Full Length Plays
Constantinople or The Hair Plug Play
Ten years out of high school, Clement, Sebastian, and Reid fly to Istanbul to celebrate the engagement of their golden-boy friend, Ahren, by getting hair transplants together. They haven’t seen each other in years. What begins as a weekend of pokes and jests soon gives way to reopened wounds, buried rivalries, and the quiet realization that none of them are as happy as they pretend to be. Each man is nursing his own private desperation, unsure how to ask for help, unsure even how to stay friends. Ahren has brought them here for more than a celebration. After a recent, quiet reckoning, he feels ready to speak honestly—about love, regret, and what happiness might actually mean—and he wants to leave his friends with something that lasts. A darkly funny play about vanity, aging, and the ache of male friendship in a world that taught boys not to need each other.
Anne Frank in Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Community theater leader Logan Dean, determined to bring “outside voices” to his small town, writes his own stage version of The Diary of Anne Frank despite knowing almost nothing about Jewish history. Mary Klam, a local Christian woman who has just discovered a distant Jewish ancestor on 23andMe, defies her husband and joins the cast. When an unexpected guest arrives to stop the production, Logan and Mary must decide how far they will go to put on a play they believe could change Mt. Vernon for the better.
Smooth Time
The Humanities Certificate Program is a popular rite of passage at Athol State Correctional Facility for those who aspire to successfully reintegrate into society. The students in the current Shakespeare semester gain uncharted freedoms when the Massachusetts State Legislature finds itself in a stalemate over a new budget, furloughing most of the guards in the prison. While Matteo awaits a letter detailing the status of his transfer to the Bard Prison Initiative and David mourns the relapse of a confidant, Zebulun sees this as his chance to regain contact with his eight-year-old daughter, jeopardizing the final week of the semester for all three. Smooth Time explores education in an unjust prison system and the additional burdens that all those involved must endure to keep the classroom a place of learning and growth.
One-Acts
Duo
Uri is young, unemployed, and unfulfilled. Rosie is young, employed, and unhappy. They meet on Lox Club, a dating app for Jews with ridiculously high standards. They have nothing in common. And yet, they enjoy each other’s company. What if?
The Moan and Dove
Margaret just started a catering job. On her first shift, she runs into Fabrizio, an old high school classmate she hasn’t seen in years. She’s recently moved back home and is struggling to find her footing. He’s stayed put in Western Massachusetts and seems perfectly content. Catching up is awkward, but not unpleasant. Their biggest obstacle? A young, overzealous boss who makes the night harder than it needs to be.
Books
What This Place Makes Me: A Collection of 21st Century American Plays on Immigration
Seven award-winning plays by rising stars of contemporary theater herald a profound shift in what it means to be an American, an immigrant, and an artist on today’s stage. Includes works by Shayok Misha Chowdhury, Hansol Jung, Martyna Majok, Mona Mansour, Charlie Oh, Mfoniso Udofia, and Jesús I. Valles. From Restless Books.
