This collection of ten short plays was written specifically for the young actor in the class room or drama department. Some are fun and silly; some are more serious. Several address real life issues in the life of teens. The collection is all "G" rated and the educator does not need to worry about any "adult" surprises in this collection. Requires no set, no costumes.

Four young, brash actors come to Hollywood to live out their dreams of making it big in tinsel town. They are convinced that hard work and honed skills will bring them everything that they want. They discover that hard work and talent have very little to do with succeeding. This full length play tells the story of the unflagging optimism of these four actors. They never give up in spite of the daily exploitation and frustration. This comedic drama portrays the real story behind the auditions, the type casting, the ruthlessness and hidden agendas of the casting directors. How the beautiful...

Prose, musings, short stories, free association [call it what you will] this book is about life, love, loss, heartbreak, and the human spirit.

ComedyCharacters: 9 female, 2 male, 2 either, with extrasCheets, the irrepressible elf, saves Emma and the enchanted forest from certain destruction! Lord Hazard has employed Patsy, the Banana Spider, to keep Emma ensnared in her web while Hazard sells the forest to developers. Given his reputation for mischief, no one believes Cheets when he claims that he has found Emma because no one but Cheets can see her. Audience participation is encouraged, especially when Emma plays charades with Cheets to make herself understood. A stand alone sequel to Emma and the Lost Unicorn, new characters are...

Volume II is a collection of short plays, written specifically for the young actor in the class room or drama department. Some are fun and silly; some are more serious, addressing real life issues for teens. Plus a bonus, a full length play The collection is all "G" rated and the educator does not need to worry about any 'adult' surprises in this collection. Perfect for the classroom the plays are approximately 10-15 minutes in length with minimal or no sets, and no costumes.

Characters: 5 females

From the opening moments when Ivah cuts Violet's eye brows off, this story romps through the sibling antics and rivalry of a large family. The first act takes place as the young teenage girls are growing into lovely women.In a series of family stories, set in the 1920's, we enjoy the girls' hilarious pranks, antics, joys and humiliations. There is laughter in abundance. Tears, love, and sibling rivalry as these four delightful sisters grow up under the guidance of their matriarch, "Mama." A prestigious marriage, a female pro-basketball player, and a run away to Alaska,...

Alma, Kitty and Hattie have one thing in common. The men that they love and married are in prison. Wives visit their men behind bars every day and wonder how their lives brought them to this place. This story focuses on three of these women. Alma is an exotic dancer who seems, at first glance, to be a bit of a nitwit. But on closer inspection she has a street-smart wisdom and humor. Hattie is a hard working African American with four children who is trying to keep her family together. Then there is Kitty, a wealthy socialite, who in spite of the shame and embarrassment of visiting a prison...

We meet Violet Guyer again....a woman grown and on her first adventure outside the tiny town of Tumwater, Washington. She has been invited to San Francisco to play women's semi-professional basketball. Not so unusual you say? Not today, but this is the 1920's. This full length stage play is set in the roaring twenties in San Francisco. Violet, one of the sisters from "The Guyer Girls," has grown into a beautiful woman with children of her own. In the intervening years she has had a successful athletic career and has since bought her own bar and grill. She is a 'flapper' in every sense of the...

Bertie, the bookworm is the fabled forest's elder and teacher. Every week he has a spelling and reading circle where everyone is welcomed. Slam, the badger and his gang of bully boys are forever teasing, disrupting, and bullying Bertie and the group of faeries and woodland creatures. Pansy, the pixie is a new character in this third of the Fabled Forest series. She is a defender of reading, truth, and Bertie. Cheets, our beloved elf from past books joins the wrong crowd and his friends are worried that he will become the newest member of the Bully Boys. The story teaches gentle lessons about...