Four new plays with process essays by the playwright!
SOURCES examines the ethics of an algorithm that
can remove anonymity from the internet.
HERETICS is an allegorical romance set in the time
of troubadours and Cathars.
GRAVES follows ghost hunters in Savannah, GA
trying to learn real magic.
BLOOD BRIDES weaves together the tales of classical
women who married their husbands' murderer.
By Ellie Pyle
They call him "Graves" and if it's a ghost story you're looking for, he spins a tale so well you won't care whether it's true. He's mentored a lot of Savannah's ghost guides over the years, but his latest collection of stray art students is different: they want to learn magic. Thus far, he's been able to keep them distracted: a bit of Hermeticism here, a little Wicca there, never mind the root working born into these parts. But when a new girl joins the group, her innate gifts threaten to awaken things Graves buried long ago.
Characters: 3f, 3m
Run time: 100 minutes
By Ellie Pyle
Part courtly romance, part spiritual allegory, this re-imagining of the Magdalene mythos, in 13th-century Languedoc, weaves a tapestry of historical heresies, sultry songs and witchcraft wisdom. Aesthetically Shakespearean, in modern prose, with one actor-musician or a cappella troubadour.
Characters: 3f, 4m
Run time: 2 hours
By Ellie Pyle
An intimate negotiation of complex conflicts of interest that begins in the early morning after the 2016 election, when a successful journalist receives a call from a corporate programmer who may or may not have invented an algorithm that can remove anonymity from the internet.
Characters: 1f, 1m
Run time: 80 minutes
Ideal for social distancing.
Shorter plays available on New Play Exchange!
Music & Lyrics by Ryan McCurdy
Book by Ellie Pyle
A new musical about the Appalachian Trail, in which a rock star and a novelist decide to walk toward each from opposite directions. The magic of the trail confronts them with personal trials, memories, hard truths and a lot of humor as they encounter ghosts, eccentric fellow travelers, and even a bear.
Characters: 2f, 2m, 2 any
Run time: 2 hours