Purpose: To assist in the promotion of No Shame as a growing network of member franchises by providing a source of quality scripts which new No Shames may use on nights when their line up is less than full so that their audience base may reasonably expect a full evening of theatre while they are building a core group of regular writers of their own.
Script pages marked with a indicate that the author(s) has/have given permission for their piece to be used by performers at other No Shames to supplement their show when there is a shortage of scripts locally.
The following writers have submitted some of their writings to the No Shame First Aid Kit. Be sure to check for the
Click on an author's name for their complete list of FAK scripts (last updated 12-15-03). If they have only one script included, the link will take you there directly. Also shown below, for ready reference, are links to scripts organized by scene type and cast size for greater ease in finding an appropriate text in a hurry.Scripts by author:Scripts by type or cast size breakdown:
- Brian Anderson (Los Angeles)
- Matt Baetz (Orlando)
- James Brown (Iowa City)
- Nick Clark aka Drake Iowa, Nick Lucre, Grizzly Nick Clark, INK LARCK, Dubious Sexuality Clark, Nicholas Chappy-Isafucker Clark, Nick "Sexy Has Never Been My Middle Name And I Will No Longer Tolerate These Slanderous Lies, Okay, Well, Maybe Just a Little" Clark, YOUR LOVER Nick Clark, Your Mom, Nick Clark, Yeovil Englund, Dee Troy, Nick "Clark Nick" Clark, and Nick Clark's Roommate (Iowa City)
- Margie DuBé & Jen Shepard (Iowa City)
- James Erwin (Iowa City)
- Adam Hahn (Iowa City, Austin)
- James Horak (Iowa City)
- James Horak and James Erwin (Iowa City)
- James Horak and Nick Clark (Iowa City)
- Joshua James (New York)
- Clinton Johnston (Charlottesville)
- Tabitha Lee (Orlando)
- Shannon McCormick (Austin)
- Scott McGee (Los Angeles)
- H.B. McGrew (Orlando)
- H.B. McGrew and Tabitha Lee (Orlando)
- Lee Moyer (Charlottesville)
- Sean Nitchmann (Charlottesville)
- Joshua Peskay aka Joshua Putnam Peskay (New York)
- N. David Philips (Charlottesville)
- Luke Pingel (Cedar Falls)
- Todd Ristau (Iowa City, Charlottesville, Roanoke)
- Mike Rothschild (Iowa City)
- John Shirley (Charlottesville)
- Michael Tabor (Iowa City)
- Clay Towery (Austin)
- Dave Ulrich (Orlando)
- Jesse Wozniak (Cedar Falls)
- Jesse Wozniak and Howard Zimmerle (Cedar Falls)
- Howard Zimmerle (Cedar Falls)
- Howard Zimmerle and Mike Collet (Cedar Falls)
- Monologues, including Poetry (male/female/neutral)
- Scenes with Two Men
- Scenes with Two Women
- Scenes with One Man and One Woman
- Large Cast Comic Scenes
- Large Cast Dramatic Scenes
- Songs and Other Musical Number
- Other Performance Pieces (mime, dance, stuff too weird to fit in a category, etc.)
Restrictions On Use:
1) Inclusion in the First Aid Kit implies permission to perform the piece ONLY at an AUTHORIZED No Shame franchise (i.e. one which has a presence at the www.noshame.org website).
2) Pieces MUST be given due authorship credit in the order for the evening in which the piece is included.
3) Performance of the piece must be as indicated by the stage directions and indications given in the original piece as posted in the library.
4) No changes or alterations may be made in the text, costuming, or blocking as originally given in the copyrighted text.
5) Notice must be sent to the the author during the following week that their script was performed at the franchise No Shame, by email directly to the author and/or through Jeff Goode at noshth@aol.com.
6) A "review" of the piece must appear on the host No Shame's message board during the week following the performance of the piece.
FAK pages created by Todd Ristau and John Shirley; maintained by John Shirley. Contact John by clicking here.