Crystal Jackson writes this blog to keep from yelling at strangers. She also writes plays.

THE SINGULARITY
(90 minutes – 6 m, 1 w)
Dodging dark matter, a transvestite nurse and a man obsessed with getting his arm cut off, Astrid encounters a few hurdles in her quest to get a simple medical procedure. The Singularity asks: What happened before the big bang? When they cut your arm off, do you get to keep it? And what’s that whistling noise?

AWARDS
2011: Leah Ryan Fund for Emerging Women Writers Award – Second Place

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FLAGELLATING THE BOSS
(20 minutes – 3 m, 2 w)
Three trod-upon employees have tied their boss up and rendered him unconscious. As they decide what to do next–kill him or set him free–he wakes up and gives them an easy out. Will they take it and lose their self respect, or deny him and suffer the consequences?

PRODUCTION HISTORY
2011: Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins Festival, Revolution Theatre Company – Chicago
2010: Between Us Productions – New York City (reading)
2010: Houston Fringe Festival, Six Of One Productions – Houston

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PLEASE REMOVE THIS STUFFED ANIMAL FROM MY HEAD
(12 minutes – 3 m, 1 w)
A man visits the Bureau of Stuffed Animal removal in hopes of having the little stuffed lion that has appeared on his head removed. The only catch? The procedure is potentially life threatening.

PUBLISHED
Original Works Publishing
Kindle Edition

AWARDS
2007: People’s Choice Award, Production Award – Venture Theatre

PRODUCTION HISTORY
2009: Looking Glass Forum – New York City
2007: In a Jar…at the Smithsonian, Six Of One Productions – Houston
2007: EstroGenius – New York City
2007: Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins Festival, Revolution Theatre Company – Chicago
2007: Subversive Shorts, Subversive Theatre Collective – Buffalo, NY
2007: Theatre Roulette, MadLab Theatre – Columbus, OH
2007: FemmeFest, Gene Frankel Theatre – New York City
2007: Kansas City Women’s Playwriting Festival – Kansas City, MO
2007: 12th Annual One Act Play Festival, Venture Theatre – Billings, MT
2006: International Short Play Festival, Intentional Theatre – Waterford, CT
2006: Monday Night FootFall, DiverseWorks – Houston (commission)

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MILITIA SLUMBER PARTY, OR EMBRACING THE NEW WORLD ORDER
(15 minutes – 3 m, 1 w)
Randy, Carl and JJ Jr. debate the details of their next mission to fight the black helicopters and tracking implants of the New World Order.

PRODUCTION HISTORY
2009: Houston Fringe Festival, Six Of One Productions – Houston
2008: Southwest Theatre & Film Association, 61st Annual Conference – Hot Springs, AR
2008: GLO 2008, Green Light Productions – New York City
2008: Women in Theatre: Houston Voices, A celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize – Houston (reading)