The opening movement of The Victory Garden Plays portrays sisters, Ruby and Millie, as a child and teenager, struggling to maintain their rooftop garden, while their father is a prisoner of war overseas. The Victory Garden Plays is a 7-piece collection of short individual plays encompassing journeys of individuals on the American home front during WW2. Ruby and Millie & The Old Chemical Plant was originally written and performed as part of the full-length play, The Victory Garden Plays. Great food: Halloween play, spooky, eerie, thriller, 2 person play, 2-hander, competitions, festivals, play about mystical creatures, play about a werewolf, play for adult and child (adult actor can play child)ĬLICK for a free excerpt for When Marshmallows Burn by Tara Meddaugh.ĬLICK below for a complete digital copy of When Marshmallows Burn by Tara Meddaugh Set: Minimal, a back yard, around a fire pit Genre: Dark comedy/absurdist/thriller/dramaticĬast: 1 female, 1 male or 2 female (1 role is gender neutral) What (or who) else will he have an urge to kill? Is there anything his mother can do to stop him, or can she ultimately accept and love him? This is a dark comedy about a boy becoming a werewolf, but it’s also a story about needing acceptance and love, in the face of evolving identity. And he has a sudden urge to kill squirrels-and eat them raw. Sammy and his mom are enjoying roasting marshmallows by the fire, under the full moon, when something very strange starts to happen. As the Moon River Raft approaches, their fate becomes clear and their loyalty to each other is truly tested.Ĭlick here to read an excerpt of the dark comedy play, The Moon River Raft.Click below for the complete digital copy of the short play, The Moon River Raft. Selina pleads with Meredith to come with her, but Meredith has serious doubts. But when Meredith discovers Selina has left the stump and gone to a creepy river in the middle of the night, Selina reveals a secret she has learned from the elder-rabbits: The Moon River Raft is arriving tonight and will take all Woundeds to a perfect place where injuries are healed and no predators exist. While the rest of her rabbit colony has ostracized her as a “magnet of death,” her sister, Meredith, remains loyal and plans to keep her safe by hiding her in a tree stump forever. When the rabbit, Selina, breaks her leg, she knows she will not survive long in a forest filled with predators. It runs around 15 minutes, but fits within the realm of many typical 10-minute plays. **NOTE: This is not quite 10-minute play.
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