-PLAYWRIGHT-SCREENWRITER-NOVELIST
David MacGregor
SHORT PLAYS
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The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2018
(Smith and Kraus)
Three co-workers unmask and deal with a fellow employee who has been stealing other people's food from the company lunchroom.
The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2015 (Smith and Kraus)
It's New Year's Eve at the Parkview Retirement Home, where the New Year is celebrated...at noon.
Brooklyn Publishers
A man comes to the realization that there isn't a single thing in the world that he really cares about, and his wife is able to explain this phenomenon to him as they enjoy
delicious cups of coffee.
The best husband in the world gives his wife the ultimate birthday present.
Brooklyn Publishers
A recently engaged couple visit a counselor in hopes of resolving the one problem in their relationship.
An epic battle for the future of humanity takes place in a brewpub between a woman who values knowing things and man who does not.
A chance encounter with a plate of blue cheese changes Aaron's life forever.
Thanks to a kind deed that he once performed, Judas Iscariot is allowed out of hell for one day every thousand years...and today is that day.
The Best New Ten-Minute Plays 2019 (Applause)
At a Fourth of July family gathering, brother and sister Paul and Tara stumble upon the truth regarding the internecine warfare between human beings thanks to the way
their Aunt Dorothy eats from a bowl of assorted nuts.
Three friends gather to memorialize a recently deceased friend, who died in somewhat
peculiar circumstances.
On a precarious ledge high above San Francisco Bay, a befuddled young man tries to understand what has happened to his life, then is joined by two passersby similarly confused about their lives.
The Best New Ten-Minute Plays 2020 (Applause)
Brooklyn Publishers
A woman finishes packing up her belongings as she prepares to move out of the home she has shared with her husband for twelve years and to move into an apartment with her younger boyfriend.
A plumber making an emergency call at three in the morning gets into a dispute with his client over the true nature of heroism.
A lifelong factory rat decides to spend his last hour not on the line, but in the bar across the street.
The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2017 (Smith and Kraus)
An agent and manager scheme to keep their pop star client at the top of the entertainment food chain, but will need his full cooperation.
A mother and daughter plan their annual Black Friday shopping excursion in a diner at four in the morning while being served by a waitress who is beyond tired.
35 in 10: Thirty-Five Ten-Minute Plays
(Dramatic Publishing Company)
Two friends have eighteen separate conversations in ten-minutes, discussing a variety of unusual topics.
The best wife in the world prepares to give her husband the greatest birthday present ever.
On his first day of work, a new cashier in a dollar store discovers the dark side of his job.
A man and a woman meet in a bar and get to know one another extremely well, extremely quickly.
A gay woman and a working-class man find themselves in the same hospital waiting room while their respective partners give birth elsewhere in the hospital.
To the consternation of his father, a young man receives a credit card application in the mail.
Two lonely co-workers are perfect for one another...if they can only change one thing about themselves.
MONOLOGUES
DRAMATIC
Marie Chartier, Female (late 20s-30s)
COMEDIC
Dr. Watson, Male (30s-50s)
The Best Men's Monologues from New Plays 2019 Applause (2020)
COMEDIC
Auguste Escoffier, Male 30-70
The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2022 Smith and Kraus (2022)
DRAMATIC
Sherlock Holmes (male, 30s-50s)
The Best Men's Monologues from New Plays 2020
Applause (2021)
COMEDIC
Uncle Lou – Male (50s-60s)
COMEDIC
Paul, Male (20s-40s)
The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2018
Smith and Kraus (2018)
DRAMATIC
Jimmy – Male (30s-50s)
The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2017
Smith and Kraus (2017)
DRAMATIC
Lauren, Female (20s-40s)
The Best Women's Stage Monologues 2018
Smith and Kraus (2018)
DRAMATIC
Phil (30s-40s)
The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2017
Smith and Kraus (2017)
COMEDIC
Claire, Female (20s-40s)
The Best Women's Stage Monologues 2018
Smith and Kraus (2018)
DRAMATIC
Gene - Male (20s)
The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2017
Smith and Kraus (2017)
COMEDIC
Eliot – Male (20s)