Purple, a new 10 minute play, was performed in Theatre Charlotte's 9x9 in December.  No excerpt here.  The whole play is seven pages.  But it's about a girl, looking into a mirror, thinking she looks purple -- and a guy, cutting a purple onion, who disagrees.

Productions 2005
Easy Credit, a new ten minute play, will run in Theatre Charlotte's 9x9 on December 2nd and 3rd.  Tammie Casper directs, with Darryl Casper, Mary Ann McCubbin, and Beth Porter.

How do you Solve a Problem like Maria? premiered in the April 9x9.

I made several short films this year.  They're online, along with the trailer for Dodo of the Year, at Aroma Productions.

Productions 2004

January 10. Elizabeth Peterson-Vita directed Coffee Therapy for Actors Scene Unseen.  Actorssceneunseen.com produces live internet radio broadcasts. It was a great production with an excellent cast (Linda Callahan, Jonathan Ewart, Linda Fisher, Kerry Maher, BJ Miller, and Karen Surprise).

Yes, Virginia (Theatre Charlotte 9x9)
How do you Sove a Problem Like Maria (Theatre Charlotte 9x9)

Productions, 2003:

Fall, 2003. I'm happy to say that Responsibility was recently published by Brooklyn Publishers.

December 5&6, 2003. Christmas Preliminaries, part of Theatre Charlotte's 9x9@9.

August 13-16, 2003. Love Poem was included in The Stormy Weather Players Pregnant Chad New Play Festival.  This year, the festival was held at The American Theatre for Actors, 314 West 54th Street, NYC. The run was a little hairy, due to the blackout -- but a Sunday performance was added. I saw it on Saturday and the theatre was packed, without AC.

May 7-10, 2003.  Finally, a second production for Coffee Therapy, thanks to the good folks at Direct Plays.  Queen's College Music and Drama Society. University of Melbourne.  Parkville, Australia. 

April 11 and 12.  ‘Painting Dylan,’ a new ten minute play in Theatre Charlotte's 9x9@9.

March 28 and 29, 2003.  ‘In the Ductwork,’ a new ten minute play at Off-Tryon Theatre Company’s 2nd Ever New Play Festival.

Productions, 2002

Love Poem, a ten minute play, was part of the Theatre Charlotte's 9x9@9, December 6 and 7, 2002.  Bradley Moore directed Derek Gamba and Kristen Jones.

Love Poem and Panic Attack, two ten minute plays, received staged readings at Off-Tryon Theatre Company, in Charlotte, September 16 and 23 as part of the Noda New Play Festival. Bradley Moore, a student at Winthrop, did a great job of directing his fellow students in these.

IGNITION SWITCH was presented by The Chapel Hill/Carrboro ArtsCenter as part of the Triangle Network of Theatres' Taste of Triangle Theatre. There were two shows: one at Playmakers Rep in Chapel Hill, August 17; and one at Theatre in the Park in Raleigh, August 24. Lynden Harris, who directed and acted, was fantastic. I attended, alone. Although I didn't know another soul in the audience, I enjoyed watching them laugh.

Julie Janorschke brilliantly directed a staged reading of Dodo of the Year at Off-Tryon Theatre Company on August 18. Despite the Sunday afternoon showtime, we had a great audience. They laughed aplenty and then talked a lot, offering feedback that -- after such a silly play -- offered serious, helpful points on the script's strengths and weaknesses.

IGNITION SWITCH was part of the Ten by Ten play Festival, July 11-21, at The ArtsCenter in Chapel Hill/Carrboro, NC.

PIZZA, a fifteen minute play, was performed in the 2nd Annual Pregnant Chad Play Festival in Cornwall, NY, March 15, 16.

RESPONSIBILITY, a ten minute play, was part of Theatre Charlotte's 9x9@9, April 12, 13. Recently published by Brooklyn Publishers.

Productions, 2001

HANNUKA BIRTHDAY, a ten minute play, was performed as a student production at Utah State University. To the best of my knowledge, this took place on Oct. 25-27, 2001. I hear it went quite well.

IGNITION SWITCH, a ten minute play, was performed at Theatre Charlotte as part of the 9x9@9 production. Dec. 7 and 8, 2001. All of the 9x9's begin at nine o'clock, cost nine dollars, and consist of nine, new, nine minute plays.

 WHO AM I?, produced by LMNOP, ran May 31-June 9 at The Red Room, 85 E. 4th St., NYC. It was extended June 21 through June 30, at Sanford Meisner Theater, 164 11th Avenue, NYC.

VASSAL...VEGETABLE, WHO AM I?, and THE GROCERY LIST were performed at Morgan's Coffee House, 118 N. Main St. Salisbury, NC, March 23 and 24.

The same three plays (ten minutes each) were performed at Center for the Arts in Rock Hill, SC, April 12.

THE GROCERY LIST was part of Theatre Charlotte's  9x9@9, in Charlotte, NC, April 20, 21. It was also part of Theatre Charlotte's spring fundraising gala.

In December, 2000, NINE HITS was also part of the 9x9 production.

VASSAL...VEGETABLE, was presented by Barebones Theatre as part of the Barebones Theatre 15 minute Play Festival, Charlotte, NC, April 26-29, 2001.

About Sam:


Married. Three Children. Fifty-one years old. What do I actually do for a living?  I publish Coffee News in Salisbury, NC.

Are all of my plays and productions on this website?  Nope. Just the ones I remember (and there are several here, and elsewhere, I wish I could forget).

Do I have a YouTube channel?  Absolutely. Is it worth checking out? Why not? It's YouTube.