NEW PLAYS

SUBMISSIONS

If you have an idea, a draft, or a fully workshopped play, email kiley.hatch11@gmail.com to discuss opportunities for developing and/or producing your original work with Embers. We are interested in one acts and full length plays or musicals for a family audience.

SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY

Written by Kiley Hatch & James Lawrence with music by Connor Anderson

Length: 60 min

Genre: family comedy, adventure

Cast size: 9 - 3 female, 6 male.

Audience: family

Story: The Ford children are home with Aunt Loreli. One night left and their parents will be back. In the middle of that night, the power goes out, and a quirky, chaotic, inexplicable adventure begins. A frog. A chess player. An acrobat in the kitchen cabinet. A pirate with a swordfish for a sword in the bathtub. Are they real? Are they an accident? Who are they? And, most importantly, how do you get rid of them…

Production History: Embers tour, July 2021. The Heights School, February, 2022.

NELLIE BLY

Written by Kiley Hatch

Length: 30-45 min

Genre: history, drama, comedy

Cast size: 19 (written for double casting) - 10 female. 9 male.

Audience: young families, children

Story: Elizabeth Cochran was an outspoken young journalist in 1864, commonly known by her pen name “Nellie Bly.” Hers is a story of perseverance, adventure, and courage. She won her first job in a newspaper by responding to an article discussing a woman's place as in the kitchen. Her vehement response and argument so impressed the editor that he hired her. She went on to be a pivotal character in women’s history as one of the first American female journalists. With her go getter attitude, she was a positive force in every situation she encountered. This play is the story of one of her more light hearted, fantastical feats: going around the world in less than 80 days.

Production History: Embers camp, June 2019.

THE SIMPLETON

Written by Kiley Hatch

Length: 45 min

Genre: fairy tale, adventure

Cast size: 22 - 11 male, 11 female.

Audience: young families, children

Story: The townsfolk band together to end the rule of a tyrannical princess with the help of some visiting strangers: The Simpleton, Blow-Blast, Quick-as-Thought, Hare’s-Ear, and Hit-the-Point. Adapted from Andrew Lang’s The Grey Fairy Book. Original story on Project Gutenberg. Spotify audiobook link.

Production History: Embers camp, June 2018.