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These are some of my plays, produced and unproduced. Perusal copies are available for members of New Play Exchange. If you are not a member and would like to read one, please reach out using the Contact link.

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FULL-LENGTH PLAYS

‘Banshee’

(APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 2 HOURS)

CAST: 4M, 4F. All of the roles, excepting Nancy and Marcia, may be doubled.

PRODUCTIONS:

  • “Banshee” will have its world premiere May 1-10 at the WCR Center for the Arts in Reading, Pa.
Banshee By Adam Richter

High above the River Bandon in Kinsale,County Cork, Ireland, Nancy Donough hears the cry of the banshee. But she’s not the only one to hear it — nor is she the only one to be haunted by the plaintive wail that reaches across generations.

“Banshee” is a story about ambition, fate and what we inherit from our ancestors.

‘Jacob and Ebenezer: A Love Story’

( APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES)

CAST: 2M, 1F (May cast 2 additional men)

PRODUCTIONS:

  • Staged Reading, Reading Theater Project, Reading, PA: Dec. 11, 2025
JACOB AND EBENEZER: A LOVE STORY By Adam Richter

Jacob Marley is a ruthless, cold-hearted businessman and one of the most hated men in London. But when the attractive and equally savvy Ebenezer Scrooge enters his life, Marley warms just enough to let him in. Over the decades Marley and Scrooge shut out the rest of the world, while finding refuge in the company of each other, eschewing compassion for their fellow human beings until it’s almost too late.

  • The cast of “Jacob and Ebenezer: A Love Story” play reading at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts
  • Joel Gori, left, as older Ebenezer Scrooge, George Hatza as older Jacob Marley and Megan Rose as Margaret Burns.
  • George Hatza as older Jacob Marley and Megan Rose as Margaret Burns.
  • Joel Gori as older Ebenezer Scrooge and George Hatza as older Jacob Marley.
  • George Hatza as Jacob Marley
  • Corey Clark, left, as Young Ebenezer Srooge and Lady Strongman as Young Jacob Marley.

‘Hero Work’

(APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 2 HOURS)

CAST: 4M, 2F, plus extras of unspecified gender.

PRODUCTIONS:

  • Staged reading, Reading Theater Project, May 2025.

Mild-mannered reporter Josh Watkins, a friend of the underdog and scourge of copy editors, moonlights as the city’s superhero The Good Prowler. At night he battles criminals, while during the day he battles deadlines, recalcitrant editors and a shrinking journalism industry. His biggest nemesis: Finding a work-life balance. When a deadly disaster strikes the city, Josh must decide which of his identities will do the most good.

‘Rebel Chocolates’

(APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 90 MINUTES)

CAST: 3M, 2F

During Easter Week 1916, rebels in the fight for Irish freedom meet a kid who just wanted to get some free sweets.

ONE-ACT PLAYS

‘The Conscience of the King’

(APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 45 MINUTES)

CAST: 3M,2F, 1 EITHER

In this prequel to “Hamlet,” Claudius wants to get his brother to be a better king. He has the best of intentions. Really. 

‘Everybody Hates This Place’

(APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 1 hour)

CAST: 1M,2F, 2 unspecified

PRODUCTIONS:

  • 2020 Barley Sheaf Players One-Act Festival
  • 2022 “Present Future Past” production of one-act plays, Reading Theater Project

An accomplished author returns to the hometown she wants to forget, only to encounter a fan who wants to immortalize her.