ADULT PLAYS
A Futuristic Thriller
“Cannibals Alone”
Post-November 8, 2016. Americans have been told that a deadly disease is ravaging the country. All citizens are required to submit to periodic blood tests and those testing positive are immediately taken away. In response, an underground organization helps some escape the Medical Police and flee to Canada.
In a rented cabin somewhere in the woods of the great American Northwest, Rae and Mags, friends since childhood, have become involved with depos after Rae’s brother Jackson was turned in. They receive two visitors – Callie (in Act One) who has just broken out of a Center and Val (in Act Two) who has tested positive but who has escaped the Medical Police before being taken away.
These two visitors have unfortunately chosen the wrong time to seek help as the relationship between Mags and Rae has begun to unravel. Rae is committed to continuing her involvement with depos even to her death while Mags is looking to quit to live a safer, more normal life. Rather than concentrating on helping their visitors, Rae and Mags instead manipulate them in an attempt to sway each other into going along with their own desires.
Just when you think you know what’s going on, however, there is a devastating twist that will have you reconsidering all the assumptions that you have made about the situation and the main characters…
This chilling and challenging full-length play for 4 women on a single set was called “surprising and inventive” by Playwrights Horizons.
Drop me a line here for a copy of the script or click here to read a few pages. (Warning – adult content)
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“Radio Razzle-Dazzle”
It’s 7:45 PM on New Year’s Eve, 1940 in a radio studio and a group of beleaguered people are desperately trying to put on a radio show. It’s the most important episode of “Invitation To Danger” ever but everything is going wrong – the organist and the sound effects man have eloped, the director is missing, a third of the cast is passed out on the sofa and the script has arrived at literally the last moment! Will our heroes Steve, Blackie and Pete finally uncover the true identity of the Hooded Terror or will he escape them again? Will our plucky cast and crew wrestle some sort of sense from this hysterical catastrophe or will chaos prevail? Tune in and find out!
This fun hour-long piece with a single set and parts for 3 gals and 3 guys will instantly transport you back to The Golden Age Of Radio. Best of all, after the first few pages, the performers don’t have to memorize their lines – they just read them from their “radio scripts!” Just the thing for a wonderful last-minute entertainment (single set, 3 women, 3 men), be sure to keep a copy from Eldridge on hand.
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“At The Beep”
If you liked A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters,” you’ll love “At The Beep,” where we follow the lives of Skip Allen and Mary Elizabeth Chase through messages left on each other’s answering machines! From grade school to grave, trace the triumphs, disappointments, loves and feuds these two friends experience – all through that miracle of modern technology – the telephone answering machine.
A clever and funny alternative to “Love Letters,” this hour-long piece is just as simple to stage with twice the laughs in half the time. It requires the simplest of sets (be as basic or as elaborate as you wish) and can be staged with just 2 performers (or as many as you want) and can be edited for time and content. Great for all groups when you need something in a hurry or for a competition. For anyone who’s ever felt that they’ve talked to a loved one’s machine more than the loved one, there’s “At The Beep!” Order your copy from Brooklyn Publishers today!
An Adaptation of the Classic Dumas Adventure
“The Count Of Monte Crisco”
It’s late Monday morning at May’s diner and bus stop (just outside Nickleberry, Texas off Route 77) and the staff is taking a break – waitresses Dottie and Ruthie, cashier Raylene, Buddy the busboy and Lyle the cook. The quiet is interrupted by the arrival of Delbert Minkle, a mechanic at the garage next door. He needs some coffee to stay awake under Doralee’s Gremlin – seems he’s been up all night reading a book and it must be one heck of a story – Del has trouble getting through the TV Guide.
“Tell us about it, Delbert,” suggests Dottie and he’s off, sharing “The Count Of Monte Cristo,” (which Lyle mistakes as Monte Crisco, naturally) with the whole gang including Ed (his boss), Jimbo (a trucker) and Trixie and Paulette (regulars who have stopped in for patty melts). As Del brings the story to life, everyone is soon hooked on the mechanic’s tale.
“The Count Of Monte Crisco” is a highly theatrical piece that’s great fun for cast and spectators alike. This unique show offers an adaptation true to the original classic, yet told in a humorous modern style that makes it readily accessible to today’s audiences. (Full-length, single set, 5 men, 5 women) Email me here for a copy of the script or you can read some pages here.
Gifted Psychic or Clever Con Woman?
“Red Herrings”
Madame Lacy Eugenia is using her “psychic gift” to find the kidnapped grand-baby of a local millionaire despite Sheriff Buckman’s belief that she is a fake and her information comes not from beyond the grave but from her best client, his mother. Her efforts are interrupted by the arrival of her estranged daughter Sophie who is on the run from her abusive boyfriend Eddie. When Eddie shows up, things are bound to get complicated. Even the presence of Lacy’s long-time companion, a stage magician and ventriloquist known as “The Amazing Ira” isn’t enough to keep Eddie in line. Baby, baby, who’s got the baby…and who’s going to find her and collect the reward?
“Red Herrings” is a clever and funny romp which pays homage to murder mysteries of the fifties and sixties and is great entertainment.” – Amateur Stage Magazine
A single set, 3 women and 3 men – that’s all you need to stage this this full-length clever comedy/thriller in the tradition of “Deathtrap” and “Sleuth.” To request a copy, email me here. Interested? Read the beginning here.
