Lavender • Part 1 of Lavender & Exile – RADIO HOUR Series Episode 2
by Matthew Ivan Bennett Another Halloween offering! An original play based on a ghost story from Salt Lake City. In Lavender, a young man…
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The Juniper Tree • Part 2 of GRIMM – RADIO HOUR Episode 7
by Matthew Ivan Bennett An adaptation of the Brothers Grimm story to their original, dark tellings, The Juniper Tree is not nostalgic radio…
Little Snow-White • Part 3 of GRIMM – RADIO HOUR Episode 7
by Matthew Ivan Bennett Staged Radio Drama, Radio Broadcast, Fully-Staged Production, or Virtual Theatre. An adaptation of three beloved Grimm Brother stories to…
The Black Knight • Part 3 of Yuletide, of the RADIO HOUR Series
by Matthew Ivan Bennett If you celebrate the Holidays with this French Christmas legend, you might want to take the kiddies out of…
The Gift of the Magi • Part 1 of Yuletide, of the RADIO HOUR Series
by Matthew Ivan Bennett O. Henry’s classic Christmas story “The Gift of the Magi,” originally published in 1905, it is a straightforward adaptation…
The Little Match Girl • Part 2 of Yuletide, of the RADIO HOUR Series
by Matthew Ivan Bennett “The LITTLE MATCH GIRL” based on Hans Christian Andersen’s story A short lyrical adaptation of the tragic and moving…
Radio Poe • Episode 1 of the RADIO HOUR Series
by Cheryl Ann Cluff Three actors and a sound effects artist will perform adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories “The Tell-Tale Heart” and…
Frankenstein • Episode 3 of the RADIO HOUR Series
by Matthew Ivan Bennett Mary Shelley’s horror classic Frankenstein – adapted for radio. It’s a story of hubris – and of the monsters…
Alice • Episode 4 of the RADIO HOUR Series
by Matthew Ivan Bennett In 1862, Lewis Carroll created a tale to delight a little girl. That girl of course was named Alice,…
Sherlock Holmes and the Blue Carbuncle • Episode 5 of the RADIO HOUR Series
by Matthew Ivan Bennett In this radio adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,” Holmes & Watson must…
Grimm • Episode 7 of the RADIO HOUR Series
by Matthew Ivan Bennett WHEN A NAME SAYS IT ALL! An adaptation of three beloved Grimm Brother stories to their original, dark tellings….
Otherwhere • Episode 8 in the RADIO HOUR Series
by Matthew Ivan Bennett Staged Radio Drama, Radio Broadcast, Fully-Staged Production, or Virtual Theatre. The Host of RADIO HOUR talks about the disputed…
Yuletide • Episode 9 of the RADIO HOUR Series
by Matthew Ivan Bennett Celebrate the Holidays, with three stories. The first two are family-friendly classics: “The Gift of the Magi,” originally published…
Troll • Episode 11 of the RADIO HOUR Series
by Matthew Ivan Bennett A dark comedy about an internet troll who becomes a real one. A comedic send-up of fairy tales like…
Circle • Episode 12 of the RADIO HOUR Series
by Matthew Ivan Bennett Staged Radio Drama, Radio Broadcast, Fully-Staged Production, or Virtual Theatre, CIRCLE is a very flexible piece. Nothing quite says…
Mess of Pottage • Marriage and Other Eternal Constructs
by Eric Samuelsen Three couples and their married life at BYU. They are neighbors in an apartment complex, and have been thrown together…
The Man Behind The Curtain • L. Frank Baum • One-man Show
by J.D. Newman (Perfect for Professional, College/University, Community, High School, Middle School, and other Youth Theatre Groups) A one-man play that tells the…
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…
At Canossa: The Pope, The Emperor, and the Marchioness
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…