Plays » American / African American

Lol :/ and Other Modern Devised Plays    by Terry Fletcher
Price: Free! 33970 words. Language: English. Published on April 14, 2013. Plays » American / African American.

lol :/ is a comical investigation into how we miscommunicate with technology as revealed by the story of two women reconnecting through Facebook. Also included in this edition: "Truth in Advertising", an emotional commentary on our twisted relationship with advertisements and "Wild World", the journey of two New Yorkers through a harsh city where you are the most alone when surrounded by others.
Interview with the Sphinx    by Jack Matthews
Price: $2.99 USD. 36920 words. Language: English. Published by Personville Press  on February 28, 2013. Plays » American / African American.

This witty philosophical comedy imagines the ancient Sphinx being interviewed today -- as though she were another pop celebrity. She is a talkative, flirty & mysterious person who likes to talk about anything -- except the question being asked! Part Tom Stoppard, part Monty Python, part Oscar Wilde, this play by Jack Matthews combines philosophical paradoxes with fast-paced verbal pyrotechnics.
The Unwed Widow    by Jack Stanley
Price: $4.99 USD. 21390 words. Language: English. Published on January 27, 2013. Plays » American / African American.

Young widow Ann Kidd arrives at Brenda’s Caribbean private beach resort to meet the newest member of Brenda’s “Scandal Survivor” club. He’s Travis Masterson a young TV star who has recently been trashed by the media for sexcapades which are not true. And Travis is also Ann’s husband, not her widow.
In His Name    by William Kritlow
Price: $1.99 USD. 23060 words. Language: English. Published on December 13, 2012. Plays » American / African American.

Stephen believes he’s a Christian and assures all he does is supported by scripture. Even when he kills people. Now in a small town, he "falls for" Maggie. Unhappy in her marriage, she’s also drawn to Stephen, who sees their match as made in heaven. Now he just has to eliminate Maggie's husband, John. Some can justify any behavior by Scripture, and Stephen’s found just the right verses.
18 Plays For Untalented Actors    by Robert Crayola
Price: $2.99 USD. 30450 words. Language: English. Published on November 27, 2012. Plays » American / African American.

Everything you need to begin your lifestyle as an actor: 18 short plays by Robert Crayola. "These scenes were designed with the neophyte actor in mind. Most theater requires effort, practice, timing, and skill. Not these scenes... I have so infused these scenes with my genius that it's a wonder you even need to show up." -- Robert Crayola, from the Introduction
Touching Lightly on Love and Death    by Kathleen Thompson
Price: $4.99 USD. 23200 words. Language: English. Published on July 13, 2012. Plays » Women Authors.

Well-known Chicago playwright Kathleen Thompson writes with intelligence,sensitivity and often wild humor about our deepest feelings. These three short plays explore how people in intimate situations--romance, family, friendship and danger--bring each other through . . . or try.
The Fading Flower and Swallow the Sun    by Mahonri Stewart
Price: $2.99 USD. 54550 words. Language: English. Published by Zarahemla Books  on May 28, 2012. Plays » American / African American.

In "The Fading Flower," when the son of Emma and Joseph Smith starts investigating the mysteries behind his father's involvement in polygamy, Emma must confront a chapter in her life that she would have rather left closed. "Swallow the Sun" follows C. S. Lewis on his journey from staunch atheist to one of the world's greatest defenders of Christianity.
Radio Plays    by Karen Sunde
Price: Free! 25700 words. Language: English. Published on May 20, 2012. Plays » American / African American.

(5.00 from 1 review)
3 Radio Plays 3 Voodoo to Paradise: tropical night, mysterious wooden boat-load casting off for better future. The Sound of Sand: Blind boy’s mighty dangerous venture from sand-castle beach onto the sea. How His Bride Came To Abraham: Enemies trapped in no-man’s land make it paradise. An NPR, WNYC broadcast; a Bob Hope Award winner; a radio-adaptation of oft-produced, twice-published peace play.
Cansville    by Alan Flurry
Price: $5.99 USD. 54780 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

A young artist's experience taking the reins of an old theatre and utilizing the local characters to reconstruct the story of his boyhood home as a stageplay.
Kabuki-West    by Karen Sunde
Price: Free! 24970 words. Language: English. Published on February 15, 2012. Plays » Women Authors.

Kabuki plays “dazzling” “haiku-like” Chicago Sun-Times “best of two worlds, fascinating” Oakland Tribune “resounds with Kabuki’s passion, fascination...in Sunde's adaptation, Zen philosophy is engrained into story, not imposed” L.A.Daily News “Essence of passion. Sunde's play compresses Homeric epic, is lucid and direct, makes you see and hear with awakened eyes and ears." Philadelphia Inquirer