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!

Musicals

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