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NICOLE ANTONIA CARSON (1976 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Nicole A. Carson is an actress and an aspiring playwright. She has been involved in the theatrical arts since she was fifteen years old. In 1998 Nicole began work on her first play, "Wages" after being inspired by a local scandal involving a well known evangelical preacher. She has been writing plays and short stories based on her comically dark view of the world ever since. Nicole has not had a full length play produced as of yet, but she has had several short plays and one-act plays produced. She has also been deeply involved in producing new works of other aspiring playwrights through Playwrights' Round Table as an actress, director, and volunteer. Nicole's short plays "Lucky Girls", "The List", and "Cass Incarnate" have been produced by Playwrights' Round Table. "Cass Incarnate" appeared as part of Orange TV's Playwrights' Round Table series and starred Nicole as Cass, Kimberly Luffman as Karen, and Joan Gay as Millie. "17-0" was produced by Seminole Community College's theatre program as part of their production, "A Crisp Ten Spot". Her one-act plays include: "Romancing The Corn", produced at Orlando Fringe Festival 2000, "Welcome To The Family" at The Orlando International Fringe Festival" in 2005, and "Andrea's Revolution" at the Orlando International Fringe Festival" in 2007.
Plays by Nicole Antonia Carson
17 & 0 | ||
| 1st Produced: | SCC Fine Arts Theatre | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Seminole Community College, professor John Didonna | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #88171 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | 17 & 0 takes place in Miami in1972. Originally it took place in an empty theatre as part of the "Quick Ten Spot" theme. After revisions, the play now takes place in a Cuban restaurant. | |||||
Synopsis: | Melinda is clairvoyant when it comes to all things related to sports. She is addicted to sports gambling, as anyone would be if they were truly psychic. Her boyfriend Ricky, as a deeply religious & superstitious Catholic, is fearful of Melinda's gift, and her flippant attitude about the sinfulness of gambling. He watches as Melinda convinces their boss Bruno to bet against the Miami Dolphins for every game during their 1972 perfect season for a total of eighty thousand dollars. In wagering with Bruno, Melinda inadvertently exposes the truth to Ricky: his beloved Miami Dolphins are about to reach perfection with an undefeated season. | |||||
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Andrea's Revolution | ||
| 1st Produced: | Orlando International Fringe Festival in Studio D at the Harriet Lake Shakespeare Center. | 2007 | ||||
Company: | DNA Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #88170 | |||
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Genre: | drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The entire play takes place in Andrea's basement. To view the show's myspace page and logo, go to http://www.myspace.com/jointherevolution07 | |||||
Synopsis: | Andrea's Revolution is the story of Andrea Ratzenberg and her revolt against those who feed off of the insecurities of others. The 2007 production of Andrea's Revolution starred Avis-Marie Barnes as Andrea, a once-powerful attorney with a crippling disability, Andrea has taken up arms against those who would prey upon the aging and insecure; namely, the billion dollar beauty industry. Avis-Marie was supported by Amanda Stephen as Roxanne, the brilliant half-sister of Andrea The role of Talia was portrayed by Liza Gonzalez. Dan Oser appeared as cosmetic surgeon Dr. Gardner, the object of Andrea's scorn and possibly the revolution's first casualty. | |||||
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Cass Incarnate | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Downtown in Orlando, FL | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Playwrights' Round Table | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #88172 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Cass Incarnate appeared as part of Orange TV's Playwrights' Round Table series and starred Nicole A. Carson as Cass, Kimberly Luffman as Karen, and Joan Gay as Millie the waitress. The play is set in a diner in Heaven during the night shift. | |||||
Synopsis: | Karen Carpenter and Cass Elliot met in the afterlife and became fast friends. Although their respective musical stylings couldn't be more different, they find that they have much in common when it comes to the body issues and eating disorders that hastened their deaths. "Cass Incarnate" flies in the face of the ugly old joke "If only Mama Cass had shared the sandwich with Karen Carpenter, they'd both be alive today" by setting them in a heavenly diner, where they discuss issues relating to eternal life, reincarnation and Paris Hilton over coffee and sandwiches. | |||||
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Fat F**k | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Playwrights's Round Table (workshop only) | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #85864 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Fat F*** is currently a one act play. The author is working to further develop the story as a full-length play with two additional characters and as a screenplay. | |||||
Synopsis: | Fat F*** follows Sam, a closet chubby chaser in search of a soul mate. Sam is torn between his desires to be with the fat women that he is attracted to and his concern about how people would perceive him if he were to publically be seen with a fat woman. Sam causes the women in his life suffering: He barely tolerates his skinny girlfriend Claudia. He is involved in a torrid affair with his married, zaftig boss Angela. Finally, he meets chunky chef Gina, who could very well be his soul mate. To complicate matters, Sam is haunted by the ghost of his mother, a fat woman who only wants her son to find the right woman and be happy for the rest of his life. In the words of Sam's mother, "Apparently my son's anti-fat prejudices are at conflict with his natural desires and he's too self-centered and egotistical to have anything more than a superficial sexual relationship with a woman of Reubenesque proportions& that's a fancy way to say that my son is a closet chubby chaser." | |||||
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List, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Jewish Community Center, Maitland, FL | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Playwrights' Round Table | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #85865 | |||
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Genre: | Family-friendly Comedy, Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1 m or f | |||||
Notes: | The List originally appeared as part of the "Six Degrees Of Santa Claus" program. Although "The List" was originally conceived as a short play, the author is working to adapt it into to a full-length screen play and hopes it will become a holiday tradition for families, in the same vein as "A Christmas Story" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" | |||||
Synopsis: | Jill has inadvertently been put on Santa's "Naughty" list for a naughty act she didn't commit. Her only chance for a Merry Christmas is to visit the North Pole Court of Appeals and bring her case before the honorable Judge Nicholas Claus. Charged with the serious crime of giving her brother a wedgie and calling him a "fatty fat fatso jerk" in the ball crawl at Pez's Pizza Pit, Jill has to take her case to the big man himself. With her elfin lawyer by her side, Jill stands up for her right to the pursuit of a happy holiday. | |||||
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Long Year, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Playwrights' Round Table (workshop only) | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #85866 | |||
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Genre: | full length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | In the center of the stage is a half-circle of 10-12 old folding chairs or wooden Catholic school chairs. Behind the chairs is a platform with a series of kneelers meant to represent a confessional. Ideally, the play should be set in a black box with the front row of the audience making up the other half of the circle. | |||||
Synopsis: | A Long Year takes place over two weekly meetings on Sunday, September 8, 2002 & Sunday, September 15, 2002 at St. Peter's Catholic Church, a fictional church in downtown Manhattan. It follows a 9/11 survivor's support group at the anniversary of the attacks. The group is led by Father Jacob Doyle, a priest who struggles with his own faith while trying to rebuild the faith of his parishioners. | |||||
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Lucky Girls | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Black Box Theatre at Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Playwrights' Round Table | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #85867 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Lucky Girls is set in a drab room in a cold, dank basement in Northern Ireland. | |||||
Synopsis: | Two women's ceramics hobby takes them to an existence they never dreamed of when they are kidnapped by incompetent Irish terrorists while on vacation in Ireland. They are forced to paint St. Patty's Day kitsch, which is sold to benefit Irish militant terrorist activity. Julie & Mary convince Joseph, the adult son of the leader of the "New IRA", to aide them in their escape and help them return to America, but first he'll have to stand up to his father. | |||||
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Wages | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Playwrights' Round Table (workshop only) | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #85868 | |||
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Genre: | full length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The background is the Judge's oversized bench, lightly colored so that it may double as a projection screen. The images are projected onto the front of the bench. The set itself is made up of neutral platforms and blocks, colored to coordinate with the judge's bench. The chorus is dressed in matching church choir robes, with costumes underneath as specified in the script. | |||||
Synopsis: | WAGES takes place in Seminole County, Florida in 1999. The reverend Charles Fawley is suffering a deep crisis of faith. His wife is in the late stages of cancer. In his weakness, Charles has been unfaithful to his wife with a fellow cancer survivor and has destroyed her marriage. The husband of his lover publically harasses Charles and threatens to tarnish his image. Charles takes desperate measures to silence his enemy at the risk of destroying his own soul. This Faustian play is led by a modern Greek-style chorus and the Judge, who represents the presence of the omnipotent God of Charles' faith. | |||||
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Welcome To The Family | ||
| 1st Produced: | Orlando International Fringe Festival in Studio D at the Harriet Lake Shakespeare Center. | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Playwrights' Round Table | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #85869 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | dark comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | Various actors for commercials. | |||||
Notes: | Welcome To The Family is a sitcom that takes place in Carl & Peg's living room. Ideally, the commercials should be pre-recorded and projected. The actors from the sitcom may be used for them, though it is not necessary. | |||||
Synopsis: | Welcome to the Family is a "sitcom within a play". As part of a vibrant celebration of the first amendment, the play takes toilet humor to new heights. Theatergoers become the live studio audience for this sitcom, which has been declared "Inappropriate for Network Television" by the FCC. The sitcom centers on Carl and Peggy Jeffery, a retired couple who share their home with their screwed-up adult children. As an unwelcome guest tries to join the family, Carl and Peggy are forced to take desperate measures. Welcome to the Family begs the question "How far will parents go to protect their children?" Welcome to the Family is presented complete with commercials. The commercials promote everything from fiber supplements to erectile dysfunction tablets to yogurt. Like the sitcom, they have been deemed "unfit for public consumption", so they will never be seen on network TV. | |||||
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