Welcome! Here you’ll find KVZ’s plays that contain curse words and sex. (If there isn’t a NPX link, I’ve decided to make some edits. Shoot me an email if you’re interested in the most recent draft!)
Length: Full Length
Cast Size: 2 Actors
Genre: Drama
Sub-Genre: Marching Band and Lesbians, Oh my!
Synopsis:
Set in the summer of 2010, in the final days of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” this sapphic coming-of-age romance unfolds in rural Kentucky, where tradition is as regimented as halftime drill.
Natalie’s father has just retired from the military, uprooting the family one last time to settle in the middle of nowhere Kentucky. For Natalie, who has spent her life moving from base to base, permanence feels foreign.
Enter Ruby: former Color Guard Captain, newly minted Drum Major. Confident, magnetic, and deeply rooted, Ruby knows every back road, every rumor, every rule.
Structured like a marching band halftime show—Opener, Ballad, Closer—the play mirrors the emotional tempo of first love.
Length: Full Length
Cast Size: 2 Actors
Genre: Drama
Sub-Genre: Infertility and the Bi-racial experience.
Synopsis:
Womb Goof centers around the workshop of a young playwright’s first full-length piece, a deeply intimate two-hander about a couple navigating a miscarriage. When the playwright’s husband is caught canoodling with the lead actress, the playwright is forced to grapple with the vulnerability that comes with monetizing one’s own trauma.
Dramatist Guild Catalyst National Fellowship Semi-Finalist
Felt
Length: Full Length
Cast Size: 4 Actors
Genre: Dramedy
Sub-Genre: Autism and Puppets
Synopsis:
Hailey was genuinely just trying to make the world a better place when she took a job as an educational puppeteer. Teach kids not to be dicks to people that are different. Sounds simple enough! This journey of self-discovery takes place in an office full of small nonprofit drama brought to you by some of the most well-meaning abelists around. As Hailey learns the art of manipulating felt to evoke emotion, she also starts to unravel her entire existence. Could it be possible that she is, gasp, autistic? And always has been?
KATIE PEÑA-VAN ZILE 