Ten Minute DramasPlays for reading or performing in ten minutes or less. Written and adapted for radio by Alejandro Canelos.

Six Ways to Get Bit by a Rattlesnake

March 24, 2025
A young man with a troubled love life, discovers that there are “Six Ways to Get Bit by a Rattlesnake.”
CREDITS
Mike – Zachary Austin
Borchers – Patrick Burke
Stage directions – Betsy Kruse Craig
Directed by Betsy Kruse Craig
Photo by Allegra Canelos
Written and adapted for radio by Alejandro Canelos

Daughter Putting on Airs

March 24, 2025
The communication disconnect that arises when a child grows up and their parents struggle to recognize the changes in them.
CREDITS
Florence – Betsy Kruse Craig
Lenore – Edith Craig
Rodney – Matthew Staples
Stage directions – Alejandro Canelos
Directed by Betsy Kruse Craig
Photo by Allegra Canelos
Written and adapted for radio by Alejandro Canelos

Concussion, the Play

March 24, 2025
Woodpecker parents deal with their son's "failure to launch", while the teen himself is plagued by headaches that keep him from living up to his hard-headed father’s expectations.
CREDITS
Sarina – Betsy Kruse Craig
Kyle – Matthew Staples
Nat – Matthew Staples
Stage directions – Alejandro Canelos
Directed by Betsy Kruse Craig
Watercolor painting by Rachel Ivanyi
Written and adapted for radio by Alejandro Canelos

It's Saturday

March 24, 2025
A chance encounter between two people who may have known each other once before, but they are in very different places now.
CREDITS
Violet – Gretchen Wirges
Man on a Bench – David Alexander Johnston
Stage directions – Alejandro Canelos
Directed by Betsy Kruse Craig
Photo by Allegra Canelos
Written and adapted for radio by Alejandro Canelos

Chemistry

March 24, 2025
A young man finds his life forever changed by a family secret, and one woman’s hope that science can overcome her loneliness.
CREDITS
Lydia – Susan Claassen
Mediator – Dawn McMillan
Rene – Sean Hazen
Mr. Foster – Jonathan Zenz
Mrs. Foster – Betsy Kruse Craig
Original score by Alejandro Canelos, produced by Mike Levy at 11:11 Studios in Tucson
Stage directions – Alejandro Canelos
Photo by Esme Canelos
Directed by Betsy Kruse Craig

The Jack-O-Lantern

March 24, 2025
The supernatural invades suburbia, creating havoc for two young adults who are on their own.
CREDITS
Tina – Esme Canelos
Basil – Owen Green
Samantha – Betsy Kruse Craig
Stage directions – Alejandro Canelos
Directed by Betsy Kruse Craig
Graphic by Boo Mellinger
Written for radio by Alejandro Canelos
Original score by Alejandro Canelos, produced by Mike Levy at 11:11 Studios in Tucson
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