Joshua Kreis McTiernan

ONE ACT PLAYS/SHORTS

 

TEDDY

It is the eve of Susie Q's wedding. Overwhelmed with anxiety, she returns

to the arms of an old, familiar friend: her foul-mouthed childhood teddy

bear. Can Susie Q's soon-to-be-husband break the ties between teddy and

owner before it's too late? Comedy, and a bit with a bear.

 

2 M / 1 F; 10 mins.

 

 

THE PERIOD PIECE

It's all out war in the principal's office at Morningwood Middle School as

Tiger-mother Denise starts a crusade to ban a controversial book. Verbal,

acerbic, and awkwardly funny, "The Period Piece" examines timely issues

of censorship, family, and the relationship between men, women, and art. 

 

2 M / 1 F; 40 mins.

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THE RED LINE

One took too many drugs; one is on the verge of building an empire; 

one is hopelessly in love; and one just wants to know what the hell is 

going on. Four friends collide on a rooftop in Chicago in this hyper-

kinetic look at friendship, Facebook, physics, and speed. 

 

3 M / 1 F; 80 mins.

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A RESURRECTION

Florida, 1931. After a mysterious death in the family, Flanny and 

Trudy Hendricks enlist the help of a local hoodoo woman.

Incorporating movement, folksong, and hoodoo ritual, the play

grapples with the ties between faith, forgiveness, and magic.

 

2 M / 3 F; 60 mins.
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OUR UNCLE EUGENE

What happens when Eugene O'Neill crashes your kid's birthday 

party?

 

2 M / 2 F; 10 mins.

 

 

52 HERTZ

August stumbles into a new relationship just as his best friend, 

Ellie, finds herself confronted with an old one. A scathing look

at modern loneliness, puppetry, relationships, and the stories we

tell ourselves to make it through the day. 

 

Flexible casting, works best with 7. 90 mins.

SAMPLE COMING SOON!