Rain-In-The-Face • A Battle for Truth
by Eric Samuelsen At the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, many things were created, re-created and introduced to a willing public hungry for…
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Most recent additions to the catalog of Leicester Bay Theatricals
Investiture at Canossa • A Play About History Makers
by Eric Samuelsen It is 1077. The Holy Roman Emperor, The Pope, the Abbot of Cluny, and the Marchioness of Tuscany. A schism…
Blind Date • A 12-minute play
by Eric Samuelsen Hyper-vigilance. On a stakeout. Fifi and Rex seem to be just thrown together. They talk about duty. They talk about…
Magnificence • A Medieval Morality Play
by John Skelton. Translated and Adapted by Eric Samuelsen This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part…
3 • Three Plays for Three Women
by Eric Samuelsen Three short plays about Mormon women confronting their own culture, each with a cast of three. In Bar and Kell,…
Cannibal Bondage Fiasco • a Ten-minute play
a ten-minute play by Eric Samuelsen The macabre humor, the mock-social-status-consciousness of the ‘very rich’ and those wanting to associate with them and…
Dreamers • a Ten-minute play
a ten-minute play by Eric Samuelsen Three English speaking friends, newly arrived in America, are searching the web for a school, an internship,…
Bumps • a play for Young Audiences • TYA
a play by Eric Samuelsen About the social order of a playground, along with the attendant bullying, BUMPS presents a microcosmic view of…
Foursquare • a Ten-minute play • TYA
a ten-minute play by Eric Samuelsen Slightly amended from its appearance in the longer play, BUMPS, this play about the social order of…
Last Chance • a one-act play
by Eric Samuelsen Two people, in the masquerade of longing and loving, have pretended themselves out of a life of anything but ordinary….
Nothing Personal • A New Play
by Eric Samuelsen What Is Truth? Is it defined by power? If so, it may not be truth at all! From 1996-1998, Susan…
The Butcher, The Beggar and the Bedtime Buddy • a 10-minute play
by Eric Samuelsen A meat-packing magnate, his daughter, and his second wife play the games and vie for the immense fortune at his…
Little Men • A New Musical
Based on “Little Men” the sequel to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” Book, Music and Lyrics by C. Michael Perry Jo and Professor…
The Theft of Thor’s Hammer •TYA • World Tales
by Genevieve Aichele As Thor, the God of Thunder sleeps, the Ice Giants sneak in and steal his mighty hammer, symbol and source…
The Princess and the Pea • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from the Hans Christian Andersen tale by Genevieve Aichele The typical array of princesses––all royal, all wrong. But when Prince Emory meets…
The Girl Who Found Fear • TYA • World Tales
A Turkish Fairy Tale adapted by Genevieve Aichele Fear. We all know about it, have even experienced it in our lives. But we…
Persephone • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from the Greek Myth by Genevieve Aichele Kidnapping. Heartbreak. Evil exacting a price. Sounds like the 5 o’clock news? Well, no —…
Blood Pudding • a Ten-minute Play
by Eric Samuelsen There was a robbery in a restaurant meat locker. Marie thinks she knows who did it — a guy in…
Sleepy Hollow • TYA • World Tales
(based on the story by Washington Irving) Adapted by Genevieve Aichele This is a simple but imaginative story-theatre telling of the famous tale…
The Elephant and the Ant • TYA • World Tales
A Traditional Tale from India adapted by Genevieve Aichele Wisdom from the smallest of all helps the jungle animals to maintain order when…
Clever Manka • TYA • World Tales
A Czechoslovakian tale adapted by Genevieve Aichele Riddles. Cleverness. This simple, charming story will delight children and adults alike as The Burgomaster of…
The Children of Lir • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from Irish folk lore by Genevieve Aichele A very early step-mother story, this time out of jealousy for the love of Lir,…
The Adventures of Hiiaka • TYA • World Tales
Adapted from Hawaiian Myth and Lore by Genevieve Aichele Hawaii’s rich mythology and lore provide the story for this script dealing with love,…
The Kreutzer Sonata • A play to music
Freely adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s novella by Eric Samuelsen THE MIND OF A MURDERER DRIVEN MAD BY UNFULFILLED PASSIONS AND BEETHOVEN’S MUSIC A…
The Ice Front • A Play
by Eric Samuelsen It takes courage to pretend to be someone you are not in order to be who you are. The traitorous…
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…
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…
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…
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…