The Ship at the Top of the World
Work in progress about what may or may not be the apocalypse; researched on the 2014 Arts & Sciences Expedition to the Arctic Circle.
The Half-Brothers Mendelssohn (5M, 3F, 100 min)
Produced by Strange Tree Group in 2013; Jeff recommended
Theo Mendelssohn constructs a time machine in order to correct the mistakes of the past, which will include preventing his father's second marriage and thereby removing his half-brother from existence. It goes poorly.
Pictured above. Photo: Emily Schwartz.
Quartet and Fugue (3M, 4F, 85 min)
Winner, 2013 Mountain Playhouse International Playwriting Competition
Finalist, 2013 Reva Shiner Comedy Award
Third Place, Las Vegas Little Theatre New Works Festival
A farce that unfolds behind the scenes of a wedding at which everything is wrong, including the pairing of bride and groom.
Pavel the Brilliant and Resourceful Inventor Distills the Potato (3M, 1F, 7 min)
Presented by Strange Tree Group in the 2012 Trunk Show
A Russian kulak invents vodka. This is probably not how it actually happened.
Haunts (1M, 1F, 10 min)
Presented by Strange Tree Group in the 2011 Trunk Show
A spurned lover's plot for revenge extends into the afterlife, but is stymied by her incomplete understanding of how, exactly, the afterlife will work.
Practical Anatomy (7M, 5F, 120 min)
Book & music by Elizabeth Bagby, with additional music by Ethan Balis
Produced by Sansculottes/DCA Storefront in 2006
A musical based on the true story of William Burke and William Hare, who killed some 17 inhabitants of Edinurgh in 1828–29. Includes found language and music of the time.
Screw Love
Cowritten by Sansculottes
Produced by Sansculottes in 2005
An evening of sketch comedy about the bizarre and perplexing aspects of romance. So, all of it.
Patriot Act III: Rise of the Machines
Cowritten with Terry Selucky, C. Mitchell Turner, and Tai Palmgren
Produced by Sansculottes in 2004
In the dystopian near future, an ideologically and financially bankrupt government turns to corporate sponsorship for the most X-Treme! espionage yet. (Just ask The Few, The Proud, The Verizon Wireless U.S. Marine Corps.) Naive Archie, seeking only to make people happy, winds up being the biggest terrorist of all.
Bellham (screenplay; 100 min)
Presented by Chicago ScriptWorks in 2006 and in their Square Table reading series in 2007
A fading matinee idol concocts a romance to rebuild his career, destroying several lives in the process. (The script has probably outlived its relevance, but I still like it.)
Work in progress about what may or may not be the apocalypse; researched on the 2014 Arts & Sciences Expedition to the Arctic Circle.
The Half-Brothers Mendelssohn (5M, 3F, 100 min)
Produced by Strange Tree Group in 2013; Jeff recommended
Theo Mendelssohn constructs a time machine in order to correct the mistakes of the past, which will include preventing his father's second marriage and thereby removing his half-brother from existence. It goes poorly.
Pictured above. Photo: Emily Schwartz.
Quartet and Fugue (3M, 4F, 85 min)
Winner, 2013 Mountain Playhouse International Playwriting Competition
Finalist, 2013 Reva Shiner Comedy Award
Third Place, Las Vegas Little Theatre New Works Festival
A farce that unfolds behind the scenes of a wedding at which everything is wrong, including the pairing of bride and groom.
Pavel the Brilliant and Resourceful Inventor Distills the Potato (3M, 1F, 7 min)
Presented by Strange Tree Group in the 2012 Trunk Show
A Russian kulak invents vodka. This is probably not how it actually happened.
Haunts (1M, 1F, 10 min)
Presented by Strange Tree Group in the 2011 Trunk Show
A spurned lover's plot for revenge extends into the afterlife, but is stymied by her incomplete understanding of how, exactly, the afterlife will work.
Practical Anatomy (7M, 5F, 120 min)
Book & music by Elizabeth Bagby, with additional music by Ethan Balis
Produced by Sansculottes/DCA Storefront in 2006
A musical based on the true story of William Burke and William Hare, who killed some 17 inhabitants of Edinurgh in 1828–29. Includes found language and music of the time.
Screw Love
Cowritten by Sansculottes
Produced by Sansculottes in 2005
An evening of sketch comedy about the bizarre and perplexing aspects of romance. So, all of it.
Patriot Act III: Rise of the Machines
Cowritten with Terry Selucky, C. Mitchell Turner, and Tai Palmgren
Produced by Sansculottes in 2004
In the dystopian near future, an ideologically and financially bankrupt government turns to corporate sponsorship for the most X-Treme! espionage yet. (Just ask The Few, The Proud, The Verizon Wireless U.S. Marine Corps.) Naive Archie, seeking only to make people happy, winds up being the biggest terrorist of all.
Bellham (screenplay; 100 min)
Presented by Chicago ScriptWorks in 2006 and in their Square Table reading series in 2007
A fading matinee idol concocts a romance to rebuild his career, destroying several lives in the process. (The script has probably outlived its relevance, but I still like it.)