Cameron Bauder
Below is a collection of my writing for the stage. Please enjoy exploring the different worlds and characters!
Plays
Stories for the Stage
I Held Hands with Death
1 Hour Play
Genre - Fantasy Drama
As Seth wakes up in a cemetery, he struggles to remember who he is. He only remembers that he should be dead. A year later a young girl wakes up and learns that she has died as well. They soon find out that their second chance comes with a price. Whoever they touch will instantly die. Together, the two search for their lives’ meanings, the memories from when they were alive, and what lead to their unfortunate deaths. Along the way they learn the value of life, forgiveness, and the purest form of love.
Fin
2 Hour Play
Genre - Coming of Age
Five students enter their senior year hoping for an easy last two semesters. When their crazy teacher, Mr. McCormick assigns them to write an entire novel by the end of the year they'll find out they've got a lot to learn in the final leg of their High School career. With a year of drama, laughs, and adventure ahead, the students look deeper into themselves to discover the story sleeping within.
The Final Game
30 Minute Play
Genre - Psychological Horror
A man and a woman walk into a bar. What might sound like the beginning of a joke is actually the beginning of a horrible nightmare. The two soon learn that they have died and must play a terrible game where the winner gets to go back to the land of the living. Only one can win and both will have to learn about the other and what they'll do to survive.
Next Time it Rains
10 Minute Play
Genre - Drama
One rainy night two strangers, a man and a woman, stand on the side of the road waiting for the bus. One with an umbrella. One without. After offering his umbrella to her, the two soon begin a conversation about the weather and discuss their very different opinions about rain and its purpose in the world.
Spaces
10 Minute Play
Genre - Supernatural Drama
When Charlie enters a painter's studio, he is soon convinced by the painter to have his portrait painted. As the painter begins, she asks him questions leading Charlie to worry if the portrait will turn out how he expects. A story about life and connections, Spaces will change the way you paint your life.
Waiting for the Stars
10 Minute Play
Genre - Supernatural Drama
When Noah recieves an invitation to a reunion for his old high school club, memories resurface. Both the good and the bad.
A Tale from the End
10 Minute Play
Genre - Pre-Apocalyptic Drama
With a meteor set to crash into Earth in the next two days the world is about to end. In the midst of this chaos a man named Jason befriends a sick little girl in the hospital. When the Doctor threatens their friendship Jason will have to decide if he's strong enough to reveal his true identity to her before The End.
Red Bird
10 Minute Play
Genre - Fantasy Drama
Every night Scott dreams about a girl he's never met. When he suddenly wakes up inside her dream he must do everything he can to save her from the nightmare that keeps her asleep.
Diary of a Superhero
10 Minute Play
Genre - Superhero Family Drama
After the death of their father, a real life superhero, two brothers, Stanley and Parker each start a video diary to put their thoughts and emotions into. When it's time for someone to take up the mantle of the superhero name Icarus, both brothers separately videotape their journeys and discover what it means to be a Hero.