Mysteries
*Dad Didn’t Prep Me for Murder
Invitation to Murder: in progress
The Voyage: in progress
One Act Plays
Bruno’s Leaving Town (1f, 2m)
Braid My Hair (2f)
A Fire for Maureen (1w, monologue)
Paradise Dance (1f, 2m)
Megan, Come Home (1f, monologue)
Vera Takes Her Seat (3f, 2m, ten-minute comedy)
Full Length Plays
**Hold the Mustard (2f, 2m adults, 3 male children, comedy)
***White Petals: Catherine de Medici’s Rise to Power (5-6f, 4m, available at http://www.playscripts.com)
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Note: For interest in all plays other than White Petals, complete the form on my contact page specifying piece of interest and proposed venue.
*Dad Didn’t Prep Me for Murder. Emma Jaeger, a struggling freelance technical writer, meets her ex-husband and his billionaire fiancée at the fabled King estate to cut the final cords of her ill-fated marriage. But that evening, when the heiress drinks tea laced with poison, Emma becomes Suspect #1. To prove her innocence, Emma and her Private Investigator roommate, Stevie Rivers, delve into Brandywine Valley’s world of wealthy heiresses and equestrian eventing to discover the killer’s identity. But as the horses clear the cross-country hurdles, the murderer strikes again, and Emma and Stevie risk their lives in a deadly race to stop the killer before they become the next victims.
**Hold the Mustard is a fast-paced, full-length comedy about a woman who juggles a fast-track career while raising three sons. When events push her to reexamine her life, she discovers that commitment can mean difficult choices.
Credits: Hold the Mustard was selected by the 4th International Women’s Playwrighting Conference for a reading of exerpts at the 1997 conference in Galway, Ireland. It was also a finalist in the 1997 Jewel Box Theatre Playwrighting Competition in Oklahoma City and has had two staged readings: one at the Brick Playhouse and a second at Walnut Street Theatre both in Philadelphia during 1996.
***White Petals: Catherine De Medici’s Rise to Power is a fictionalized historical drama set in the mid 1500’s. Amidst the turmoil of the sixteenth century’s religious intolerance, Queen Catherine de Medici of France vies for the love of King Henry II against his older mistress, Diane de Poitiers. When Henry dies in a jousting tournament, a battle for power erupts in the French court. For scripts and performance rights contact https://www.playscripts.com/play/62
Julie Eble 