FULL-LENGTH
8 Minutes Left (as the “e” in e.b. lee)
Drama/Comedy ● 90 - 100 minutes ● 5-22 actors ● Set: Minimal
The world is coming to an end at exactly 4:44PM today, and no one has had any time to prepare. 8 Minutes Left follows the residents of Charlesville, NJ as they navigate their final moments on this Earth – from a couple with a bunker in their backyard who can’t quite figure out how to get in, to two elderly frenemies who fight over their favorite park bench, to a mother observing her children on a playground as she wonders what their lives would have become, this thoughtful and keenly observed play manages to find the intimate humor of humans in crisis.
The Other Side of Christmas (as the “e” in e.b. lee)
Drama/Comedy ● 110 - 120 minutes ● 8-35+ actors ● Set: Minimal
It’s easy to look at the Christmas season through rose-colored glasses, but the scrappy radio show “The Other Side” makes it their mission to bring you a different point of view. Through a series of vignettes, host Thomas May guides his audience through moments that aren’t exactly holiday card material: camping out on line for a Black Friday sale, spending your first Christmas without a loved one, forced fun at the office holiday party…some funny, some poignant, all unexpected. The Other Side of Christmas is a heartfelt and humorous play about putting down the burdens of perfection and embracing what truly makes the holiday season special – each other.
EPISTOLARY
Bruce & Lee
Drama ● 45 – 55 minutes ● 2 actors ● Set: Minimal
Bruce and his daughter Jackie sometimes struggle to connect, but they share a tradition of sending each other a video message every year on their mutual birthday. Reaching out can stir up funny family stories and raw emotional truths. Reaching out can be frustrating. Reaching out can increase your connection, or distance, or both. But they reach out every year. Bruce & Lee is a mosaic of monologues that weaves through time to reveal two complex, singular lives and one deeply resonant relationship between father and daughter.
Arctic Circle (as the “e” in e.b. lee)
Drama ● 80 - 90 minutes ● 2 actors ● Set: Minimal
Faye is an astrophysicist working on a revolutionary project at a remote research facility in Antarctica. Auden is a professor in California fumbling his way through the planning of his best friend’s engagement party. When the party causes Faye and Auden’s paths to cross online, they begin a Love Letters-style correspondence that spans continents… and maybe even time. Arctic Circle is at once a romantic comedy, a work of science fiction, and a drama about love, loss, and searching for connections.
TEN-MINUTE
The Cosplay
Comedy ● 10 minutes ● 5-11+ (suggested cast: 5 any) ● Set: Minimal
A trio from a fantasy land play a role-playing game set in the equally magical realm of New Jersey. This play is part of the short play collection Quest! and can be licensed separately or as part of the collection.
Mirror
Drama/Horror ● 10 minutes ● 2 actors ● Set: Minimal
When Juniper purchases an old mirror at a garage sale, she gets more than she bargained for. What awakens when she gazes within? A haunting and evocative play about the demons we try to forget. Part of the Ten(ish): Horror collection.
Baby Yoga
Comedy ● 10 minutes ● 7 actors ● Set: Minimal
Some mothers always seem to have it all together, and others… not so much. When Chaos Mom and Chaos Baby arrive in a community yoga class for babies and mothers, all pretenses and expectations of what motherhood should be quickly fall apart. Baby Yoga is a hilarious ode to all those moms who are just trying to get through the day. Part of the Ten(ish): Comedies collection.
Pranksy
Comedy ● 10 minutes ● 4 actors ● Set: Minimal
A gallery intern matches wits with a mischievous anti-artist. Part of Rogues’ Gallery.