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Drama
95 minutes
3F, 1M
Joe Bell, an African-American Renaissance man, has spent 14 years in jail for burning down the Gilded Age mansion where he once worked as a tour guide. Determined to prove him innocent, Susanna Hatch, a young white law student, visits Joe in a prison psychiatric unit and learns some wrenching lessons about the irrational power of love.
» Winner of the 2007 Stanley Drama Award
» Winner of the 2007 Arthur W. Stone New Play Award
“A beautifully crafted work”
—Greenville News, South Carolina
"A compelling portrait of a love affair thwarted because of class, snobbery and racial pressures….The writing is lucid with terrific characterization."
—Literary Team at The Bush Theatre, London, U.K. which recommends the play as a "bush pick" on its play publishing website (www.bushgreen.org)
"... Exuberant ... splendid ... poetic ... This is a Guided Tour theater fans shouldn't miss.”
—The Beat, South Carolina
Production History
Playwrights’ Forum, Memphis, TN, Production 2009
Boston Playwrights Theatre, Boston, MA, Staged Reading 2008
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, Production 2008
Centre Stage-South Carolina, Greenville, SC, Production 2007
HRC Showcase Theatre, Hudson, NY, Staged Reading/Contest Finalist 2007
Hinton Battle Theatre Lab, New York, NY, Staged Reading/Contest Finalist 2006
Reverie Productions, New York, NY, Staged Reading/Contest Finalist 2006
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Comedy
120 minutes
4F, 4M minimum (with doubling)
Desperate to win a statewide contest, a community theatre company casts a man claiming to be the Roman god Mars to star in their production of a Noel Coward comedy. A CIA plot…a teenager who speaks fluent Latin…Hollywood’s embrace of “reality theater”…It’s all here in this hilarious spoof on militarism and celebrity culture.
» Winner of the Annual New Play Contest, Santa Cruz Actors' Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA, 2010
“Orbiting Mars is a funny, astute commentary on modern life. Mr. Snoad brilliantly navigates the blurry edges between truth and absurdity.”
—Marc Clopton, Director, The Actors’ Studio, Newburyport, MA
Production History
Penobscot Theatre, Bangor, ME, Staged Reading, Northern Writes New Play Festival, 2010
North Shore Readers’ Theatre Collaborative, Newburyport, MA, Staged Reading 2009
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Drama
95 minutes
2F, 3M
In this poignant drama, the owner of a guesthouse on a small Caribbean island confronts her family’s painful past. An impending hurricane compels Mama Aida and her guests to take shelter in an old plantation building. There she encounters the spirits of her slave ancestors who were brutally tortured and murdered after leading an unsuccessful slave rebellion.
Production History
Hinton Battle Theatre Lab, New York, NY, Staged Reading/Contest Finalist 2007
Reverie Productions, New York, NY, Staged Reading/Contest Finalist 2007
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Comedy
90 minutes
2F, 2M
It’s a growing phenomenon that no one wants to talk about: White people are turning Black. On the eve of his wedding, Alan Guthrie learns it’s about to happen to him. And he’s freaked--not least because his prospective father-in-law would never allow his daughter to marry a Black man. Solution? Persuade his identical twin brother, who is gay, to impersonate him at the ceremony. The desperate ruse launches Alan and his co-conspirators on a madcap pre-nuptial adventure involving organic vegetables, ventriloquism, a golfing accident – and some serious identity issues.
» Winner of the 2010 New Play Festival, Centre Stage-South Carolina, Greenville, SC
"Daring, subversive, and wickedly funny"
—Deborah Brevoort, Playwright-in-Residence, 2010 New Play Festival
Production History
Centre Stage-South Caroliona, Greenville, SC, Workshop Production, 2011
HRC Showcase Theatre, Hudson, NY, Staged Reading/Contest Finalist, 2011
Centre Stage-South Carolina, Greenville, SC, Staged Reading/Contest Finalist, 2010
Provincetown Theatre, Provincetown, MA, Staged Reading, 2010
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Drama
90 minutes
2F, 3M
Serena Fox, an African-American college student, takes a class on the history of racism and becomes captivated by the ideas and passion of 19th century black abolitionist David Walker. After receiving several “visits” from him—“Is this his ghost or am I going crazy?”—Serena is convinced that Walker, who officially died of lung disease may have been assassinated by the agents of Southern planters alarmed by his incendiary writings. She leads a campaign to establish a memorial at his unmarked gravesite and to exhume his remains. Her controversial quest for the truth propels Serena to re-examine her relationship with her white boyfriend and to embrace the broader contemporary struggle for racial justice.
Production History
Baltimore Playwrights Festival, Baltimore, MD, Staged Reading, 2012
Semi-Finalist, Ashland New Plays Festival, Ashland, OR, 2010
Semi-Finalist, Next Generation Playwriting Contest, Reverie Productions, New York, NY
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Comedy/Drama
105 minutes
2F, 2M
On the eve of their departure to Guatemala to pick up their newly adopted daughter, a middle-class American couple find themselves suspected of a terrorist act—blowing up their own car. When the devastating truth finally emerges, it challenges all their assumptions about truth, democracy and the American way.
“…The play is swathed in absurdity but the material is woven from the fabric of reality.”
—Boston Phoenix
“…A very daring, engaging and entertaining piece of work”
—Reader for Tinderbox Theatre Company, Belfast, Ireland
Production History
Alarm Clock Theatre, Boston, MA, Production 2006
Lark Play Development Center, New York, NY, Roundtable Reading 2006
HRC Showcase Theatre, Hudson, NY, Staged Reading/Contest Finalist 2006
Julie Harris Playwright Award, Beverly Hills Theatre Guild,
Los Angeles, CA, Contest Semi-Finalist 2005
Trapdoor Theatre Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA, Contest Finalist 2005