(A Play in One Act) Characters: Pooh/Lydia: Sixteen-ish. Dress casual. She is readying for a casual date. Mama/Lisa: Middle thirty-ish to late thirty-ish. Her dress is very casual. Perhaps an evening robe/or sweats as she won’t be going out this evening. Frank: Middle thirty-ish to late thirty-ish. Dress casual. Consistent pronunciation of Lisa’s shortened name is important: Lees. […]
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Our theme this month at Germ is “March to the beat of your own drum.” You might want to know how to do the Irish drum step before you do, though, so we found this wonderful how-to video by Irish step dance instructor Darrah Carr. Be sure to read our interview with poet and Irish […]
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A teenage boy’s day takes an unexpected turn with the discovery of an old Polaroid camera. WINNER First Prize 2013 International Youth Silent Film Festival South Australia WINNER Audience Choice Award 2013 International Youth Silent Film Festival South Australia OFFICIAL SELECTION 2014 International Youth Silent Film Festival Pacific Northwest USA Directed and Produced by […]
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A Short Play . SCENE: A living room. TIME: The present. SETTING: An end table with a phone sitting on it. AT RISE: COLE sneaks in. He quietly picks up the receiver, gives a furtive glance towards the door, then licks the phone from mouth piece to ear piece. PENNY, bedraggled, […]
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A Short Play * SETTING: The stage is bare except for an open shoebox center in a pool of light. AT RISE: The actors, there may be as few as two or as many as twenty, stand in a line behind the box. Each steps forward into the light, “reads” a greeting card, and then […]
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“As a woman, I’m expected to become a teacher or to stay at home to care after children. But that’s not me. That’s not the life that I wish to live. As the sixth out of ten children, I’ve decided I want to be my own person. And that’s why I’ve come to this god-forsaken place.”
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Denver seventh graders Olivia Maloney and Cameron Dreyer created “You Are Beautiful” for a school project. The mostly silent film features a girl named Abbey, who has an eating disorder. It was the first film for both girls, and it has gone on to win award after award, including first place in the […]
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Based on the short story “Jars” by Kevin Winchester Rick Polk: Producer / Director / Editing Kevin Winchester: Screenplay consultant Actors: Rachel – Judy Simpson Cook / Jubal – Larry Coleman Narrator – Amee Odom Kevin Winchester is a North Carolina native, where he now lives, writes, and teaches. Winchester recently won the […]
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The following excerpt is from An Uncivil Union: The Battle of Burnsville. In April of 1864, forty Appalachian mountain women raided the Confederate storehouses in Burnsville, North Carolina, and made off with sixty bushels of wheat. The next day, approximately 75 men stormed the same place and made off with 100 new guns and 500 […]
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