Slaying the Greeble • TYA
by Eric Samuelsen We hear it all the time. “I met him on the internet.” That simple statement that sends shockwaves through parents…
Author: Michael Perry
Mount Vernon • A New Play
by Eric Samuelsen George Washington is visited by a modern black history professor, Wash Malcolm. Desperate to save his ‘people’, his family, his…
Donald K. Jarvis • Author
Donald K. Jarvis translated and edited the first half of Labyrinths of Freedom, the Russian-language book by Belarusian author Yurii Ustin on which…
Fingerprint Smile • A Ten-minute play
by Eric Samuelsen Murder. Aggravated Robbery. Years spent in the system. The grand-children know little to nothing. His parole is imminent and the…
Five • A Ten-minute Play
by Eric Samuelsen In the world of Donkey Kong we find 5 Princess Zeldas: the Proud, the-full-of-pain, the girlfriend-not-a-princess, the Actor-princess, the Dangerous….
He & She Fighting • A Love Story
a comic play by Eric Samuelsen (Suitable for Professional, College/University and Community groups.) They are completely incompatible. He says something. She says the…
Control_Alt_Delete • a Ten-minute play
by Eric Samuelsen Eric (the playwright) had been reading a book called MOBY DUCK, about bath toys that washed off a cargo ship…
Patriot Stranger • A Story of a Revolution
by Thomas F. Rogers and Donald K. Jarvis (based on Yurii Ustin’s “Labyrinths of Freedom: a Novel” as translated and edited by Donald…
Gaming the DMV • a Ten-minute Play
by Eric Samuelsen The greatest place for being bored is the DMV. The thing most often done at the DMV is waiting. An…
Burning Desire • a Ten-minute play
by Eric Samuelsen Heaven, Hell, the Void, and… a fourth place — not often considered, as we slip away into that unknown life…
Perfect Circle • a Ten-minute play
a ten-minute play by Eric Samuelsen Five teenaged cousins at the wedding of another cousin. What can’t go wrong with an overly-demanding bride…
Spoiled Cheese • a Ten-minute play
a 10-minute play by Eric Samuelsen Picture a post-apocalyptic scenario, with an Adam and Eve, now ejected from a Garden, ruefully remembering various…
Behind The Blue Door • a Ten-minute play
a ten-minute play by Eric Samuelsen (Suitable for all groups) A Prince/Knight in shining armor, his fair maiden, and Jesper the self-loathing Jester…
What Really Happened • A Play
a play by Eric Samuelsen This play is about language––no not that kind (although there is some of that in it)––it is about…
A Love Affair With Electrons • Philo T. Farnsworth-Young Inventor
a play about the Inventor of Electronic Television by Eric Samuelsen (Suitable for Professional, College/University, Educational, and Community groups.) The torturous route from…
Charles Metten • Author
Dr. Charles Metten was born in Fort Bragg, California, on September 7, 1927. He earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Theater…
Letter From A Prophet • A Play
a play in three acts by Eric Samuelsen and Charles Metten These are not the letters that Joseph wrote to Emma, or the…
Clearing Bombs • A New Pulitzer Prize Nominated Play
by Eric Samuelsen In the summer of 1942, economists Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes spent a night on the roof of King’s…
Cassandra • A Ten-Minute Play
by Eric Samuelsen A PERFECT PLAY FOR INTERNET, ZOOM, OR STREAMED THEATRE PERFORMANCE As one of the captives of the Trojan War, the…
Intersection • a play about power for teens
by Eric Samuelsen INTERSECTION is a snapshot of today’s world, a quick glance at troubled friendships, broken families, and domestic violence. Nine young…
Four Bio-Musicals by Chip Deffaa • Playwrights on the Page Series • Book 14
by Chip Deffaa The Fanny Brice Story The Irving Berlin Story Yankee Doodle Dandy The Seven Little Foys: An American Vaudeville ASCAP/Deems Taylor…
FIVE Plays for Young Audiences • Volume 8 Theatre for Young Audiences Series
by Joanna H. Kraus A collection of FIVE plays that speak to young hearts and minds whether they are in school, in the…
Sandy and the Weird Sisters • The Play
by J.D. Newman Growing up, making choices, being responsible for yourself and the choices we all make might seem everyday to some, but…
Sandy and the Dance of Faith – The Play
by J. D Newman Book 2 of the Sandy Hunter Saga Sandy Hunter’s entrance essay has earned her admission to Memorial Catholic School….
Clara and the Mermaids • Zoom Internet Version
by J. D. Newman Episode 3 of the Sandy Hunter Saga Twelve-year-old Clara doesn’t know what she wants to be, but she knows…
Kimchi Kid • TYA Family Play about the power of Adoption
by Joanna H. Kraus When Hak Soo, a nine-year old Korean boy, arrives at a New York airport, he’s frightened by the excited…
For The Glory • A Play
by Joanna H. Kraus (with Hobart Brown) Dawn, wanna-be journalist, is tired of being an Indy 500 driver’s trophy girlfriend. Instead, she’ll cover…
The Dragon Hammer and The Tale of Oniroku • Two TYA Plays from Korean and Japanese Legend
Two Short Plays for Young People [and others] To Perform (TYA) by Joanna H. Kraus The Dragon Hammer comes from an old fairy…
My Turn On Earth • Storybook
by Carol Lynn Pearson Illustrated by Cam Clarke Cover Illustration by Kay Stevenson Available after a long absence from the bookshelves! The…
Kiss • a ten minute parable
a short play by Eric Samuelsen An LDS mom is on her way to start work in a brothel to support her family…
The Magic Flute • Tales from the Fractured Side
Adapted from Emanuel Schikaneder’s libretto from the Mozart Opera by E Gray Simons III MORE TO COME Part of the Series: Tales from…
Cinderella • Tales from the Fractured Side
From the Charles Perrault fairy tale by E Gray Simons III MORE TO COME Part of the Series: Tales from the Fractured Side…
Alice In Wonderland • Tales from the Fractured Side
From the Lewis Carroll Classic by E Gray Simons III MORE TO COME Part of the Series: Tales from the Fractured Side PLAY…
Nursery Rhyme Café • A Play With Songs • Tales from the Fractured Side
by E Gray Simons III Part of the Series: Tales from the Fractured Side The folks in the Mother Goose Village are having…
Just So Stories • Tales from the Fractured Side
From Rudyard Kipling’s Classic by E Gray Simons III So, just how do you suppose the leopard got his spots? Why is the…
Hansel and Gretel’s Grimm Tale • Tales from the Fractured Side
Crazier then Grimm by E Gray Simons III and Tara Franklin MORE TO COME Part of the Series: Tales from the Fractured Side…
Pinocchio! • Tales from the Fractured Side
Adapted from the Collodi Classic by E Gray Simons III MORE SOON Part of the Series: Tales from the Fractured Side PLAY DETAILS…
Arabian Nights • Tales from the Fractured Side
Three interwoven stories from the Book of One Thousand and One Nights by E Gray Simons III Three tales—Prince Ahmed and the Fairy…
The Wind in the Willows • Tales from the Fractured Side
From the Kenneth Grahame classic by E Gray Simons III Part of the Series: Tales from the Fractured Side PLAY DETAILS TYA About…
Robin Hood • Tales from the Fractured Side
Suggested by the ballads and legends by E Gray Simons III written with Foster Durgin MORE SOON Part of the Series: Tales from…
Monkey • A Chinese Tale • Tales from the Fractured Side
Based on the Chinese Folktale “Journey to the West” by E Gray Simons III written in collaboration with Blue Hill Performance Ensemble MORE…
The Emperor’s New Clothes • Tales from the Fractured Side
From Hans Christian Andersen by E Gray Simons III MORE SOON Part of the Series: Tales from the Fractured Side PLAY DETAILS TYA…
Play Ball! • Reflections on the Origins of Baseball
by E. Gray Simons III PLAY BALL! blends history, poetry, and a fantastic sense of humor to create an exciting and hilarious play….
Inversion • A Horror Story for Teens
a play by Eric Samuelsen Seven young people find themselves desperately lost in an unexpected fog in the mountains. Taking refuge in a…
The Moment Before • BLOG 05-25-2020
The Moment Before Every actor uses it. It is a Stanislavsky acting principle that has infiltrated nearly every other acting system ever devised….
Me2 • short TYA
by Joanna H. Kraus Two girls, raised in opposite parts of the country, accidentally meet in an upscale California mall. Madison and Emily,…
Joanna H. Kraus • Playwright/Author
Joanna H. Kraus is an award-winning playwright of twenty Theatre for Young Audiences produced/published plays, among them The Ice Wolf (Dramatic Publishing) and…
Tamales and Roses • short TYA
by Joanna H. Kraus When a flower girl gets stage fright and can’t start the wedding procession, she’s convinced no one will forgive…
Do I Look Like Anyone? • a short ZOOM play
by Sheila Rinear THE PERFECT TWO CHARACTER ZOOM PLAY WITH TWO PERFORMERS WHOSE CHARACTERS NEVER MEET IN PERSON! Meeting your Birth Mother? Important,…
Apocalypso! A Revelation of a Musical
Book and Lyrics by Thom Duncan Music and Lyrics by C. Michael Perry Sounds like NO Bible story you’ve ever heard before! A…