William Brooks

 

Hope & Fury

Synopsis:

    A quirky, sometimes dark, comedy about two estranged sisters  dealing with their mother’s death. Brought together again by a rather odd last wish in their mother’s will, Hope and Fury find they have to deal with their  past before tackling the present problem of sorting through the piles and piles  of family heirlooms their mother left them. Throw in a few dark secrets, a lot  of gin, a long lost teddy bear, and an ex-boyfriend and you get one wild ride!

  • Genre:Comedy
  • Number of Acts: 1
  • Actors required:2 women, 1 man, all mid-twenties
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The Captive

Synopsis:

    Dark, sometimes philosophical and always gut-wrenching, The Captive is the story of Stan, a man who is no one and  everyone at the same time, wakes up one day to find himself held captive in a  cage for what seems like no reason at all. His captor, Roland, uses his lackey, Jake, to send Stan on a ride of mind torture and self realization until there is little left of him. Jake follows the orders given to him by his master, his hero, his God, but at some point there is a limit.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Number of Acts: 1
  • Actors required: 3  men
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Assignment: Impossible

Synopsis:

    Three students and teacher find themselves all condemned to  spend a Saturday together in detention. What’s not fun about that? These four are required to put on a play about sex education for a special assembly as part of their detention assignment. It is a rocky road to get the play on stage, but once they do, they might just even learn a thing or two. Within the play that they present each character deals with peer pressure and sexuality in their own way.

  • Genre: TYA, Comedy
  • Number of acts: 1
  • Actors required: 2 men, 2 women
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