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Short Play 15 – Animal Farm Performs The Fall of Jones
This is probably the last play I’ll post, it being Christmas Eve Eve and all. For this play, we were told to write about the proudest moment in our lives.* And to include animals. Originally, this was going to be … Continue reading
Short Play 14 – Medusa Magdalene
Here’s a major downer for the holiday season. This is essentially a staged version of a very late chapter in a novel I’ll probably never finish. Rape figures fairly strongly into its plot (being based on the multifarious Medusa myths), … Continue reading
Short Play 13 – Blackbeard’s Delight
Here’s more delightful crap! Blackbeard’s Delight Darkness. Sounds of birds chirping. Far below is heard car horns, construction, the muffled sounds of the city. Very occasionally, there may be the distant snap of a … Continue reading
Short Play 12 – Johannes Cabal and the Grave Urchins
For this play, we were ordered to write a fan fiction. Or something like that. I don’t really remember. Johannes Cabal and the Grave Urchins A Fanfic of the work of Jonathan L. Howard We hear rain and anemic … Continue reading
Short Play 11 – He Opens a Window
This is not representative of any specific day I experienced. It’s a combination of a number of experiences. Please forgive the (again) phallocentric nature, but that’s the experience I had. He Opens a Window Lights … Continue reading
Short Play 10 – Pentimento Machine
I think pentimentos are mentioned in The Da Vinci Code. I know they’re mentioned in Futurama’s parody of The Da Vinci Code, and they’re used with far superior poetry and purpose in Christopher Moore’s Sacre Bleu. This play’s a bit … Continue reading
Short Play 9 – Kill My Dreams
Here’s some more painfully obvious symbolism. The title is taken from one of Kate’s lines in Countess Bathory, another (longer) play I wrote. Kill My Dreams Dim light rise on a CHILD sleeping in bed, CS. In the CHILD’S embrace … Continue reading
Short Play 8 – We Don’t Need No Education
An irksome experience on tonight’s ride home on the El prompted me to post this one. We Don’t Need No Education Lights up on STELLA, sitting on a couch at a party. “Brick In The … Continue reading
Short Play 7 – Pennies from Heaven
This’n’s a personal favorite. Pennies From Heaven An enormous crash is heard. Lights up on a street at late morning. Traffic noises abounds, and car horns doubly so. At CS is a huge table: its DSL-most leg has been … Continue reading
Short Play 6 – Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
Obviously inspired by the song of the same name. This one needs a lot of work for… whatever it is… but I like the Renaissance and Leonardo and whatnot. Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine* The title of this play, … Continue reading