The Collected Plays of Eric Samuelsen • Volume 8 • THIRTEEN Plays for Teens and Young Adults


COMING SOON INTRODUCTION by Colleen Lewis Bumps — sci-fi fantasy on the school grounds Intersection – Premiered by the Theatre Arts Conservatory at Plan-B Theatre Company, 2009 Inversion – Premiered by the Theatre Arts Conservatory at Plan-B Theatre Company, 2008 The Odyssey — an adaptation of Homer’s classic. Premiered at BYU. Slaying The Greeble — […]

The Collected Plays of Eric Samuelsen • Volume 7 • 16 Ten-minute and 6 Other Short Plays


COMING SOON INTRODUCTION by Matthew Ivan Bennett, Resident Playwright at Plan-B Theatre Company Behind the Blue Door – 10 minute play – Premiered by Plan-B Theatre Company’s SLAM 2007 Blind Date – 10 minute play about a really different blind date – Covey Center for The Arts, Provo, Utah, 2012 Blood Pudding – 10 minute play – Premiered […]

The Collected Plays of Eric Samuelsen • Volume 6 • Six More Plays of Social Significance


COMING SOON Playing The Game – Produced at BYU in 1979 (Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival regional production) Escape from Madame Leonora’s —unproduced A Love Affair With Electrons (Philo T. Farnsworth and the invention of Television) Premiered at BYU What Really Happened – Produced at BYU He and She Fighting: A Love Story – Premiered […]

The Collected Plays of Eric Samuelsen • Volume 5 • Six Plays of Social Significance


COMING SOON Peculiarities (Six short interwoven parable-plays on young adulthood and sexuality as they intersect Faith) Premiered at Springville Playhouse, 2005, Produced for the stage and filmed by CUE MEDIA. Do Good —unproduced Little Eyolf (translated and adapted from the Ibsen original) Premiered at BYU Magnificence (adapted from John Skelton’s Medieval play) Premiered at BYU, […]

The Collected Plays of Eric Samuelsen Volume 4 • Six More Plays from The Plan-B Years


COMING SOON Ghosts • an Ibsen classic translated and adapted by a master • (translated and adapted from the Ibsen original) Staged Reading by Plan-B Theatre Company 3 • three plays for three women about living up to our own expectations • (Mormon women confronting their own culture: Bar and Kell, Community Standard, and Duets) – Premiered at the […]

The Collected Plays of Eric Samuelsen Volume 3 • Six Plays from The Plan-B Years


INTRODUCTION by Jerry Rapier, Artistic Director, Plan-B Theatre Company Amerigo • about Christopher Columbus, just not as most know him • Premiered by Plan-B Theatre Company, SLC,  2010; published in “More Plays from Behind the Zion Curtain.” Miasma • a family’s ethical conflicts imperil their lives and livelihood • Premiered by Plan-B Theatre Company; published in “Plays […]

The Collected Plays of Eric Samuelsen • Volume 2 • Five More Plays of Challenged Faith


COMING SOON INTRODUCTION by Eric Eliason, Professor of English at Brigham Young University The Way We’re Wired •is very much a journey of discovery. It concerns itself with the power and efficacy of change • Premiered at BYU 1999; Winner: Association for Mormon Letters Best Drama Award, 1999; Adapted into a Novel, “Singled Out” published by Cornerstone […]

The Collected Plays of Eric Samuelsen • Volume 1 • Six Plays of Challenged Faith


INTRODUCTION by Thomas F. Rogers, Playwright, former Professor of The Russian and Slavic Languages Department at Brigham Young University Letter From A Prophet • the story of a mother and a son, as they re-connect with their faith, until tragedy happens again • (co-authored with Charles Metten) Produced at BYU, Fall 1978. Prayers From Winter Quarters • 5 […]

Noorda Theatre Youth Plays • Five Age Appropriate Scripts for Young Actors


And the curriculum/program that created them! Volume 9 of the Theatre for Young Audiences SERIES Edited by J. D. Newman “Theatre groups and educational institutions looking for a viable method to create a program that brings to the stage custom-tailored, age-appropriate scripts for the 10 to18-year-old budding performer will find a treasure-trove of curricular information […]

Mystery Sideshow Theatre – Volume 3 Plays for Young Audiences Series


Mystery Sideshow Theatre These 4 plays were premiered at The Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, as part of the BTG Plays! year round education program. (Clicking on any title below will take you to that play’s Performance Licensing Page) Atlantis, Lost! And Other Legends from the Strange Waves by E. Gray Simons III The Mummy’s Tale […]