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New Kid Next Door is in The Best 10-Minute Plays 2024 from Smith & Kraus!
A second edition of Mrs Dilber's Christmas Carol is now available from Next Stage Press!
My newest play from Youthplays, Tricked!
Updated April 2026.
| UIL Competition 2026 (Feb-Apr) | A Gulag Mouse | Hardin-Jefferson HS, Sour Lake, TX |  |
| April 9th-12th, 2026 | The Lady Demands Satisfaction | Willingham Theatre, Yadkin Arts Council, Yadkinville, NC |  |
| June 12th-21st, 2026 | Long Joan Silver | Nowra Players, Culburra Beach, NSW, Australia |  |
| November 6-15th, 2026 | The Christmas Princess | Empire House Players, Wichita, KS |  |
| Upcoming! | Scheduled but not yet announced by the theatres | Straw, Sticks, Bricks; Archibald the Monster; How Not to Do your Homework. |
Even More congratulations to the cast and crew of A Gulag Mouse for an amazing performance at the Area level, and advancing to District next in the Texas UIL competition, on April 24th! I'm rooting for you to go all the way!
Under the direction of ALyssa Bain, the Hardin-Jefferson UIL production has been taking multiple awards, and now moves to the Region III District Meet on April 24 at Stephen F. Austin State University, one of the 24 top productions in the state!
Congratulations to the cast and crew of There is No Play for winning Outstanding Production, receiving an Award of Excellence, and to Kayla M for winning an Award of Merit as Supporting Actor! You all rock!
Congratulations to the cast and crew of The Ithaca Ladies Read Medea for being the Metro West Conference Champions, placing first in the Section 3AA competition, and taking third in Finals!
I was on Let's Make a Deal and Wayne Brady read some of Lord Abernathy's monologue from The Lady Demands Satisfaction! Oh, and I won a fabulous prize, but honestly - WAYNE BRADY READ MY PLAY! That's the best prize. During the break between the two episodes we filmed that day, he came up to me and said he was reading it and it was "very funny!" And that guy knows funny when he sees it!
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that TRICKED is now available from YouthPLAYS. It's my sixteenth play with them, and it's a genuinely scary horror play for two teens!
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!
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!
