Requests &
Testimonials

concerning plays by G.L. Horton

I have recently found your website after a friend was telling me about your work. I've been looking for monologues for a few weeks now, and yours seem to be just what I need. I'm a freshman in high school, trying to make a name for myself, and my friend suggested that I prepare a monologue and a song for auditions at my school, and other theater groups around the area where I live. I really like your comedies, so I'm writing to ask if I may use some of them. --KS (12/31/05)

GLH replies: "Yes, you may. Break a leg!"

GLH replies: Absolutely she may perform it for a competition! This is the exactly reason I have posted my plays on the web. I am pleased and proud to add Malaysia to the list of far-away places where my work is being done.

My friend and I were wondering if we could use your play The Thingajimmy for competition. Its not going to make any money or anything and its very funny. We really like your plays, we did Skinny Teeth yesterday. We hope you will give us permission to perform this play and I hope you have a great day and please get back to us as soon as possible. --JL (12/11/05)

I am a junior at Notre Dame High School in Riverside California. As an assignment, each student in my drama honors class has been given the task of directing a one act play. I found your web site and proceeded to read some of your plays. the one act Heaven and Hades is exactly what I hoped to find. With your permission, I would like to put this play into production. There would be a total of four shows and no admission would be charged. --DP (12/10/05)

I am interested in reading one of your full length plays, and doing a monologue from it for my beginners acting class here at San Jose State University in California. I was hoping to find a way I could get the play "Choices/Under Siege", to read for this class. The semester is almost over and this would be a part of my final grade for the class. --MS (12/03/05)

As a speech coach for high school students, I am looking for permission to perform your script Heaven and Hades, Skinny Teeth, A Late Lunch and What Kind of Life Is That? The purpose of speech contest is educational and theses scripts would be performed in contest settings where admission is not charged. --PM (12/03/05)

We were in the process of rehearsing your play "Kintry Matters" for our third year presentation on restoration at bath spa university. Unfortunately due to the carelessness of one of our cast (Me) we have lost the original copy. Is there any way you can e-mail me a replacement one? Until then I will return to my trunk. Thank You --HF (12/01/05)

GLH replies: Of course! But please, please, tell me about this production! All I get from posting my plays on the web site is the vicarious pleasure of imagining productions, and the "bragging rights": listing them, and perhaps positive comments from the young artists involved, on my site and on the theatre lists I subscribe to. I'd like to brag about yours, please. As far as I know, it will be the World Premiere! (My playwrights group here did a fairly elaborate staged reading, so I have some idea of how it goes.) I need some encouragement to finish writing the full length play for which "Kintry" is a preparatory sketch.

in reply to: "On Tuesday Nov 1st I did the first performance of the revival of MARTHA MITCHELL -- it went very well. The script was first written during Irangate, to underline the parallel between Watergate and the Reagan administration's own mendacities. It is timely again: you can turn on the TV and see Watergate's J. Gordon Liddy still defending "dirty tricks" and covert governance! We hope to perform MARTHA wherever and whenever it might be useful. We have some bookings in January, but are seeking others. It doesn't need a theatre-- a room will do. Suggestions very welcome!"

I am speaking on behalf of Miller South School for the visual and performing arts. We want to use a scene from your one act play 'Skinny Teeth' for a jr thespian conference! if you could send us any info about permission for rights that would be great! we will be using a cutting for the Ohio state jr thespian conference on Dec 9th and 10th in Bexsley! Thank you for your help! If you could give us consent or a fax number where we could send you our information that would be great! --MW (11/15/05)

hello, I was wondering if your play Regency Romance is written as a musical, Shakespearean, Sophoclean, or other? For my English project I have to read a romance play and they can't be those types above. Please e-mail me back. thank you. --LP (11/14/05)

GLH replies: I don't understand the question. It's not a musical or Shakespeare or Sophocles... but doesn't "other" cover Everything else? The play is a modern romantic comedy with some fantasy elements, based on the genre of romantic novel referred to as a "Regency" or "Bodice Ripper".

Let me start by expressing to you how much I truly love your play 'Jenny Does Shakespeare'. The more I read it, the more in love I fall with Jenny, and I see how brilliant the script is. You see, I am attending Perth and District Collegiate Institute, and as part of the Grade 12 Academic course students are required to direct a short play. There will no entry fee, strictly non-profit, and I feel that no other play will do at all! I have been searching now for quite some time, (approximately two months), and not one play has sparked my imagination as 'Jenny Does Shakespeare' has. If you so kindly agree to allow me the honor of directing this play I will send you a full documentation of the process, and am willing to grant any wishes you express. Please email me with any questions or concerns, I look forward to hearing from you! --AM (11/03/05)

GLH replies: Yes, I'd be delighted to have you direct "Jenny"! As for my wishes: enjoy it! Dig deep, go wild -- but lightly, remembering to play with as well as work on the script. Please give me credit in the program. It would probably be best if you send me the dates-venue so I can send you back an email version of the Dramatists Guild contract with a waived royalty. Knowing about and keeping a record of the performance/permission protects my copyright and gives me "bragging rights" to list it as a production on my web page.

I wanted to ask permission to use one of your plays for our night of one acts with the Riot Act Theater group in Jackson, Wyoming. I was looking for a one act that only has two women in it. I live in a town where it is not always easy to find men to do these productions. I was interested in "A Late Lunch." I enjoyed reading that play online. Perhaps, there might be another one that you have in mind that is a bit longer. I wanted to do something a bit different. I think that you have a lot of good ideas and it would be wonderful to be able to use one of your plays. Please let me know how I can obtain this play. Thank you for your time today. --JD (10/27/05)

I'm in Melbourne Australia and have just discovered your site. I lead a playreading group of twelve, all frustrated actors - 10 women two men. We're members of U3A. University of the Third Age. It's for retired people who enjoy company and using their brains. I've just taken over the group and find our play cupboard is bare of contemporary works. There's mostly melodramas and obscure European work. I can borrow a play book from the library but here in Australia we're liable to fines if we photocopy more than ten percent of a literary piece. So at this late hour I find myself searching the internet for inspiration and I chanced upon your interesting site. It appears you might be open to emailing scripts and wonder if I'm reading you right. I'm looking for plays to read aloud in just under two hours, probably one act. I look forward to hearing from you when you get a moment. --CS (10/27/05)

I enjoy your plays and I'm inspiring to became a actor/playwriter and as a upcoming artist I would like to ask you if I can use three of your plays/monologues for auditions for myself, my daughter, granddaughter and a friend, in particular, Beyond Measure, All for Love and One Fiery Leaf. Sue Johnson, whom is working with me and my family to develop our craft, from "Wake Up and Live Studio" also does public tv for Adelphia Cable and I would love to perform your monologue/one act play and hopefully one day give you an interview on playwriters, we're located in a surburb of Cleveland, Ohio. I haven't ask as of yet because I need your permisson first and then once we've master the one act play and perform it in front of her and if she likes it, I think that she will, I will ask her about performing one of your 10 minutes one act play and a personal interview with the writer you. So please consider this and contact me at your convience. --CC (10/21/05)

I'm a student at the University of Virginia. I am doing a monologue for my drama class from your work Under Siege and would really like to read the full text if possible. I would greatly appreciate it if you could send it to me. What I have read in the first act has been amazing. I'm also considering proposing to direct this show through a student run theatre organization. Would that be something you would support? --TT (10/18/05)

GLH replies: I absolutely would support a student production!

I'm part of a middle-aged ladies goofy social group looking for a one-act comedy or light drama to be presented at a winter social event. "What Kind of Life is That?" looks interesting as does "Ruling Passion." The play might even be presented as a reader's theater since none of us can memorize or has much time for extensive rehearsal. May I please read the full-length of one of these? Or maybe you have something else that would be more appropriate? We have some budget for your royalty and look forward to hearing from you. --SG (10/13/05)

I am the Librarian of the National Drama Library in South Africa.I don't know if you remember me contacting you last year about plays that you wrote. You were kind enough to grant permission that I copy some of your plays to make them available for members of our Library. I am now again appealing to you to give permission that I may download and make print copies of your work available to members of our Library. As in the past we assure you that your texts will not be changed and a note regarding contacting you for performing rights etc., will be prominently displayed on the title page. I think that many of our Library users, like schools and drama studios will find your plays useful and a welcome addition to our collection. At the moment I would appreciate permission to copy the following plays: Elegy, Regency romance, Unbinding our lives, Ruling passion, All for love, Christmas at Grandma's, Deus et machina, Fantasia for string trio, Kintry matters, Skinny teeth, Square pegs, Modified rapture. I really would appreciate your permission. --LH (10/11/05)

One of my USC acting classes is nearly half African-American this semester... They're young, late-teens and early-twenties, bold, and extremely talented. I like to keep them close to their own age-range. Any thoughts??? --SC (9/25/05)

GLH replies: "Great" is more than I'm willing to claim, but my Sundance play "Under Seige", set in an abortion clinic, is made up of many small scenes/monologues for over 2 dozen young women, and most of the roles-- of both patients and counselors-- can be and have been played by African-Americans. The first act of the script is on my web site, and I happily send the entire play via email to anyone who asks for it.

I was wondering if you had any free comedic monologues for a male actor late teens-early twenties, to be used as an audition piece for Texas Tech University. I would really appreciate the help. Thanks. --CM (8/02/05)

GLH replies: Need your monologue be age-specific? Most of the ones on my site are comedic-- though seldom ROFLOL funny. Some favorites for young men are Hal and Ray from Conventional Behavior, and the bus and trolly stories from The T show. The Divorce Lawyer is in his 30's, but I've seen young actors do a good job with it. [Webmaster's note: Our new feature of sorting the list of monologues shows ten comedic monologues for teens and twenties.]

Hey, about a year ago, I contacted you, and you gave permission for me to use your one act; Regency Romance in Gettysburg College's independant play festival. I just wanted to write and let you know that it was extremely, extremely successful. —JB (9/21/05)

I just got back from the Summer Splash series of one-act plays that someone advertised here a few days ago, and it was well worth seeing. There were seven plays, each of which a short one-act; they fit together well, the pacing was dead-on, and laughter filled the room for most of the night. While they were all fantastic, "Autumn Leaves" alone made the night. If you've the time and inclination... —EF (07/19/05)

I am currently a student at Bedford College studying a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts it is coming up to the end of my second year and the end of my course. I was wondering if I could ask for your permission to use one of your One - Act Plays for my final unit which is Directing. The Play I hope to direct is 'And the Lion Shall Lie Down with...' when i read it i found it very quite humourous and entertaining. And I would love to use it for my project. --KJ (6/07/05)

Thanks for: *Good Blood and High Standards, a play I would gladly listen to again; *Including me in on the trip to see Eliza's play, which I was glad to see; *Your company and comments about theatre during the trip, which - as always - were interesting and edifying. --ML (5/30/05)

I can't tell you how lucky I felt when I found your site. I have been looking for audition pieces and everything I had found was stilted and unnatural, this is also applicable to a book of monolgues I bought from a well known author. Reading your monologues was like a breath of fresh air! I am a 70 year old lady who in her youth wanted to be an actress and trained for that purpose, but fate always has a way of wreaking havoc with our intentions and now, in my old age, I am trying to pick up where I left off. I have an audition coming up next week and I need a comedic and a drama piece. I don't even know how I found your site, but I found it! I would like your permission to use Bags Mary to perform at the upcoming audition, and also your permission to add it to any future auditions I may be lucky enough to get. I also ask for your permission to add Lady of Egypt to my repertoire. If I can manage to memorize Lady before the audition, I would be the happiest septuagenarian around! --EA (5/29/05)

Thanks for your message on the Theatre Discussion List about availability of scripts. I read a couple of your plays this week-end and can't wait to share them this summer with my son, the actor and writer. We are leaving tomorrow to attend the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. You would be amazed to learn how many of those kids are into performance, especially music but also dance and theatre. We have tickets in D.C. to see the Royal Shakespeare Company's _Hecuba_. Vanessa Redgrave! I was influenced by your _Jenny Does Shakespeare_ to forget about my plan of asking my son to read the Euripides in advance. I don't know why I thought that was a good idea. He developed a love of Shakespeare through live performances. I read _Hecuba_ this week and saw that it flows beautifully without much complication. He does not need to read it. Thanks for reminding me of what I already knew, but forgot. I do like _Jenny_ so very much. It's a great part for a girl, and I think we're going to have some interesting discussions about the character, the pacing, and some of the issues you raise about teen life. Thanks for sharing your work. Here's a bit about our speller and actor. --DA (5/24/05)

Hi...I came across your site because I was looking for original audition monologues...and frankly yours is the best I have seen. Seriously...I was so impressed with your writing. I especially liked "Beyond Repair", and "Eulogy"...which if I may say so is all the better with a scottish accent...I don't know if that was your intent...but it works really well. I am part of a local theater here in Tampa FL, and will definitely be sending actors/students to your site. Kudos to you. --SH (5/23/05)

hi, my name is [RT] and i live in Sydney Australia. I was looking for monologues for my hsc drama piece and came across THE 12:22 BRIGHTON FROM LONDON/VICTORIA. I was wondering if you had any advice as to how i could perform this and if there are any videos or places on the internet i can see it performed so i could see what it was like in performance. Thank you. --RT (5/15/05)

I am a teacher (of course on a limited budget) and when seeking some monologues for my students, I found your site. Thank you for offering this resource free for teachers! --ER (5/14/05)

Oh my goodness, I don't know where exactly to begin!? Okay, let me try... Yesterday was the Kansas State High School Activities Association's (KSHSAA) state tournament. Oh my goodness, there were SOOO many talented people there, and I was incredibly nervous. Especially since this is my novice year in forensics, and I was blessed enough to qualify for the state tournament, let's just say my stomach was doing butterflies. However, thanks to God, my family, my coach, and YOU and your wonderful piece....I am the 2005 speech championship class 6A Serious Solo Acting 1st place STATE CHAMPION!!!! Can you believe it? I won state!!!! I took the "Undersiege" pieces that you thankfully had published from the Milinium Monolouges book. I was so inspired by your story of the history behind the piece, that early on I decided I wouldn't perform it, unless I could give all of those women justice, because those are real lives! So often I get caught in always classifying acting as make believe, especially when it comes to serious acting, I mean I almost pray that people don't really go through this. But deep down I know, that those pieces are based on real experiences, and stories...oh my, you know how you told me last time about how you went to the banquet or conference in, I believe Kansas City, and the author's who compiled the documentary "The Exonerated" spoke of how acting is about striking a chord in people, to raise awareness and such. Well, the girl who got 2nd--whom I was neck and neck with--well, She did that piece! Oh my goodness... a lot of people were crying during my performance of your piece. I've never made anyone cry before, not to mention a whole room full of people, and a panel of judges! I mean, I've made people tear up, but not actually get tears out! However, my Coach told me to give my all in all my performances, because in Forensics once you use a piece one year, you can never use it again, man, you can't even use a different portion of the same play!!! So, the state tournament was the last time that I would ever perform that piece legally in competition. So I gave it my all--not to mention prayed A LOT!--and now...oh my goodness I can't say the words again, I think If I say them another time, I'll wake up, and this will all just be a dream! MAN, I crying! I'm trying so hard not to, but Ms. Horton, you can't believe how, how much I thank you right now, for giving your permission to use your piece, and just for being so inspirational to me. I mean it goes so far than that, for example the average author would just be like "yeah, yeah you can use my piece goodbye!" But you, YOU were different, you did and ARE so much more than that " You not only gave me a piece, you gave me a purpose for why, a hope, a dream, l was thinkin' things like, well, Ms. Horton's tried SO hard to get her pieces published and could have given up, but she persevered, she created her own website, AND she did manage to get part of a selection legally published. But Ms. Horton, if It wasn't for that website, I NEVER would have the pieces that I would eventually use. You see, when I first found your play, I chose the Monolouges of the Immigrant girl who was date raped, and the woman who had HIV and such, and I loved those selections SO much! That's the piece where I won 1st at the Buhler tournament. However I soon discovered it wasn't legal. So I resentfully had to change it, well I decided right then and there that I would just use the pieces that you did have legally published, and I chose those. Well, to be honest, I didn't like those pieces as well, and I didn't do well during tournaments. However, my feelings changed, and so I actually started practicing the piece, and I almost made it to national's but I only got as far as the semifinal round. Yet, my coach 3 days ago decided that we would add some movement to my piece, and we tweaked stuff, and worked and worked and WORKED!!! And I guess all that hard work came off! When I got my award, I was crying so hard, I was in complete SHOCK!!! My coach was the one who got to present it to me, and we both were just bawling! Because this was my coach's first and last year as our school's debate/forensics teacher. You see, she got a principal job, which she will be starting in July. I'll miss her very much, but she promised she'd keep in touch. Ms. Horton, thank you so much for allowing me to experience something that I will NEVER forget, and for allowing something that I literally saw as a dream, become actual reality. Thank you again, and best wishes in everything you do. --KW (5/08/05)

GLH replies: THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH YOURSELF!!!! from the bottom of my heart for your wonderful letter--- which of course I plan to share with all my colleagues, who will find it as inspirational as I have. I woke up this morning with a cold and cough and sore throat, and realized that I don't dare go to choir practice or sing in church where I'd be spreading these nasty germs to the other singers, and it's Mothers Day! I'll be tucked in bed with Breathe Easy tea and a box of tissues instead of singing and seeing my family and friends in church and enjoying the brunch afterwards. Probably I shouldn't even hug my grandsons for the next couple of days..... feeling pretty sorry for myself, in fact.

Then I opened up my email and saw your message. I am so happy for you, and for me. I'm going to look at this miserable cold as an opportunity to stay in bed and WRITE! And I'll send a copy of your message to my mother in Florida-- a hard copy, my Mom has never managed to cope with computers, although the retirement community she lives in offers free computers and free classes in how to use them-- and I think she'll find it just about the nicest Mother's Day gift she's ever had: the answer to what her crazy daughter has been up to all those years when I could have been making money or keeping a "perfect" house.

I am a Seconday 4 student from Singapore. For my Language Arts/English lesson, I have an assignment in which I am supposed to act out a short play. Thus, I would like to request for permission to use either 'One Fiery Leaf' or 'A Late Lunch'. Are there any rules/regulations regarding the use of your scripts? --YSQ (5/08/05)

Hello, I am currently going to send in a tape of myself doing two monologues for an audition for the Hype Williams movie "Fully Loaded." I was wondering if you would mind if I read the Punk Girl's part in THE T SHOW. Is that okay?--CX (5/06/05)

GLH replies: Your proposed use of the monologue is exactly what I had in mind when I put it up on the web. Best wishes for your success-- break a leg!

PS-- If you sound really good, how about turning your performance into an mp3 file and sending to to me to be loaded onto my website and made available as a Podcast? I can either credit you as the actor, or if you prefer privacy refer any inquiries to your agent or some other reliable screener?

I and my acting friends have begun a project to make short audio recordings of my work. (We started by making videos, as you can see from the two included on my site now. But that proved to be WAY too time-consuming, so we've abandoned that and are going for Podcast-able mp3s.)

Could you please forward me some of your articles on radio drama, how fascinating! By the way I LOVE your website, it's so fun, and well-organized. --EK (4/28/05)

I am a speech coach and one of my students is using your play, Inquest, as her drama cutting. She has advanced to the Section meet and needs to provide the ISBN number of the script. I can't find where your play has been published other than on your website. In lieu of an ISBN, can you email me permission for her to use your play? --KF (04/08/05)

GLH replies: She absolutely has permission to use my play. However, if she needs an official-looking piece of paper to show someone in authority, shouldn't it have her name on it somewhere?

Hi my name is [DE]. I have just started a drama group in my school, I have a very big turn-out of 95. We were hoping if we can do your plays because they are really good. So if you don't mind may I use your scripts solely as a school activity, for learning and fun. --DE (4/1/05)

I belong to the Salt & Pepper Toastmasters club in Leduc, Alberta, Canada. We do a variety of different things during our meetings to improve our public speaking and one idea came to mind was to do a play. I searched the internet and came upon your site and found a short play that could be fun doing in our group just as a training session. I am asking permission to use Square Pegs. It will be used only once during that particular meeting and no charge, just our own group. --LS (03/14/05)

Geralyn-- Your true love of theatre shows in your willingness to share. Who knows how many others you have inspired. You have reached out with your dramatic words to touch many. Plus you continue to share news stories with us and other choice pieces you gather from places we never see. --LB (03/09/05)

You recently gave me permission to use your script Under Siege as a monologue for my forensics tournament this year, and I just thought I'd let you know how your wonderful script is performing. Okay, at my first tournament (on February 26th) I ended up placing 3rd overall, which is really good. However, after practicing a little bit more, and working on a few things, at my second tournament (yesterday March 5th) I ended up placing 1st!!! Which qualifies me for the State Forensics Tournament! It's amazing how well received your piece has been for me, a lot of judges have written on my ballots that they "feel the pain" or "you put your all in it." One judge yesterday even commented that it felt like she was at home watching drama on TNT! Then another marveled on how she considered it a very difficult and "heavy" piece to perform herself, but thought that I did a good job handling it. Honestly, though I feel as though your piece has made me a MUCH better person as well as actress. I mean, especially after your email explaining the inspiration that caused you to write the piece. After that, I said to myself that if I couldn't give one of the characters justice, then I wouldn't do the piece at all. Because of you, I have really grown. And I just have to thank you for it. --KW (03/06/05)

I was just curious, on your page it says Free for auditions and for students. I am a student in the Theatre Arts program at Algonquin College, in Ottawa Ontario. And we are having a monologue night, for a paying audience. So I was just wondering, if I can still do a monologue from your One Act Play Cast Spell. --JM (03/06/05)

Hi. I'm the drama club advisor at Batavia High School in Batavia, New York. I'm putting together a collection of monologues for our spring production. I would really love to use two that you have on your website. My show is a comedic look at theater, acting, writing, and performing in general. The two monologues I would like to use are the one by Verna, and "A New York Actor". The Verna monologue was the basic inspiration for the theme of our production. Would this be possible? I anxiously await your reply. --CB (02/18/05)

I am a senior at Power APAC Performing Arts Complex in Jackson, Mississippi. On February 25, 2005 the theatre department will participate in the state Thesbian Conference and Competition. There is a monologue category that I would like to compete in and use your Jan monologue from "Under Siege." To do so I am requesting your written permission. Will you please e-mail me something that says you give me permission to perform this piece? I have high hopes and aspirations for my performance of Jan at the Conference. Thank you for your consideration. --WS (02/18/05)

Hi, I would like to ask permission to use either or, or both of your plays, The Thingjimmy and Skinny Teeth. I am currently an exchange student at Victoria Girls High School in Grahamstown, South Africa and would like to use your work at a Variety Concert in March. I will be directing the play and selecting the actors. We were just looking for a quick little play in between the musical numbers. Thank you for your consideration. --KR (02/15/05)

GLH replies: I am delighted to give you permission to use the plays. This will be the 3rd production of a play of mine in South Africa (that I know of). I hope it's the start of a trend! Break a leg!

I am very interested in using one of your one-act plays. I am a student at Lewis University in Romeoville, IL. I am currently enrolled in the directing class which they offer. We are doing a night of ten-minute plays and I would like to direct your play, The Thingjimmy. If this is ok with you please let me know. Thank you so much for your time! --JK (02/15/05)

GLH replies: Yes, you may do my play The Thingjimmy. Please tell me the date and venue of your production so that I may boast of it to other potential producers.

I am a theatre performance major at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. I came across your website and I fell in love with the monologue Jay's Demonstration. I was wondering if it was possible for me to get a copy of Happy Hour so that I might understand and have reference to the character. Right now I am taking an audition technique class and I haven't found very good monologues out there. If you don't mind sending me a copy of the script it would be great to have it emailed due to the time constraints of the class. Thank you for your time. --JW (02/02/05)

Hello. I am a senior at Briar Cliff Univeristy in Iowa. I came across your website while searching for a play to do for my senior thesis, and I fell in love with the play The 10:04 To London-In Love and War. What would it take for me to produce this play for my senior thesis? Thank you! --AB (02/01/05)

Geralyn, I love it when you're on a rant. And yes, this is all absolutely true re Roe v. Wade. Once again, and publicly, Geralyn I applaud your willingness to freely ensure that your work gets read and produced. What a delight your site is for young people to discover, and how wonderful when your words are heard in auditoriums and rehearsal halls around the globe. --SDH (01/28/05)

Last night at auditions for Inherit the Wind, which I'm directing for an opening in mid May, I was startled and delighted to hear two monologues by Geralyn Horton, both from Under Siege. When I asked, the first student said she'd found the monolog online, then was amazed to discover the Geralyn Horton Collection as part of the ICWP Archives--across the street from her acting class! So she read the whole play, shared it with her classmates. Yes!!! --AW (01/28/05)

Geralyn, I love it when you're on a rant. And yes, this is all absolutely true re Roe v. Wade. Once again, and publicly, Geralyn I applaud your willingness to freely ensure that your work gets read and produced. What a delight your site is for young people to discover, and how wonderful when your words are heard in auditoriums and rehearsal halls around the globe. --SDH (01/28/05)

I teach a creative writing class and we are going to begin working on writing plays. I was looking for some one act plays that I could use in my class to give them some examples of how a proper one act play is written. I just wanted to say THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU! You have definitely made my life so much easier. Also, if you could send any pointers to me to help them write proper plays, I'd love it. Thanks again. --LW (01/27/05)

Greetings! We would like to perform "Under Siege aka Choices" as a piece for forensics in high school. Is this published? And could we please purchase a copy of the full play? Thank you for writing such a wonderful play! --LW (01/21/05)

While searching the Internet for Shakespeare-related monologues, I stumbled across your lovely website. I am interested in using Jenny Does Shakespeare as a preshow act for the Savannah Shakespeare Festival in May. There will be 3 performances only, performed gratis for the public. Please inform me of your royalty fees and any other information I might need to produce this wonderful piece. --JP (01/17/05)

It is with deep appreciation for your willingness to share your work that I announce that Under Cover has been selected for the Ten-Minute Play Showcase for the Mid-America Theatre Conference Playwriting Symposium which will take place over the weekend of March 3-6, 2005 in Kansas City, MO. --DC (01/13/05)

GLH replies: I am going to try very hard to attend MATC with my play Under Cover.

The multimedia/puppet/dance/music direction seems to be the way my work is evolving, but the connections I have here in Boston are of the staged reading sort, through my local writers' group, or the advice I get from literary colleagues via email. Finding interdisciplinary colleagues with whom to do physical work is very difficult, and that difficulty also applies to my attendance at MATC. I'm not a "promising young" playwright. Though as an actress I'm still occasionally cast as a woman in her forties, more often now I play grandmothers, a role I fill comfortably in my personal life. But it's not a comfortable role in Developmental Theatre. Most of the people in the "physical theatre" process -- at least around here-- are recent graduates. Working with someone old enough to remind them of their mothers doesn't seem to be their idea of fun. I suppose that it is possible to hire choreographers/ dancers/ composers/ puppeteers etc to work with-- but it is certainly not possible for ME. I live on "early retirement" social security. Even during the decade I taught at Northeastern University, I was a mere Adjunct Instructor, and not eligible for perks: not even Conference fees, let alone student Worker Bees to serve my Muse.

I feel fairly confident of being able to locate cheap airfare to Kansas City, and I'd look forward to the trip--- I lived in KC in 1960-62, and acted in plays at Park College, the Bell Road Barn and Kansas City Circle Theatre. Somehow I connected with a New Plays program, I think it was at Kansas City U, and I remember the thrill the first time I had a chance to embody a newly-created character as it unfolded at table readings in the workshop. (It's a thrill I have never lost-- I still perform cold or rehearsed readings of other playwrights' scripts regularly.) But I can't afford a hotel, or much else, for that matter. I don't suppose anybody in KC remembers me.

I used my first husband's last name and was known as Geralyn Williams then, although I have always written under my maiden name of Horton. (Using the G.L. initials because back when I began writing there was a widespread theory that women were "psychologically unsuited" to write either plays or criticism.) I belong to a couple of mailing lists where people are pretty generous and I may be able to find someone who will offer me a sofa to sleep on by posting a message announcing that I need one during the MATC-- but any suggestions or help from you would be much appreciated.

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