
How it Works
How it Works
Anyone may check out a script to read in the Pillsbury House and Theatre lobby. To check out a script to read, ask at the front desk. Pick up a copy of the featured script, or browse the script index and check out something else to read. Write your name, date, and email address on the check-out slip, give the slip to the front desk, and turn the script back in when you are finished. All scripts must stay in the lobby and are not to leave the building.
What Scripts We Have
New Play Library Index
AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP | Aditi Brennan Kapil | Mixed Blood Theatre Company, 2011 |
ALIEN LOVE TRIANGLE part of Freshwater Goes Back to High School: An Anthology of One Acts |
Katherine Glover | Freshwater Theatre, 2013 |
ANGEL FAT | Trista Baldwin | The Playwrights’ Center, 2013 |
ASIAMNESIA part of Asian American Plays for a New Generation |
Sun Mee Chomet | Mu Performing Arts, 2008 |
THE AWAKENING | Laura Leffler-McCabe | Savage Umbrella, 2010 |
BAGMAN part of Naked Stages 2012 |
David T Steinman | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2012 |
BAHALA NA (LET IT GO) part of Asian American Plays for a New Generation |
Clarence Coo | Mu Performing Arts, 2007 |
BALLOONACY | Barry Kornhauser | Children’s Theatre Company, 2011 |
BEATNIK GISELLE | Sandbox Theatre | Sandbox Theatre, 2009 |
BEFORE YOU SPEAK part of Freshwater Goes Back to High School: An Anthology of One Acts |
Jeri Weiss | Freshwater Theatre, 2013 |
THE BEST SECRET SANTA PRESENT EVER IN THE HISTORY OF PECKINPAW HIGH SCHOOL part of Freshwater Goes Back to High School: An Anthology of One Acts |
Ira Gamerman | Freshwater Theatre, 2013 |
BLACKBIRD | David Harrower | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2008 |
BROKE-OLOGY | Nathan Louis Jackson | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2011 |
THE BROTHERS SIZE part of The Brother/Sister Plays |
Tarell Alvin McCraney | Pillsbury House Theatre and the Mount Curve Company, 2012 |
BULRUSHER | Eisa Davis | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2008 |
CARE ENOUGH | Carl Atiya Swanson | Savage Umbrella, 2012 |
CARTOON | Steve Ackerman | In the Heart of the Beast, 2014 |
CHING CHONG CHINAMAN part of Asian American Plays for a New Generation |
Lauren Yee | Mu Performing Arts, 2009 |
CRITICAL THINKING PLUCKS CHICKENS part of Freshwater Goes Back to High School: An Anthology of One Acts |
Janet M. Bristow | Freshwater Theatre, 2013 |
DEVON part of Naked Stages 2012 |
Zoe Sommers Haas | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2012 |
DOES THIS LOOK GAY ON ME? part of Better (or) Worse: The Anthology |
Ariel Leaf & Briana McNamara | Freshwater Theatre, 2012 |
DON’T CRY FOR ME part of Naked Stages 2011 |
Paulino Brener | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2011 |
EASY AS PIE | Chicago Avenue Project | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2014 |
EBBING part of Better (or) Worse: The Anthology |
Janet Bristow | Freshwater Theatre, 2012 |
EMMA WOODHOUSE IS NOT A BITCH | Laura Leffler-McCabe and Tanner Curl | Savage Umbrella, 2013 |
FOOL’S PARADOX part of Naked Stages 2009 |
Julia Babb | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2009 |
THE FUTURE OF SINCERITY part of Freshwater Goes Back to High School: An Anthology of One Acts |
Sam Graber | Freshwater Theatre, 2013 |
THE GREAT DIVIDE | Alan Berks | Workhaus Collective, 2013 |
HABAES CORPUS part of Naked Stages 2013 |
Zainab Musa | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2013 |
HAPPY VALLEY part of Asian American Plays for a New Generation |
Aurorae Khoo | Mu Performing Arts, 2005 |
HIDEBOUND | Erik Ehn | In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, 2012 |
homeWRECKER part of Better (or) Worse: The Anthology |
Anonymous | Freshwater Theatre, 2012 |
IN AND OUT OF THE BODY part of Naked Stages 2011 |
Moe Lionel | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2011 |
INDIAN COWBOY part of Asian American Plays for a New Generation |
Zaraawar Mistry | Mixed Blood Theatre, 2006 |
IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER part of The Brother/Sister Plays |
Tarell Alvin McCraney | Pillsbury House Theatre and the Mount Curve Company, 2012 |
I WOULD NEVER LIVE IN A SOCIAL DEMOCRACY. THE LINES ARE WAY TOO LONG. part of Better (or) Worse: The Anthology |
Valerie Borey | Freshwater Theatre, 2012 |
JUNE OF ARC | Ryan Hill | Sandbox Theatre, 2009 |
KING OF SHADOWS | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2009 |
KNOTDRAWN: MY GOODNESS, THE MILK, AND THE DADDY(BODY) BETWEEN MY FATHER AND MY SON part of Naked Stages 2009 |
Miré Regulus | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2009 |
LEAVES | Laura Leffler-McCabe and Tanner Curl | Savage Umbrella, 2013 |
LOVE PERSON | Aditi Brennan Kapil | Mixed Blood Theatre Company, 2008 |
MARCUS; OR THE SECRET OF SWEET part of The Brother/Sister Plays |
Tarell Alvin McCraney | Pillsbury House Theatre and the Mount Curve Company, 2014 |
MARK MY WORDS! | Chicago Avenue Project | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2012 |
MERCY KILLERS | Michael Milligan | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2014 |
METHONDS OF MASS OF DECEPTIONFINALBEGINNING part of Naked Stages 2010 |
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Pillsbury House Theatre, 2010 |
MIDDLE BROTHER | Eric Sharp | Mu Performing Arts, 2014 |
THE NARK part of Freshwater Goes Back to High School: An Anthology of One Acts |
Alissa M. Shellito | Freshwater Theatre, 2013 |
NO CHILD… | Nilaja Sun | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2009 & 2010 |
OH, FATHER… | Ryan Hill | Sandbox Theatre, 2012 |
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON | Chicago Avenue Project | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2013 |
PELICAN GIRLS part of Better (or) Worse: The Anthology |
Richard Ballon | Freshwater Theatre, 2012 |
POPLIN part of Better (or) Worse: The Anthology |
Ruth Virkus | Freshwater Theatre, 2012 |
THE PRIDE | Alexi Kaye Campbell | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2012 |
RAIN FOLLOWS THE PLOW | Rachel Nelson | Savage Umbrella, 2013 |
REIMAGINING OEDIPUS part of Freshwater Goes Back to High School: An Anthology of One Acts |
Tom Slot | Freshwater Theatre, 2013 |
THE ROAD WEEPS, THE WELL RUNS DRY | Marcus Gardley | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2013 |
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTARCTICA | Mat Smart | The Playwrights’ Center, 2013 |
SCAPEGOAT | Christina Ham | The Playwrights’ Center, 2013 |
THE SCARECROW AND HIS SERVANT | based on the book by Philip Pullman; adapted for the stage by Jeffrey Hatcher | Children’s Theatre Company, 2013-14 |
SCARS part of Better (or) Worse: The Anthology |
Greg Abbott | Freshwater Theatre, 2012 |
SCHADENFREUDE part of Better (or) Worse: The Anthology |
Jason Rainey | Freshwater Theatre, 2012 |
SINCE THE KIDS ARE GONE part of Better (or) Worse: The Anthology |
Michael Long | Freshwater Theatre, 2012 |
SECOND WEDDING part of Better (or) Worse: The Anthology |
Rachel Fynn | Freshwater Theatre, 2012 |
SEDUCING THOSE WHO ARE AFRAID part of Naked Stages 2009 |
Kelley Meister | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2009 |
A SHORT PLAY ABOUT 9/11 | Dominic Orlando | Workhaus Collective, 2011 |
SIA(B) part of Asian American Plays for a New Generation |
May Lee-Yang | Mu Performing Arts, 2008 |
A SMALL PLAY ABOUT MARRIAGE part of Better (or) Worse: The Anthology |
Jen Scott | Freshwater Theatre, 2012 |
TAKE THE CAKE | Chicago Avenue Project | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2013 |
VIGIL | Morris Panych | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2010 |
WAITING part of Better (or) Worse: The Anthology |
Emily Arachtingi | Freshwater Theatre, 2012 |
WALLEYE KID: THE MUSICAL part of Asian American Plays for a New Generation |
Music and Lyrics by Kurt Miyashiro; Book by R. A. Shiomi and Sundraya Kase | Mu Performing Arts, 2005 |
THE WONG KIDS IN THE SECRET OF THE SPACE CHUPACABRA, GO! | Lloyd Suh | Children’s Theatre Company, 2012-13 |
YOUR HEART IS IN MY MOUTH part of Naked Stages 2010 |
Janaki Ranpura | Pillsbury House Theatre, 2010 |
About Ruth Easton
About Ruth Easton
Actress Ruth Easton (née Edelstein) was born in North Branch, Minnesota and graduated from North Branch High School. She attended the University of Minnesota for one year and the following year attended Macalester College before finishing her collegiate career at Cumnock School in Los Angeles. She went on to New York where she studied acting with Oliver Morosco. Mr. Morosco opened a stock theater company in upstate New York where Ms. Easton starred in several plays. After performing with other stock theater companies, she returned to New York City where she appeared in five Broadway plays over a period of seven years. They included Exceedingly Small, Privilege Car, Town Bay, Buckaroo, and Charlie Chan. Exceedingly Small was directed by Ethel Barrymore and Easton played opposite Eric Dressler. New York critics praised her performance as “thoroughly touching” and “highly spirited and excellent.” She starred in radio dramas on the Rudy Vallee Hour and the Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour opposite such actors as Walter Huston, Judith Anderson and Lionel Barrymore. She also appeared with Clark Gable, Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson during the course of her career.
Ms. Easton’s legacy, her commitment to theater and the development of new works continues through the charitable gifts distributed through the Ruth Easton Fund of the Edelstein Family Foundation.
Just for Fun

For questions on the library, or to submit a new work that is being produced in the area, contact Elise Gumm, eliseg@pillsburyhousetheatre.org or 612-787-3622.