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Lying in Vengeance

Recently released: The long-awaited sequel to Amazon best-seller Lying in Judgment! He’s a good man with a dark secret. She knows it, and needs a man killed. Two months after serving on the jury trying a man for the murder that he committed, Peter Robertson’s worst nightmare comes to fruition: Christine, his beautiful and charming…

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MacBeth: A Dark Retelling

MacBeth: A Dark Retelling

This “dark retelling” of the Bard’s classic is an uncomfortable look into the Macbeth story with a stark examination of domestic abuse and the culture that supports it. In a world not too unfamiliar with our own, Lady Macbeth strives to make the best of her unfortunate position, a woman locked in a society that…

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Happy Anniversary - Serendipity Players

Happy Anniversary

Robert and Beth meet for dinner on the first, fifth, and tenth anniversaries – of their divorce. Still civil – though just barely – the couple tries to salvage a friendship from the ashes of their ruined marriage. Arguments over the choice of wine, whether to share their food and Robert’s playboy past turn the…

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Papacino’s

What if family planning clinics were run like coffee shops? When a young woman finds an unusual clinic on the internet, she discovers that counselors act like baristas, her boyfriend is a regular customer, and pregnancy is just another item on a complex menu. Script length: 10 minutes Cast size: 2W, 1M  Production History:  Performed…

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Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch

While his wife and son escape the brutal New York summer heat, Richard just might have to scratch that Seven Year Itch when a beautiful young girl moves into the apartment upstairs. But what is wife Helen up to in Maine? Role: Tom McKenzie Author: George Axelrod Director: Tim Luke Production Company: North End Players…

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PS, I Love Your Daugher

PS, I Love Your Daughter

A middle aged man falls for his best friend’s 30-something daughter. Michael, a 40-something divorced man, has spent three years moping after his divorce. His best friend and former drill sergeant, Paul, convinces him to start dating again. Michael meets Jennifer, the woman of his dreams, at a trade show – only to discover that…

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Dad, I Hardly Know You

Dad, I Hardly Know You

Just when never-married, forty-something Victor thinks he may have talked his new girlfriend Andrea, an unemployed erotic yoga instructor, into moving in with him, his estranged father Abe barges back into his life—suitcase in hand. Abe’s obsession with his own aging body and his take-no-prisoners tendency to say whatever crosses his mind leads to confessions…

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