The Wait BETH. She/Her/Hers. 20s-30s. Guitar playing badass! BETHANY. She/Her/Hers. Pre-teens. A guitar playing badass in training. Before lights come up, we hear a fast progression of chords that are being played on a guitar before it stops at the end of a song. Immediately lights up on BETHANY, holding a guitar. She’s just finished…
Author: Conrad
Empty – Play 09
JERRICHO and PRIMA tiredly carrying emptied out bins. The quickly plop onto them just as fast as they turn them over onto the ground. JERRICHO takes out two cigarettes and gives one to PRIMA as she takes out a lighter to light both of their nicotine sticks enter their mouths. Enter TESSA writing down something…
Fermin – Play 08
Fermin CAST OF CHARACTERS Mindy Garcia. She/Her/Hers. 20s. Filipina American. College student. Journalism major. Fermin Tobera. He/Him/His. 20s. Filipino American. Store clerk. SETTING Inside the Watsonville General Store. Present (2019). Lights up on the interior of the Watsonville General Store. We see MINDY GARCIA, a 20-something journalism major, opening the front door and sticks her…
Disconnected – Play 07
SETTING A and B are sitting in a booth of a cafe as they are each working on their respective laptops. A No! B What happened now? A Jackson won POV! B Point of View? A No! The Power of Veto! B You still watch Big Brother. A I never stopped and now the entire…
A Tikling Tale – Play 06
NOTE: This is a placeholder for my play #6 because it dawned on me that this is going to be a lot longer than a short play. But it’s here… for now. CAST OF CHARACTERS Carabao – The narrator of this tale Tikling Bird Tikling Bird’s Mother Land Developer An ensemble of tinikling bird dancers…
Welcome – Play 05
SETTING Inside the front doors of a Walmart. CHARACTER Carlos. He/Him/His. 40+ Person of Color. Has a physical disability. Wears the Walmart blue vest as he works as a greeter at a Walmart. CARLOS Hello. Hi. Thank you for coming in today. Hola. Hi. Good afternoon! Hi. Thanks for coming in. Welcome. It’s busy this…
What’s a Phone Booth? – Play 04
SETTING A and B are squished in a telephone booth. A So, do you come here often? B Are you seriously trying to pick up on me now? A No. Maybe. B slams her palm against the phone booth window. B Help! Is anybody out there?! A Everything is so much louder in here. B…
A Hit! Short + Sweet Hollywood 2019 Theatre Festival
Happy to announce that my short play, RIVER’S MESSAGE, will be a part of the 2019 Short + Sweet Hollywood Theatre Festival! Beyond stoked and grateful! More info can be found here: https://shortandsweet.org/festivals/shortsweet-hollywood-2019 I’m going to HOLLYWOOD!
Dream Eaters – Play 03
CAST OF CHARACTERS AUDREY. She/Her/Hers. 20-40s. Food truck chef. Spouse of Franklin. FRANKLIN. He/Him/His. 20-40s. Food truck owner. Spouse of Audrey. SETTING Inside a food truck. AUDREY a 30-something chef working on a Filipinx Food Truck is cleaning a counter of the inside of the truck. FRANKLIN enters the truck and gives AUDREY a kiss…
Winning the War – Play 02
Cast of CharactersActor 1 – Gender Neutral. 20s – 30s.Actor 2 – Gender Neutral. 20s – 30s. ACTOR 1 Debbie got one yesterday. ACTOR 2 Debbie. Little Debbie? ACTOR 1 I wouldn’t call her that now. ACTOR 2 Of all the people- ACTOR 1 And you’re the only one left from Study Hall 251 not…