Patrick Thomas McCarthy Ptmc: Actor, director and playwright in New York City, New York.

The Lears: Fools of Fortune © 2013 ptmc Suggested by Shakespeare's KING LEAR, this contemporary American telling has Alzheimers addled Captain of Industry, Edgar Reginald Lehman Lear, gathering those closest to him for an advance reading of the will at Thanksgiving dinner. He has sold the family estate, and will go to live with those that love him best. Will his daughters Anneril and Reagan retain the family wealth & to what lengths will they go to do so? Will disinherited gay son Cord, reappear as home health care nurse, Cordelia Learson? And will the Storr family, Glen Storr Esquire, Edmond "Monty" Storr, and Edgar "Ned" Storr find their way into the tangle? Homicide, a blinding, betrayal, abuse, sibling rivalries, cross dressing, arm wrestling and even loyalty, redemption & love find their way into the turbulent mix. Characters: 5 men 2 women Mr. Edgar Reginald Lehman Lear – patriarch, man of business Ms. Anneril Lehman Lear – oldest daughter Ms. Reagan Lehman Lear – the other daughter Mr. Cord Lear/ Ms. Cordelia Learson – youngest child Mr. Glen Storr Esquire – business partner, family lawyer Mr. Edgar “Ned” Storr/ Ned o’ Bedlam – primary son, not straight Mr. Edmond “Monty” Storr – bastard son, personal trainer, escort, straight

sExtOrtiOn, (C) 2013 by ptmc A lonely outcast hatches a scheme that draws his entire high school and its Middle American community into the harrowing world of teen sexting. Posing as a girl on a social media site, he entices his classmates to send him compromising photos and videos, then “sextorts” them into physical encounters with the threat of exposure. Suggested by an actual teen “sexting” and extortion scandal, sExtOrtiOn digs beneath the superficial and sensationalistic treatments in national media accounts to explore the roots of adolescents’ fluid sexual identity, experimentation, and recklessness, plus the consequences of bullying, pack behavior, and hidden violence. sExtOrtiOn takes place over a year during which none of the “sextorted” boys reveals what is happening until the central character inexplicably turns himself in. Over the course of the play’s 90 minutes, the nine characters of sExtOrtiOn struggle to make sense of the story’s myriad unanswered questions & to disguise what is actually happening.

VARIED LIVES synopsis Mr. Donald John Falstaff, a brewer from Milwaukee, striving for more than just a quiet weekend in the country, throws Mr. Fenton Philip Ford's estate, Ford Farms, and its all male cast of characters into chaos. Set in a time when gay marriage wasn’t even a topic for discussion and adoption the only legal recourse, VARIED LIVES examines the relationships of 6 men who opt for the only solutions available to them. "Modelled" upon Shakespeare’s MERRY WIVES of WINDSOR, VARIED LIVES is set in the 1930s American Midwest and suggested by the life & times of American philanthropist Robert Allerton and Allerton Park.

PRIDE RIVER CROSSING: A Spoon River for a New Century By Patrick Thomas McCarthy ptmc © 2011 Registration# PAU003569759 Anchored in the heartland, PRIDE RIVER CROSSING channels SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY's otherwordly voices to comment on contemporary LGBTQ life in America, featuring 49 characters, 40 interconnecting monologues, and 13 connecting scenes.

PANDER...ing (C) 2020 by Patrick Thomas McCarthy ptmc What if Shakespeare felt remorse in presenting Henry VI’s Joan la Pucelle, & Troilus & Cressida’s Pandarus, calling upon the patronage of Queen Elizabeth I to assist him in giving both the Pander & Joan d’Arc makeovers. Perhaps change history in the process? Achilles, Patroclus, Mistress Overdone, Anne Hathaway, Mrs. Aphra Behn, Edward DeVere and even a Gallant Stool join in the fray. And what’s that underlying thrum regarding authorship?