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"Flowers in the Desert" is a full length play scripts about a group home for troubled girls isolated in the desert. Ma and Sarge watch over the girls and try to guide the teens to make better decisions for their lives, but it proves to be as challenging as growing flowers in the desert.
The play is based on my grandparents experiences running a group home for problem teens. The characters in the script, especially Ma and Sarge, are based on real people and some of the moments in the script are based on stories they told me. Their group home was in Washington State and they worked with youth in the 1960s and 70s. I started writing this play in the 1990s and have changed the time period and setting many times, from Washington to Idaho to New Mexico, and from the 70s to the present. I don't think the setting or time period is important; honoring these amazing people who had a major impact on my life matters more. This is one of my favorite plays I've written because of that special connection to my grandparents. I hope this play keeps their memory alive and captures the spirit of how amazing they were.
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ISBN-13: 978-1530169085
"I feel better because of you, like you healed me in some way. I felt sick emotionally before I had you in my life. I felt spiritually dead. You brought me back to life, resurrected the spirit inside me, healed me. You're my angel. That's what you are to me. An angel. So delicate. Such a pure spirit. No hardness hiding the goodness and purity. You leave yourself open to me, giving your full self to me, hiding nothing. You give everything to me... And keep nothing for yourself. You give me your wings so I can fly. You'd remove your heart just to keep mine beating. You are the greatest gift that has ever been given to me. You complete me. You make me whole."
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ISBN-13: 978-1512007183
A script about superheroes, villains and aliens.
"There are important moments in our lives where we must make a choice. A choice to be good or a choice to be evil. If others follow, where will you lead them? To a better life or to a life that's only better for you? That's how heroes are made. They are the ones who devote themselves to others, wanting to change what is wrong and make things right."
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ISBN-13: 978-1502982308
This book is a series of stage monologues for young adult and teen actors about bullying and depression.
ISBN-13: 978-1518661082
A full length play about young adults (teens / teenagers) who find themselves in trouble at their high school and end up in detention. The script takes place in the 1980s but the students from detention end up performing a 1920's play within the play. There is a lot of comedy and excellent monologues throughout the script and even some songs. This play has a flexible cast of 11 to 26. This play includes excellent monologues for teen actors including "I Need Detention", "The Girl Who Broke His Fingers", "Wishing" and "Big Zero."
ISBN-13: 978-1499111309
"Control the Future" is a time travel adventure stage play script. There are 26 speaking parts (plus optional extras) but the play can be performed with as few as 6 actors if they play multiple parts. Any of these parts can be played by either gender. This can be an all male cast or all female or a mix.
ISBN-13: 978-1540666581
"Holy Ground" is a full length religious horror musical for six actors (3 male 3 female) about an evil that consumes the world leaving only a few survivors who hope for protection from the holy ground of a church. The stage scripts includes additional monologues and duologues which are ideal for acting workshops, auditions and competitions.
ISBN-13: 978-1502875990
"Somebody Famous" is a comedy stage play script for 5 male and 2 female actors. The book has several scenes and monologues for male and female actors. "A ditzy kleptomaniac, a scandalous movie star and a bumbling guard...these are just some of the crazy characters you'll meet in D.M. Larson's "Somebody Famous". This laugh out loud comedy is sure to make you hoot and howl as 5 prisoners at an all female prison use theater to hatch a plan to escape to freedom." (description courtesy of R.E.P. of Orlando, FL)
ISBN-13: 978-1539753483
"The Pirate and the Princess" is a twist on the tale the Prince and the Pauper. It is about Bones the Pirate Girl who is tired of life at sea and a princess named Fuchsia who dreams of adventure. They decide to switch places but find out that being a pirate and a princess isn't all fun and games. This play has roles for 8 actors (5 females and 3 males). ISBN-13: 978-1515169765
"Holka Polka" by D. M. Larson is a play for kids of all ages. Join a good little witch named Brenda who sets out to save Fairy Tale Land with the help of the Big Bad Wolf and Cinderella. This a Fairy Tale Mystery that puts a new twist on some famous fables such as Humpty Dumpty, Pinocchio, Little Red Riding Hood, The Wizard of Oz and Hansel and Gretel. The includes 6+ female actors, 2+ male actors and 11+ of either gender with optional extras. This scripts includes the following original monologues for kids: "Good Deeds and Stuff" "The Big Bad Wolf" "Perfectly Ugly" "Humpty Dumpty Private Egg Hard Boiled Detective"
ISBN-13: 978-1502445490
Beauty might be beautiful on the outside, but she's ugly on the inside. See what happens when her fairy godmother turns her inside out. Check out this family friendly "Taming of the Shrew" type tale. This is a children's comedy stage play script for the whole family.
ISBN-13: 978-1511495967
I have been writing plays since high school and acting since junior high. In 1988, my first play "Nicolas Brooks" had instant success by winning the Youth Division at the Spokane Civic Theatre Forum Festival in Washington State. The writing bug infected me and I decided to form my own little theatre group in 1989 called Tailors of the Imagination. At 17, I produced and directed an extended version of "Nicolas Brooks" called "Who Loves a Writer" as well as a retelling of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. In 1990, my play "A Man and His Plant" was produced at the Spokane Civic Theatre Forum Festival in the adult division. The play went on to win third place in a national contest and then was published by the Dramatic Publishing Company as a part of an anthology "Short Stuff for Mature Actors." In New Mexico, I started a theatre group called the Poco Loco Players which have successfully produced four seasons including several plays that I co-wrote with the other Poco Loco Players. I also started the successful website called freedrama.com which has provided free plays to schools and community groups around the world. My 2002 victory as a writer was being included in the Love Creek Production's play festival in New York City. My monologue "Pearls of Wisdom" is the true story of the struggles young women face growing up in rural Idaho. Another success was a 2004 midwest tour of my play "The Redneck" (renamed Operation Redneck) by the professional theatre group Retroact Productions. During this time, freedrama.com became very popular receiving thousands of visitors. My plays on freedrama.com (now freedrama.net) have been performed on every continent including Antarctica. I'm now involved in developing film projects as a writer and producer. In 2008, I started a new series about War Veterans. The series has been featured by Apple iTunes and YouTube. The most successful episode has been "Saving Lives in World War II" which won an Emmy Award in 2009 for best Advanced Media Historical Documentary (Rocky Mountain Region). In 2010, I won a Telly Award for my full length documentary about a wildlife park in Arizona. And in 2011, I won a second Emmy Award for my short documentary about an organization called Paws and Stripes that helps veterans with PTSD using service dogs.
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