Dramatic Work

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA GLORY Dra­mat­ic Works By Gillian Britt Setting:                                    America. At Rise:                                    A line across the middle of the stage. An empty chair on one side of it. Black­out. A woman is stand­ing in front of the chair when…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA A Very Nice Fire Dra­mat­ic Works By Matthew Moore “When one burns one’s bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.”   ~ Dylan Thomas   Char­ac­ters   Claire, 30’s Anne, 30’s Gillian, 20’s   Setting:  A Living Room, Sunset…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA This Haunt­ing Red Dra­mat­ic Works By Mitchell Hart­croft Cast of Char­ac­ters:   LUKE RAMIREZ               a haggard yet mild-man­nered man in cheap clothes. JOANNE ROWLETTE     a psy­chol­o­gist with too many unread books…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Pre­ex­ist­ing Con­di­tion Dra­mat­ic Works By Charles Hertz CAST OF CHARACTERS  JOCELYN Jocelyn Sheavis, age 35. Talent Acqui­si­tion pro­fes­sion­al, R&W Quanti-Systems.  LYDIA Lydia Tawellent, age 25, but looks even younger. Job appli­cant.  SUIT Cor­po­rate Secu­ri­ty Exec­u­tive, age 45.…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Fall­ou­tA Ballad of Peace and David Has­sel­hoff Dra­mat­ic Works By Robert J. LeBlanc SYNOPSIS The end of the world came out of nowhere and the fallout con­tin­ues. TAGLINE There is always fallout. CAST OF CHARACTERS GEN X: Any…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Authen­tic­i­ty Dra­mat­ic Works By Tom Coash CAST: Noor — Female, light-skinned, actor Mia — Female, tanned, actor (Both about the same age)   SETTING: Audi­tion waiting room    TIME: The Present   (Two women waiting for an audi­tion. Noor…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Every­thing was Stories Dra­mat­ic Works Listen to Ponyboi read Every­thing was Stories as you follow along. Ponyboi is a drag-per­­for­m­ing cowpunk who also teaches lit­er­a­ture and cre­ative writing at Lees-McRae, a tiny but mighty college in the…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA A Mar­riage is a Story We Tell and Keep Telling Dra­mat­ic Works By      This story orig­i­nal­ly appeared in Stonecoast Review Issue 20. Support local book­sellers and inde­pen­dent pub­lish­ers by order­ing a print copy of the magazine.…

Waiting For Gilbert Dra­mat­ic Works By Kelly Pet­tyjohn Setting  A typical living room in a sub­ur­ban house. There is a large window next to  the front door. A sickly house plant is in a pot on the floor next to a couch.  Time  Late after­noon.  Char­ac­ters  Astral,…

What is Held Within a Scene (A Short Story in Play Form) Dra­mat­ic Works By Juliean­na Black­well trigger warning: gun vio­lence Char­ac­ter List JENNIFER WESTERLY: 37 years old. She is a brunette, thin, short. She is dressed in old jogging shorts, a non­de­script pro­mo­tion­al T‑shirt under a bulky…