ABIGAIL TAYLOR-SANSOM
SHORT PLAYS
FINE ART
A wealthy shopaholic regrets a mysterious purchase that she cannot return.
1 M / 1 W
10 min.
Comedy
Premiere: City Theatre of Independence, MO (2011).
Other productions: Tiger Lily Theatre, Knoxville, TN (2013, 2015). Various educational productions (2013-present).
Published: Heuer Publishing (2012).
BABY MINE
A Craiglist transaction goes horribly wrong.
2 W
1 min.
Dark comedy
Premiere: Flush Ink, Kitchener, ON, Canada (2017).
HIPSTER VAN WINKLE
One generation's worthless ne'er-do-well is another generation's social media superstar.
5 M / 10 W (Flexible)
10 min.
Comedy/TYA
Published: YouthPLAYS (2017).
Productions: Various educational productions (2017-present).
WEAPON OF CHOICE
America: Land of the free. Home of the semi-automatic.
1 W
5 min.
Drama
Development: Staged reading, Women and War Festival/So and So Arts Club, London, UK. Staged reading, Lama Theater Company, NYC (2016).
MISCONCEPTIONS
A man who believes that he and his wife have been trying to conceive discovers the birth control pills she has been taking in secret.
1 M / 1 W
10 min.
Drama
Development: Workshop, HB Studio, NYC (2011). Staged reading, Flush Ink, Kitchener, ON, Canada (2012). Staged reading, The Georgetown Theatre Company, Washington, DC (2012).
Premiere: Tiger Lily Theatre, Knoxville, TN (2015).
HARD TO GET
Hardened New Yorkers on a bad date play mind games.
1 M / 1 W
10 min.
Comedy
Premiere: PlayGround Theater, FL (2012)
Other productions: Altruistic Theatre Company, NYC (2012); Tiger Lily Theatre, Knoxville, TN (2015); Equity Library Theatre, NYC (2016).
THE BROWN AND SERVE NATIVITY
When the rest of the cast of their Christmas pageant falls ill, two church ladies bravely perform a heartfelt but disastrous two-woman Nativity play.
1 M / 2 W
10 min.
Comedy
Premiere: OnStage Atlanta, GA (2011).
DON'T CALL US (WE'LL CALL YOU)
Two actors meet. Hilarity and artistic desperation ensue.
1 M / 1 W
10 min.
Comedy
Premiere: Grex Group, NYC (2012).
Other productions: Take Ten Festival, NYC (2015).
THE CASEY ANTHONY VARIETY SHOW: A RADIO PLAY IN POOR TASTE
Child-killer Casey Anthony attempts to stage a variety show and telethon (complete with special guest stars Andrea Yates, Lorena Bobbitt, and actor Alan Rickman!) in order to raise money for her legal bills.
1 M / 3 W
10 min.
Dark Comedy
Premiere: Co-Op Theatre East, NYC (2013).
FANCY MEETING YOU HERE
A love-struck WASP creates a fraudulent JDate profile to ensnare the object of her affection, with catastrophic results.
2 M / 2 W
10 min.
Comedy
Premiere: Manhattan Repertory Theatre, NYC (2010).
Other productions: Players Guild, NJ (2010).