Roberts Publishing: Stage Plays

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Roberts Publishing is actively pursuing the arts.

If you are a bonafide school, amateur theater, playhouse, art center, etc., and interested in producing one of our plays, please email or call Dr. Kelly Roberts with the following information:

Seating capacity
Ticket price(s)
Number of performances
Dates of performances
Name of contact person
Street address, city, state and zip
Phone number
Email address
Type of theater or facility (i.e. school, amateur theater, etc.)

(Playbook prices are listed below at $5.25 per book. Royalty fee will be determined on an individual basis once you submit information above. ALL plays listed are Copyrighted and registered with the Writers Guild of America West. )

Roberts Publishing also offers special pricing for fundraising projects. Please email Dr. Kelly Roberts to request further info and URL for these special packages. MystAvalon@aol.com (760) 233-1460 Also, watch for updates on our list of plays available. Roberts Publishing offers all plays in bound, 8 1/2 x 11 format, for easier reading.

We have set up a rating system to help you better decide which plays are right for your audience.

G General Audiences, all ages.
MP Mild Profanity.
YC Young Children's.
S Sexual content or language.
SP Strong Profanity.
Rel. Some religious content.

"The Evil Weed" by Erica Davis

Approx. length: 25min. Drama for small children.
Cast size: 12 , 7 male, 5 female. Censure: G
Cost: $5.25 per book.
A harmonious garden is disturbed by an evil weed.

"Share The Wealth" By Erica Davis

Approx. Length: 2 hours. Drama
Cast size: 14, 8 male, 6 female. Censure: SP
Cost: $5.25 per book.
Two people win the lottery. The money exposes the greed and the motives of several, both good and bad.
"Share The Wealth" won an Honorable Mention in the 1998 Writer's Digest Magazine Writing Competition, Stage Play Category.

"Letters To My Father" By Kelly Roberts

Approx. Length: 25 min. Drama
Cast Size: 2, 1 female, 1 male. Censure: SP
Cost: $5.25 per book.
Upon the death of her father, a woman reflects back after she discovers her letters to him unopened.

"The Happiness Guarantee" By Erica Davis

Approx. Length: 25 min. Drama
Cast size: 3 , 2 female, 1 male. Censure: G
Cost: $5.25 per book.
A young woman contemplating suicide, is interrupted by a vacuum cleaner salesman who changes her mind.
Recently premiered at the 1st Annual Fault Line Writer's Festival, at the Fault Line Theatre in San Diego. Winner of Blank Theatre Company's Seventh Annual Young Playwrights Festival, with production at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, CA.

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:

1) Send full script, securely bound.

2) Include 1 page synopsis (for One-Act, Full Length)or ½ page play synopsis (10 minute), a short author bio, and brief history of the play.

3) Send SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) with proper postage for all submissions. Submissions without SASE will not be returned.

4) On the title page of the play, include full name, address and phone numbers of all authors.

5) Only plays pre-registered with the Writer's Guild accepted. Do not send unregistered plays. They will be disqualified and returned unread.

6) No musicals.

7) Play may be comedy, drama, compilation of short skits, etc. Open to most subjects and genres.

8) ONLY ONE PLAY PER PERSON

Roberts Publishing is open to submissions from new and established playwrights. Plays need not have been produced to be considered for publication. No previously published play will be considered.

Screenplays

"Surviving Kyle," by Erica Davis

"Gemini Born," by Kelly Alex Roberts

"Memoirs of an Angel," by Kelly Alex Roberts

"Hair On Our Chest," by Kelly Alex Roberts

Email: mystavalon@aol.com