Will Eno (Playwright, Behold a Coach, In a Blazer, Uninsured) In Behold the Coach, In a Blazer, Uninsured, a sports coach, in a press conference, reckons with winning, losing, and certain areas of the Universe. The play was part of an evening of five short plays by Will Eno, entitled OH, THE HUMANITY and other [...]

Chris Newbound (Playwright, Lunch with Amanda) Lunch with Amanda follows two co-workers who were involved in an unfortunate accident at the company softball game. When Chris was younger he actually worked in book publishing in New York City, much like the characters in the play. He met his wife playing softball with the company team. [...]

Suzanne Bradbeer (Playwright, God in the Goat) In God in the Goat, a member of the paparazzi starts a conversation with an old girlfriend of a celebrity that has just passed. Largely inspired by the death of Heath Ledger, and specifically the commotion surrounding the discovery of his body and the subsequent circus outside of [...]

Caitlin Weisensee (Playwright, Another Cup of Coffee) Another Cup of Coffee is about an older couple, one of which suffers from a degenerative brain disease, leaving the other with a very difficult decision. The concept for the play was based on a two separate couples. The primary couple were the parents of a family friend. [...]

Maureen McGranaghan (Playwright, Tenderness) Tenderness is a play about a young woman who wakes up to see her one-night stand trying to slip out the door. Maureen is intrigued by the subtleties and paradoxes of intimacy. She believes that is why, time after time, she has returned to Tenderness. The original scraps of dialogue have [...]

Marisa Smith (Playwright, Total Expression) Total Expression is a play about an American woman getting some very surprising advice from a young Russian model named Katerina. Total Expression was inspired by real events, in particular, by an evening spent talking with a real Katerina who “left a big impression on me and made me realize [...]

Laura Shaine Cunningham (Playwright, Fugu) Fugu is about two couples who have an ongoing culinary rivalry. Over the years it has turned from a fun get-together into a vicious battle over who can prepare the most obscure haute gourmet dinner. Fugu is brand new. I am just finishing a full length play called BITE - [...]

Jacqueline Goldfinger (Playwright, Lannie’s Lament) Lannie’s Lament is a Southern Gothic tale about Little Lannie and her grandfather’s funeral. When Jacqueline was younger she can remember being at her grandfather’s funeral. Her mother took her to see the body before it was cremated and that made a lasting impression on her. She was “totally freaked out [...]

Mikhail Horowitz (Playwright, The Story) The Story is an absurdist play about two men who are stuck in a cave, while telling a story about two men who are stuck in a cave. When asked where the idea came from, Mikhail thought back to a rainy day last spring when he was stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic [...]

Sara Cooper (Playwright, Things I Left On Long Island) Things I Left On Long Island is a play about three generations of women trying to find a deeper connection to each other and family. This play is actually a 10-minute version of a full length play by the same title. Sara won a 2012 grant from [...]