Artist : Valentin Brown
We believe Women’s Rights are Human Rights. Some people disagree. This category features fabulous femme-powered plays intended to support the fight to protect women’s rights.
- Collateral Damage and Other Cosmic Consequences by AK Forbes #ScienceFictionPlay #SciencePlay #ExtraterrestrialPlay #ReproductiveRights
Set in a waiting room outside a mysterious alien laboratory, Bill attempts to dissuade Karma from igniting a suicide bomb strapped to her chest. Bent on exacting revenge against a “Gray” who stole her eggs, Karma’s determination and cynicism provides humorous contrast to Bill’s optimism, trust and appreciation for “the gift of hover boards.”Script
- Doctor, There’s a Government in My Uterus, by Eric Pfeffinger
#comedy #abortion
Before we discuss terminating your pregnancy, there are just a few new government rules we need to go over. Script
- “Don’t Knock It ‘Til You Try It” & “A Latina Prepares” (performance monologues presented as part of solo show, “Dos Mujeres”), by Desi Moreno-Penson
#monologue #Latinx
For “Don’t Knock It ‘Til You Try It”: A Latina college professor in her 40s finally gives in to her husband’s demand for a threesome. What happens after is unexpected. For “A Latina Prepares”: A Latina actress, fed up with the stereotypes with Carmen to Jennifer, takes revenge upon her auditioners…by being a damn good actress! Script
- Ethnically Ambiguous: A Ten-Minute Play, by
Ethnically ambiguous Maria battles discrimination because of her appearance and discovers strength in sisterhood. Script
- Fluidity of Truth, by Matthew Weaver
#Trump
Gina accuses Donnie of being inappropriate. Semifinalist in NYC Playwrights’ Women in the Age of Trump project. Script
- Homecoming, by Jeffrey Strausser
#racism #solidarity #dementia #poc
The neighborhood is going to hell in a hand basket. Walter Graham knows that at 1:24 in the morning anything can happen. So, when a would-be intruder bangs on his door Walter is ready—pistol off safety and baseball bat in hand. However, the intruder is a young woman and her baby, both victims of domestic violence. When Walter lets them into his home this young mother and child help Walter open his heart, and more importantly, they open the mind—at least momentarily—of his wife Nora, a victim of early onset dementia. Script
- Last Gasp, by Laura King
#FemalePlaywright, #PoliticalPlay
In a cafe at the start of 2017, Susan and Shelly gossip about friends and laugh about the daily news while enjoying tea and canapes served by Abraham Lincoln. Script
- Peace Plaza, by Christine Toy Johnson
#10minutes #abortion #youngmother #racism #historical
A woman wonders about the cost of civil disobedience as she waits for her daughter on the day Martin Luther King is shot. Script
- Press, by Alice Stanley Jr.
#10minutes #sexualassault
Charlotte’s brother George confesses a dark part of his sexual history to persuade her to make a choice about a complicated piece of her own life. Script
- SCHLAFLY, by Shelia Duane
#Feminism #Domestic abuse #Religion #Marriage #Family #Immigration
It is 1978 at the University of New Mexico. Students are preparing for an ERA / Women’s Rights Rally, filling envelopes for a mass mailing. The students tell the stories of the feminists in their families while Schlafly, across the stage, quotes from her anti-feminists writings. The juxtaposition creates a comical tension between ‘real life’ and ‘white, conservative America’ on steroids. Script
- Sniper, by Lauren Davenport
#FemalePlaywright, #PoliticalPlay, #Monologue *Can do while traveling*
Short monologue about seeing the female self. Script
- Stand Still, by Samantha Cooper
#FemaleIndependence #Monologue
Rachel encounters a bear on her honeymoon. Script
- Standard, by Megan Rivkin
#10minutes #bodyimage #school #youth #media
A short tale of a universal struggle with societal standards for young girls. It follows a day in the life of a girl as she gets ready in the morning and travels to and from school, accompanied by the voices in her head telling her that she is “not good enough.” Script
- #TeamPussy, by Olivia Haller
#Comedy #BodyImage #Sexuality #Womensempowerment
Three friends on a Skype date are able to talk about sex without judgment. They uncover truths about themselves, their anatomy, and their relationships that they wouldn’t have realized without the support of genuine friends. Script
- The Egg, by Tiffany Antone
#Comedy #Parable #Abortion
A chicken tries to dispose an unplanned egg the best way she knows how, but her nosy neighbor can’t keep his trunk out of her business. Script
- The Woman American, by Samantha Cooper
#liberation #AllFemaleCast
A look at the life of a group of 1950s housewives on an average Thursday which is, of course, bridge day. While the day progresses somewhat normally for a while, it is quickly clear that this particular bridge day is a little more bloody than others. Script
- We Did It, by John Blais
#LoveisLoveisLove #Sexuality #Womensempowerment #BodyImage
After months newly married Lynda is pregnant. She is thrilled finally to start their family and now very much in love with her husband Rex. She looks forward to making love with him this night. For Rex, however, her having conceived means that they did it. There is no longer a reason to have sex. Script
- Who Is Who, by John Blais
An accident results in Abby’s baby suffering irreversible brain damage. Andy comes to the hospital ready to assure her that they will love this child just as much as if the accident didn’t happen. But Abbey has better news. They can clone the baby and grow it again in her stomach. One will be aborted for the other. Good news, but it makes Andy wonder who is who. Script