Michael Mcgrinder: 11 books

One-Act/Dark Comedy 3m 2f We hate to see you go We hate to see you go We hope to hell you never come back We hate to see you go An Irish wake. A reluctant corpse. A few drinks. A few laughs. A few tears. Some bickering. Some fighting. An Irish wake. Seasoned playwright Michael...

"We got us a major booboo, bubaloo— We've got us a wounded God. And we gotta stop the bleeding..." _____________ What happened to the world? We happened. Humans, supposedly created in the image of a God who can only do for us what He can do through us. We were the beneficiaries of everything....

The story of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Contrary to some recent depictions of her, Mary is presented here as a loving, gentle woman who happened to be the mother of the most famous person in history. The story of Jesus' nativity is honored, but so is the fact that Mary was the mother of several children...

Come in please. I'd like you to pose for a poem. The title poem blurs the line between the solitude of written art and the more social realm of the visual arts. If you like the poetry of Robert Creeley, Frank O'Hara, Marianne Moore, and Alan Dugan, odds are good and you'll enjoy Poet's Model. The...

Isobel Gowdie has been unfairly labelled "The Witch Queen of Scotland," largely due to her confessions to witchcraft being a matter of historical record. Michael McGrinder tells Isobel’s story on a grand canvas spanning a period of seventeen years. This full-length play is not for...

One-act play 1m 1f Minimal setTwo people meet at a bus stop, neither able to speak the other’s language or the language of their new country, fall in love and live an entire life cycle. Or do they?Cited by Other Stages as “One of Off-Off’s Best”

One-act play A 3-minute play 2m 1w 1child/m or f May be performed free of royalty. Here's a little play that's as light as a snowflake. A cranky boss experiences the miracle of his first snowfall. A charmer that can be performed without a set, and the only prop needed is a flash camera. (The author won't mind if that's mimed.)

1m or 1f One-act monologueIn the guise of an AA share, performed as an audition piece. Humorous and heart-wrenching by a playwright whose hallmark is compassion.

Three mystical short-stories. - A conflicted angel takes an earthly furlough to consider his plight and encounters God as a beautiful woman. - An innocent walk begets a friendship that becomes deeper and more complex. - The J man is bewildered by all the wives he has accumulated in his absence. Can his cigar-chomping buddy help resolve the dilemma?

Drama One-act / 4m The Bundle Man is self-described as “a loving parody of Theatre of the Absurd” and its references to that genre are clear without being obvious. Into the company of three disparate (and desperate characters—a tyrant, a coward and a foppish lover, as at odds with each other...

Four one-act plays from early Off-Off-Broadway's golden age by the era's most prolific playwright, each at the request of such iconic producers as Ellen Stewart, founder of La Mama, Norman "Speedy" Hartman of The Old Reliable and Tony Bastiano of The Playwright's Workshop.