The family that comprises Old Pueblo Playwrights has changed over the forty or more years of its existence. Here is a recent sampling, showcasing the remarkable heterogeneity of more recent members’ contributions of more than 100 original works since January 2024.
W. Cordeiro and L. Lenhart, workshopping a guest presentation
of "Pop Goes the Ferret"; Libretto, 90 min, despite being declared extinct (twice!), the black-footed ferret (BFF) is making a comeback just outside of Seligman, Arizona. Full production of the show at the Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff, Arizona, as part of the ARTx Festival in May 2025, won a Viola Award for Excellence in Storytelling for the show in 2025.
D. Vassallo, “Gathering the flock”, 81 min, along-time minister calls his followers to arm themselves to kill liberals and democrats in the coming civil war, but his daughter tries to stop him.
G. Kayner, The Unpronounceable Name of God”, 73 min. a husband-and-wife custodial couple find a play in the trash and with the wife's urging decide to engage with the play to devastating results.
V. Flynn, “The Crush of Sally Tarish”, 10 min, Sally loves her husband so much she just can't keep anything from him.
G. Kayner, 20 min, “Two Persons Singular”, a husband and wife confront one another regarding the apparent suicide of their son.
S. Flynn, “Plan B”, 10 min, Don has a Plan. He also has a Plan B. And his wife Rita does too. L. Gutman, “Danish Pastry”, late- to mid-1980's, a young man and his loved ones cope with life in America from the Vietnam War to the era of Ronald Reagan.
M. Hector, “Anything That Doesn’t Kill You” , 90 minutes, Issues of high school; adolescence is not for sissies.
Liisa Rose, “Exit Bag”, 105 min, A family drama that explores the challenges faced by the sandwich generation, multi-generational household dynamics, and the ripple effects of assisted suicide.
D. Sewell, “The Benevolency Provides” by D. Sewell, 105 min, in a world where faith is law and truth is scripted, survival is the ultimate rebellion. S. Berg, “There But for the Grace”.
D. Zinke, “Ripples”, 100 min, a hate crime death is right on time to rally the gay community.
M. Hector, “Homecoming”, 12 min, considering a move for Dad back East. M. Hector, “City Bus”, 30 min, millennials and boomers struggle to coexist.
OPP special Event/Regular meeting - M. Hector, “Magic People”, 120 min, a running club becomes political.
G. Kayner, “ Bang. Being Dead”, 115 min, a father and son attempt to drive their wife/step-mother crazy to gain control of the mortuary in her family's name.
L. Powell, 10 min, “Pass the salt”, Pass the salt”, Two “mature” sisters revert to their younger selves over a saltshaker.15 min.
– Special Reading. K. A. Rosa, Nehanda Nyamita Nyakasikana, the Star Woman!”
D. Zinke, “Plenty of Time”, 10 min, Saved by the chant.
R. Pullins, “Snap”, 10 min, in which fellow workers initiate a young worker into a myth of female sexuality.
L. Rose, “Burn Scar”, 105 min, A long-forgotten house fire- and its associated guilt and forgiveness- is seen through the lens of Eliza's recent Alzheimer's diagnosis.
D. Youngerman, “Home And Away”, 30 min, upon the death of her husband, a woman questions her place in a changing America and the possibility of returning to her homeland.
S. Berg - “Drowning Worms”
D. Sewell, “Ten Sixty-Six”, 165 min, in the afterlife of 1066, England’s last Saxon king and the women who shaped him relive the choices that changed history.”
J. Heyl, “Is There A Doctor on Board?”, 10 min.
R. Pullins, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight",70 min, The
Green Knight interrupts a yuletide celebration at King Arthur’s court where he challenges Sir Gawain to exchange blows with his ax, a modern dramatization of a late medieval epic.
D. Rochon, “Walk On The Beach“, 5 min, Gary was having a pleasant stroll along the beach with his cat Max… at least until Max started talking.
S. Berg, 10 min, “My Girl”, 10 min, a love lost. S. Flynn, “See You Tuesday”, 10 min, A sudden turn of events makes two bickering friends stop and think.
Ron Pullins, The Object, 10 min, in which an object in a man's life
overwhelms him.
36 th OPP Play Festival, 17 plays – M. Singervalt, “Murphy’s son”, 70 min, Father and son meet in a final attempt to rekindle their relationship, before they go their separate ways forever.
36 th OPP Play Festival – J. Webster, “Cassandra”, 95 min, a married couple is threatened and cyberstalked by his old high school girlfriend.
36 th OPP Play Festival – S. Shurhoff, “Six Mile Inn”, 32 min, local inn keepers commit murder and mayhem while the pirate Blackboard holds Charleston captive to his blockade in 1718. D. Rochon, “Finding Mary Tyler Moore”, 27 min, accompanied by a young co-worker, a man contemplates life, loss, and nostalgia at the foot of a famous statue.
G. Kaynar, “Last Man Standing”, 30 min, a WWII vet faces his demons when his daughter confronts him at a yearly meeting of his platoon where he is the last man standing. M. Hector, “You Never Know”, 108 min, alcohol addiction and hurt are a dangerous mixture.
36 th OPP Play Festival – L. Rose, “Southern Hospitality”, 12 min, “Well, bless her heart.” The new California transplant is finding South Carolina a little more neighborly than she anticipated. L. Rose “Savage”, 12 min, , a #MeToo moment comes full circle. S. Surhoff, “Grace”, 13 min, reminiscing about family history, Grace reveals some of the darker side of family relations. L. Powell, “Crossroads”, 11 min, On a dark and stormy night a couple comes face-to-face with their dangerous future.
L. Rose, “Ash is to Ashes”, 11 min, three sweet little old ladies start up a new, sinister, business. L. Rose, MIL-ILE, 9 min, a long-anticipated vacation is about to be crashed by your mother-in-law. What could go wrong?. L. Rose, “Fifty-six”, 8 min, will grandma’s worst nightmare come to fruition? It’s really up to her! S. Flynn, “Telling Mrs. Fairchild”, 7 min, Mrs. Fairchild is losing it – or is she? V. Flynn
“Pat’s Story”, 10 min, Pat hopes that her life story will get her into the Sip and Rip Club. L. Rose, “To Making It Home”, 8 min, two veterans reminisce after returning home. L. Rose, “Appendices”, 10 min, Grandma and Grandpa claim a medical emergency when “caught in the act” by their grandson.
A. Cory, “Moonstruck”, 13 min, with the moon moments away from crashing into the Earth, a couple look set to resolve their marriage issues. Then the neighbor shows up.
D. Zinke, “His Father’s Son”, 120 min, a 25-year secret reveals the son he didn't know he had.
M. Hector, “Boxed In”, 14 min, about comfort with ageing and
sexuality. M. Hector, “Same Difference”, 15 min, a play about skilled nursing facilities and respect for the dying – and the living.
-M. Hector, “Passing through”, 10 min, establishing identity in a racist setting, again. M. Hector, “Identity Politics”, 10 min, a story about fake facts and power. G. Kayner, “Take a Number”, 18 min, a harried taxpayer confronts two employees at an IRS office in this hilarious play..
M. Hector, “Cecilia’s Plight”, 90 min, Reminiscing a full life, and
lost loves.
M Hector, “Lone Star”, 90 min, the dangers of a trans show biz
life.
A. Cory, “The Brisk Bell”, 20 min, When the bell from a sunken ship is retrieved from a sinkhole, two seasiders are terrorized by ghostly apparitions.
S. Surhoff, “The Fountain of Youth”, 10 min, Curious tourists discover the true fountain of youth. M. Hector, “Undervalued Vintage”, 20 min, some things retain their worth.
D. Youngerman, “Does your first love think of you as often as you think of them?’, 10 min, the title tells it all!
K. Chess, “Battery acid”, 12 min, He saved her little girl from junkyard dogs. She felt obligated to invite him over for lemonade. Now she doubts her safety. K. Chess, “Elevator Music”, 22 min, you know how on an elevator you don't talk to anybody? Just look at the numbers? Stick with that plan.
–A. Cory, “Goring’s Vermeer”, 60 min, When Goring receives a much sought after Vermeer on his 51st birthday, there's only one partygoer who notices something is amiss.
-S. Otstot, “anything for a Buck”, 10 min, in this parody the hero
tries to survive any way he can in 1940s Chicago, even resorting to telling himself that he can double cross the mob boss; is he successful? S. Otstot, “Mother, Can you Hear Me?”, 20 min, after receiving news that his mother is brain dead, the son recalls past conversation; the question is answered at the end of the play.
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