Stacey Lane

 

Playwright

Short Plays

The Author’s Autopsy

(2 M  or F :  2  minutes)

A pathologist and assistant open up a deceased writer and riffle through his brainstorms, drafts, and  dreams to determine what did him in.

Bitches on Good Behavior

(1 M, 1 F :  1 minute)

A man calls a woman a bitch when she turns down his offer to buy her a drink.

Caged to Perfection

(1 M, 1 F :  1 minute)

An imaginary boyfriend, held captive by his creator, tries to persuade her to let him into her real world.

Checkered Past

(3 M or F, 2 F V.O.  :  1 minute)

Ants at a picnic debate the risks and rewards of pursing their delicious desires.

Cold

(1 M, 1 F :  1 minute)

A sickly woman catches her boyfriend licking her phone.

Dirty Laundry

(2 F :  1 minute)

Accusations and confessions fly when a young woman finds something in her roommate’s jeans pocket. 

Goddess of Grey

(2 F :  2 minutes)

A woman is being sketched by an artist. Her requests for body improvements and the artist’s eagerness to comply fill the subject with self-loathing.

The Hundred Dollar Hug

(1 M : 5 minutes)

A lonely man taunts the audience with a hundred dollar bill, claiming that he will give it to the first audience member who comes up on stage and hugs him.

Itch This

(1 M, 1 F :  1 minute)

A desperate man with a hard to reach itch asks a stranger for assistance. 

Kissing Boo Boos

( 1 M, 2 F, 1 child: 5 minutes)

The hypocrisy of gender roles is exposed when a child gets injured on a playground.

Peek

(1 M, 1 F :  1 minute)

A gift tempts a man to take a look inside while his girlfriend is in the other room.

Pet Names

(1 M, 1 F :  1 minute)

An eager wife and an eager-to-leave husband fail to capture the perfect photograph of their little darling

Pulse

(1 F :   2 minutes)

An  actress’s woeful monologue is interrupted by a cell phone ringing in the audience. She retaliates by destroying the phone that destroyed her art.

Scratched

(2 M or F, 1 M  V.O.  :  1 minute)

A losing instant lottery ticket envies the limitless potential of its not-yet scratched off companion.

Shelter Skelter

Shoebox

(2 F, 1 M: 1 minute)

A woman picks out a kitten at an animal shelter, when the ghost of her recently deceased cat arrives to object. 

(2 – 20 M or F : 1 minute)

A woman’s journey from cradle to grave is documented in greeting cards.

Stalemate

(2 M or F, 1 M  or F  V.O.  :  1 minute)

A day old doughnut and a cinnamon roll anxiously await their fates in a food kiosk at the airport. 

A Steal Down Memory Lane

(2 F :  2 minutes)

A purse-snatching goes awry when the victim recognizes the robber as an old high school friend.

Tummy Tirade

(1 F, 1 M  V.O.  :  1 minute)

A woman on a diet competes in a battle of willpower with her talkative tummy

The Unwelcome Mat

(1 M, 1 F :  1 minute)

A young lady  is ridiculed by a worn out welcome mat while waiting for her boyfriend to answer his door.