is a comprehensive resource page for young playwrights and their teachers, and the home of the ultimate book for young writers, Young Playwrights 101 (that's its cover to the left!). It's available in paperback and as a downloadable e-book. Click on the picture!

YouthPLAYS is my collaboration with professional playwright Ed Shockley (see his link below), a publishing company dedicated to plays for young actors and audiences. You'll find one-act and full-length plays and musicals, as well as monologues and duets for competitive forensics that are ideal for high school, middle school (some even for elementary school), youth theatre, theatre for young audiences (TYA), camps and more. All are available in digital form, and most are also available in hard copy for those who want to hold a book in their hands.  I wanted to be so sure that people could find it that you can also get to YouthPLAYS by visiting www.playsforteens.com, www.playsformiddleschool.com, www.playsforhighschools.com or www.highschooloneact.com. And don't forget to join our YouthPLAYS Facebook fan page here!


ProduceaPlay.com is the ultimate resource site for those who want to produce plays. Whether you're producing at a school, university, community or professional theatre, this site is the first place you should go.

 The website of Thank You for Flushing My Head in the Toilet and other rarely used expressions, my widely-produced one-act play about bullying, written specifically for teen performers. Visit and see what the buzz is about!




4 A.M., the musical, is a full-length musical about a group of teens all awake at that magical hour. I've written the book, based on my hit one-act play, and music and lyrics are by Alison Wood.


Of course, if you need a play for competition or a one-act festival (it's also great for class performance projects), then the original one-act about teens trying to navigate their way through the night-morning is a great choice.




Another great choice for competition or one-act festivals is Rumors of Polar Bears, my one-act about teens living in a Mad Max-like world in the aftermath of climate change disaster.  Awesome opportunities for costuming too!



High School (non) Musical is my hit parody of the Disney phenomenon. Come check out its dedicated website!

High School (non) Musical

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TheWriteConsultant.com is all about my consulting services. Need feedback on your play, screenplay, book or article? Help with outlines, treatments, query and cover letters? Visit me here to learn more.

I have served as Visiting Professor in the MFA playwriting program (as well as in the children's literature program) at Hollins University in beautiful Roanoke, Virginia.

is a great place to buy writing books and software. I'm a periodic contributor to their e-zine, and wrote Playwriting 101, an instructional site for playwrights, for them. I also teach Introduction to Playwriting as part of Writers University. Check it out, and check them out!
 

is the top scriptwriting software on the market.

The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights is the service and support organization for playwrights in the Los Angeles area. It sponsors an annual play reading festival, major events like the Playwrights Expo and Dramapalooza, email lists, a script catalogue and many other networking and development opportunities. I'm Co-Chair!

The Philadelphia Dramatists Center is the professional organization for playwrights and other dramatic writers in the Philadelphia area. I was formerly managing director and am a lifetime member.

The Dramatists Guild is the American professional association of playwrights, lyricists and composers. If you are serious about your writing, it's a must to join.

publishes Beef Junkies, Crash Positions, Leapers, Menagerie, Newt Gingrich Visits a Residential Youth Facility Not Near Omaha, Now You See Me, The White Pages, Pepperoni Apocalypse, Play's End, Stealing Saxophones from Homeless People, Sudden Death Debating League, Supermodels in Jeopardy, Whatever Happened to Godot? and X Marks the Spot.

Choate Rosemary Hall Theatre Arts Institute (aka Summer Arts Conservatory) (Wallingford, CT) is a great program for teen actors, playwrights and artists and I spent three summers there as playwright in residence, creating Now You See Me, Day One and Dear Chuck.

I was a longtime resident playwright at CTC, which produced eleven of my ten-minute plays and four of my one-acts, and have held readings of Milk and Cookies. They staged the world premieres of This Magic Moment and Neverland as part of Pub Plays and their mainstage season, respectively.
 

Pioneer Drama carries Young Playwrights 101.

Playscripts publishes 4 A.M. (the one act), After Math, Harry's Hotter at Twilight (the one act), High School (non) Musical, Just Add Zombies, Rumors of Polar Bears, Run Like the Dickens (aka Tiny Tim Runs the Marathon), Thank You for Flushing My Head in the Toilet and other rarely used expressions and Twisting Carol.

The Springfield Academy of Arts and Academics produced the world premieres of Thank You for Flushing My Head in the Toilet and other rarely used expressions and High School (non) Musical.

The Walnut Street Theatre's education department commissioned a pair of plays, From Shakespeare with Love? and From Lit to Hit, to tour to schools.

Matt Buchanan's Children's Theatre and Creative Drama Site My good friend Matt has the definitive creative drama site on the internet, with lesson plans galore and more, and if you are looking for a top-notch children's play for your theatre company or school, I highly recommend his work.

Ed Shockley is a dear friend, my partner in YouthPLAYS and ProduceaPlay.com, and a top-notch professional playwright and teacher based in Philadelphia. Check out his book, Notes from a Practicing Writer.

Paul Winkler is a NY-based actor and a good friend.

Coyopa Productions is my friend Rich Hoffmann's Philadelphia-based video production company. Rich is an award-winning filmmaker, and he's shot several videos of my productions for me, as well doing corporate and educational work.

 is not a theatre/film site, but rather a mint company started by my good buddy Harley Cross. Lots of bells and whistles here, and a very yummy product.

American Alliance for Theatre & Education National professional organization for educators and theatre artists who use drama and/or theatre in the classroom.

Small Cast One-Act Website Need a one-act play with no more than four cast members? This is an excellent site to find what you seek: you'll find many of my plays listed there, a testament to the webmaster's good taste.

Featuring several of my plays, this is a great place to look for professionally produced plays (and to read substantial portions of them) that you may wish to produce. Check it out!

Playwrights on the Web An international listing of playwrights and their e-mail or website addresses. Also contains a listing of opportunities for playwrights. Maintained by award-winning British playwright Paul Thain.

is a website run out of the U.K. and perhaps the internet's most comprehensive listing of playwrights and their plays.

Moonstruck Drama Bookstore A cool place to buy plays and musical theater soundtracks, and full of lots of interesting information about your favorite shows and writers.

American Association of Community Theatres A great resource for those involved in community theatre across the United States and includes listings of play sources—some of my plays are listed there too!…

NY Play Development is a play development organization in New York.

British Theatre Guide and the British School Show Page, both maintained by Peter Lathan. A great place to go for info about the British theatre scene (note my homage to Euro-spelling) and youth theatre, a phenomenon largely missing from the States.

Scott Maney is the Australian-based photographer who took the beautiful photo from the St. Mary's Anglican Girls School production of 4 A.M. for my website banner.

Susan Battye is a colleague from New Zealand who has edited Drama Cuts, a book with excerpts from over a dozen contemporary plays from the British Commonwealth.  Check it out!