Welcome to my website! - which chronicles much of my playwriting efforts these past many years, but not all of my plays - below are the full scripts of all the plays referenced in my recently published diary, ‘What The Hell With The Hat?’- some of the plays have already been produced, and some are not yet produced - if you are interested in producing one of my plays you can reach me at edballou@icloud.com, and I will respond - Ed

Pocketa-Pocketa

A one-act play about a couple forced to confront their relationship during shelter-in-place - she shelters with her books and he shelters in his old Mercedes diesel - also available for view on YouTube..

Pocket-Pocketa by Ed Ballou

The Glimmer

My one-act play about a battling alcoholic couple whose lives are intersected by a young man unlucky in love and suicidally bent - produced this past summer in Greenwich Village - recently produced as a Zoom play, and available now for free viewing on YouTube - just type Pocketa-Pocketa into the search bar, or click on this link:

https://youtu.be/_h3fBIHxXV4

the Glimmer PDF by Ed Ballou on Scribd

Nuclear Fall-in

My one-act about an American couple who lived too close to a nuclear power plant and mutated - produced in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2008..

Nuclear Fall-In by Ed Ballou on Scribd

Another Depression

My full-length comedy about a dishwasher who moonlights as a jazz DJ - self-produced in San Francisco in 2010..

Another Depression by Ed Ballou on Scribd

On The Celebration of Being Alone

A one-act about a man whose job describes him as a number - produced in San Jose in 1972 and in New York City in 2019..

On the Celebration of Being... by Ed Ballou on Scribd

Is There Life on Mars?

My one-act comedy about a couple who have a Mars Viking Lander mistakenly land in their dining room overnight - produced in Berkeley in 1982..

Is There Life on Mars? by Ed Ballou on Scribd

Crest of the Waves

An old sea captain, his grandson and the Black girlfriend who comes to visit, and its impact on retired life in Florida - not yet produced..

Crest of the Waves by Ed Ballou on Scribd

Tapestry of a Conquest

The story of 1066 and all that - not yet produced..

Tapestry of a Conquest by Ed Ballou on Scribd

Not yet produced..

The Glimmer Full-length by Ed Ballou on Scribd

Lake Gothic

Romantic writers in 1816 challenge each other to write a ghost story on a rainy night in a villa in Switzerland, resulting in the appearance of an ancient Persian mystic, doppelgängers, and the birth of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ - not yet produced..

Lake Gothic by Ed Ballou on Scribd

Lake Brimstone

An ancient mystic, a water clock, Greek gods and dopplegangers , all set in the Underworld - nott yet produced..

Lake Brimstone - a Gothic play by Ed Ballou on Scribd

Last Teller

The last two members of the Neanderthal species - not yet produced..

Last Teller by Ed Ballou on Scribd

Push The Lever

A one-act whodunnit about a the theft of a bar in a safe overnight - produced in New York City in 2019..

Push the Lever by Ed Ballou on Scribd

The Flophouse

A one-act about a family living on the edge of a freeway, waiting for redemption - produced in Berkeley, California, in 1970..