About me

Douglas has worked as a mental health counselor, a Soldier, a bellhop, and an intelligence analyst. He currently resides in the Tampa, FL area.

His play, The Fat Sergeant, was published by Next Stage Press in 2023.

Life is Small was the winning play in the 2024 Savage Wonder Competition for Full-Length Plays.

His play, The Manager, was selected as the winning play of the New Play Festival, by The Players Centre for Performing Arts in Sarasota FL in July 2020. It was subsequently produced by the Players Centre for three staged performances in July 2022. It was part of the Valdez Theatre Festival Play Lab in June 2023.

Just Like Stealing, was selected as a Finalist for the 2019 Blue Ink Playwriting award, at the American Blues Theater in Chicago, IL. It was awarded a residency for development at The Greenhouse Theatre program at Florida International University and received a public reading in June 2021. The play was a finalist for the 2021 New Play Festival, at The Players Centre for Performing Arts in Sarasota FL, and received a public (online) reading in August 2021.

 

My Plays

Act V


Synopsis:

Concerned parents Gus and Cheyenne intervene to protect their young son, Marcus, when he is headed down a very dark path. But as their boy begins to improve and even thrive, their marriage disintegrates. Facing impending unemployment Gus descends into loneliness, isolation, and paranoia as he struggles to make sense of his life’s final act.

https://newplayexchange.org/script/3201234/act-v


Number of Characters: 5


Minimum Number of Actors Required: 5


Length (in Pages): 105


Location: USA present day; scenes take place in a teenager\\\'s bedroom, and a garage fitted out as a crude workout room.


Key Words: drama, family, paranoia, divorce, parenthood


Has the Play Been Produced? No


Are the Rights Available? Yes


Has the Play Been Published? No


Award nominations/wins:


Reviews:

Life is Small


Synopsis:

It's Christmas time in southern Florida. Dominic Duluth lives alone, with only his dog's remains to talk to. His son Jedi has not been home for seven years but is now in big trouble at a local park just down the street. An angry plumber (and father of a young girl) is holding Jedi for the police, after roughing him up a bit. A distracted police officer named Maureen arrives on the scene to sort it all out, to decide who needs to go to jail. Merry Christmas everyone!


Number of Characters: 3


Minimum Number of Actors Required: 3


Length (in Pages): 82


Location: Southern Florida, USA, present day; scenes take place in a public park and inside a home.


Key Words: fathers, sons, daughters, manhood, divorce, forgiveness


Has the Play Been Produced? No


Are the Rights Available? Yes


Has the Play Been Published? No


Award nominations/wins:


Reviews:

The Fat Sergeant


Synopsis:

Knight is an Army Reserve Soldier well past his prime. He is sent to a desolate base in Wisconsin for a month of annual training. But upon reporting Knight fails his Army 'fat test'. Now he must lose some weight quickly or else lose his rank and be sent home. While brooding and drinking in his motel room he meets an Iraqi native, Ahmad, who is the motel maintenance man (at least that’s what his uniform says). Ahmad doesn’t seem to know how to fix anything, much less the broken heat in Knight’s room. These two men will try to make sense of why they’ve been brought together, discuss some painful questions about the past, and ultimately try to muster the strength to march on and repair their broken lives.


Number of Characters: 5


Minimum Number of Actors Required: 5


Length (in Pages): 84


Location: Wisconsin, USA, Army installation, inside of cheap motel room


Key Words: drama, forgiveness, war, family, friendship, regrets


Has the Play Been Produced? No


Are the Rights Available? Yes


Has the Play Been Published? Yes


Award nominations/wins:


Reviews:


Production Photos/Posters/Playtext Cover:

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Florida, USA

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