Kelly L. Passinault

Monologues (Ten-Minute, One-Person Shows)

Alina

Workshop & Staged Reading at Northern Michigan University

February, 2008

Drama 

Synopsis: A young girl, about 18, from the country of Moldova telling her story to a reporter of her experience in human trafficking. She was lied to and promised a good job but instead found herself on drugs, beaten, locked up, and a slave to the highest bidder. Based on several girls' true stories.

Nose Job

Workshop & Staged Reading at Northern Michigan University

February, 2008

Comedy/Absurdist

Synopsis: A man with a dream. A dream of being an actor. However, he finds out that everything he is, is wrong. He's too tall and not tall enough, he's too fat but not fat enough. His nose is too big, so he needs to go under the knife, but he has to pay for it. And much, much more. Everything that can possibly be wrong, is.

Ten-Minute Plays

Me Again

Produced within a collection of one-act plays called LOST & FOUND

Avery Schriber Theatre, North Hollywood

May 2010

Drama (written with found text from song lyrics, movies, TV shows, commercials, scraps of paper, etc.)

Synopsis: A woman in her 20s left her boyfriend of several years in New York and moved to Los Angeles. He comes to visit her and they rehash their past and attempt to reconcile and settle their relationship.

The Misadventures of Mickey

Produced within a collection of one-act plays called LOST & FOUND

Avery Schrieber Theatre, North Hollywood

May 2010

Comedy (written with found text from song lyrics, movies, TV shows, commercials, scraps of paper, real dialogues, etc.)

Synopsis: A woman named Mickey likes to spend her days at the bus stop, waiting for people to talk to and tell her stories to, whether these stories are true or not. One day, she finally meets her match.

Acceptance 

***Written Special for: World AIDS Day Commemorative Performances

Workshop & Performance at Northern Michigan University

Performed on Film for Public Channel 20 (December 2008)

December 2006, 2007, 2008

Drama

Synopsis: A successful, young man returns to his hometown after living several years in New York with his girlfriend. He meets up with his best friend and shares with her the news that he has contracted HIV through his girlfriend who has been sleeping around. We learn that he's come home to break the news to his family.

The Copper Clapper Caper (Based on the Johnny Carson Skit)

Script Editor 

Performance at Munising High School

March 2008

Comedy/Mystery

Synopsis: Copper Clappers have been stolen from Mr. Acme. Several suspects are interviewed by Seargant Friday.  After all of the suspects are interviewed in front of the audience, they all go to their places at various tables in the room. The audience then gets to analyze the Forensics evidence (including blood, shoe prints, fingerprints, and broken glass fibers). They even get to ask their own questions to the suspects and Friday (who get to improv their roles). Fun for the whole family. Can you solve the case of the Copper Clappers?

The Open Window (Adapted from Saki's The Open Window)

Workshop & Performance at Northern Michigan University

March, 2008

Dark Comedy

Synopsis: Frampton is a very nervous man. He decides, with the help of his doctor, that a week away in the country with settle his nerves. Since he's going to a place where his sister once spent some time, he decides it might help his stay if he meets a few people. She sends a letter to the Sappletons. A wonderful, older couple who resides in a country home with their niece, Vera. When Vera gets to playing with Frampton's head, he leaves confused and in a frenzy. But what exactly does she do to Frampton to make him storm out so quickly? It depends on what comes through the open window.

Let Go

Workshop & Performance at Northern Michigan University

April, 2008

Drama

Synopsis: A mother, Louise, takes her daughter, Janie, to visit Janie's boyfriend, Sam in prison in Chicago. When Janie finally gets her mother to leave her alone with Sam, she gets a chance to be alone with him in a visiting room at the prision. As she tries to confess to him that she's pregnant with his child, things flare up from the past. Did he beat her? What made Sam end up in prison? Was it Janie's fault? Who's to blame? This show ends with a heart-shattering, bone-chilling fight for life, maybe two lives.

One-Act Plays

Liquid Lies: A Play in One Act

Workshop and Staged Reading at Northern Michigan University

March, 2009

Dark Comedy

Synopsis: Alyssa returns home for her wedding. Having left at the age of 18 and never returning, she's sure to have some surprises waiting in the past. Her mother, Kim, seems to have made great changes in her life and now claims to be a recovering alcoholic. However, she takes her husband's Vicodin in order to keep control. After a work accident, her father, Bill, seems to have taken the opposite path in which all he can do to make it through the day is drink. Because of the wedding, her brother, Andrew, who is older, shows up to stay at the house. Conflicts arise when we learn that Andrew has just gotten into a fight (which left him dirty and bruised) and stole a car to make it home. Can the family survive a weekend of memories, fighting, heart-breaking, and deception?

 

Television

Untitled Pilot

Currently writing a television pilot... 

Freelance Content

Various projects through Demand Studios, Textbroker, and Bright Hub. I have content articles published on various sites. 

For more writing experience, check out my current and previous Employment or Contact Me!

*This is a brief sample of my experience, not a complete list.