Plays, Musicals & Operas

PLAYS

Leavings – a One-Act Play: Two sisters have to confront each other and their past as they struggle to deal with their father:  an aging artist with dementia.  

Inner Voice - a Radio Play: First Performed on KDVS in 2009, this play is a “Twilight Zone” style drama about a young woman who is tormented by a voice in her head.  Is it a cry for help or is she losing her mind? HEAR IT ON SOUNDCLOUD
 
Pray to the Devil - a Radio Play: First performed on KDVS in 2010, this is a murder mystery.  Someone is killing off the members of a church choir and the police aren’t taking it seriously.  Felicia Delgado decides to solve the case herself. HEAR IT ON SOUNDCLOUD

OPERAS

The Soldiers Who Wanted to Kill Death: Set in France in WWII.   Three American soldiers are cut off from their unit and take shelter in an abandoned farmhouse.  They find some wine and with drunken bravado decide to take on the real enemy:  Death itself. HEAR IT ON SOUNDCLOUD
 
The Passion of Joan of Arc: Joan of Arc has been captured by the English and is going to stand trial for heresy.  God has stood by her through all her previous battles, but does He really want her to win this one?

CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION FOR PERFORMANCE IN JUNE, 2024.

MUSICALS

The Gift of the Magi: Based on the famous short story by O. Henry, a newly wed couple are facing their first Christmas together without the money to buy each other presents.  Meanwhile, a retired jewish vaudevillian gets involved in putting on a Christmas pageant.

BIBLE STORIES

Jesus and the Tempters: A class of devils-in-training are being taught their trade, but something strange is happening.  A mysterious person keeps casting devils out.
 
Mary Had  Little Lamb: A group of disgruntled lambs decide to run away and get involved in strange happenings wth angels singing, wise men arriving and a couple traveling to Bethlehem.
 
Jonah and the Whale: A Ninevah talk-show host interviews a whale who’s had an amazing encounter.
 
Noah and the Elephants: Noah’s children are trying to deal with overcrowding on the ark.  The sensible thing to do is to just kill some of the animals, but Noah has a different idea.
 
Tobit: A Jew in exile tries to practice his religion and is threatened with execution.  When he goes blind, his son must defeat a monster and marry a beautiful woman to save his family. WATCH ON YOUTUBE
 
Saul and David: King Saul is losing the war with the Philistine’s – and maybe his mind at the same time.   He can’t decide if David is his greatest hope, or his worst enemy.
 
Chiaroscuro: A three-part drama that shows Lucifer attempting to subvert God’s plans for the world’s salavation.  Designed to be performed on Christmas Eve, Good Friday and Easter.
 
Esperanza: A retelling of the Nativity story set in contemporary California.   Two high-school students must make hard choices when one of them becomes mysteriously pregnant.