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PLAYS

If interested in reading or producing a play, please contact James through the Contact page on this website.

The Silver League   |   10 Minutes   |   Cast: 5 flexible

Four geriatric superheroes with outdated powers find a chance to reclaim their former glory when their nurse is abducted. 
(written for & premiered at 14/48: The World's Quickest Theatre Festival Summer 2025)









 

Unplanted Seeds   |   10 Minutes   |   Cast: 4 flexible

Four male gametes in limbo grapple with purpose, potential, regret, and finding meaning no matter how long-lived or in what form.
(written for & premiered at 14/48: The World's Quickest Theatre Festival Summer 2025)

Out in the Open   |   75 Minutes   |   Cast: 4 femme, 1 masc

Bri navigates her life, relationships, and sense of self in this queer realism one-act.

 

Phobe   |   10 Minutes   |   Cast: 2 masc, 1 flexible

Years after an evolved alien society has taken over Earth, Buck protests the new world order in the parking lot of a Minnesota Costco while his friend Roger tries to talk some sense into him.

Ars Moriendi   |   10 Minutes   |   Cast: 2 flexible

As a mysterious apocalypse approaches, two strangers form an impetuous connection and prepare to watch the world expire.

Coffinside Coffee Cake   |   10 Minutes   |   Cast: 2 masc, 1 flexible

Francis, a grave digger, and P, an enigmatic man, have a macabre arrangement. Against P's wishes, Francis hopes to form a real friendship with P on the night that everything changes.

© 2025 by James Schilling.

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