Debra A. Cole

Debra A. Cole is an award-winning playwright, director, and theatre/writing/arts educator from Kansas with degrees in journalism, education, and art history. Her one act play THE WRINKLE RANCH took AUDIENCE FAVORITE at Short + Sweet Perth, Australia. Her one act play Cold War can be found with Off The Walls Plays, and one act play SMALL TALK can be found at Heuer Publishing. Debra is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and an active member of a playwriting group for Kansas City area playwrights as well as The Literary Discourse Society out of Devon, England. Adult One-Acts: Performances/Recent Staged Readings/Conference Selections: Short + Sweet Dubai Endeavour Theatre, Perth, Australia Short + Sweet, Perth, Australia Short + Sweet, Sydney, Australia Short + Sweet, Illawarra, Australia The Talisman Theatre Group, Midlands, United Kingdom Whiskey Theatre Factory, Orlando, Florida The Secret Theatre - Long Island City, NY Potluck Productions, Kansas City, MO Midwest Dramatist Conference, Olathe, KS Herald of the Hope Theatre Company, Washington D.C. The Playground Experiment - Faces of America Monologues, NYC Grand Rapids Civic Theatre - semi finalist and finalist Mad Lab Theatre Roulette, Columbus, OH Crafton Hills College’s New Works Festival for 2022 Gi60: The International One Minute Theatre Festival - UK Live Edition 2022 Theatre Lawrence, Lawrence, KS Gi60: The international One Minute Theatre Festival - Houston, TX 2022 Debra has over 70 Children's One Act Plays Available on www.dramanotebook.com, and 4 full length children's plays, 1 children's musical, 12 monologues, and 10 adult one act plays ready for any interested company/director. She is flexible and willing to work with any company/director.

WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Website: https://newplayexchange.org/users/30609/debra-cole

MORE ABOUT ME
I adore telling stories that challenge everyday thought.

WHAT I'M WORKING ON
I write daily. THAT is my current project outside of running productions.

KEYWORDS
​Humor, dark comedy, youth audiences, drama, equality, tension, one minute plays, 10 minute plays