My productions, awards and other events of note are organized by play title. Play titles are in turn organized by the length of the play (ten-minute plays, one-acts, etc). But first...

STEALING SAXOPHONES FROM HOMELESS PEOPLE

A Bunch of Fives/Street Theatre (Canberra, ACT, Australia), April 2006

YARD WARS (formerly titled LEAVING THE YARD)

Semifinalist and top 5% in the Chesterfield Writer's Film Project (2003)
Secret Rose Theatre (North Hollywood, CA), October 2006
UCLA (Los Angeles, CA), June 2002 (workshop)
UCLA (Los Angeles, CA), June 2001 (reading)

A-BOMB WEDDING

Heartlande Theatre Company (Birmingham, MI), April 2000
Montgomery Theater Project (Souderton, PA), March 2000
Impact Theatre (Berkeley, CA), October-November 1999
Plutonium Eggplant Theater Company (Los Angeles, CA), May 1998
The Brick Playhouse (Philadelphia, PA), October 1996
City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), May 1996
Cuyahoga Community College/Erie Playwrights (Parma, OH), winter 1995
The Haverford School (Haverford, PA), November 1994

CRASH POSITIONS

Publication by Brooklyn Publishers in January 2004
The Samford University production was selected best of festival as voted by the audience.

New Westminster Secondary School (New Westminster, BC, Canada), December 2007
Elizabethtown College (Elizabethtown, PA), November 2006
City Theater Company Best of the Ten-Minute Play Festival (Wilmington, DE), October 2006
University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), April 2005
Upper Darby Summer Stage (Upper Darby, PA), August 2003
Grove City Theatre Arts Guild (Grove City, PA), May 2003
Rice University (Houston, TX), September 2002
Fishguard High School (Fishguard, Wales, UK), November 2001
Lahore American School (Lahore, Pakistan), February 2001
Samford University (Birmingham, AL), December 2000
Walnut Street Theatre School, (Philadelphia, PA), January 2000
City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), July 1997

F-STOP (1 male, 1 female)

Northwestern College (Orange City, IA), December 2000
City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), July 1998
Philadelphia Dramatists Center (Philadelphia, PA), June 1998 (showcase)

JESUS AT THE TACO STAND

City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), July 1999

LAST RIGHT BEFORE THE VOID

Fire Rose Productions (Los Angeles, CA), January 2004
UCLA (Los Angeles, CA), November-December 2000
City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), July 2000
Oak Park High School (Kansas City, MO), February 2000

LEAPERS

Metropolitan State College of Denver (Denver, CO), May 2007
Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights Playreading Festival (Los Angeles, CA), September 2004 (concert reading)
City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), July 2004

MENAGERIE

Publication by Brooklyn Publishers in fall 2005

City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), July 2005

NEWT GINGRICH VISITS A RESIDENTIAL YOUTH FACILITY NOT NEAR OMAHA

Publication by Brooklyn Publishers in fall 2004
Finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville Heideman Award 1996 under the title of Newt Gingrich at Boys Town.

The Haverford School (Haverford, PA), June 1999 (made-for-video)
Jesuit High School (Tampa, FL), 1997-1998 (forensics entry)
Theatre Double (Philadelphia, PA), June 1996 (produced in a longer version)

PEPPERONI APOCALYPSE

Publication by Brooklyn Publishers in fall 2004

Boulder City High School (Boulder City, NV), November 2007
Quincy University (Quincy, IL), 2006
Chaska High School (Chaska, MN), January 2003
City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), July 2002
The Meadows School (Las Vegas, NV), March 2002
The Haverford School (Haverford, PA), November 1997

THE WASH

St. Andrew's College (Aurora, ONT), May 2003
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (Whitewater, WI), May 2001
Northwestern College (Orange City, IA), December 2000
UCLA (Los Angeles, CA), November-December 2000
Expanded Arts (New York, NY), August 1997
The Brick Playhouse (Philadelphia, PA), September 1996
City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), May 1996
ART Institute/Cambridge Cable Television (Cambridge, MA), November 1992 (made-for-video)
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), March 1992

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GODOT?

Publication by Brooklyn Publishers in fall 2004

Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights Playreading Festival (Los Angeles, CA), October 2003 (staged reading)
City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), July 2003

X MARKS THE SPOT

Publication by Brooklyn Publishers in fall 2004

City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), July 2001

AFTER MATH

Publication by Playscripts, Inc. in August 2005

Baldwin Park USD (Baldwin Park, CA), April 2008
Paris Consolidated School (Kenosha, WI), April 2008
North Paulding High School (Dallas, GA), April 2008
Hedgesville High School (Hedgesville, WV), April 2008
Robinson High School (Tampa, FL), April 2008
All Saints Episcopal School (Fort Worth, TX), April 2008
Avon High School (Avon, CT), April 2008
Chisholm Trail Junior High (Olathe, KS), February 2008
Fairfield Senior High School (Fairfield, OH), February 2008 [produced without permission, but as of April 2008, recovery of royalties and script costs appeared imminent]
Central Catholic High School (Toledo, OH), February 2008
Parkers Prairie Public School (Parkers Prairie, MN), January 2008
Webster High School (Webster, SD), January 2008
Deep Run High School (Glen Allen, VA), January 2008
Wayne High School (Huber Heights, OH), December 2007
Pisgah High School (Canton, NC), December 2007
Cirencester Performing Arts School (Cirencester, UK), December 2007
Seaquam Secondary School (Delta, BC, Canada), November 2007
Resurrection Lutheran Church (Cary, NC), November 2007
Lee Middle School (Bradenton, FL), November 2007
Illini Bluffs High School (Glasford, IL), November 2007
Seckman High School (Imperial, MO), November 2007
Genoa-Kingston High School (Genoa, IL), November 2007
Centennial High School (Roswell, GA), October 2007
Bothell High School (Bothell, WA), October 2007
Carver High School (Winston-Salem, NC), October 2007
T.C. Roberson High School (Asheville, NC), October 2007
Cushing High School (Cushing, OK), October 2007
Weld Central High School (Keenesburg, CO), July 2007
Nazareth Catholic College (Adelaide, SA, Australia), June 2007
Spectrum Community School (Victoria, BC, Canada), June 2007
James Island Charter High School (Charleston, SC), May 2007
American School of Dubai (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), May 2007
Legacy High School (Broomfield, CO), May 2007
North High School (Bakersfield, CA), May 2007 [produced without permission, but as of April 2008, recovery of royalties appeared imminent, recovery of script costs still pending]
Davis Drive Middle School (Cary, NC), April 2007
Derby High School (Derby, KS), April 2007
Mother Teresa High School (Ottawa, ONT, Canada), April 2007
Trenton Elementary School (Trenton, ME), April 2007
Spring Branch Middle School (Houston, TX), March 2007
Bluestem High School (Leon, KS), March 2007
Braintree High School (Braintree, MA), March 2007 [Semifinalist in the Massachusetts Drama Guild High School Theatre Festival!]
Owensboro High School (Owensboro, KY), February 2007
Princess Anne Middle School (Virginia Beach, VA), February 2007
Sleepy Eye Public School (Sleepy Eye, MN), January 2007
Edgeley High School (Edgeley, ND), November 2006 [Third place, North Dakota High School One-Act competition!]
Manassas Park High School (Madison, VA), October 2006
North High School (Torrance, CA), June 2006 [produced without permission, but as of April 2008, recovery of royalties and script costs appeared imminent]
Brandeis Hillel Day School (San Francisco, CA), May 2006
Briarmeadow Charter School (Houston, TX), May 2006
Northbridge Middle School (Whitinsville, MA), April 2006
St. Pius V (Lynn, MA), April 2006
Kennedy Langbank School (Kennedy, SK, Canada), April 2006
Lambton Kent Composite School (Dresdon, ONT, Canada), March 2006
Grove Middle School (Grove, OK), March 2006
Briarwood School (Katy, TX), March 2006
Thurston High School (Springfield, OR), February-March 2006
John Metcalf Junior High (Burnsville, MN), January 2006
Carlisle High School (Carlisle, IA), January 2006
Phillipsburg High School (Milford, NJ), January 2006
Leto High School (Tampa, FL), January 2006
Gulf Coast High School (Naples, FL), December 2005, January 2006
Idyllwild Arts Academy (Idyllwild, CA), December 2005 (concert reading)
Logan High School (Logan, OH), December 2005 and May 2006
Marine Academy of Science and Technology (Sandy Hill, NJ), December 2005 [produced without permission, but as of April 2008, recovery of royalties and script was complete]
Mountain View High School (Tucson, AZ), December 2005 [produced without permission, but as of August 2007, I finally recovered the last of the money owed with the help of the Dramatists Guild of America]
Dorman High School (Roebuck, SC), October 2005
Agape Christian School (Hillsboro, OR), May 2005
Edwin Parr High School (Athabasca, AB, Canada), April 2005

BEEF JUNKIES

Publication by Brooklyn Publishers in fall 2004

No Bones Theatre (Edmonton, AB, Canada), February-March 2007
Prime Stock Theatre/No Bones Theatre (Red Deer, AB, Canada), January 2007
Victoria University of Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand), September 2006
Riverside Secondary School (Vancouver, BC, Canada), December 2004
Brobdingnagian Players (Ithaca, NY), January-February 2004
City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), February 2000
Pittsburgh New Works Festival (Pittsburgh, PA), September 1999

BOOKENDS

Winner, Green Theatre (UK) New Playwrights Competition (1998)
Honorable mention, Moving Arts Premiere One Act Competition (1997)
Honorable mention, Pittsburgh New Works Festival (1995)

Pomona College (Pomona, CA), November 2002
UCLA (Los Angeles, CA), November 2001
Kitchener Waterloo Little Theatre (Waterloo, ONT), October 2001
Green Theatre Company (New Malden, England), August 1998
City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), February-March 1997
Cayuga County Community College (Auburn, NY), March 1996
Pittsburgh New Works Festival (Pittsburgh, PA), August 1995 (staged reading)
The Village Gate (New York, NY), January 1994 (showcase)
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), February 1993

DEAR CHUCK

Publication by Eldridge Publishing in spring 2003
Commissioned by the Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Arts Conservatory

Scotus Central Catholic High School (Columbus, NE), January 2008
Laurel School (Shaker Heights, OH), May 2007
Woodward Academy (College Park, GA), February 2007
Glenwood Middle School (Glenwood, IA), February 2007
Crestwood Preparatory College (Toronto, ONT, Canada), February 2007
Lake Harriet United Methodist Church (Minneapolis, MN), January 2007
Kearney Catholic High School (Kearney, NE), November 2006
Theater in the Woods (Staten Island, NY), March 2006
Mira Loma High School (Sacramento, CA), January 2006
Indian River High School (Chesapeake, VA), January 2006
Lafayette High School (Lafayette, GA), November 2005
Brandeis Hillel Day School (San Francisco, CA), January 2005
Maret School (Washington, DC), November 2004
Lambton Kent Composite School (Dresden, ONT), February 2003
Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Arts Conservatory (Wallingford, CT), July 2001

FROM SHAKESPEARE WITH LOVE? (fka SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE?)

Publication by Eldridge Publishing in spring 2003
Commissioned by the Walnut Street Theatre Outreach Program under the title Shakespeare in Love?

Hardin High School (Hardin, MT), February 2007
Wayland Academy (Beaver Dam, WI), January 2007
Unknown Theatre Group (Fort Collins, CO), November 2006 (Eldridge is trying to find out the name of the producing group, but it's possible to order off the website without providing a company/school name)
Inter-Lakes Jr/Sr High School (Meredith, NH), July 2006
Reeves Middle School (Olympia, WA), June 2006
Aberdour Players (Aberdour, Scotland, UK), June 2006
Brandeis Hillel Day School (San Francisco, CA), May 2006
Central Bucks West High School (Doylestown, PA), November 2005
South London Theatre (London, UK), March 2005
Owen J. Roberts Middle School (Pottstown, PA), February 2005
Silver Stage High School (Silver Springs, NV), January 2005
Paisley School District #11 (Paisley, OR), November 2004
Barnstable Comedy Club (Barnstable, MA), June 2004
BB Productions (Blackpool, UK), May 2004
John H. Pittman High School (Turlock, CA), May 2004
Christian Outreach School (Hillsboro, MO), May 2004
Kings Wood School (Romford, UK), March 2004
Tadpoles Youth Theatre (Devon, UK), September 2003
Camp Kingswood (Bridgton, ME), August 2003
University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND), December 2002
Reedsburg Area High School (Reedsburg, WI), November 2002
Janus International Theatre (Leuven, Belgium), April 2001
Tinker Air Force Base (OK), September 2000
Oak Park High School (Kansas City, MO), April 2000
Kingswood Regional High School (Wolfeboro, NH), March 2000
Walnut Street Theatre Outreach Program (Philadelphia, PA), October-December 1999

NOW YOU SEE ME

Publication by Brooklyn Publishers in fall 2004

All Saints' Episcopal School of Forth Worth (Forth Worth, TX), April 2008
Berean Christian High School (Walnut Creek, CA), February 2008
The Babbitt School (Babbitt, MN), January 2008
Willamette Academy (Salem, OR), June 2007
St. Joseph HS (St. Joseph, MI), 2007 [exact date unknown]
Lee Middle School (Bradenton, FL), December 2006
Bowbells High School (Bowbells, ND), November 2006
City Lights Youth Theatre (New York, NY), February 2006
Parkland HS (Winston-Salem, NC), 2005
The Ninth Grade Academy (Cleveland, GA), 2005
Tourtellotte Memorial HS (Thompson, CT), 2005
Wilson Hall Middle School (Grove Hill, AL), 2005
Newport High School (Bellevue, WA), March 2001
Oak Park High School (Kansas City, MO), October 1999
Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Arts Conservatory (Wallingford, CT), July 1999 (workshop)

PLAY'S END (fka FOREPLAY)

Publication by Brooklyn Publishers in winter 2005
Runner-up , Moving Arts Premiere One Act competition (1997)
Selected for "Best of IT" at the Brick Playhouse

Emporia High School (Emporia, KS), April 2008
Larkin High School (Elgin, IL), January 2005
Lyman High School/International Thespian Competition, (Longwood, FL), January and April 1998
Moving Arts (Los Angeles, CA), November-December 1997
The Brick Playhouse (Philadelphia, PA), March and June 1997

ROADKILL

Staged reading at the Philadelphia Dramatists Center (Philadelphia, PA), spring 1998

SUPERMODELS IN JEOPARDY

Porthole Players (Newport, OR), March 2007
Del Norte High School (Albuquerque, NM), February 2007

THANK YOU FOR FLUSHING MY HEAD IN THE TOILET AND OTHER RARELY USED EXPRESSIONS

American Falls High School (Pocatello, ID), April 2008
Century High School (Pocatello, ID), April 2008
Hildebrandt Intermediate (Spring, TX), April 2008
Campbell Collegiate (Regina, SK, Canada), April 2008
Avon High School (Avon, CT), April 2008
Round Rock Christian Academy (Round Rock, TX), April 2008
Wahpeton High School (Wahpeton, ND), April 2008
O'Gorman High School (Timmins, ON, Canada), March 2008
James F. Byrnes High School (Duncan, SC), March 2008
Somerville High School (Somerville, MA), February 2008
North College Hill High School (Cinncinnati, OH), February 2008
Centennial High School (Gresham, OR), February 2008

University Hill Secondary (Vancouver, BC, Canada), February 2008
Great Mills High School (Great Mills, MD), January 2008
STMA High School (Albertville, MN), January 2008
Deep Run High School (Glen Allen, VA), January 2008
James Island Charter High School (Charleston, SC), January 2008
Bothell High School (Bothell, WA), December 2007
Omaha Northwest high School (Omaha, NE), December 2007
Piedmont Academy (Monticello, GA), October 2007
Manchester High School (Midlothian, VA), October 2007
York High School (Yorktown, VA), October 2007
North Myrtle Beach High School (Little River, SC), October 2007
Grand Forks Secondary School (Grand Forks, BC, Canada), June 2007
Maine Central Institute (Pittsfield, ME), May 2007
Hagerty High School (Oviedo, FL), April 2007
Boundary Central Secondary School (Midway, BC, Canada), January 2007
Riverdale High School (Murfreesboro, TN), November 2006
Napoleon High School (Napoleon, MI), November 2006
Socorro High School (El Paso, TX), November 2006
Springfield Academy of Arts and Academics (Springfield, OR), November 2006


THIS MAGIC MOMENT

City Theater (Wilmington, DE), February 2001

TICKING

Larkin High School (Elgin, IL), January 2005

TWISTING CAROL

St. John's School of Alberta (Stony Plain, AB, Canada), December 2007
Ramona High School (Riverside, CA), December 2007
Shiocton Schools (Shiocton, WI), January 2007
University Academy (Kansas City, MO), December 2006
Pioneer Heritage Middle School (Frisco, TX), December 2006
Hickman Mills Community Christian Church (Kansas City, MO), December 2006
Christopher Columbus High School (Miami, FL), December 2004
Women in Theatre (North Hollywood, CA), December 2002 (reading)
Cassville Middle School (Cassville, MO), December 2002
The Haverford School (Haverford, PA), November 1998

THE WHITE PAGES

Publication by Brooklyn Publishers in fall 2004
Semifinalist in Marshall University's Play Works competition.

Mathews High School (Mathews, VA), October 2006
Lidgerwood Public School (Lidgerwood, ND), October 2005
Twin Beach Players (Chesapeake, MD), October 2005
Greenwood Friends Middle School (Millville, PA), May 2005 (concert reading)
Strake Jesuit College Preparatory (Houston, TX), April 2004
Golden Players (Golden, BC, Canada), April 2001
Colonial Playhouse (Aldan, PA), January 2001
Armour High School (Armour, SD), January 2000
City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), February-March 1998
Offstage Theatre (Charlottesville, VA), September 1997
The Attic Theatre Center (Los Angeles, CA), February-March 1997

YOU'RE NEXT (fka REPLAY)

Larkin High School (Elgin, IL), January 2005
The Haverford School (Haverford, PA), June 1999 (made-for-video)
Lyman High School/International Thespian Competition, (Longwood, FL), January and April 1998
West Chester & Barleysheaf Players One Act Festival (Exton, PA), July 1995

BEN

Third place finalist, Weinberger Playwright Residency Competition (OH, 2003)
Semifinalist for PlayLabs, Playwrights' Center (MN, 2002)
Finalist in the Charlotte Rep new play competition (1996)
Honorable mention in the Artistic and Literary Resources (CA) competition (1995).

Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, NJ), June 2002 (concert reading at the John Harms Center)
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, NJ), May 2001 (reading)
Various readings at the Philadelphia Dramatists Center
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), February 1992

COLLISIONS IN AIR AND SPACE

Semifinalist in the InterAct New Play Festival (2000-2001)

American Concert Theater (Philadelphia, PA), February 2000 (staged reading/excerpts)

DAY ONE

Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Arts Conservatory (Wallingford, CT), July 2000 (workshop)

HIGH SCHOOL (non) MUSICAL

Lajes Elementary/High School (Terceira, Azores, Portugal), April 2008
Garfield Middle School (Lakewood, OH), March 2008
Springfield Academy of Arts and Academics (Springfield, OR), November 2007

MILK AND COOKIES

Syzygy Theatre Group (Los Angeles, CA), March 2006 (concert reading)
American Concert Theater (Philadelphia, PA), March 2001 (staged reading)
Various readings at City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE)

NEVERLAND

Publication by Original Works in spring 2006
Semifinalist and top 5% in the Chesterfield Writer's Film Project (2003)
Semifinalist in the InterAct New Play Festival (1999-2000)

The New Works Company (Los Angeles, CA), June 2003 (staged reading)
Black Dahlia Theatre (Los Angeles, CA), December 2001 (reading)
City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), May 2001

SHINING SEA

Semifinalist for the Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award (2003)
Finalist in the InterAct New Play Festival (2002)

Ensemble Studio Theatre - LA (Los Angeles, CA), March 2004 (concert reading)
Greenway Court Theatre (Los Angeles, CA), March 2004 (concert reading)
Echo Theater Company (Los Angeles, CA), October 2002 (reading)
UCLA (Los Angeles, CA), May 2002 (workshop)

WAR OF THE BUTTONS

"Siggy" (which can be found on the monologue page) is published as part of Audition Monologs for Student Actors II (ed. Dr. Roger Ellis) by Meriwether Publishing Company.

Semifinalist in the International Student Playscript Competition (2001), associated with the National Student Drama Festival (UK).

The Haverford School (Haverford, PA), February 1999 (workshop)




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