2025-2026 Season

December in New York, New York

“Unproduceable” High Water Line as part of The International Human Rights Art Festival 25: Climate Change Action. December 12, 7:00 p.m., The TANK, 312 W. 36th St., New York, NY. Buy tickets here.

November in Sumy, Ukraine

On the Cross Bronx, staged reading at Shchepkin National Theater of Drama and Musical Comedy as part of Voyage Theater Company’s play exchange through the Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings/CITD's LINKAGES: UKRAINE project. November 5, Sumy, Ukraine.

One of three American playwrights given this honor.

How incredible are these Ukrainian theater makers? From one of the primary American organizers:

“A packed house just a few minutes ago in Sumy for readings of contemporary Ukrainian and American plays. Dmytro Ternovyi and I joined the artistic director Dmytro Nekrasov of the Sumy Theater of Drama and Musical Comedy to kick off the US segment of the evening. Nekrasov told me that Sumy is on the front lines, it is a city at war, but they are standing, they are reading contemporary plays, and they are ready to do more. Yeah. Wow. That's our kind of people.

Oh, yeah: And they were in a bit of a hurry because there is a chance their electricity will be turned off at 8 pm local time...”

Here’s a trailer. On the Cross Bronx features a woman giving birth and a cop trying to help her.

October in California

EMMY-winning 3 SECONDS IN OCTOBER rebroadcast on PBS

To mark the twelve-year anniversary of the killing of Andy Lopez at the hands of then-Sonoma County deputy Sheriff Erick Gelhaus, two Bay Area PBS stations re-broadcast 3 SECONDS IN OCTOBER: THE SHOOTING OF ANDY LOPEZ.

Vicki won a Regional EMMY Award in the San Francisco/Northern California region as story editor/producer of the documentary. It was named the best in its category of “Societal Concerns - News or Long Form Content.”

Narrated by actor Peter Coyote with investigative consulting by Lowell Bergman, formerly of CBS’ “60 Minutes.” Produced by Blue Coast Films, LLC in association with PBS/Northern California Public Media.

Re-broadcast on regional PBS stations KPJK Channel 60 (South Bay) October 22 and KRCB Channel 22 (North Bay) October 23.

July in Kharkiv, Ukraine

High Water Line, staged reading at Theatre na Театр на Жуках - Theatre na Zhukah as part of Voyage Theater Company’s play exchange through the Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings/CITD's LINKAGES: UKRAINE project. July 17, Pintagon Art Club, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

July in Kharkiv, Ukraine

On the Cross Bronx, staged reading at Theatre na Театр на Жуках - Theatre na Zhukah as part of Voyage Theater Company’s play exchange through the Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings/CITD's LINKAGES: UKRAINE project. July 17, Pintagon Art Club, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

May in Abeline, Texas

Final Rest, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, TX. Directed by Dayna Steyn.

April in Atlanta, Georgia

Rockaway Park 2012, the Authenticity Theater Authentic 10 Showcase 2025, Frat Pack Productions, Atlanta, Georgia. Directed by Sanna Erica, featuring Lanie Smith and Kenisha Morgan.

March & April in Thetford, Vermont

Rockaway Park 2012, the Parish Players Spring Tens Festival, Eclipse Grange Theater, Thetford, Vermont.

Read a nice article about the appeal of 10-minute plays — and specifically Rockaway Park 2012 — here.

March in Sacramento, California

A monologue from Invisible as part of the Ooley Theatre Women’s Wit & Wisdom Festival, Ooley Theatre, 2007 28th St., Sacramento, California.

Books

Raw and Other Short Plays
by Victoria Z. Daly
A collection of one-act dark comedies, dramedies and absurdities, including international award winners Raw (Audience Favorite, Short + Sweet Dubai,) High Water Line (Neem Independent International Award, Russia,) Far North (Winner, Warner International Playwrights Festival,) Final Rest (Warner International Playwrights Festival “Best of the Last 9 Years”,) and more.

See why these plays, vows one producer, make the audience “squirm, gasp and laugh all in the same breath.”

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