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JOSHUA CONKEL |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Joshua Conkel is a playwright, director, and the Artistic Director of The Management. He is the author of The Chalk Boy and MilkMilkLemonade, among others. His plays have been performed in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Washington D.C. and Baton Rouge.
Plays by Joshua Conkel
Chalk Boy, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | collective P.A.S.T. & The Management | |||||
| 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 | #69628 | |||
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: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | The Chalk Boy is a deathly black comedy about measuring your own worth by comparing it to everyone else's. Sparks fly when four teenage girls in small town Washington begin to obsess over the mysterious disappearance of the most popular boy in school. Witchcraft, murder, and shopping ensue as the girls draw a ghostly picture of American culture and its values | |||||
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Crawl for It | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Red Room, 85 East 4th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10003 >>> | 13 May 2010 | ||||
Company: | The Drafts | |||||
| 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 | #114477 | |||
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: | short piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | part of The Drafts Fest a the collaborative effort of seven playwrights, seven directors, and ten multifaceted actors. Playwrights receive randomly compiled cast lists and create stories tailored to The Drafts and their invited Guests based on this year's theme, Pre-Existing Condition. | |||||
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Everything Will Be Just Fine | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #98595 | |||
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: | Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of The Draft's 10 Minute Play Festival: Six Plays About Hope | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Gentrifusion | ||
| 1st Produced: | LABA Theatre at the 14th Street Y | 29 Jan 2011 | ||||
Company: | Red Fern Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #124177 | |||
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: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written by Carla Ching, Joshua Conkel, Michael John Garces, Jon Kern, Janine Nabers, Crystal Skillman | |||||
Synopsis: | In Gentrifusion, playwrights Carla Ching, Joshua Conkel, Michael John Garces, Jon Kern, Janine Nabers and Crystal Skillman explore the different truths surrounding the gentrification of New York's neighborhoods. The playwrights were charged with breaking down the cliched idea of "gentrification." Their pieces dig deeper to address the ways that change both improves and diminishes a community. All residents are given voice in this series, ultimately discovering that both long time residents and the new crop of gentrifiers benefit and suffer in different measures and different ways. | |||||
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Lonesome Winter | ||
| 1st Produced: | Under St. Marks | 02 Dec 2010 | ||||
Company: | The Management | |||||
| 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 | #122255 | |||
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: | Christmas comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Joshua Conkel and Megan Hill | |||||
Synopsis: | Lonesome Winter is a melancholy Christmas comedy about Winter, a lonely hoarder who lives alone with her mean spirited cat, Sparkles. Just when Winter is about to throw in the towel, a mysterious stranger in an adorable skirt suit shows up just in time to teach winter how to shine. A hilarious send-up of Cathy comics, lifetime movies, and Christmas cliches. | |||||
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MilkMilkLemonade | ||
| 1st Produced: | 10 Sep 2009 | |||||
Company: | The Management | |||||
| 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 | #101550 | |||
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: | 75 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | MilkMilkLemonade is a play about gay children, a parasitic twin, an antagonistic grandmother, a depressed chicken, and our growing bodies. Bring the kids! (Note: not appropriate for actual children). | |||||
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Save Yourself For You | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #103401 | |||
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: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Mommy and Daddy are not pleased when they discover daughter Judith with her hands down the front of Jed Morgan's slacks. They decide that stoning is the answer to such immorality | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sluts of Sutton Drive, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ensemble Studio Theatre | 27 Jan 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #124178 | |||
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: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | This is a studio production of a new full-length play by Joshua Conkel. A working mother enrolls in a strip aerobics class only to realize she hates men and children. It's when she becomes addicted to drinking cleaning products that her life really begins to unravel though. | |||||
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Super Shiny Precious Thing | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #103402 | |||
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: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Two poor young men at Christmas in Brooklyn plan their wedding | |||||
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Up With (Some) People | ||
| 1st Produced: | Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, NY | 2009 | ||||
Company: | 34th Off Off Broadway Samuel French Short Play Festival | |||||
| 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 | #101549 | |||
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: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | In Up With (Some) People, a wealthy young couple scrutinizes their marriage when the rapture begins whisking people skyward at their country club. | |||||
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