| Terry Tafoya Earp has been writing plays since 1988, finding
it much more satisfying than public administration and selling insurance.
She had a major hit in 1990 with her lingerie-themed Skimpies. Her most widely seen play is Wyatt Earp: A Life on the Frontier, starring her husband, Wyatt, a great-nephew of the famous lawman. As with most fledgling playwrights, Terry tried to get h  er
plays published through Samuel French, the world's No. 1 distributor of
plays. That took a lot of time for little financial reward.
So Terry turned producer, taking over director Betty St. George's theater in January 1997 and naming it ON THE SPOT THEATER. "I stopped marketing myself once I started producing. I can make more money if I stage shows myself," Terry says. Prolific as she is, she doesn't worry about running out of self penned plays or an audience, as she's developed a loyal following , mostly among women from 30 to 60. "Right now, I have four or five plays bopping around my head, stacked up like airplanes," Terry says. By Max McQueen
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Dinner at the Last Chance Cafe, 1988;A Tortilla Trilogy,
1989; A String of Lights, 1990; Skimpies,
1990; The Bus Ride, 1991; A Touch of Tortilla, 1992; Brody
vs. Brody, 1992; A Friendly Divorce,
1992;
Laura's House, 1992; Coralee's Epiphany, 1993; The Big
"D", 1993; Zelda Lilly, 1993; God's
Desk, 1995; Barrio Nana, 1996; Wyatt
Earp: A Life On The Frontier, 1996; Menopause:
The Comedy, 1997; Miss Willa Way's Too Scary Stories, 1996;
Mr. Cha Cha, 1955, 1997;
Bingo Bunnies,
1998
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