One Act Plays

  • THE BAD HABIT by Constance Humphrey Egan

    THE BAD HABIT

    A mother and daughter finally confront their issues of addiction, dependency, and self-destruction with the help of their New Age Yoga Instructor.

    2009 Eclectic Theatre (LA)

    Directed by Chelsea Sutton

    Published by Original Works Publishing

    "For me, the best play of the night was THE BAD HABIT. Playwright Constance Humphrey Egan captured the exasperating relationship between a troubled woman and her dominating, garrulous mother so perfectly that at least one audience member was reduced to tears because she found the dialogue hit so true"

    -Pauline Adamek

  • SEPARATED AT BIRTH

    The ever-upbeat CoCo has summoned her emotionally distant sisters to her color coordinated home for a sister photo; a reluctant family tradition honoring the birthday of their not-so-favored elderly mother. The hardened but intellectual Ricki and corporate successful Bea are less than enthused by the occasion or amused by CoCo’s insistence that they dance together, and worse yet, that they dress in god-awful identical bridesmaids dresses for their photo. But with enough wine, the three discover they have more than their share of common experiences as they maneuver through middle age and ultimately, an overwhelming love of Spanx. If you haven’t been there yet, you will be, give or take twenty years!

    2011 Hand To Mouth Players (Westchester, NY)

    Directed by Jim Petrillo

    Published by Heartland Publishing

  • Photo by Kat Vecchio

    SECONDHAND SMOKE

    A powerful attorney dying from cancer tries desperately to retain control and dignity, while the people around her attempt to be of assistance. SECONDHAND SMOKE examines the multi-generational impact of the collateral damage people inflict when they try to control the people around them, even if the motivation for that control is well-intentioned.

    2024 Gallery Players Black Box New Play Festival (Brooklyn, NY)

    Directed by Dominic Cuskern

  • RUNCIBLE SPOON

    A foster daughter finally rebels against her white parents, when the pressure to be perfect becomes overwhelming.

    2011 Pittsburgh Playwright's Theatre-Festival of Black and White. (Pittsburgh, PA)

    Directed by Myneesha Miller-King

  • GENETIC FUNK

    GENETIC FUNK brings a frightening disease to light. It is a survivor's tale, told from a family perspective, illustrating the strengths and weaknesses of two women, and how they will uttimately persevere against a degenerative incurable sickness. The play explores how illness affects not just the patient, but the entire family.

    2010 Semi-Finalist Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference

Full Length Plays

  • BROKEN CHORD

    Anthony Modarelli, one of the first conductors/composers of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra was a hometown guy. He was trained/educated and highly respected in Europe. The Board of Directors of the symphony ultimately decided that they needed a more "sophisticated" conductor. BROKEN CHORD follows the lifespan of one of his operas. It spans the 30s, to 2000. The class discrimination he experienced has not changed in the least, all these years later.

    2025 Staged Reading - Shawnee Playhouse (Delaware, PA)

    Awarded third place in their Original Play Festival

  • CROSS TALK

    AA meetings are filled with diverse, quirky individuals. Sometimes the seemingly wisest member fails, and the seemingly hopeless one rises from the ashes. CROSS TALK is extremely realistic and brings the audience into the meeting itself.

  • HUNGER PANGS

    Margo Trout, a virtual shut-in, has found solace from food. It is her friend, her comfort, and her therapy. Her house is her sanctuary, but her sons want it for their own purposes. Let the games begin.

Ten Minute Plays

  • BETWEEN FLOORS

    A divorcing couple find themselves stuck in an elevator on their way to meet their attorneys.

    Produced 2010 Mountain Stage (NC)

    2011 Best of the Rest-Santa Cruz Actors Theatre

  • BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY

    Overwhelmed mother Gishie and detached father Brad grapple with regrets and parenting failures as their teen, Chelsea (now Corey), declares a non-binary identity, and son Chase retreats into video games and porn. Amid bickering, pseudo-PSAs about caffeine and Prozac, and school pressures, the family confronts addiction and stigma, finding a brief, tender unity in accepting Corey’s change.

  • 1-800-MONKEYS

    A deranged ex-girlfriend convinces her former partner that monkeys are attacking their community. Her intentions are evil and shocking

  • WASP 101

    An aging WASP tries to reinvent herself as a substitute professor. She fails miserably, but feels triumphant. It's a quirky, tragic, comedy.