Stage Plays
written by Mary Bonnett
Current Play
DOWN CAME THE RAIN A play about child exploitation for 4th-6th graders.
THE CHICAGO TRAFFICKING CYCLE
SHADOW TOWN A play about domestic sex trafficking: the supply side.
THE JOHN A play about man who buys trafficked girls and what it costs his family and community.
MONEY MAKE’M SMILE. A play about domestic trafficking of youth. Written for 7th-12th graders.
MONGER A play about the world of men online who purchase trafficked humans.
MIA, Where Have All The Young Girls Gone? A play about missing girls in America.
SOCIAL ISSUE PLAYS
INVISIBLE A full length play on the rise of the modern day 1920s Women of the KKK.
SIDE SHOW The life of a trauma-based survivor of Sex Trafficking.
GLOSS OVER a collection of monologues based on the lives of homeless women.
GLOSS OVER II a full length play based on the lives of homeless women .
SHORT PLAYS
A Haunting Follows a Ghost Childl in Mississippi.
Sub Rosa A mother and daughter come to terms with the past sins of the father.
White African Mask A man’s journey from the South to the North.
CHILDREN'S PLAYS
Cleaver and Whizjam On The Isle of Oogle A young girl and her frog fall from the sky and land in crazy.
History of A Fool An adaptation of classics of the “fool” in literature, from the ancients to the present.
MONOLOGUES
Chicago: Voices From The Streets
Chicago's Living History Voices of Chicago’s Famous Game Changers.
HISTORICAL SHORT PLAYS
Radical Ideas! Women and The Vote. Illinois women who fought to win the right to vote.
The Ninth Floor Door Blocked Justice of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
Me and Louie Armstrong. A lengthy monologue on the life of Chicago activist, Sylvia Woods.
Penned In A Suitcase Marjorie Stern - a life.
The Thread That Binds A tribute to Lillian Herstein and Agnes Nestor.
Si Se Puede - The Life Journey of Dolores Huertas.
Remember, The Ladies. The journey and struggle of the American Women’s Right To Vote.
And The River Ran Green. The Rise of the Irish in Chicago.
Chicago: It's Beginnings. The origins of Chicago and its growth.
ADAPTATION
Looking At Yourself: A Collage of Women's Voices. A two woman show of life, relationships and endings.