Lady Byrd Creations

Big Black is a carpenter with a heart as big as he is; he stands more than head and shoulders above the rest of the townspeople. He has built or rebuilt most of that town with his bare hands and expert skill. His life up until the appearance of a battered woman has been on a steady course toward his goal of finishing the rooms on the back of his house, having his family and friends near and carving songbirds. But with the devastating disruption that comes with her arrival, he may never get back on course, unless he can find the place where the river bends.

2 Females / 7 Males, 2-Acts

It is the turn of the 21st century, in a Midwestern town. Huron, the Morris family patriarch, has lived through wars, the deaths of two sisters and a wife. He has functioned beneath the heavy scrutiny of a mother, Mama Lee, until the death of his best friend, Willie Big Spirit. A self professed shaman, Willie, holds Huron under his spell even after death. Unable to live without him, Huron sets on a journey to bring Willie back to life; thus, he begins a five-night ritual of the Ghost Dance. Trying to stop the dance, the family begins to reveal secrets about Willie Big Spirit and his part in the death of Huron's sister, Bit. During the five nights of the Ghost Dance, the past and the present collide to make room for the future. With the truth about Willie revealed, Huron must decide if this aberration deserves to live again or how to kill it if it does not.

6 Females / 5 Males, 2-Acts

Two U.S. Army Chaplains, Ruddick Brown and John Thomas, do tours in Vietnam.  In 1965, as one chaplain leaves Vietnam, the other arrives.  Separately, but joined as members of the clergy, they endure the horrors of war.  Their journeys and the age-old question of whether or not the clergy should bear arms take us from 1965 through 1989, from Vietnam to Kansas to West Germany and finally to Texas, where the choices they made while under enemy fire are weighed some 24 years later.  This question divides the clergy and means the difference between life and death in many cases.  

6 Males, 1-Act Full-length

Lulla Bell Jury has lost her momma; all she has left is the fiddle her mother gave her and the beauty and pain of life in the Appalachian mountains.

1 Female, Monodrama, 15-20 Minutes

Based on the true story of how Robert Raikes, Jr. teaches England's socially forgotten children to read and write.  Robert Raikes, known as "Bobby Wild Goose", to his enemies must battle the Church of England to legally run a school; his battle is won in 1779 with the passage of a new law, "the Enabling Act."  This is a story about the journey from the dream to destiny, the battles and victories in between, and the beginning of new things....  The play takes us on a fantastic journey through 18th century England and the beginning of the Sunday School Movement to present day Los Angeles.

4 Females / 7 Males, 2-Acts

The cast of the Easter production are rehearsing the play.  It's not going well; there is too much stuff in the way.  In the middle of rehearsal God stops time to speak to each of the participants.  His Words transform them to a level of ministry that brings the message of Christ's death and resurrection to a personal level.  For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son...  For this reason is a story about resurrecting love.

4 Females / 9 Males, Additional cast: Chorus 6-12 people, Dancers 3-6 people,            2-Acts, Musical

This is the story of a young woman, Yashi, with a beautiful relationship with God.  Momentarily, she loses focus after falling in love with a man.  A struggle ensues between her spirit and flesh.  Through it all, Yashi's tie with her reality of living a Christian life is seen in her memories of Grandma Nora.  Yashi must make a stand.  By faith, she must rest in the comfort of God's love for her "in times like these."

4 Females (1 girl) / 1 Male, 2-Acts

In the midst of war, the greatest battle is...not letting go... So it is with Achilles, son to his father's mistress, warrior in a battle he did not choose.  From the battlefield, he can see the mountain where he has been told his mother's grave lies  -- the  grave  his heart tells him does not exist. His, is a,  journey from the valley to the mountaintop with only hope as a lamp through the darkness.  His hope...to find her alive at the top of that mountain...

3 Females / 6 Males, Additional cast: 3 Males (Soldiers, Indians, Slaves), 2-Acts

Five old women are seated in the waiting room of heaven waiting to meet their Maker.  Each woman tells the story of the significant event that changed her life and helped her become her higher self.  As they tell of the goodness of God and His grace, they can all identify with each other.  They have gathered for one last testimonial.  At the end of their testifying, God calls the roll and one of them is not on it.

5 Females / 1 Male, 2-Acts

Mammaw has tried to teach her granddaughter how to die; it appears that she has failed.  She needs help from God.

2 Females / 1 Male, 10-Minutes

Mara has been studying wolves; Zed has been studying Mara.  Lynn, Mara's friend and neighbor is trying not to study either of them.  A comical journey into the world of Mara, Zed and Lynn.

2 Females / 2 Males, 10-Minutes

Elpis and Pandora are sisters.  There has been a death in the family.  What if they could have one last chance before they have to seal the box?

3 Females, 18 - 20 Minutes

What happens to families caught in the middle of war? Is there sustenance or destitution in their future?  Will they have a future?

2 Females (1 teen-aged girl)/ 2 Males, 10-Minutes

The bridge that crosses the lake has collapsed.  The bridge that holds up the strings on Aquila's violin is missing.  Aquila is stranded in her home with one of her twin daughters, Valpecula, and her granddaughter, Song, the daughter of the other twin to wait out the snow storm when the visitors show up.

4 Females (1 teen-aged girl)/ 1 Male, 2-Acts

Some things should not be spoken of.  Some diaries should never be read.  But some moments in time call for recollection even when it means plunging into the deep.  So you see, Lorraine is not really crazy; she's just contemplating her scary dark things...

 6 Females / 2 Males, 1-Act

Sometimes you lose so much it's hard to see what you've gained.  Fiddlin' on the Mountaintop is an appalachian tale of music, loss, family, and land.

1 Female, 1-Act

All the parts of Juanita Ann got something to say.

1 - 2 Females (11 personalities), 1-Act

Rachel is weeping for her children...

1 Female, 1-Act