Aaron Adair      
P L A Y W R I G H T

Reconstructing Julie is a short play about an intelligent young woman who receives an unorthodox diagnosis from her therapist, resulting in a lively, humorous debate about the nature of existence. This 10-minute play requires minimal staging and two actors. Among other productions, Reconstructing Julie was presented in New York as part of the Algonquin Theater's 2008 One Act Festival. CAST: 1 M, 1 F
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Buried in the Bahamas is the story of Nikki, a charmingly unstable young lady who finds winter more exhilarating than life. This short, darkly comedic play requires minimal staging and three actors. It was first performed by the Close Theatre Company of St. Albans in Washington, D.C. Its New York premiere was in June 2010 by NativeAliens Theatre Collective. CAST: 2 F, 1 M  Request script...

The Trouble With Brandon is a short play about a middle-aged couple pondering why their young nephew, Brandon, has stopped attending family events. This 10-minute play requires minimal staging and two actors. Presented by New York's NativeAliens Theatre Collective, as part of Short Stories 9, Queer Prime. CAST 2 M
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Glad Tidings & High Waters is a lighthearted play about hard economic times and two best friends who've always had each other's back. This short play requires 10 minutes, minimal staging and three actors. Produced in June 2010 in Madison, WI, as part of StageQ's Queer Shorts 5. CAST: 3 M Request script...

Dead Cat's Bounce is about a father, home from the hospital with a supply of morphine, who has just enough time to cautiously interact with a family on the edge. This one-act play requires minimal staging and four actors. Selected for the Heartland Theatre Company's Emerging Illinois Playwrights Project 2008. CAST: 2 F, 2 M Request script...

Never Produced Comedy

The Everlasting God Stopper, a humorous play about the absurdities of modern-day health care, requires four actors and approximately 10 minutes. Finalist, 2010 D.C. Source Festival. Moderate staging is needed. CAST: 2 F, 2 M  Request script...

Another Play about the Baby, a humorous look at a young couple with a baby on the way, requires 10-minutes, two actors and minimal staging. CAST: 1 M, 1 F
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More, More, More is a bawdy farce about a misfit crew of independent filmmakers struggling to get just one scene right. This one-act play requires minimal staging and four versatile actors. CAST: 3 M, 1 F  Request script...

The Unwritten Rules, a 10-minute play about the intersection of politics, scandal, hubris and money, requires minimal staging and two actors. CAST: 2 M
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American Holiday, a reality TV show like no other, examines themes of gender and beauty with a laugh or two along the way. This short one-act play requires minimal staging and five actors. CAST: 2 M, 3 M or F  Request script...

Never Produced Drama

Night Train is a story about a war profiteer and a young woman who meet on a subway ride, not by chance, but by lethal plot. This 10-minute play requires little staging and two actors. CAST: 1 M, 1 F  Request script...

The Rose Merchant visits a disharmonious couple wrestling with the nature of their maturing relationship after a night out. This very short 7-minute play requires no staging and three actors. Finalist: 2010 Heartland Theatre Company 10-minute Play Festival. CAST: 2 M, 1F  Request script...

Corn Flakes is the story of a condemned gay man’s last meal and his attempts to wrap-up his life and legacy in a less than sympathetic environment. This 10-minute play requires minimal staging and three actors. Semi-Finalist, Lakeshore Players' 8th Annual Ten-Minute Playwrighting Contest (2012) CAST: 2 M and 1 M or F. 
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Room 124 is about a young couple, Manprasad and Madhuri, who experience a difficult night in a roadside motel. This one-act play requires minimal staging and two actors. CAST: 1 M, 1 F  Request script...

Finding Ursa Major is the story of three friends parting under the weight of secrets kept, leveraged and revealed. This 10-minute play requires three actors and simple staging. CAST: 2 M, 1 F  Request script...

Conventional Wisdom examines a brief skirmish between two opposing forces, one seeking to enclose the planet, the other fighting to preserve the great outdoors. Issues of minority opinion, unity of purpose and meaningless debate flow through this short, absurd play. CAST: 2 F, 1 M  Request script...

Roles for women abound in this retelling of Victor Hugo’s scandalous 1832 play Le roi s'amuse. 

L'Imbécile will be workshopped by Babes With Blades Theatre Company in Chicago in late 2012. Dates to be announced.

Cast: 6 F / 2 M
Run Time: 80 minutes
Acts: Two

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Noticing Virginia is an Updike-inspired examination of one woman’s search for security in gritty 1990s Chicago. Her journey is marked by calculated decisions and disastrous outcomes. Devotion is shunned, a heartless sort of practicality is embraced, sexuality is leveraged and everything hopeful is quickly lost. Finalist, Philadelphia Urban Theatre Festival.  With appreciation to New Light Studios.

Cast: 4 M, 2 F
Run Time: 80 minutes
Acts: Two

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