Plays by Mark Wyatt
fresh new plays ready for your stage
Plays by Mark Wyatt
fresh new plays ready for your stage
Honey, I'm Home!
Stage play/Comedy/25 pages
Shock. Joy! Fear ... Life after death takes on a literal and immediate tone in this most unexpected homecoming. Jashub, who died a year ago, appears to his family. His still-grieving wife is skeptical. His daughter is cautious. His son surprisingly believes the visitor really is his father! Jashub eagerly shares the joyous experience of heaven and his certainty that his Redeemer lives, savoring the time with his family before he returns to heaven. This intriguing scenario with equal parts love story, humor and gentle theology is based on an often overlooked Scripture about Jesus' resurrection: "The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life" (Matthew 27:52). A most unusual yet biblical approach for sharing the message of new life at Easter.
Parcel Post
Stage Play/ Comedy/ 82 pages
In 1913, it was legal to send children through the U.S. Mail. But, a postal employee had to travel along to make sure the “parcel” was delivered safely. Curmudgeonly postman Evergreen Munro is only one week from retirement when he is given an assignment to accompany 9-year old Newton Davenport from Birmingham, Alabama to the Gulf Coast after the boy is orphaned. The problem is that Munro doesn't like children, and they don't like him right back.
- WINNER, Chickasaw Civic Theater Writer's Project, 2022
- Official Selection, New Media Film Festival (Los Angeles), 2024
I Miss You Already
Stage Play/ Comedy/ 73 pages
Family will always be there for you. And there's nothing you can do about it. Have you ever wondered who would attend your funeral? What would they say? When a rumor circulates that Michael Starlington has died, his family decides to help him find that out by "throwing" him a funeral! Against his better judgment, Michael goes along with it. And that is when things start to go very, very wrong.
- WINNER, Chickasaw Civic Theater Writer's Project, 2023
- Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Stageplay Competition, 2024
- Available for preview and production as of 4/14/2025
- Scheduled for World Pemiere in April 2025 at Chickasaw Civic Theater (for tickets and info: www.cctshows.com)
CALAMINE
Stage Play/ Western/Thriller/ 95 pages
1882, Black Ankle, Texas. Wesley Haddon Chambers just wants to find his place in the world. And Calamine, his best friend, wants to help him. But Calamine is a cold-blooded killer, and he knows just what Haddon needs. As Calamine sets out to remove the obstacles--and people--that stand in Haddon's way, Haddon finds himself caught in the grasp of a madman.
Based on the popular song by Ross Newell, CALAMINE is a timeless story of acceptance and rejection, the search for identity, and the clash between goodness in the heart, and evil that goes clear to the bone.