MARK EDWARD SMITH – “CLIPPED WINGS” – A YOUNG NEWLYWED MALE FEELS CONSTRAINED, AND THANKS TO A CHANCE ENCOUNTER, HE REALIZES THE VALUE IN WHAT HE’S GOT.

 

Mark Edward Smith is a published playwright. His play, ‘The Viewing Room’ recently surpassed twenty

productions, including six that were international, and it was produced by the Winters Theater Company in the Fall of 2019. Mark volunteers his time as a Steering Committee member with the Playwrights Collaborative – an organization of writers and theater professionals who promote the development and production of new plays in the Sacramento region. Mark thanks his wife, Farida, for her continued support and insight.

 

 

 

PAUL SMITH – “A BLAST” - Two men meet on a park bench. There is a tension in the air. Their conversation is stilted, strange, suspicious maybe. What is going on? Time will tell!

 

Paul Smith is a UK-based playwright and has been involved with the theatre in some capacity for over 50 years. His plays cover a wide variety of styles and genres from farce to gritty drama and beyond! 

Paul’s highlight as a performer was to play Bottom in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. In his spare time he runs a large online secondhand theatre bookshop.

Website - www.theatreplays.uk

Instagram - @theatreplaysuk

 

 

 

DAN O’DAY – “GOD ON THE COUCH” - IN THE PRIVACY OF HIS THERAPIST’S OFFICE, GOD GRAPPLES WITH AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS.

 

At the age of 25, Dan O'Day segued from being a 2-time BILLBOARD-award winning disc jockey to publishing a monthly comedy service subscribed to by radio personalities around the world. He has personally coached radio personalities and morning shows in 37 countries. Much of his writing is done on airplanes.

Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/DanODayRadio

 

 

 

LEO McELROY – “THIS POLAR BEAR WALKS INTO A BAR…” – ON A BLIND DATE A MALE POLAR BEAR MEETS A FEMALE PENGUIN AT A TROPICAL BAR.

 

LEO McELROY – “GETTING IT” – A WIFE, IN CONVERSATION WITH HER HUSBAND, IS FINALLY ‘GETTING IT’.

 

After a long career as a broadcast journalist in Los Angeles, Leo McElroy moved to Sacramento and returned to his early days as an actor and playwright.  More than a dozen of his full-length plays and musicals have been performed, many winning awards.  He is a founding member and current director of the Sacramento Playwrights Collaborative, which for more than a dozen years has conducted workshops to encourage new works.

 

 

 

TIM CAHILL – “ITSY BITSY SPIDER” – A PLAY ABOUT THE CHILDHOOD RHYME OF THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER, AND HIS RUN INS WITH THE RAIN AND HIS FRUSTRATION.

 

Tim Cahill has been writing plays, short stories and other works for years. In

May 2023, four of his plays were performed in the production, “Damaged Goods”. Other plays of his have been performed in

Sacramento, and his humorous fiction “Bad Omens” (jle.aals.org) was published

in a professional trade journal. Tim lives in Sacramento with his wife of many years. He is a

lawyer by profession and runs a commercial real estate company.

 

 

 

ZACHARY MARK – “A FACTUALLY INACCURATE CONVERSATION” – TWO CANDIDATES FOR A JOB WAIT TO BE CALLED IN BY THE EMPLOYER FOR AN INTERVIEW.  ONE IS FOCUSED ON PREPARING, WHILE THE OTHER WANTS TO DISCUSS CONSPIRACY THEORIES.

 

Zachary Mark is an Indiana-based playwright and career firefighter.  His work has been both published and produced in the US as well as internationally. Mr. Mark is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild of America and an alum of Ball State University. 

 

Website: zacharymark.org

 

 

CHRIS SMITH – “WHEN THE MICE ARE AWAY” – A MARRIED COUPLE TRIES TO DECIDE HOW TO SPEND AN EVENING WITHOUT THEIR CHILDREN.

 

Having grown up in Northern California with cows and guns, Chris spent his early adult years in LA producing in film and TV until returning north to the ranch. As a writer, he focuses on building better men and addressing mental health in the arts. He considers himself an idea writer because he really loves researching something new on each PLAY.  He just did his first one person show as writer/performer, started the process of readings on a film to be shot in Sacramento, produced an adaptation of Christopher Moore’s “The Stupidest Angel” as an insane Christmas show, and had a psychological horror film start the funding process with a film company. His co-writers are his sister's old cat Loki, his dog Rando and about 40 cows.