The following scripts were published in Dramatics magazine in the issue indicated. The list is grouped chronologically by title for periods of about five years, beginning in fall 1978. Those that have gone on to be published elsewhere in acting editions are noted. Dramatics magazine does not hold production rights for any of these scripts. Contact the publisher of the acting edition or, if not noted, the playwright or his or her agent for rights and royalty information (usually listed in small type at the bottom of a page of the script). For contact information on the publishers, see Script Sources. § indicates a script from Thespian Playworks, our student script development program.
Camera Obscura, Robert Patrick and Jonathan Sheffer, November 1979
 Published by Samuel French
The Crocodile Smile, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, May 1979
Published by Dramatists Play Service
December Wedge, Ross MacLean, November 1978
Food, Ross MacLean, January 1980
The Foreigners, Michael McGrinder, March 1979
A Matter of Property, Irving Metzman, September 1978
My Cup Ranneth Over, Robert Patrick, January 1979
Published by Dramatists Play Service
Partners, Irving Metzman, March 1979
Peter Patalan, Arthur Wilmurt, March 1979
The Primary English Class, Israel Horovitz, January 1979
Published by Dramatists Play Service
The Singer, David Madden, September 1978
Third and Oak: The Laundromat, Marsha Norman, May 1980
Published by Dramatists Play Service
The War on Tatem, Mark Medoff, March 1980
Published by Dramatists Play Service
Whistler: Five Portraits, William M. Hoffman, September 1979
After the Fact, Jeffrey Sweet, January 1981
Published by Samuel French
Apologies, Brian Kral, September 1984
Published by Anchorage Press Plays
Big Sweet, Robert Patrick, October–November 1983
Billy, Barbara Keiler, March 1981
Birds of Prey, Billy Houck, November 1984
The Coal Diamond, Shirley Lauro, September 1980
Published by Dramatists Play Service
Common Garden Variety, Jane Chambers, September 1982
Concord, Eric Bentley (adapted from Kleist), October 1981
Dance for Rain, Redmen, that Was Number 99, Jerry L. Crawford, May 1982
The Dancing Bear Routine, William Harrar, May 1981
Eve and Adam, Bruce Halverson, February 1983
Families, Conrad Bishop, March 1982
Friday’s Child, Pamela Sterling, January 1983
Published by Dramatic Publishing
The Groves of Academe, Mark Stein, November 1982
Published by Dramatists Play Service
Inside/Out, Michael Scanlan et al., March 1984
Ladies in Waiting, Ellen Fox, November 1981
Lamp at Midnight, Barrie Stavis, May 1983
Mike’s Case, Christopher Schoggen, December 1982
Published by Dramatic Publishing
The Nine Dragons, George Herman, September 1981
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
One to Grow On, Brian Kral, March 1983
Published by Anchorage Press Plays
Personal Effects, John McNamara, May 1984
Published by Dramatists Play Service
Present Tense, John McNamara, October 1982
Published by Dramatists Play Service
A Raft of Mark Twain Plays, Bernard Sabath, September 1983
The Raw Edge of Victory, Barrie Stavis, April–May 1986
Seven Short Plays, Benjamin Bradford, December 1981
Tennessee, Romulus Linney, January 1981
Published by Dramatists Play Service
That Day, Michael Scanlan et al., March 1984
Thymus Vulgaris, Lanford Wilson, January 1982
Published by Dramatists Play Service
Why Do We Laugh?, Stephen Gregg, January 1984
Published by Dramatic Publishing
Will Power, Robert Patrick, April 1982
The Window, Eleanor Glazer and Lea Queener, November 1980
Advice to the Players, Bruce Bonafede, September 1987
Published by Samuel French
Attack of the Moral Fuzzies, Nancy Beverly, November 1989
Published by Samuel French
Big Mary, Mark Medoff, April 1990
Published by Dramatists Play Service
Candid, Michael Scanlan, January 1986
A Christmas Carol, adapted from Dickens by David Ball and David Feldshuh,
November 1988
Cover, Jeffrey Sweet, September 1989
Published by Samuel French
Down Came the Rain, Brian Burr Clark, November 1985
Downtown, Jeffrey Hatcher, March 1990
Published by Samuel French
Eating Out, Marcia Dixcy, January 1990
Goodnight Firefly Ravine, Raima Evan, September 1986
Homer, Thomas Gibbons, January 1985
Kissing Scene, Carl Martin, September 1988
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Left Out, Robert Patrick, September 1985
The Person I Once Was, Cindy Lou Johnson, March 1985
Published by Dramatists Play Service
Postponing the Heat Death of the Universe, Stephen Gregg, December 1986
Published by Dramatic Publishing
The Road to Ruin, Richard Dresser, October 1989
Published by Samuel French
Steel Magnolias, Robert Harling, April–May 1988
Published by Dramatists Play Service
Talking With, Jane Martin, March 1987
Published by Samuel French
This Is a Test, Stephen Gregg, January 1988
Published by Dramatic Publishing
Twirler, Jane Martin, October 1988
Vital Signs, Jane Martin, May 1990
Published by Samuel French
The Voice of the Prairie, John Olive, April–May 1989
Published by Samuel French
American Enterprise, Jeffrey Sweet, September 1994
Après Opera, Michael Bigelow Dixon and Valerie Smith, November 1990
Ascension Day, Timothy Mason, November 1993
Published by Dramatist Play Service
Bed and Breakfast, Richard Dresser, May 1992
Published by Samuel French
Beethoven’s Last, Lawrence Thelan, November 1992
Brain Sucking, Stephen Bittrich, April 1995
The Cola Wars, B. Burgess Clark, September 1993
Door to Door, Claudia Barnett, March 1993
Eukiah, Lanford Wilson, November 1991
Published by Samuel French
Flambée, James Buescher, November 1994
Published by Dramatic Publishing
A Friend from High School, Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller, March 1994
God and Poker, Christopher McNeil, October 1994
Published by Dramatic Publishing
Gotta Dance, Maura Swanson, May 1993
Help Wanted, Michael Bigelow Dixon and Valerie Smith, September 1992
The Idiot and the Oddity, Doug Rand, January 1995
Published by Dramatic Publishing
Jerry Finnegan’s Sister, Jack Neary, April 1993
Published by Dramatic Publishing
The John Philip Sousa Workshop, Stephen Gregg, January 1993
Published by Directplays.com
The Largest Elizabeth in the World, Stephen Gregg, September 1991
Published by Dramatic Publishing
The Less than Human Club, Timothy Mason, March 1995
Looking Good, John Williams, May 1991
Published by Samuel French
Love, Death, and the Prom, Jon Jory, January 1992
Published by Dramatic Publishing
Moon Over the Brewery, Bruce Graham, September–October 1990
Published by Dramatists Play Service
Platonic Love, tr. Helene Koon, April 1994
Prank, Richard Kalinoski, January 1991
Published by Samuel French
A Private Moment, Stephen Gregg, October 1993
Published by Samuel French
The Problem-Solver, Valerie Smith and Michael Bigelow Dixon, October 1991
Published by Samuel French
Scars & Stripes, Thomas Cadwaleder Jones, May 1995
Published by Encore Performance Publishing
A Slow Brick on a Still Day, Richard Kalinoski, April 1992
Tape, Jose Rivera, May 1994
Published by Samuel French
Unabridged, Michael Dempsey, October 1992
The Zero-Sum Mind, Stephen Gregg, March 1991
Published by Dramatic Publishing
Acorn, David Graziano, November 1998
Beast on the Moon, Richard Kalinoski, September 1995
The Burning Moth, Warren Heiti, October 1997 §
A Condition of Life, Colleen Neuman, November 1995
Courage and the Bay, Mike Batistick, September 1999
Courting Prometheus, Charles Forbes, September 1998
Darling, Alison Stine, November 1996 §
Dreamtime, Catherine Keyser, October 1996 §
Fishin’, Mitch Hogue, November 1997
Published by Encore Performance Publishing
Forty Minute Finish, Jerome Hairston, April 1999
Generation, Eliot Schrefer, October 1997 §
The Greatest Man Alive, Eli Bolin, October 1996 §
Happiness Is a Choice, Kira Obolensky, January 1999 §
Hard Candy, Jonathan Rand, October 1998 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Health Class, David S. Craig and Robert Morgan, March 1998
Published by Playwrights Union of Canada
(I’ll Meet You at) Lemur Rock (is not another name for the Moon, or Love), Emily Wood, October 1999 §
The Iris of a Sparrow, Melissa Haney, October 1999 §
The League of Semi-Super Heroes, Val Smith and Michael Bigelow Dixon, September 1997
Published by Samuel French
Learn Me Somethin’, Michael Schneider, September 1996
Published by Dramatic Publishing
The Lesson, Alison Stine, May 1997
Let’s Go Already!, Joshua John McKay, October 1999 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Miss Tanner Speaks Gently to Those Who Remain, Will Eno, May 1998
My California, Lisa D’Amour, May 2000
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Night Visits, Simon Fill, March 2000
Over My Shoulder, Dakota Russell, October 1998 §
Poor Little Lambs, Stephen Gregg, November 1999
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Ralph and Sylvie, Jessica Lacher, October 1997 §
Reclaimed, Judy GeBauer, January 1998
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
The Ryan Interview, or How It Was Around Here, Arthur Miller, March 1996
Scheherazade, Emily Roderer, April 2000
Scolding Rondell, Richard Kalinoski, January 1997
The Separation, Sierra Scott, October 1997 §
Slop-Culture, Robb Badlam, May 1999
Small Actors, Stephen Gregg, April 1997
Published by Dramatic Publishing
Standard Time, Naomi Wallace, March 1999
Time on Fire, Timothy Mason, January 2000
Transit, Alison Kooistra, October 1998 §
The Trips, Dustin Blakeman, October 1999 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
The Unseen, Carla Anderson, March 1997
W.A., Tom Lavignino, April 1998
The Yellow Line, Kira Obolensky, May 1996
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
The Actor, Horton Foote, March 2003
Anatomy of Gray, Jim Leonard, Jr., March 2005
The Atomic Adventures of Nikolai Nikolaevich, C. Denby Swanson, September 2003
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Between Men and Cattle, Richard Kalinoski, March 2001
Collapsible Model, Georgeta Dragoiu, October 2002 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Common Ground, Brendon Votipka, October 2004 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
The Dewey Decimal System, Sarah Bowden, October 2002 §
Dumpster Dan, Christopher Wall, November 2004
Published by Dramatic Publishing
Dwarf Logic (excerpt), Halliday Bertram, October 2004 §
The End of Civilization as We Know It, Mark D. Kaufmann, May 2001
Published by Directplays.com
The Flow, Dominic Orlando, September 2004
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Foul Territory, Craig Wright, April 2005
Published by Samuel French
Frame of Mind (excerpt), Abigail West, October 2004 §
Freeman’s Grounding, M.V. Patton, May 2003
Published by Media Hero
Friendly Competition (excerpt), Jesse Jamison, October 2003 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Governing Alice, C. Denby Swanson, January 2003
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Harvest Women, Eliza Elliott, November 2002 §
Incognito, Janet Allard, September 2002
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Isabella, Emily Anderson, October 2001 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Joan of Arkansas, Sheri Wilner, April 2001
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Just Beyond the Trees, Matthew Heiti, October 2000 §
Korczak’s Children, Jeffrey Hatcher, January 2004
Labor Day, Sheri Wilner, September 2000
The Labors of Hercules Fitch, Mark D. Kaufmann, May 2005
Published by Dramatic Publishing
Landing Among the Stars (excerpt), Courtney Roche, October 2004 §
The List, Joshua A. Covell, October 2002 §
A Little Lunch, Kristina Halvorson, March 2004
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Love Stories During the Armageddon of a Citrus Fruit (excerpt),
Daniel Hamilton, October 2003 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Mandy Dear, Hillary Ingber, October 2000 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
The Millennials, Jessica Vaughan, October 2001 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Miss Kentucky, Allison Williams, November 2003
Nine Ten, Warren Leight, May 2002
Only the Library (excerpt), Katy Fitzpatrick, October 2003 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Our Father Who Art, Matt Smith, October 2000 §
Property Rites, Alan Haehnel, September 2001
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Rapunzel Uncut, Mariah Everman, October 2001 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Reese and Babe, Lew Holton, March 2002
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Reluctant Prophets, Keith J. Powell, October 2000 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Reservations, Lisa Rand, October 2001 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
The Room Full of Annie (excerpt), Annika Rosenvinge, October 2003 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
The Second Beam, Joan Ackermann, April 2004
Something in the Air, Stephen Gregg, January 2001
Published by Directplays.com
Sonata for Armadillos, Jon Tuttle, April 2002
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
S.P.A.R., Stephen Gregg, April 2003
Published by Dramatic Publishing
Speak Now, Seth Kramer, January 2002
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
The Test, John Potter, November 2000
Three Stories by Kevin Kling, May 2004
Wake-Up Call, Stephen Gregg, November 2001
Will (excerpt), Lila Louise Nawrocki, October 2003 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Broken but Not Torn, Asher Frankfurt, September 2005 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Broken Hallelujah, Sharman Macdonald, November 2006
Check Please: Take 2, Jonathan Rand, January 2007
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Counting to Infinity, Max Posner, October 2005 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
A Dropped Basket, Taylor Cook, October 2006 §
Honour, C. Denby Swanson, March 2006
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Instruments of Faith, Jacquelin Hedeman, September 2006 §
Last Year, Jennifer Sale, September 2006 §
Midnight at World’s End, Gabriella Miyares, September 2005 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Mullen’s Alley, Timothy Mason, January 2006
The Sequence, Vincent Delaney, November 2005
Sez She: Monologues by Jane Martin, May 2006
Published by Samuel French
Storms, Erica Richardson, October 2006 §
Tiny Baby, Eric R. Pfeffinger, April 2006
The Two Halves of Andrew’s Brain, Alex Miceli, October 2005 §
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
§ indicates a script from Thespian Playworks, our student script development program.
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