Donald Ralph Lampton

playwright

As a playwright, I use my full name, Donald Ralph Lampton, to honor my late father: noted Louisville jazz bassist Ralph Lampton.
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I am a member of the Kentucky Theatre Association, the Dramatists Guild of America, and the Playwrights' Round Table. I divide my time between Lexington, Kentucky and Palm Coast, Florida. 

My stage plays include:

  • Anna the K

  • Cleopatra Phobia

  • Filial Malfeasance

  • Food Dude Talking Food

  • Genielogy 101

  • Idiots and Wise Ones

  • Little Carbon Foot Print

  • OBOTRAY

  • The Ultimate Sacrifice

  • Who Is a Man

  • Yourology (the Kidney Stone Play)

Stage Plays

Filial Malfeasance

A Classic Theater of Saint Augustine presents an original work by playwright Donald Ralph Lampton of Palm Coast. It explores the very dynamic and challenging relationship between a daughter and her mother. Filial Malfeasance will resonate with anyone who has a mother!

​Directed by Anne Kraft, with Heather Eggleston as Kathleen and Linda Hall as Mother. Cinematography and editing by Glo MacDonald.

Filial Malfeasance (Zoom)

Directed by Laura Cahill, Carmen Salta and Marianne Hagan deliver masterful performances in this ZOOM recording edited by Bryan Clark.

The Ultimate Sacrifice

Raine, the Prime Minister of Humanity, is rudely awakened to deal with an emergency: an ore freighter is on a collision course with a major population center.

  • Produced by Sydney Consalvi

  • Directed by Mal Main

  • Bryan Clark, Technical Director 


Cast:

  • Katie Kirk (Sandra Jones) 

  • Taylor Senay (Nostromo crew) 

  • Alexa Witt (Raine)

  • Sydney Consalvi (Gillian Santos) 

  • Jonathan Hall (Mikhail Savage)

  • Tanner Petrie (Ari Hawkings) 

  • Annie Jo Baker (Dr. Mariko Freud) 

  • John Bishop (Lottie O’Reilly)

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