When conservative, white Southern-belle Natalie, arrives in New York City to collect the belongings of her dead twin sister, she meets Kendra, and learns that her sister’s roommate is not only black, but also, more than just a roommate. She must confront her sister’s choices, as well as her own fears and racism.

play by Gabrielle Wagner

When ultra-conservative, Southern-belle Natalie, arrives in NYC to collect the belongings of her recently deceased twin sister, she meets liberal-AF Kendra, and learns that her estranged sister’s “roommate” is not only black, but also more than just a roommate. Natalie comes face to face with her late sister’s life and wife, and is forced to confront her own. As she peels back the layers of her twin’s life, her own begins to unravel – being held tenuously together by near empty bottles of Xanax and Klonopin. Kendra and Natalie find their mutual love of Jasmine begins to outweigh their resentment of each other. But when Natalie’s dangerous past shows up on Kendra’s doorstep, a terrifying moment unites them, finding more solace in building each other up than tearing each other down. Panic attacks, pot brownies and pocket aces help them deal with grief, guilt and unexpected guests. ‘All-in’ with one card to come, will they stay at odds or make the right read on each other?

full length play

100 minutes

2w, 1 m

Transformation Theatre, Reading Series, Washington D.C, 2024

Playwrights Round Table, Reading/Workshop, Orlando, FL, December 2023

SheNYC Summer Theatre Festival, The Connelly Theatre, NYC, July 30-31, 2022

Workshop Production, The Theatre Project, August 20-25, 2021

First Reads Festival at PlayGround Experiment August-September 2020

Readings, Primary Stages, March-May 2020

Readings, the PlayGround Experiment, Feb. 2019, Aug. 2019, Nov. 2019

For more INFORMATION about POT ODDS*
*Licensed with SheNYC Arts
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Two self-proclaimed misfits navigate illusion and reality. Or do they?

A short play by Gabrielle Wagner Mann

“Catch 23” makes makes your brain twist a bit while you figure out what is real and what is illusion, and maybe says something about the over-medicating that happens in the mental health industry.

a short play

10 minutes

1m, 1w, 1 m/w/non-b

29th Annual Jersey Voices, The Chatham Playhouse, Chatham, NJ, July/Aug. 2023

Reading at Playground Experiment, NYC, March 2023

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Anna is pregnant, but can’t get a word in edgewise long enough to tell her rich, deal-wheeling boyfriend, Harry, until ultimately, she’s faced with some information that makes her decide that her self-worth is worth more than his net-worth.

Play by Gabrielle Wagner

“Net Worth” is a short play that puts a modern twist on the Aesop Fable, A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush. Harry is juggling too many “deals.”  Anna is growing tired of being juggled.

a short play

13 minutes

1w, 2m

2nd Annual Short Play Festival, SCC, Somerset, KY, Workshop in October 2023, Production in March 2024

Think Fast One-Act Festival, Burgdorff Center for Performing Arts, Maplewood, NJ, Feb. 2020

Reading at Playground Experiment, NYC, March 2019

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Can a break from WiFi bring a family back together?

Book by Gabrielle Wagner
Music by Bryan Blaskie
Lyrics by Lawrie Chiaro

“iWish” is a short musical (or play) that takes a look at a how a modern family deals with their estrangement from each other in the digital age. Becca, a precocious 12 year old has ‘had it’ with her parents addiction to electronic devices and today she finally does something about it.

short, one-act musical

15 minutes

2w, 2m

Production at Studio C in Hollywood, CA, August, 2014

Production at UC Irvine, Digital Natives Festival, March 2013

NMI performances at Colony Theatre, Burbank, CA, June 2012

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An estranged mother and daughter heal old wounds through a young Italian ex-pat who adopted the elderly mother in her ‘Adopt-a-Senior’ program.

by Gabrielle Wagner

“Mother May I” is a mother/daughter/mother’s adopted friend love/hate triangle story.

a full-length play

90 minutes

3w, 1 m

Reading at The PlayGround Experiment’s ‘Drop and Give me 10″ September 2021

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During the pandemic, a woman and her daughter move from NYC, to her mom’s in rural Pennsylvania, while the handsome new music teacher there tries to get her to stay permanently.

by Gabrielle Wagner

“Harmony, PA” is a story of coming home when you didn’t think you wanted to.

a short play

10 minutes

3w, 1 m

Written for Summit Playhouse “Bake-off” July 2020

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Can Ellie reconcile her past to allow her to move forward with her future and enjoy the present?

Play by Gabrielle Wagner

In “Life is What Happens,” a young woman on the brink of starting a new life and family attempts to keep up a tradition she had with her late father, inadvertently causing her to face her fears and make peace with his death so she can move forward with life.

a short play

15 minutes

1w, 2m

Reading at Playground Experiment, NYC, June 2019

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Buy a Groupon to contact the dead?  What could possibly go wrong?

play by Gabrielle Wagner

The “The Groupon” is a comedy about a man, looking for answers, who buys a Groupon for a medium to help him contact his late wife.  What could possibly go wrong?

a short play

10 minutes

1w, 1 m

“Virtual” reading at Primary Stages, May 2020

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Inspired by Shanley’s Doubt, a priest schemes to gain the trust of a young boy for questionable purposes. Or does he?

play by Gabrielle Wagner

“Bull Sessions” is a drama about a priest who may or may not be grooming a young boy. 

a short play

10 minutes

2 m, 2 w (or 1 with doubling)

Virtual reading with Luna Stage, August 2021

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A college student, struggling with her art theory paper, gives in to getting drunk with her roommate and receives a visited from the each “Theory” to help her find her artistic voice. 

play by Gabrielle Wagner Mann

“Drunk Theory” takes a page out of the Drunk History play book to help a college student find her artistic voice and finish her paper before deadline.

a short play

15 minutes

3 w, 4 m

Virtual reading with PlayGround Experiment, November 2020

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A young woman enters a bar, not intending to reveal her deep sea secrets or create an irreverent bond with the unassuming bartender.

play by Gabrielle Wagner Mann

“Numb” is a short play about unexpected loss, grief and unconventional coping mechanisms.

a short play

10 minutes

1 w, 1 m

Virtual reading with PlayGround Experiment, October 2021

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