Writer
Plays
Graves
By Ellie Pyle
They call him "Graves" and if it's a ghost story you're looking for, he spins a tale so well you won't care whether it's true. He's mentored a lot of Savannah's ghost guides over the years, but his latest collection of stray art students is different: they want to learn magic. Thus far, he's been able to keep them distracted: a bit of Hermeticism here, a little Wicca there, never mind the root working born into these parts. But when a new girl joins the group, her innate gifts threaten to awaken things Graves buried long ago.
Characters: 3f, 3m
Run time: 100 minutes
Heretics
By Ellie Pyle
Part courtly romance, part spiritual allegory, this re-imagining of the Magdalene mythos, in 13th-century Languedoc, weaves a tapestry of historical heresies, sultry songs and witchcraft wisdom. Aesthetically Shakespearean, in modern prose, with one actor-musician or a cappella troubadour.
Characters: 3f, 4m
Run time: 2 hours
Sources
By Ellie Pyle
An intimate negotiation of complex conflicts of interest that begins in the early morning after the 2016 election, when a successful journalist receives a call from a corporate programmer who may or may not have invented an algorithm that can remove anonymity from the internet.
Characters: 1f, 1m
Run time: 80 minutes
Ideal for social distancing.
Shorter plays available on New Play Exchange!
Novels
Southern Girls with Big Vocabularies
Your best friends from childhood will always be with you, even if you’ve hated them for almost a dozen years. Spanning 1982-2007, this coming of age story alternates between the adventures of four Southern Catholic school girls bound for tragedy and the journey they make to reunite at a funeral shortly after turning 30.
The Men in Between
Viviane Sinclair's life is falling apart. Her six year relationship has ended; she's left the church and she's about to graduate into a recession economy. Plus, losing her virginity seems to be a lot more difficult than anyone ever led her to believe. After two years of giving ghost tours in Savannah, GA, she'll know what to do with her career, what she believes, and that she's found the next love of her life. But...there will be men in between.
Pilots
Fall of the Water City
High fantasy soap opera
Hour-long
Secret magical bloodlines clash at a masquerade mating ritual, oblivious to the fact that their city--which is almost 18th century Venice--is about to be besieged by outside forces.
Better Angels
Supernatural procedural
Hour-long
A queer academic occultist and her superhero-fanboy guardian angel follow prophetic visions to protect a transgender comic book artist from online harassment.
Play within a Play
Dramadey (musical)
Hour-long
A southern gothic spin on Slings and Arrows.
Evan's an actor whose wife left him with a struggling community theatre he can't afford. Tara is a disgraced director accused "teaching witchcraft" by touring Macbeth to schools. He has to convince her direct one more show to save his theatre (not just because they're secretly sleeping together) but nothing stays secret long in a small town like Savannah, GA.
Screenplay
The Men in Between
Romantic Dramadey (adapted from my novel)
Viviane Sinclair's life is falling apart. Her six year long relationship has ended; she's left the church; and she's about to graduate into a recession economy. Plus, losing her virginity is proving to be a lot more difficult than anyone ever led her to believe. One night, a guest on the ghost tour she gives in Savannah, Georgia tips her with a palm reading: in two years time, she'll know what to do with her career, where she belongs, and that the next love of her life is someone she already knows. But...there will be men in between.
Book to a Musical
Whiterock Cliff
Music & Lyrics by Ryan McCurdy
Book by Ellie Pyle
A new musical about the Appalachian Trail, in which a rock star and a novelist decide to walk toward each from opposite directions. The magic of the trail confronts them with personal trials, memories, hard truths and a lot of humor as they encounter ghosts, eccentric fellow travelers, and even a bear.
Characters: 2f, 2m, 2 any
Run time: 2 hours
Game Design
Shadow Soiree is a social game intended to be played at a large gathering.