Below, you will find a selection of the plays I have written and produced. For more information, or if you are interested in producing any of them, please contact me on the New Play Exchange or via email.

THEATRE

  • Where Edward Went (2014)

    After living with painter Elyse and her free-spirited fiance Edward for years, filmmaker Denny is staggered when Edward dies and Elyse plans to move away. Desperate to give meaning to the death of the man that served as his muse, Denny tries to turn Edward’s final “pure, unfiltered” words into a documentary, though it becomes clear to Elyse that Denny’s memories of Edward are anything but pure and unfiltered.

    “In the end, Where Edward Went is a small play with big ideas about love and the need to be connected to people and places. Don’t miss it” – Ed Cohen, CityBeat

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  • Cinderblock (2015)

    After a shadowy Figure smashes his windshield, Tommy meets Rod, the bizarre leader of a group of social misfits who all claim to have witnessed the superhuman being. Eagerly welcomed into the group due to the nature of his encounter, Tommy soon becomes convinced he knows the Figure’s identity.

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  • Occupational Pleasures (2015)

    Dan and Louise are keeping their office fling on the downlow. They’re not sure how serious they are and, well, their coworkers are total weirdos. This becomes even more clear when they discover that everyone in the office reads fan-fiction about their theoretical relationship. Disturbed by this revelation, Dan and Louise find themselves in a war between the two competing storylines: a 50 Shades-esque smutfest and a syrupy romance.

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  • Boo Boo (2016)

    Frank is the nanny of Brandon, a 30-year-old man who lives his life as a toddler 24 hours a day. After three years, the two have grown close, so Frank is troubled when he notices self-destructive tendencies in Brandon. He recruits Sandy, an altruistic but lost woman he meets at the park to pose as another adult baby to figure out what’s hurting Brandon without alerting his mother, his greatest enabler.

    “It’s very funny, sure, but it also pulls at the heartstrings in ways I suspect audiences won’t see coming” – Kirk Sheppard, CityBeat

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  • Home (2017)

    Rachel struggles to write her next book after a home invasion leaves her unable to feel safe. Hoping to work in peace, she sublets a similarly-paranoid couple’s apartment but is soon distracted by her unsettling new neighbor, Tasha. Slowly, both women become convinced something may have happened to the Coopers.

    Home is full-on scary. Not bloody or gory. Just filled with tension and dramatic twists that are downright anxiety-producing” – David Lyman, Cincinnati.com

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  • One More Bad Thing (2018)

    As children, sisters Jenny and Kate were best friends and a popular singing duo. And then everything went bad. For sixteen years. Facing the consequences of their vastly different but equally dysfunctional lives, they make a pact to find out what “good” is and start being it. After they get one more bad thing out of their systems.

    “Fringe veteran and playwright Ben Dudley has a track record of making memorable Fringe experiences, like 2018’s One More Bad Thing” – Kathy Debrosse, Cincinnati Business Courier

    PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FROM THE PLAY

  • Fetus and the God (2014/2020)

    Insecure about the state of the world and the declining quality of his comic strip Garfield, God is already on edge when a fetus – moments from birth – comes into his life… and won’t leave. The two form an unlikely bond as God desperately tries to convince the fetus to continue on to Earth.

    Originally performed in six parts with various actors playing God, it was adapted into a radio play by the Know Theatre of Cincinnati in 2020.

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  • The Opinions of Men: A Stupid History of the Protestant Reformation (2020)

    The world-changing Protestant Reformation unfolds in front of your eyes, as totally legitimate historians and cutting-edge animation bring the conflicts of 16th-century Europe to life in painstaking detail. This is what happens when two religions, picked to share a continent, stop being polite and start getting real.

    “A raucously funny, delightfully creative look into the early days of Protestantism told via a hilarious mockumentary and produced in glorious mixed-style animation” – Jackie Mulay, CityBeat

    IMAGES AND VIDEOS FROM THE PLAY