Tobacco, Lemonade, and Crowder Peas.
2 males, 2 females. Produced by Atlanta Theatre-to-Go, Atlanta, GA, 2009. A young southern schoolteacher working on a tobacco farm during the summer joins a farm family for lemonade and ice cream. The teacher wants to go back to graduate school so he can leave the farm, but the parents hint he would be better off marrying their daughter and settling down. The son and daughter sympathize with the teacher, however, even if it is at the cost of the romance between teacher and daughter.
Throwing Daggers.
1 male, 1 female. A circus knife thrower tries to talk her former boyfriend into being her “target” until she can replace her former target (and lover), who was run over by a train. She demonstrates her proficiency by throwing at a cut-out target, but the boyfriend refuses, not because of the knives, but because of what the woman has become in her quest for independence.
Inherit.
1 male, 1 female. Produced by Koalaty Presentations, Atlanta, GA, 1999; Hollywood Actors Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 1991; and Stage Door Players, Dunwoody, GA, 1989. A retired accountant (and failed poet) is facing death. In a series of scenes with his granddaughter and flashbacks with his dead wife (played by the same actress) he reveals the love and humor that ultimately enable him and his granddaughter to accept the end of a life that was less than he wanted it to be.
She Was A Singer.
One Act Musical, 2 males, 2 females, unit set with onstage guitar and piano
Nine original songs: guitar score and CD available.
Judy and Al were college pals in the late 60s who sang folk songs as the opening act at a local nightclub in Nashville, until Judy used her womanly wiles to get Al to write them a new song to attract an agent. The agent breaks up the act when she only offers Judy representation. Over the years their paths cross as Judy hits the road in search of country music stardom and Al stays home to teach high school and write a few songs on the side. Each time the duo has a chance to reconnect, something seems to interfere. Finally, after years on the road, Judy gives up and moves back to Nashville where Al has used the meager earnings from lots of side B songs to buy the nightclub where they used to perform. But time, and their music, seems to hold them apart even then.
The Computer
1 male on stage, 2 males, 1 female, offstage voices
Al is a computer programmer. Suddenly, his computer begins speaking to him, cannot be turned off, and claims to be the new God of the Computer who has sprung into being out of all the interconnected computer networks. And TC (The Computer) wants Al to be his prophet. Al hates the idea, but is forced to read on the Internet the statement TC gives him. This leads to a Senate investigation, hiding in the wilderness, and imprisonment in a secret government facility. But TC has published a AGospel According to Al@ that is popular with the people, but a threat to the authorities. Finally, Al becomes an unwilling martyr to the new God and a prophet of the life to come in the new electronic age.
An Offensive Play
4 females, wide age range
The play selection committee of a community theatre in a small town meets to discuss the upcoming season. Amid the traditional choices, one member pushes a newer play about breast cancer. Some members of the committee object because the play contains some offensive language and partial female nudity during an on-stage breast exam. Other members support the play as a way to attract younger people to the theatre and deal with relevant modern issues. Fear of offending major contributors seems to be winning the day until one committee member reveals that she is a breast cancer survivor. The committee decides to select the play, knowing that it will cause controversy and criticism of them. Sexually explicit language.
David Davis 