Non-Royalty Plays

Dramas

This adult drama explores Generation X from the inside. A pair of couples trying to make it in Hollywood choose to live together in a tiny apartment and discover themselves both mentally and sexually in this daring examination of humanity. The couples include Katie, a sex-addict starving for attention, Tom, her self-serving boyfriend in search of a good adventure, Cherokee, a headstrong woman in a bad relationship, and Josh, a recovering heroin addict. This adult drama contains graphic language and situations and challenges its audience to define success, failure, hope, and love in modern day. Full-length drama. (2 men, 2 women, single set; ADULT CONTENT AND LANGUAGE; Royatly-free play that has received initial workshops and full productions) To order, contact David LeMaster

The Grand Inquisitor

Originally published by Original Works Online, this play has received successful productions at State University of New York Oneonta as well as Texas Tech University. An adaptation and deconstruction of Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov," this play begins with a patricide and explores the guilt and innocence of mankind. Four brothers, symbolic of God, Man, Christ, and Satan, are faced with the ultimate temptation, and together they must explore the guilt or innocence of mankind. This play is currently out of print and may be performed without royalty. Full-length drama without intermission. (4 men, unit set, masks) Contact David LeMaster

Billy Chimeleski and Nicole Alcasid in The San Jacinto College Production of UBU. Makeup by Mike Scanlin. Photograph by Nadia Musalim.

UBU

An adaptation of the life and works of playwright Alfred Jarry, this work premiered at the American College Theatre Festival in 1997 and is ready to be reworked. The play involves a dramatization of Jarry's life with adapted and updated scenes from Jarry's UBU Cycle. The puppet eventually comes alive and devours his maker in this surreal nightmare. THIS PLAY IS FOR MATURE AUDIENCES. Contact David LeMaster.

Film Noir

Spade is on the run from the cops and has witnessed a crime. He's locked himself up in a ramshackle hotel hideout--and now there's someone at the door. Someone with a badge and a gun. He tries to get the window but his visitor pushes the door open first. And now--standoff. A thriller with countless twists and surprises. Published originally in This Month Onstage and reprinted in national anthologies. (2 men, unit set) Contact David LeMaster for details.

Comedies

Merely Players

A community theatre is producing a local author's play, "Aesop's Fifth Toccata and Fugue in D-Minor." Their play is a mess. The director is insane. The costume designer is ready to challenge him to a death-cage match, and the entire cast is mixed up with one love triangle or another. It's a farcical approach to community theatre, perfect for actors of any age or talent. This play is currently unpublished and is available for your company to workshop or produce without royalty! Full-length comedy in three acts. (4 men, 2 women, unit set) Contact David LeMaster for details.

YEstherDay

Esther Day's husband has just died, and she's come to Louisiana to live with her son, a medical doctor, and his young son, Kip, whose need for a parental figure manifests itself in bad behavior. Esther is astounded by her family's faults: Kip gets no attention; her daughter-in-law is a socialite without a cause; her son judges those around him by both skin color and finances. Esther's solution? She'll marry the black man at the end of the block, and together, the two of them will adopt and raise Kip. A comedy that asks dramatic questions, YEstherDay explores issues of age, race, love, and the ideal family. This play may be performed without royalties, and is ready for workshop or full-scale performance. Full-length drama in two acts. (2 men, 1 boy, 2 women, small set)To order, contact David LeMaster

Washington BC

BC stands for "Biased Citizens," and you're about to meet the most biased of all. Abe Lincoln and George Washington represent the left and the right, and they're about to tear the nation to pieces. It's all-out, total political war, and neither side is budging. ( ) This play is unpublished and may be performed without royalty. Contact me.

Greek Tragedy

The Sphinx is a standup comedienne. She's bombing. Oedipus Rex waits on deck, along with the ridiculously mundane Socrates and Jocasta, a burlesque performer and part-time mother. Comedy in one act, (3 men, 3 women, bare stage) This play is unpublished and may be performed without royalty. Contact David LeMaster

The Honeymoon

They've made their vows and it's time for him to carry her over the threshold--except he can't. He can't pick her up. In fact, he can't lift her at all. Will this marriage survive its first night? Comedy in one act, (one man, one woman, unit set) This play is unpublished and may be performed without royalty. Contact David LeMaster

Confessions

A 20's gangster who stole millions wants a priest to write his memoirs. But when he gets to the part about where he hid the stolen loot, the priest suddenly takes a vacation and leaves the janitor dressed as a priest in his place. This screwball comedy takes nothing sacred and explores what happens when you cross a million dollars with a religion with organized crime with British and American spies. Insanity at its finest. (6 men, 5 women, unit set) This play is unpublished and may be performed without royalty. Contact David LeMaster

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