, love.

[2019] Semi-finalist, New Comedies Festival at B Street Theatre

[2017] Staged Reading, Theatre Vertigo (Portland, OR) dir. Kristen Kraklow

[2012] Workshop Production, Brody Theater (Portland, OR) Produced as part of the Fertile Ground City-Wide Festival of New Works dir. Nicole Accuardi

And Everything Nice

90 mins, 5W

A play about the limits of sharing and caring.

[2020] Staged Reading, Chapel Theatre Collective (Milwaukie, OR), as part of the Fertile Ground Festival of New Work dir. Tamara Carroll

10-Minute Plays

Joy Frickin’ Hates Her Dumb Stupid Room

10 mins, 2 Any

[2022] Production, Spinning Dot Theatre (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

[2021] Production, Western Oregon University, dir. Jessica Wallenfels

[2020] Production, Woolly Mammoth/The Theatre Lab dir. Deidra LaWan Starnes

[2020] Reading, No Small Part

[2020] Commissioned by Portland Center Stage at the Armory for www.playathome.org

Commencement

10 mins, 2W

[2019] Selected, We Ain’t Done Yet Festival at Arizona Theatre Matters

[2019] Staged Reading, Artists Repertory Theatre (Portland, OR) as part of Small Bites with LineStorm Playwrights dir. Matt Gibson

Tri-Fold

10 mins, 1W, 2M

[2019] Production, SouthWest StageWorks (Portland, OR) as part of A Short in the Wire: a collection of site-specific short plays written for Playwright’s West’s Teen West Project. dir. Matthew B. Zrebski

Rough Edge

10 mins 1W,1M

[2017] Staged Reading, Artists Repertory Theatre (Portland, OR) as part of Portland in Play: Decades with LineStorm Playwrights. dir. Pat Moran

Off Duty

10 mins, 1W, 1M

[2022] Finalist, Kairos Italy Theater’s 2021 International Playwrights Series

[2019] Winner, Spotlight Award, Smith and Kraus Publishers

[2017] Staged Reading, Hipbone Studio (Portland, OR) A part of Short and Sweet with LineStorm Playwrights dir. Paul Angelo

A Science Thing

10 mins, 1W, 1M

[2019] Winner, The Majestic Eight 10-Minute Play Festival (Corvallis, OR)

[2019] Finalist, Women Playwrights’ Initiative

[2016] Staged Reading, Artists Repertory Theatre (Portland, OR) as part of Portland in Play with LineStorm Playwrights. dir. Debbie Lamedman

Cold Call

10 mins 2W, 1M

[2018] Staged Reading, Hyde Park Theatre (Austin, TX) as part of FronteraFest Short Fringe. dir. Heather Thiel

[2016] Staged Reading, Hipbone Studio (Portland, OR) A part of Short and Sweet: a collection of 10-minute plays written by the P-Town Playwrights. dir. Susan Faust

The Night Builder

10 mins 1W, 1M

[2013] Staged Reading, JAW Playwrights Festival dir. Philip Cuomo 2013

That Water Moment

10 mins 1W, 1M

[2019] Winner, Spotlight Award, Smith and Kraus Publishers

[2012] Staged Reading, Portland Center Stage (Portland, OR) This play was commissioned for the JAW Playwrights Festival kick-off event. dir. Brandon Woolley

Ever-Fixed

10 mins, 1W, 1M

[2022] Production, Bucknell University

[2016] Finalist, Heideman Award, Actors Theatre of Louisville National Ten-Minute Play Contest

[2009] Staged Reading, Chicago Dramatist’s 10-Minute Workshop dir. Dexter Bullard

Without Ears

10 mins, 1W, 1M

[2009] Staged Reading, Northwestern University’s Master Clash short play festival dir. Cat Miller

[2007] Staged Reading, Chicago Dramatists 10-Minute Workshop dir. Ilesa Duncan

And Everything Nice

10-Minute Plays

Tri-Fold

The Night Builder

Without Ears

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