As the Fall season arrives and leads us into the year-end holidays, I will be concentrating most on revisions and the polishing of work that has come short of reaching the stage, barely survived the stage, or really needs to land on one. Additionally, I am pleased and honored to accept the invitation of a colleague to help launch a new dramatists platform offering regular public performances of polished plays, poetry and dramatic readings. It is my intention to present some of the material I am currently working on at a performance in this setting prior to the end of this year (2008).

I am revising short in-the-works plays entitled “Masks” and “Faded Jeans.” These both received cold-readings at workshops in early September and might be included as constructive revisions for the aforementioned performance in the months to follow. I originally wrote Faded Jeans as a teleplay, but am now expanding the idea and re-crafting it for the stage. Other works I hope to iron-out this fall include With or Without, Shuttering Star and Ricochet. These are all short pieces, but in some regard I am keeping my options open for new material that might come about. Additionally, I am researching a lot of material for a devotional work (not intended for the stage) based on the Biblical book of Ruth—and will be busy each week studying and presenting material for a small group spiritual leadership study.

I have temporarily abandoned, “Tiny,” a full-length play about two sisters who have a mutual, homicidal friend. That will probably stay on the shelf until after the re-release of the long-awaited“Victims of Grace,” and the debut (finally) of “Threats and Confessions in the Gallery of Cows.” Frequent visitors of this site have been hearing about these two plays for about three years now and might wonder if I have even written one line of dialogue. Of course, I have.

Here are a list of my plays that have been produced and/or developed in workshops:

Masks (ten minute) original unique look at life from an unexpected perspective
Faded Jeans (as a ten-minute telescript) portraying five souls wrestling with their faith
Tiny (full length) is anything but in this drama with homicidal tendencies
The Great Discovery (series of five one-acts) drama about a talking 2nd Century stone Press Kit available
Girl Trouble (full-length) all girl comedy about roommates over 30 Press Kit available
Victims of Grace (full length) drama addressing the brevity and frailty of life
Heart of Stone (full length) family drama dealing with crisis and faith Press Kit available
Ricochet (ten minute) tragedy involving teens with handguns
With or Without (ten minute) about a man who left his family in action only
Anger Mismanagement (ten minute) comedy with cooks running a psych ward
Shuttering Star (ten minute) loosely based on a photo by Kevin Carter
The Elephant Awakes (ten minute) in a church sound asleep
Friends hiding Stone (one act) who live in glass houses

Additional Plays
In the company of friends (one act)
Steps (full-length)
Steam in the Boiler (full-length)
The Second Best Christmas Pageant Ever (interactive dinner theatre)
Parts and Labor (one act)
Couch Lemon (ten-minute)
Missing Time, Missing Out (ten-minute)
But if Not...(full-length)
Private Miracles (full-length)
Hearts Over London (one-act)

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