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New Kid Next Door will be published in The Best 10-Minute Plays 2024, coming soon from Smith & Kraus!
Smith & Kraus - Best 10-Minute Plays 2024



The official site for award winning
screenwriter and playwright
ARTHUR M. JOLLY.

Arthur M. Jolly


Discover the works of Arthur M. Jolly (he, him), download free monologues for auditions and classes, purchase playscripts, ask questions, and get all the info on upcoming productions. Over ONE AND A HALF MILLION visitors so far... welcome!

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NEWS

Updated October 2024

The Lady Demands Satisfaction Taking Off!

My sword-slinging, feminist farce The Lady Demands Satisfaction had a rave-reviewed production at The Phoenix Theatre in Edmonds, Washington; another at the Stagecraft Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand and has just closed in Missouri at the Maplewood Barn Theatre, and will be on again in October at the Haven Arts Theatre, Spring, Tx.

It's doing so well, it now has its own website!







Upcoming Productions!

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October 4th-12th, 2024 The Lady Demands Satisfaction Haven Arts Theatre
Spring, TX.
The Lady Demands Satisfaction at Haven Arts Theatre
October 11-20th, 2024 The Lady Demands Satisfaction Unqualified Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
November 22nd & 23rd, 2024 Mrs Dilber's Christmas Carol Wayland Theatriks,
Wayland Union Fine Arts Center, WI.
November 2024 Archibald the Monster San Carlos Children's Theatre
1314 Old County Rd, Belmont, CA 94002
December 2024 Mrs Dilber's Christmas Carol Loft Ensemble Theatre
North Hollywood, CA 91602




Buy me a latte?

So this site has had over 1.5 million visitors (see the counter above!), and I added a button for the "Buy me a coffee" website, thinking it might offset the cost of hosting the free monologues to download. Well.. it didn't. There was an initial burst of tips from some lovely friends, for which I am very grateful... and since then... very quiet. But you might be the visitor that suprises me! Chip in a buck or two today!




What are you writing?

I'm still working on a play about The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie - developed with Houston's Alley Theatre. Here's some inside info, courtesy of Brendan Bourque-Sheil and the Landing Theatre New Works Podcast!




On Writing Monologues


A drama teaching friend of mine asked me to muse on what makes a strong standalone monologue for her class... so here's my take on it!