Three Moments In Time — a short play for seniors
A play for two senior actors about the every-day details of growing older
Author: Michael Perry
Richard Sewell — author
Biography and play listing for a Maine Author
Jerry Walker — Author
Biography and play listing for a Maine Author
Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep — play
A play about teens: their struggles, their hopes, their dreams, their epic fails.
The Ruckus At Machias — a play
The retelling of a true tale about the first naval battle of the American Revolution.
Mirrors and Memories — play
Five short plays inspired by the art of Norman Rockwell
Chosen: Stories On Adoption — play
A warm, moving, and sometimes funny look at adoption from the minds and hearts of the adopted and those who adopt them.
Linda Britt — Author
Biography and list of plays for a Maine Author
Mrs. Smith Goes To Washington — One Woman Play
A Tour-de-Force for a solo actress portraying Margaret Chase Smith, first female Senator from Maine
Robin Hood: Legend of the Sherwood Bandit — play with songs
A uniquely structured musical about the battle against monarchial over-rule led by the most famous of all bandits.
Harley Marshall — author
Biography and play listing for a Maine playwright
Billy Goes To War — a Play to End All Wars
The horrors of war are just that, but in this play about the unluckiest boy who ever lived, you’ll find yourself laughing right after your heart has been torn apart.
Deen Ferrell — Author
Biography and listing of musicals
An Allagash Haunting: The Story of Emile Camile — play with songs
The North Maine Woods are many things — haunted is one of them; as 10-year-old Olivia soon finds out.
Challenging Athena — TYA
Imaginative Story Theatre about the Greek myth of Athena
One Night With Fanny Brice — The New York Cast CD
by Chip Deffaa THE NEW YORK CAST ALBUM CD starring Mary Cantoni Johnson Fanny Brice worked her way up from singing on
The Scarlet Letter — a play
One of America’s most powerful stories created for only FOUR performers.
SUFFRAGE — a play
The struggle over voting rights for women in the second State ever to adopt that amendment: Utah.
Storm Boy – A Devastating Tale of Brotherhood, Love, and Loyalty
A re-telling of the true story of a lifeboat crew on the north coast of Devon and what it costs to be a lifeboatman.
Jennifer Reck — Author
Biography and listing of plays for a Maine playwright
Cinderella’s Miss-Adventures — TYA
From the Children’s Theatre of Hampton Roads come this most imaginative retelling of one of the most beloved Fairy Tales
The Not-So-Scary Nightmare Adventure — TYA
The land of sleep and dreams and all that can be found there make up this clever story of Bri, the Toothfairy, and her travels to save her ‘children.’
Freedom Song — A Story of Hope — TYA
One of the most powerful and inclusive scripts on the Underground Railroad and the power of personal freedom we have ever come across
Alexandra Grace Gaver — Author
Biography and listing of Plays for a playwright from the Children’s Theatre of Hampton Roads
Coming Home: A Christmas Story — Musical
The Herstoller Inn is a modern day setting for this re-telling of the Nativity Story, with a modern-day twist.
Jenifer Nii — Author
Biography and listing of plays
RUFF! by Jenifer Nii — TYA
Two dogs in an Animal Shelter — what better location for a play about prejudice and overcoming fear
The Little Mermaid’s Little Sister — TYA
A delightful twist on the fairy tale as both the mermaid and her prince have a younger, same-gender sibling who get them and others into trouble; but it’s the little sister who is at the center of this story.
A Playwright’s Potential to Excellence — BLOG August 10, 2017
Apply this to you, the Playwright (Composer, Lyricist) and to each of your characters. It sort of goes along with what I
Why Do You Write For The Theatre — BLOG 27 July 2017
Why do you write for the theatre? A Playwright, a Lyricist, a Composer? What gets you up in the morning to begin?
Conflict — BLOG July 20, 2017
You know — many playwrights struggle over conflict. Some even wonder if they can do without it. Some think it is fine,
The Zenith Escape — a short musical TYA
TV screens, computer screens, video screens, phone screens — what if they were the literal gateway to our scariest nightmares?
The Saga of Sasquatch C’lone – Doc Holliday’s Electronic Medicine Show
The Wild West and the Frontier are even wilder in this spoof on everything that is western-holy!
Character Arc What and Why – BLOG May 25, 2017
What is a Character Arc and Why is it necessary? A Character Arc is the journey that a character takes through his
PINOCCHIO — A FAMILY MUSICAL
The Collodi classic in a Broadway-style musical treatment.
The Sideshow — Concept CD
Schools for Gifted and Talented youth often feel like a sideshow; how would one of those same schools feel for someone who is gifted, but doesn’t think so?
A Midsummer Night’s Dream — edited
Shakespeare’s classic edited for time and archaic expressions.
Julius Caesar: A Confederate Conspiracy
Shakespeare’s classic edited for time and archaic expressions, plus a setting of the U.S. Civil War.
Christmas On The Blue — A New Musical for Christmas
1940s, World War 2, Big Band, Radio station on the brink of collapse musical! With a Christmas Theme to boot!
Winterblum — A Frozen New Musical
A musical in the “Frozen” vein, about a young woman searching for her roots, which she finds in a kingdom of perpetual winter –– and what she does about it!
Cinnamon Stick — Short Musical
A short musical fable about the power of love!
The Archer Who Went I Know Not Where To Fetch I Know Not What — TYA musical
A Russian Folk tale brought to musical life with people and puppets, and plots and plans, and a happy ending.
Submitting To A Theatre – BLOG May 5, 2017
Submitting a Play or Musical to a Theatre There are many opportunities for this to happen, here are just a few: If
Toad! — A “Wind In The Willows” Musical
A lush and lovely score with unforgettable characters and situations, brings this Kenneth Grahame tale to life in a Broadway-style adaptation.
The Wind in the Willows — Short Musical
“The Wind in the Willows” as a melodrama? It’s not as strange as it might sound!
Before Nevermore: A Poe Adventure — Short Musical
Where did Edgar Allan Poe get his ideas? Who was he before he became the successful writer? This is one likely (or unlikely) scenario that will delight your audiences!
The Process of Theatre Writing – BLOG April 20, 2017
What can I say about playwrighting that can take you from the ideas, to the words, to the page, to the stage?
Submitting to a Publisher – BLOG April 13, 2017
Well, this one can be complicated. Each publisher has different requirements for play and musical submission. Some are agented, (which means that
The Riddle of the Sphinx and More of History’s Mysteries Revealed — TYA
Yeti, Sasquatch, Sphinx and Amazonian Queen make for mystery in the theatre; but then set it in a Carnival-type atmosphere and it becomes a Mystery Sideshow Theatre piece!
The Mummy’s Tale: And other Voices from the Great Beyond — TYA
The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Aztecs knew that Death was not a mystery! Or was it?
Atlantis, Lost! and Other Legends from the Strange Waves — TYA
Atlantis, Pirates, and Loch Ness are mysteries of our water-filled world. But when these tales are set in a Sideshow atmosphere, it takes the action up a notch!
Way Out West: The Journey of Lewis and Clark and Other Tales — TYA
The West of the U.S. frontier has spawned many tales, from Native American creation, to the Pony Express, along with the history of Lewis & Clark, the Mystery Sideshow Theatre has never been more full of fun and wonder!
Aesop’s Network — PLAY, TYA
An evening of Aesops’ characters told in the style of Network Television, with news and commercials. What a kick!
E. Gray Simons III — AUTHOR
E. Gray Simons III – Since 1997 Mr. Simons has written numerous original plays and adaptations. His original plays include Play Ball!,
How many characters should I write for – BLOG 3 March 2017
In a recent post on a Facebook Playwrights page the number of characters in a play or musical was discussed. Now: Number
EUntitled — a short play
Those without choice, or voice, as to whether they live or die.
WILD DUCKS • An Epic, Dialectical Rendering of Ibsen’s Play
Ibsen meets Brecht? This is a version of “The Wild Duck” that you will never forget.
Joe Rosenberg • Author
JOSEPH ROSENBERG — Playwright, Director and Theater Scholar, Joe was the founder and Artistic Director of El Teatro Bilingue (The Bilingual Theatre
El Bully — A Spanglish play with songs
Yes, another musical about bullying, but this one focuses on the Bully and his perception of himself. And what’s more, the show is told in both Spanish and English!
The Plays of Thomas F. Rogers Volume 2: Personal Journeys
Plays of conscience, choice, crisis, and personal identity from a master playwright.
The Plays of Thomas F. Rogers Volume 1: Perestroika and Glasnost
East-West tensions that brought about the Cold War, plus living under and after the walls came down, make for compelling theatre from a master playwright who has been produced in Russia, as well as here in the US.
Jim Christian • Author
Jim Christian is a Playwright, Lyricist, Director, Choreographer, Actor/Singer/Dancer, and a teacher of thousands of successful students. He is the recently retired
Lifelines — A Play
This is a provocative and healing story about surviving the suicide of a loved one.
Jes Marbacher • Author
Jes Marbacher is a writing and communications professional and freelance theater artist working in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She first came to NHTP
Well-Behaved Women — A Play for TYA
Women’s Suffrage is keenly and insightfully explored for young audiences.
It’s Up To Me — A Musical Revue
If we are not involved in our own lives, leading to our own success, who will be? A reminder that is not just for young audiences, but adults as well!
Sheila Rinear — playwright
Sheila Rinear is a San Antonio-based, award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and teacher. Her work has been commissioned, developed and produced throughout the United
Counter Intelligence — One-Act
No other person in the world is really very different from ourselves. It is amazing the things you can learn in a diner, and the possibilities that wisdom opens up!
A Day Without Palestine — One-Act
American/Arab/Israeli relations pose many questions, but also find some solutions. A fine little drama about a family on the brink of crisis.
The Ransom Note or Sweet Katy’s Peril-A Melodrama of Unusual Mirth
A clever experience with the classic ‘mellerdrama’ (melodrama) for children and teens.
Just Lucky I Guess — A Comedy
Three may be a crowd in love, but it certainly allows you to meet interesting people!
The World Is My Parish — Play
The religious journey of John Wesley, father of the Methodists.
The Sideshow — a musical
a musical about young people (and the grown-ups who teach them) by Mark Ogden WHAT ABOUT JOE AVERAGE? WHERE DOES HE FIT
We Band of Brothers — Musical Farce
Buffalo Bill Cody, Wild Bill Hickok, and Texas Jack are drawn to Chicago by a shrewd promoter to perform in a show about Buffalo Bill Cody, Wild Bill Hickok, and Texas Jack! And it based on an historical incident — a true story!
Irving Berlin: In Person — Concept CD
Original Cast Albums on CD