Donna Latham
Award Winning Author & Playwright
Donna Latham’s been making up stuff
Donna Latham’s been making up stuff, acting it out, and writing it down forever. Her plays have been produced coast to coast and across many ponds—all the way to Jarkarta. And We Will Share the Sky was a Kennedy Center Regional Finalist for the David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award and recipient of the National Theatre for Young Audiences Playwriting Award from the University of Central Missouri. Paddy and the Mermaid received an Honorable Mention Award from the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild. Selected credits: Glacial Decline was a finalist in the Gary Garrison Play Festival. Grievances and Whirligigs was part of the Biscuit Tin Reading Series in Belfast and had readings at No Shame Athens in Georgia and the EstroGenius Festival at Manhattan Theatre Source.
The Christmas Truce of 1914 was a semi-finalist
A Midnight Clear: The Christmas Truce of 1914 was a semi-finalist, Dionysus Cup Festival of New Plays, Polarity Ensemble Theatre Company, Chicago, and premiered at the Batavia Arts Council in the Chicago area. The Haunted Widow Lincoln, which went up at the Batavia Arts Council and Rover Dramawerks in Plano, Texas, was a semi-finalist for the Playwrights First Award and the Vittum Prize. It had readings with the Bechdel Group in NYC and Houston Scriptwriters. Coyote’s Moon went up at the La MaMa Theatre 50 Block Party in New York. Three by the Sea received its world premiere at the Looking Glass Theatre in New York. Donna’s plays are licensed with Chicago Dramaworks, YouthPLAYS, Brooklyn Publishers, and Heure.
PLAY SYNOPSES AND PERFORMANCE RIGHTS INFORMATION
10-Minute Plays
2 B or Nah 2 B: Sexting Hamlet (comedy, 2f, 2m)
You think your family’s crazy? Mine uncle boinks Mom with a hulking dad-bod. And sexts me. Oh woe, vile video!
(For scripts and performance rights, contact Donna Latham, donnamlatham@comcast.net)
Another Round o’ Proverbs (comedy, 4f)
Ach! There’s nothing so bad it couldn’t be worse. A red-hot nail on the tongue that said it. When Fiona kicks out her cheating partner, she seeks proverbial wisdom at the pub.
(For scripts and performance rights, contact Donna Latham, donnamlatham@comcast.net)
Bad Fit (comedy, 1f, 1m)
Andrea has had it up to her ears with Rocco’s new sidepiece, a fitness gizmo.
(For scripts and performance rights, contact Donna Latham, donnamlatham@comcast.net)
The Blouse That Swallowed Roma's Head (comedy, 2m, 2f)
After dieting and exercising herself into a frenzy, Roma's ready to rock her new bod. She squeezes into a too-too-tight top in a fitting room and launches a rescue attempt.
(For scripts and performance rights, contact Donna Latham, donnamlatham@comcast.net)
Do These Jeans Make My Butt Look Massive? (comedy, 2f)
Frantic Serafina hasn’t been on a date in ages. Just minutes before the doorbell rings, wise Coco rustles up a head-to-toe makeover.
(For scripts and performance rights, contact YouthPlays, www.youthplays.com info@youthplays.com 424-703-5315.)
Ethnically Ambiguous (drama, 3f)
Not White enough! Not Brown enough! Not Black enough! Ethnically ambiguous Maria battles discrimination because of her appearance.
(For scripts and performance rights, contact Donna Latham, donnamlatham@comcast.net)
An evening of Donna's short works goes up at Vero Voce in St. Charles,
Read the Chicago Tribune/Aurora Beacon-News article
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Fire Dogs Literature Guide for Teachers
Sniff out ways to explore Fire Dogs in the classroom with this literature guide Donna wrote. It's downloadable for one-time classroom use.
The lovely folks at the ASPCA and the Learning to Give Curriculum Division provide excellent classroom resources. The website offers more than 1,200 teacher-created, standards-based lessons. Lessons connect to service-learning, character education, and civic engagement to educate youth about the power of philanthropy. Check it out! http://www.learningtogive.org