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It's summertime, and most theatre directors are looking for great shows to produce this upcoming year. Well, look no further! I've got some published works available through Next Stage Press, as well as some I hope to have published soon. Check them out!

Published:

MINOR INCONVENIENCES by Bradley Nies

Cast Size: 2M 1W

Running Time: 40 minutes

After hitchhiking along Houston’s busy FM 1960, a young waitress comes face to face with an unlikely duo who claim to be responsible for the minor inconveniences in our lives. Excellent for Middle School/ Junior High/Community Theatre [Comedy/Drama)

www.nextstagepress.com/minor-inconveniences-perfect-mother/

PERFECT MOTHER by Bradley Nies

Cast Size: 1M 1W

Running Time: 40 minutes

A single mother living in a small Texas town will do anything to keep her daughter happy…including blackmail, lying, causing personal injury, and even murder! Junior High/High School/Community Theatre (Drama)

www.nextstagepress.com/minor-inconveniences-perfect-mother/

THE TELL-TALE HEART by Bradley Nies

Cast Size: 2M 2W

Running Time: 50-60 minutes

In the New York City Asylum for the Insane in 1843, Eliza Clemm tells the story of how she murdered her father. This retelling of Poe’s frightening tale retains the horror found in his original short story. Junior High/High School/Community Theatre (Drama)

www.nextstagepress.com/the-tell-tale-heart/

HAUNTING THE HOUSE by Bradley Nies

Cast Size: 3M 3W

Running Time: 90+ minutes

Hoping to provide validity to his book about documented hauntings, a Rice University professor invites a local "ghost-hunter" to the home of a woman who thinks her house is haunted by the ghost of Sam Houston. Junior High/High School/College/University (Farce)

www.next-stage-press.myshopify.com/collections/comedies/products/ haunting-the-house

BOYS FROM HOUSTON HEIGHTS by Bradley Nies

Cast Size: 2M 1M/W Various male voices

Running Time: 2 hours

Based on the Houston Mass Murders, this biodrama explores the possibility that real-life serial killer Dean Corll may have been murdering teenage boys from a part of Houston known as The Heights from as early as the mid-1960s. High School/College/University (Thriller)

www.nextstagepress.com/boys-from-houston-heights/

ALCOHOL AND MUSCLE by Bradley Nies

Cast Size: 3M

Running Time: 90+ minutes

Based on real life serial killer Jeffery Dahmer, this edgy docudrama depicts a possible chance meeting of the man known as the “Milwaukee Monster” and a male prostitute bearing a resemblance to Dahmer’s first victim. High School/College/University/Community Theatre (Thriller)

www.nextstagepress.com/alcohol-and-muscle-2/

Unpublished Works. Just respond to this post if you are interested in one of the following plays:

BEAUTIFUL STRANGERS by Bradley Nies

Cast Size: 3M

Running Time: 50-60 minutes

Set in 1968, this docudrama depicts the shocking murder that brutally outed closeted Hollywood legend, Ramón Novarro. High School/College/ University/Community Theatre (Thriller)


HISTORICAL MUTILATIONS by Bradley Nies

Cast Size: 2M

Running Time: 30-40 minutes

When musician Gary Hinman was murdered, no one knew that Hinman’s death would spark the beginning of what Charles Manson and his followers called the ‘Helter Skelter.’ High School/ College/University/ Community Theatre (Thriller)


WHO KILLED SAL MINEO? by Bradley Nies

Cast Size: 1 M 2 M/W

Running Time: 25-35 minutes

This docudrama helps dispel the rumors of one of America’s most talented actors and directors after he was stabbed to death in his apartment building parking lot. High School/ College/University/ Community Theatre (Comedy/Thriller)


The Prisoners of Driscoll Street by Bradley Nies

Cast Size: 2M 1W

Running Time: 40-50 minutes

Based on the Ice Box Murders in Houston, Texas, this docudrama depicts a possible altercation between a mother and her son, a son who may very well have murdered both of his parents. High School/ College/University/Community Theatre (Thriller)

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