About the Play:

Glamorgan and Other Plays is a collection of short plays and monologues by Don Nigro. This eight play collection is a diverse mixture of strangeness laced with dark humour and supernatural terror. The title play, Glamorgan, is an eerie, Gothic precursor to Don Nigro's long sequence of Pendragon County plays. There's a little something for everyone here in this densely packed treasure chest of curiosities and horrors.

Glamorgan is a long one-act drama that tells of Jane Lamb's heritage of passion and madness through three generations. Owen Pendragon, the angry last Lord of Pendragon Castle, who has already buried three young wives, arouses first the pity and then the love of a beautiful servant girl. She dies giving birth to Mary, his child. Mary is mad and she burns the castle with Owen in it before fleeing to American with her schoolmaster, Zachary Lamb. The ghosts of Mary's parents haunt her; the madness returns and, in a series of breathtaking lurches through time and space, the play moves to a horrifying conclusion. One of the eccentric Pendragon plays, the darkly poetic story is told as an intricately interwoven and highly theatrical nightmare that pulls you into a passionate, sardonic and darkly beautiful world. (Cast: 3 female, 2 male)

Fair Rosamund and Her Murderer is a short dark comedy. Rosamund is the mistress of King Henry II of England, and incurred the wrath of his jealous wife. The king has secluded Rosamund in a rose garden at the center of a labyrinth to keep her safe. Here she lives a lonely life until his queen sends an assassin to penetrate the formidable labyrinth that protects her husband's famously beautiful young mistress. The killer makes his way through the maze and gazes into Rosamund's lovely eyes. A strange romance flowers. Fair Rosamund and Her Murderer is a romantic love featuring rich language, appealing characters, wry humor and a dark medieval elegance. Performed in 2023 by Kaley Cuoco and Tom Pelphrey at the Colony Theater in Burbank. (Cast: 1 female, 1 male)

Give Us a Kiss and Show Us Your Knickers is a 10-minute dark comedy. This is a wicked little play about roommates and a new boyfriend. Amy usually falls in love with awful men and is ecstatic about finding the sensitive and caring Wes. She leaves Page to entertain him on the front porch. Page tells Wes strange tales about Amy's obsession with the people on The Benny Hill Show (one of England's most famous television series), her history of mental illness, and her compulsion to go after men with an ice pick. What is actually going on and who is really crazy? (Cast: 2 female, 1 male)

Major Weir is a 10-minute dark comedy. This supernatural play takes place in a famous haunted house: the former home of Major Weir and his demented sister who were executed in Scotland in 1670 for devil worship. Here the Major must relive his story each night while his mad sister spins at her wheel and plays with her doll. Major Weir will cast a spell on all who see it. (Cast: 1 female, 1 male)

Necropolis is a short drama. In a room in an eastern European country torn by civil war, a journalist and a strangely detached young girl with whom he has spent the night discover that they are strongly attracted. His probing questions elicit the fact that she is a sniper who kills anyone she feels might be an enemy of her people. What follows is an uncannily timely and rather powerful debate about war, hatred, revenge, and the right to play God. (Cast: 1 female, 1 male)

Squirrels is a 10-minute drama. In this demented monologue a young woman gives birth to hundreds of squirrels. She relates the difficulties of trying to name and keep track of them, the traumatic effect they have on her cat, and her mixed feelings about their sudden departure for the woods. Wildly funny, Squirrels is a play about the mystery of creation that is unlike anything you have ever seen. (Cast: 1 female)

The Weird Sisters is a 10-minute drama. A woman believes her unborn twin sister is living in her skull. The sister speaks in tongues and urges her to increasingly bizarre and alarming acts. Vivid, strange and haunting, rich in language and atmosphere, The Weird Sisters is a play that you will never forget. (Cast: 1 female)

Within the Ghostly Mansion's Labyrinth is a 10-minute dramatic comedy. Lonely old Mrs. Winchester, having lost her family tragically, is advised by the spirits to build them a house. She spends years constructing a grotesque labyrinthine mansion. Now she wonders if the ghosts are friends or out to get her. Strange, funny, beautiful and sad, this spectral monologue will haunt you. (Cast: 1 female)

About the Playwright:

Don Nigro is a prolific American playwright with over 400 works touching on a wide variety of themes including murder mysteries (the Inspector Ruffing series), American history (the Pendragon County plays), Russian life and culture, art and artists, and more. His work has been produced around the world and translated into ten languages. He has twice been a finalist for the National Repertory Theatre Foundation's National Play Award, and has won a Playwriting Fellowship Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as grants from the Ohio Arts Council.