JORDAN GOLDBERG
Playwright | Screenwriter | Performer
TEN-MINUTE PLAYS:
That Fence
Genre: Absurdism, Comedy | Casting: One Male, One Female
Man and Woman, a married couple, engage in small talk, until Woman notices something quite peculiar about their fence...
Apocalypse #27
Genre: Comedy | Casting: One Male, One Female, One Gender-Neutral
Barry, Sally, and Ned are three twenty-somethings living in the middle of nowhere. When Ned, a kooky scientist, theorizes that the apocalypse is at hand, these three friends attempt to find love and finish off their bucket lists before the end of the world...
From the Minds of God
Genre: Existentialism, Tragicomedy | Casting: Four Gender-Neutral
Three other-worldly spirits gather around a staircase, as a naïve youngster becomes increasingly curious about a lamppost...
In the Company of Songs
Genre: Absurdism, Tragicomedy | Casting: One Male, One Female, One Female Child | Currently In Development
After getting dumped by the woman of his dreams, Harold has decided to remove himself from society, setting out to live the rest of his life as a hermit. But, how can he say goodbye to those he loves, and can a random little girl convince him to stay?
The Historically Inaccurate Tragedy of Bloody Mary
Genre: Horror, Experimental | Casting: One Male, Four Female
The multitude of legends surrounding the Bloody Mary come to life on the stage, as Worth is faced with an impossible decision...
ONE-ACT PLAYS:
Sidekick!
Genre: Musical, Comedy | Casting: One Male, Four Female, Two Gender-Neutral
An old-fashioned spoof of our current obsession with all things “super”, Sidekick! tells the story of Casey, one of the best sidekicks in the business, who dreams of becoming a superhero, the job she always wanted. When she meets Taylor, a henchman who wants to become a super-villain, they decide to team up and fight to follow their dreams.
Tweezers
Genre: Absurdism, Comedy | Two Male, Two Female, One Gender-Neutral
Bo and Larry are two ragtag southern siblings who happen to get kidnapped by a Giant. Our heroes soon become familiar with their new existence as they are continually subjected to torture by a terrifying monster with an affinity for removing its victims' limbs...
This Is Reality
Genre: Seriocomedy | Casting: One Male, Three Female, One Gender-Neutral | Currently In Development
A look at the consequences of reality television, This Is Reality is set during a family Thanksgiving dinner in the-not-so-distant-future, at the home of Cassandra Callahan, a former child-reality-television star. When Carol, her mother, brings over her new twenty-something boyfriend, all hell breaks loose, and both mother and daughter have to face the ugly truth about life away from the cameras.
In Pasta We Trust
Genre: Seriocomedy, Satire | Casting: Seven Gender-Neutral | Currently In Development
After a yearbook prank labels an elite New York City high school’s Christian student society as homophobic, the school’s principal organizes a meeting between all of the leaders at the school to discuss how to deal with this growing religious problem.
Jesus; or, A Dying Man's Wish to Be Free
Genre: Drama, Period | Casting: Three Male
The year is 1726. Summer. Fifty years before the founding fathers of our country declared that, "All men are created equal." Frank, George, and Hudson are three crewmen on a cargo ship heading towards The New World. As they tell their stories and reveal their deepest secrets, they search for the one thing to which we all aspire: freedom.
FULL-LENGTH PLAYS:
Ishmael
Genre: Classical, Tragedy | Casting: Two Male, Two Female, Multiple Gender-Neutral (Flexible)
Who is Ishmael? In this verse-tragedy, a traditional Chorus and four separate players tell the biblical story of Abraham's banishing of his first son and concubine through a contemporary lens, against the backdrop of cultural and ethnic intolerance.
The Mock Life
Genre: Musical, Dark Comedy | Casting: Ten Gender-Neutral | Currently In Development
Mark B. Kennedy is the executive producer of The Institution, a film company that specializes in making "mock-busters", or films that rip-off popular movies. When Blockbuster declares bankruptcy in 2011, he is forced to find a solution to keep his business alive while reconciling with his own forgotten dreams as an artist.
the little thing(s)
Genre: Metatheatricality, Drama | Casting: One Male, Two Gender-Neutral
Thirty years are encompassed in ninety minutes, as the life of Cameron Schwartz is presented with three actors and nothing else...
A Crime Without A Name
Genre: Musical, Historical, Drama | Casting: Seven Gender-Neutral | Currently In Development
In 1941, Winston Churchill described an atrocity the likes of which the world had never seen. One man forever changed our view of history, and defined a fire that had consumed eleven million lives. So, why did only seven people attend his funeral?
A Very Harriet & Pierre Halloween
Genre: Absurdism, Dark Comedy | Casting: Two Female
Inspired by Diane Arbus's 1970 photograph, "A Masked Woman in a Wheelchair".