Stage Plays
My voice: Queer Theater (Male Intimacy)
Dialogue/Wit Driven
Tennessee William/Stephen Sondheim influenced
For any full copy of any play, please email john@johnmcdonald.net
For a full list of plays, see my New Play Exchange:
https://newplayexchange.org/users/28534/john-mcdonald
National Scouts: Troop 274
A disgraced writing session forces Jason Montgomeries to come face to face with his own shortcomings and the promises of life cut short.
An homage to those pulp coming of age books from the late 80s/early 90s, this play is controversial, heartfelt, and all too real.
Professor Dear
A new musical based on Faust (revamped)
Online Screenplays
Visit my youtube page for info about:
"All Hallows Hotel and Cafe"
A Halloween Themed Fictional Soap Opera Episode
"How Are the Meatballs, Matilda?"
A staged rehearsal of a 10 minute Farce
"Welcome to the Witches Ball"
An animated experimental puppet feature about sex, drag queens, and the qualities of mercy
Public Table Reads
Works in Progress
John McDonald
Sample Blurbs of Seen Work
Performed 10 Minute Works:
Tiny Theater and The Pulp Stage
Mermen
Two sailors with a secret challenge each other on guard night.
A pA
Performed 10 Minute Works:
PDX Playwrights (Live)
The Nightbloom
When you find a djinn, you may get everything you ask for. But what you ask for, you may not need at all.
For the street urchin, the captain of the guard, and the prince, the most dangerous thing of all to contend with is a wish.
The End of Summer
RACC Catalyst Award Winner
Coming home doesn't always mean finding home. For Ted (never Teddy, not again), a trip back to the island after his father's passing will show the skeletons he's desperately tried to hide from his fiancee.
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
A short play in five tiny acts, a social media power couple haunted by demons.
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Eulogy for a Pirate
A monologue from a shipmate in love with his captain.
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Ping Pong, Bro!
Two men, one long standing tradition. When fears and truth out, everything will be left on the table.
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All We Need Is Each Other
A jazz themed, experimental take on grief at a young age.