Susan Shafer

Playwright

Susan Shafer, Ed.D., is an award-winning playwright of one-acts and a full-length, mostly on Jewish themes. Her short plays have received staged readings and productions in more than ten cities nationwide.

A former teacher, she is the author of two books for teachers (published by Scholastic) and several for kids. Susan is also an education writer, specializing in curriculum materials for the schools.

Play Roster

One Acts

Pass the Horseradish
Comedy-Drama 20 minutes
A lonely Jewish man and a young woman meet as patients in a hospital ER. Will the grumpy gentleman accept the woman’s invitation to Passover dinner?
1 m, 1 w

Pesach in Paramus
Comedy-Drama 20 minutes
In the driveway of her parents’ house, a young woman, with the help of her cardiologist cousin, tries to convince the old man to enter the house for a traditional holiday meal.
2 m, 1 w

Sadie and Ida
Comedy-Drama 40 minutes
Two elderly women roommates face a crisis when a letter arrives from the landlord.
2 women

The Beacon Street Babes
Drama 35 minutes
After years apart, three baby boomer friends meet to sort out the problem that broke them up as pals, and singing partners, when they were teens in New York. The play poses the question: Which is more lasting: friendship or family?
1 m, 3w

Lou Bitterman, Attorney at Law
Comedy, 10 minutes
The tables are turned in the office of a boorish lawyer.
1 m, 1 w

Milton’s Mishap
Monologue-Drama 5 minutes
An elderly man relives a street mugging in which the safety of his beloved wife’s wedding ring is at stake.
1 m

Full Length

A Woman on Paper
Drama Full Length 70 minutes
What really broke up the marriage between photographer Alfred Stieglitz and artist Georgia O’Keeffe?
3M (with doubling), 4W (with doubling)

Plays for Children (all published by Benchmark Education)

The New Colossus, 2007
Around the World in 80 Days, 2007
Thomas Edison, 2005
Ponce De Leon, 2005
Jesse Owens, 2005

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