AUTHORSHIP
BE STILL BE SILENT
What happens to a set of friends tear up an autistic boy’s ticket to the opening night of a Broadway play? Ripped from the headlines comes a powerful and poignant new play that tackles the ongoing, heated debate of how the Broadway community REALLY defines inclusivity and accessibility. 5 actors. 1 set. Can be performed with or without an intermission.
THE NEXT
BY RAFE HAZE
Writing under the pen name Rafe Haze, Daniel Tobias was a Lammy Finalist for best Gay Mystery in 2015 for his debut novel “The Next,” a tale of a deeply depressed New Yorker who works his way to the light by investigating the mysteries of his past and his courtyard neighbors.
“Possibly the best book I’ve read in years.
The initial frenetic, unpleasantly acerbic state of our narrator has its origin in a damaged past which is unveiled little by little throughout the book. The sympathetic cop who reaches out to him has his own complex reasons for the way he is, and the chemistry of those two characters together - which encompasses both recognition and acceptance of each other’s weaknesses as well as their strengths - is unbelievably attractive. The mystery itself is beautifully constructed and interlocks seamlessly with the story of our protagonists’ lives - the one story line moves the other forward in a very natural way, leading both to quite satisfactory conclusions. This was the surprise read of the Awards for me, and it is undoubtedly a winner. I look forward to reading more from this author.”
PLAYS
SCOPE
A RADIO PLAY
Rose celebrates her son's birthday party on a sunny afternoon in Bryant Park, New York City. Her phone rings. She’s told her son is in the crosshairs of a long-range rifle, and the trigger will be pulled unless Rose convinces her husband to change his vote on the Senate Floor. This is a suspenseful, provocative, fast-moving radio play designed to get the listener's heart thumping loudly.
4 Actors
30 minutes in length
POOR PEOPLE PROBLEMS
AN OFFENSIVE ROM-COM
A conservative billionaire is forced to revamp his public image by hiring a progressive social justice warrior to ghostwrite his autobiography. Without warning, a most unfortunate wrench threatens to jeopardize his entire empire: LOVE. With each scene designed to get audiences buzzing with laughter and that feeling of “oh-my-god-is-this-really-happening,” luxuriate in the kind of clever, no-holds-barred NYC comedy that very few playwrights attempt to write these days.
5 actors
2 acts
1 couch, 1 sturdy desk, and curtains are all that’s required to facilitate this play.
DEAD NEIGHBORS
A MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY
DEAD NEIGHBORS is a comedy that celebrates Broadway’s lowest form of legit theater…the murder mystery!
Mr. and Mrs. Mosh both die rather un-mysteriously. And yet Josh, their schlubby neighbor, cannot shake the feeling that The Moshes were murdered by the ghost of a jilted flapper who once lived in the same apartment.
Out of patience and short of sleep, his husband, Reginald, an erudite Professor of Literature, invites two absurdly arrogant Harvard alumni to apply some critical thinking. Before long they discover they’re all more entwined in this mystery than anticipated. Will Josh and Reginald’s marriage completely unravel en route to the denouement?
Fast-paced, clue-filled, and buoyant in uproarious comedy, DEAD NEIGHBORS invites us all to laugh again.
5 actors
3 acts
1 set with minimal fly-ins
BE STILL BE SILENT
A PLAY IN TWO ACTS
What happens to a set of friends after tearing up an autistic boy’s ticket to the opening night of a Broadway play? Ripped from the headlines comes a powerful and poignant new play that tackles the ongoing, heated debate of how the Broadway community REALLY defines inclusivity and accessibility.
5 actors
1 set
Can be performed with or without an intermission
COLD COLD KINGDOM
AN EDWARDIAN THRILLER IN TWO ACTS
Held captive in her kitchen, a woman must draw upon her intellect and resourcefulness to outmaneuver a ruthless political schemer and escape with her life. Cold, Cold Kingdom is a sophisticated holiday period thriller with a delightful Shyamalan-esque revelation designed to re-write ACT I, propel ACT II, and send audiences buzzing into intermission
6 actors
1 set
Performed with an intermission
