LOGLINE: When Mara Bethel decides to sell her Kansas farmhouse, a tragic incident involving her husband Simon some 30 years ago comes back to both haunt and inspire her. SYNOPSIS “It’s okay”. Mara Bethel hears these words from her now-deceased husband Simon as she grapples with selling the Kansas farmland that she has lived on […]
Listen to Grace
March 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
When a step-father tries to control how his family navigates their way through the heroic death of the eldest sibling he is met with a great deal of scorn and resentment.
Born For This
December 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Main Cast & Crew Gallery & Media Main Synopsis Can one person change the world? When a near bankrupt drop-in shelter is on the verge of closing its doors for good over Christmas, the homeless residents and those who run the shelter, question what the future holds. What does it mean to believe when […]
Animal (work in progress – 4th draft)
June 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment
(previously known as Cirucs) When Raina Shepherd was 10 years old, she began biting. 30 years later, she’s still biting. But biting is not her only problem. Raina is schizophrenic, bipolar and manic depressive. And to make matters worse, she’s off her medication. Raina has lived with her parents, Cliff and Mercedes Shepherd, all her […]
Twig (work in progress – 4th draft)
May 31, 2010 by Leave a Comment
When his father commits suicide and his mother is institutionalized, Eugene Twig moves back into his parents’ house and becomes a hoarder. But when he meets a scrawny, former drama student and a woman sent to help clean up the house,Eugene is forced to face his buried life.
Close
February 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Close tells the story of a teenage girl named Madeline who has locked herself in her parents’ basement and refuses to leave until she gets answers about the turmoil her family is going through. Close explores a profound encounter, family dynamics, and the idea that courage is not the absence of fear but the willingness, despite the fear, to stand firm and be counted.
Story of a Boy
November 6, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Story of a Boy begins in 1969 during the Vietnam era and concludes in 2009. The play’s focus is on a mother and son and the journeys that take them on different paths. In life we can all get a little lost sometimes and in order to find our way back home we must be willing to accept love and forgiveness even if we feel we don’t deserve it. The events of this story take place on Christmas Eve through several decades.
The School
August 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Noah Sadler is a school teacher who has been mourning the death of his fiancée for almost a year. She was viciously murdered at the school where he taught and where he is afraid to return. When he receives an invitation from his grade 2 class to come out to an art exhibit they are […]
Play Ball
August 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
(also known as WALK, A WALK IN THE PARK, THE TREE OF LIFE) Logline: When a minister has visions of his deceased son and mother, coupled with showing the early signs of dementia, his fears overwhelm him and threaten the outcome of what could be his final sermon at a concert in a park where, […]
Signs & Wonders
August 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Gavin Hopper is a counselor who one day takes his wife on a horseback adventure to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Tragedy strikes when Gavin’s wife, Elizabeth, is tossed off her horse and sent into a coma. Five years later, Elizabeth remains in a coma and the Hopper’s son, Dylan, is about to marry. Dylan is […]