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MPF Production History

From staged readings to full productions and from York County to Washington County, Maine Playwrights Festival has supported and showcased plays written by more than 100 Maine-based writers since it was established in 2001. The festival’s history includes over 150 world premiere productions, as well as scores of other staged readings, 1-minute-play performances, and more.

2023

• Flirting With Disaster, by Todd Brian Backus
• The Art of Eliza, by Kerri Elissa Becker
• Surprise! Inc. by Nolan Ellsworth & Shannon Wade
• Kaye’s Gift, by Joe O’Donnell
• Around We Go, by Hollie Pryor

Staged Readings

• We All Need A Little Magic, by Dan Bancroft
• Meeting Fingerman, by Mark Evan Chimsky
• The Plan,  by David Susman
• Living Bones, by Megan Tripaldi
• On Such A Full Sea, by Stowell P.  Watters

2022

• Dimitria’s Kitchen, by Marcia Pitcher
• The Experience Box, by Kory Alexander Majansky
• The Faevorite, by Chris DeFilipp
• Leave It Open, by Jule Selbo
• Masks, by Brian Arundel
• Monster Invisible, by Gordon LePage

Staged Readings

• The Axe and the Ex, by Kerri Becker
• Barren, by Leah Bruns
• Getting Juliet,  by Mark Evan Chimsky
• The House That Jack Built, by Thomas Spurr
• Restorations,  by Lynne Cullen

2021

• The Bi-annual Stone Skipping Competition on Long Lake, by Stowell Watters
• Green Light (Going), by Hollie Pryor
• Jane Grey, by Alexa Gallant
• Miss LeGallienne Announces the New Season, by Carolyn Gage
• Rabbit Rabbit, by Nolan Ellsworth & Shannon Wade

Staged Readings

• Cats are Good at Hiding Things, by Gordon LePage
• The Daughter of the Ruler of the Seas and Tides, by Elaine Ford & Arthur Boatin
• The Do-Over, by Kerri Becker
• Mansion on the Hill, by Eddie Adelman
• Miss Julie, by Jule Selbo

2019

• Elvis and the Swear Can, by Danie Connolly
• Gloria Anderson, by Kevin O’Leary
• Mister Puddles’ Last Adventure, by Thomas Spurr
• O’Hare – Gate A4, by Eddie Adelman
• The Store, by Travis G. Baker
• Willy’s Excellent Adventure, by David Susman

Staged Readings

• Bunk, by Raechel Segal
• Goodwill, by Lori Rand
• The Interview, by Brian Arundel
• Like an Oak, by Tony Morin
• A Song of India, by Gordon LePage

2018

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2017

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2016

• Meet the Author, by David Susman
• Nerdlords Vs. the Thing Under the Basement, by Jennifer Jensen
• Olive Shrineshade, by Richard Sewell
• Planchette, by Carolyn Gage
• Something Blue, by Delvyn Case

Staged Readings

• How Things Sometimes Work Out, by Jennifer Reck
• Insurrections, by Nicole d’Entremeont
• Original Brasses, Fine Patina, by Elaine Ford
• Whatever You Decide, by Bess Welden
• Where There’s Will, by Erica Thompson

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2015

• 3am at Dennys, by Shondra Jin Robbins
• Click Here, by David Susman
• Creation, by David Vazdauskas
• Houston, by Michael Kimball
• Predestination, by Arthur Boatin
• The Lift, by Susan Staples

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2014

• An Absence of Grey, by Shirley Sargent
• Battle Faire, by Erica Thompson
• Before the Curtain, by Jennifer Reck
• Brinner with Cindy, by Ryan William Shephard
• Carl, by John Manderino
• Disagreement at the Dead Boot Saloon, by Michael Kimball
• Finish It, by Stephen Dennis
• God Visits Lucifer on the Occasion of the Anniversary of the Fall, by Josh Brassard
• Incidentally, by Laurie Medeiros
• Schrodinger’s Roulette, by Jody McColman
• A Storybook Romance, by Howard Rosenfield
• Stuck, by David Susman
• The Abyss, by Jo-Anne Walton
• The Church of the Divine Potluck, by Sybill Baker
• The Hurricane, by Patricia Mew
• The Purchases, by Jefferson Navicky
• The Sign, by Kathy Hooke
• To Whom It May Concern, by Lynne Cullen

Staged Reading

• What If…, by Linda Britt

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2013

• Cat Scratch, by Megan Tripaldi
• Date Night at Al’s Bar and Grill, by Dan Hadley
• Delestage, by Delvyn Case, Jr.
• Halo, by Hal Cohen
• Holly Belle, by Sarah Paget
• Janey Succumbs to Polar Madness, by Michael Kimball
• Memories of Paradise, by Bruce Pratt
• Radicals, by Carolyn Gage
• Rope Trick, by Michael Tooher
• Slunkerfish, by Roger Clark Van Deusen
• Stel, by Charlie Cole
• Zeno’s Arrow, by David Susman

Staged Reading

• Want/Not, by Cullen McGough

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2012

• Chicken Tonight, by Larry Crane
• A Depressed Childhood, by David Vardemen
• He Touched Me, by Patricia Mew
• It’s Just Not Polite, by Laurie Medeiros
• Memories of Rain, by Sarah Halford
• The Necrology Report, by Maureen Ann Connolly
• On, by David Vazdauskas
• Potatoes Aren’t Enough, by Delvyn Case, Jr.
• A Road That Happened to be Broken, by Jefferson Navicky
• Snowball’s Chance in Hell, by Chelsea Cook

Staged Readings

• Memorial Day, by Lynne Cullen
• We Drew the Sky, by Charlie Marenghi

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2011

• Aiming Off, by Larry Crane
• Class, by Marie Coyle
• Infestation, by Jefferson Navicky
• In This Economy, by Isabel Sterne
• Perfect Joe, by Lynne Cullen
• Silence and Slow Time, by Kathy Hooke
• Size Matters, by Michael Tooher
• The Last Fish in the Sea, by Cullen McGough
• The Perils of Long-Term Care, by Michael Kimball
• The Rope Swing, by Shannara Gillman

Staged Readings

• Iceland, by Michael Tooher
• Commixtus, by Katherine Roscher

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2010

• Backseat Driver, by Laura Emack
• Barter, by Bruce Pratt
• (Living) Will, by John Rizzo
• Lungfish, by Jefferson Navicky
• Neighbors, by Blaise Titus
• now I lay me down to sleep, by Michael Tooher
• Savannah, by Kathy Hooke
• The Brownwater Legend, by Michael Kimball
• The Day After the Incident, by Eric Worthley
• The Nziza, by Delvyn Case, Jr.
• Topnotch Man, by Hugh Aaron

Featured Play

• Solitary Dancers, by Jan Paetow

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2009

• Are You Going to Wear that Shirt?, by John Manderino
• Better, Tommorrow, by Lara Lom
• Hot Dish, by Diana Sterne
• Protect Us, by Cathy Plourde
• Put Your Hands Together, by John Rizzo
• Reorient, by Michael Kimball
• Invisible Men, by Lynne Cullen

Featured Plays

• The Goddess Tour, by Carolyn Gage
• Private, by Roger Bechtel

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2008

• Bailey’s Mistake, by Gerald George
• Balcony of a Stranger, by Heather Crocker
• Electrolysis, by Bruce Pratt
• Fishtank Poem, Fishtank Song, by Richard Sewell
• In a Clearing Quiet, by Michael Tooher
• My Mother Wears a Thong, by Linda LeRoyer
• Party Time, by Clare Melley Smith
• Portrait of the Vampire as a Young Man, by John Manderino
• Speed Dating, by Diana Stern
• The Deckhand, by Cathy Counts
• The Muffin Man, by Michael Kimball
• Yellow Jackets, by Susan Poulin and Gordon Carlisle

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2007

• Actual Glass, by Michael Kimball
• A Turn for the Worse, by Clare Melley Smith
• A Woman Six Inches Taller, by David Draheim
• Call of the Wild, by Jan Paetow
• Done Deal, by Linda Griffith
• Fruitcake,by Richard Sewell
• Indians, by John Manderino
• Jesus and the Sewing Circle, by Lynne Cullen
• The Bell, by Brent Askari
• The Lamp, by Jay Lawrence
• The Marriage, by Josh Harriman
• The Prayer Shawl, by Dana Pearson

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2006

• Audrey, by John Manderino
• Bad Case of Loving You, by Jay Lawrence
• Friendly Fred, by John Manderino
• Heaven, by Lynne Cullen
• Mrs. White’s Little Girls Get Dirty, by Danie Connolly
• Oakfall, by Richard Sewell
• Paul and Mom, by John Manderino
• Romance, by Jon Potter
• ‘Til the Fat Lady Sings, by Carolyn Gage
• The Trains of Painesville, by Linda Griffith
• Visiting Hour, by Dana Pearson

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2005

• Contradictions, by Charles Arnold
• El Jefe, by Jason Wilkins
• Jill and Jack, by John Manderino
• Love on the Line, by Amy Roche
• The Mistake, by Phebe Reeves
• Panic in the Time of an Insecure God, by Maureen Sullivan
• The Poorly-Written Play Festival, by Carolyn Gage
• Radio, by David Bunker
• The Sand Which is There, by John Manderino
• The Sky’s the Limit, by Tim Wilson
• This is the Remains of Another Play, by Chris Gyngell

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2004

• All I Want for Christmas, by Miranda Hope
• Endymion, by Lynne Cullen
• Harry and Edith, by Karmo Sanders
• Mrs. Hemingway Goes Dancing, by Nicole Wolf Gilbert
• Order Up, by Miranda Hope
• Side by Side, by Paul G. Charbonneau
• Surge, by Catherine Anderson
• The View, by John Manderino
• The Way Around, by Suze Allen
• Wendell Perkins, Unbound, by Raymond K. Long
• Wolfman and Janice, by John Manderino

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2002

• Breadalbane, by Larry Crane
• 100% American Girl, by Colin Sargent
• Stars Falling, by Jaynie Decker

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2001

• The Parmenchene Belle, by Carolyn Gage
• The Potato Pickers, by Tim Wilson
• Regalia, by Rick Doyle