Escape

At a suburban seance on Halloween eve. Houdini escapes from the Netherworld through the mind of a schizophrenic and enters the present.4m, 2f.

Delimax

On the evening of a bitter ice storm in downtown Montreal, a surivor of the holocaust incarcerates his French Canadian and her Nationalist boyfriend to teach them the meaning of persecution. The lesson goes awry. 3m 2f.

Lautrec

Two days in the life of the celebrated post-impressionist artist. Act one finds him at the pinnacle of his success. Act two takes place several months after his release from the sanatorium at Neuilly. 1m .

My Music

Seventy-five years in the life of concert musician Yossel Zaiger. This history of a violinist who emigrated to Canada in 1910 was first produced as a one act entitled Yossel's Music. 7m 2f ( 3m 1f) with doubling.

The Bubbeh

Two women, an archetypal Yiddish bubbeh and a sixty-something grandmother in denial meet in the cardiac unit of a large urban hospital. 3f.

The Zaideh

A successful wildlife artist from Vancouver who has been estranged from his father for seventeen years brings his son to meet the Zaideh who is in the beginning stages of Alzhiemers and living in an old folks home in Montreal. 3m.

(the above works are companion pieces and can be produced together)

These plays have been developed with my grade ten classes for elementary school and public performance. Cast sizes are easily adjustable.

The Nerd Zone

The Ice family moves from New York to Nerdville and discovers that coolness isn't nearly as important as kindness. Flexible 14 to 30.

It's a Girl!

A new girl moves to town and is ridiculed when she tries to join the football team. That evening, Drew, the star halfback, dreams that the sexes have been reversed and finds out what it is like for girls when when they are not treated as equals. When he truly awakens, the whole town learns a lesson. Flexible 14 to 30.

The Old Toymaker

Grampa Schpieler has always made his toys by hand. When his son-in-law threatens to computerize the toy shop, the toys led by Anitra the magical princess doll come to life and help his grand-daughtyer to save the day. Flexible 10 to 25.

Three Ring Christmas

In this old fashioned tale, the Jonas family is suffering from the unemployment blues. The two children, are found by their long-lost uncle who is the ringmaster of the Flying Tiger Circus caravan, join the circus, have a happy Christmas after all . Flexible 20 to 30.

Earth to Arthur

Arthur the astronaut, lands on a strange planet, meets the engaging inhabitants and decides to stay rather than to claim it for the Earth Federation. Four mask artists, and the astronaut. 5 m or f. Could be expanded

Make Mime Music

This is the life story of Charlie Chimes, a young man who adores music but can neither sing nor play an instrument discovers that he has a talent for conducting. Flexible. Originally comissioned for mime troupe and symphony orchestra.

You can link onto the plays themselves from the synopsis page. Scripts are not complete.