TRW Presents: Short Plays Vol. 2

Fake News

by Doug Wright

DRAMA

3 WOMEN, 3 MEN (DOUBLING/ FLEXIBLE CASTING)

Reporting the news today can be dangerous, as anchors Bob Tunley and Fran Mercer discover in the middle of the KLWP News Hour. Their live broadcast is interrupted by bizarre and menacing clips and soon the studio crew fears they’re under attack.

FAKE NEWS

by Doug Wright

CLEAN SLATE

by Rajiv Joseph

AS SLIMY AS YOUNG SNAILS

by Arlene Hutton

CHRYSALIS

by Craig Pospisil

DISNEY & FUJIKAWA

by Lloyd Suh

G.O.A.T.

by Ngozi Anyanwu

LA TRAVIATA

by Lisa D’Amour

LOCKED AND LOADED.

CAN I HELP YOU?

by David Ives

SWASTIKA

by Elaine Romero

TWILIGHT VISIT

by MJ Kaufman

Doug Wright is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His Broadway credits include WAR PAINT, HANDS ON A HARDBODY, GREY GARDENS and I AM MY OWN WIFE (Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize). Off-Broadway credits include POSTERITY, UNWRAP YOUR CANDY and QUILLS. Films include Quills (Paul Selvin Award) and the upcoming The Burial starring Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones. He is the former president of the Dramatists Guild of America and a member of SAG-AFTRA, SDC and the WGA.

Clean Slate

by Rajiv Joseph

DRAMA

2 WOMEN, 2 MEN

Special agents Angie Mallinson and Vince Lazar want to assure you that nothing horrible has happened at the KLWP News Hour. There have been rumors about a group of killers in Kabuki masks. You may have heard whispers about a mysterious vigilante group. Ignore them—no matter what you think you saw.

Rajiv Joseph’s play BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and was awarded a grant for Outstanding New American Play by the NEA. He won the Obie Award for Best New American Play for his plays GUARDS AT THE TAJ (also a Lortel Winner for Best Play) and DESCRIBE THE NIGHT. Other plays include GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES and ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER. Joseph has been awarded artistic grants from the Whiting Foundation, and the Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust among.

As Slimy As Young Snails

by Arlene Hutton

3 WOMEN

After years apart, Christy shows up unexpectedly at the home of her older sister Sharon, now married to Christy’s old high school friend Kimberly. A knock at the door forces Christy to reveal that she’s running from an abusive marriage. The dangerous situation causes the formerly estranged sisters to heal their past wounds and address the situation at hand.

Arlene Hutton is the author of LETTERS TO SALA, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN and THE LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC, which received a Drama League Best Play nomination and was a finalist for the Francesca Primus Prize. Her play GULF

VIEW DRIVE received a 2018 Ovation Award for Best Production. Regional credits include B Street, Chester Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Florida Studio Theatre, Kitchen Theatre, Mad Cow, and Washington Stage Guild.

CHRYSALIS

by Craig Pospisil

COMEDY/DRAMA

1 WOMAN, 1 MAN

The caterpillar in Mark’s school science project is not moving. Whether the creature is alive or dead takes on outsized importance to his mother Kathy, which causes a clash with her husband, Peter.

Craig Pospisil is an award-winning playwright, filmmaker and essayist. He’s the author of MONTHS ON END, SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, THE DUNES, LIFE IS SHORT, and CHOOSING SIDES. His work has been seen at New World Stages, Bay Street, New York Musical Festival, Barrington Stage, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and Stage West, performed on six continents, and translated into eight languages. He is a co-author of THE GORGES MOTEL and ONE CHRISTMAS EVE AT EVERGREEN MALL.