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RICHARD DRESSER |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: The Gersh Agency, NY |
Richard Dresser's plays are widely produced regionally, in New York, and in Europe. Rounding Third enjoyed regional productions in Chicago, Laguna Beach and the Old Globe in San Diego before it appeared in New York off-Broadway at the John Houseman Theatre in 2003. Other plays include Below the Belt and Gun-Shy, both of which started in the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville before moving off-Broadway. Also, Wonderful World, Something in the Air, The Downside, Alone at the Beach and Better Days. One acts include Road to Ruin, Splitsville and At Home and Bed & Breakfast (both of which appeared in the Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon). Recent short plays include What Are You Afraid Of?, staged in the front seat of a car, which premiered in the 1999 Humana Festival and has been running in Germany for several years, and Greetings From the Home Office which premiered at Capital Repertory Theater in Albany and has no actors. So far, Mr. Dresser has only one venture to make it to Broadway; as he wrote the book for the Beach Boys Musical Good Vibrations. New endeavors include Augusta which will be a part of the 2006 Contemporary American Theatre Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia this summer; and The Pursuit of Happiness will have its world premier at the Laguna Playhouse the summer of 2007. Dresser has twice attended the O'Neill National Playwrights conference and is a former member of New Dramatists. In addition to his work in the theater, he is active in film and television. He wrote the screenplay for the film of Below the Belt which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and the film Human Error. He is a graduate of Brown University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Plays by Richard Dresser
Alone At The Beach | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10048 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | yuppies from the urban jungle drive mild mannered man crazy as he rents out rooms to them at his beach house in the Hamptons | |||||
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Amnesia | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1987 | |||||
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 | #10049 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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At Home | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in "Splitsville - Three One Act Plays" published by Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48229 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Dick and Jane arrive home from a party. They have had slightly too much to drink and are feeling very frisky. Ted and Jackie walk in wearing pajamas. Have Dick and Jane gone in to the wrong apartment or are Ted and and Jackie up to something? | |||||
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Augusta | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shepherdstown, West Virginia | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Contemporary American Theatre 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 | #48232 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Two cleaners have to prove themselves when a new boss is brought in to the company they work for | |||||
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Bait and Switch | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1986 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10050 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Brothers Gary and Doug own a beach side restaurant. The restaurant is not doing well because there has been a plague of jellyfish that has kept people away and because Doug has been helping himself to the takings. Help may be at hand from Kenny - but Kenny may be connected to the mob | |||||
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Bed & Breakfast | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Ten Minute Plays From The Actors Theatre Of Louisville Volume Two" published by Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48230 | |||
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Genre: | Play Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Below The Belt | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc; by Smith & Kraus in Humana Festival '95, The Complete Plays and by Heinemann in A Decade of New Comedy: Plays From the Humana Festival, 1995 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10051 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Is there more to happiness than misery? That's the paradox in this labour of laughs, when three men grab for all the gusto their meaningless jobs can brew. Stationed in a remote industrial outpost, these pixilated fellows are rewarded for teamwork with loneliness, boredom, ennui, back-stabbing, jealousy and revenge. Yes, many are the benefits of working for a faceless corporation that sucks life from all it touches--including a front row seat when Mother Nature vents her towering rage! | |||||
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Better Days | ||
| 1st Produced: | 45th Street Theatre, New York | 18 Jan 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10052 | |||
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Genre: | Black Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | the effect of a factory closing on blue collar workers is explored ad absurdum | |||||
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Chin Music | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken, NJ | 18 Jul 2005 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in The Baseball Plays: 7th Inning Stretch, Playscripts Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #138816 | |||
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Genre: | 10 min drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Celebrating and exploring themes from America's favorite pastime, The Baseball Plays: 7th Inning Stretch is a collection of short comedies and dramas from the Mile Square Theatre's annual event. From a couple arguing over the use of steroids (Off Base by Theresa Rebeck) to a priest's fight to preserve the abandoned lot where the local children play ball (Asphalt Green by Rogelio Martinez), to a marriage dissolved over fantasy baseball (Fantasy League by Lee Blessing), this collection captures the love, frustration, and nostalgia surrounding this beloved sport. | |||||
Synopsis: | Lefty is on the path to realize his dream of pitching in the major leagues while another pitcher named Lefty is seemingly on his way out. They both want to sweep away Carol, a waitress who is hoping that one of the men is her ticket out of town. Who will get the girl and a chance at baseball immortality? | |||||
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Downside, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Long Warf Th | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10053 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | cynical look at American business as a pharmaceutical firm has an anti stress drug and marketing has got to come up with a snazzy ad campaign | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Good Vibrations | ||
| 1st Produced: | Eugene O'Neill Theater, New York | 02 Feb 2005 | ||||
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 | #68286 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys; Lyrics by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys; Book by Richard Dresser | |||||
Synopsis: | Three boys in New York - after High School graduation want to go to California and become beach boys - but they do not have a car. The High School geeky girl - who has a crush on one of the boys - does. She is persuaded to drive them to California. Once there the boys disappear in to the beach scene. The girl blossoms and becomes sought after by every eligible young man. | |||||
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Greetings From the Home Office | ||
| 1st Produced: | Capital Repertory Theater, Albany | - - - | ||||
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 | #48231 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Gun-Shy | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Humana Festival 1997: The Complete Plays, ed Michael Bigelow Dixon & Liz Engleman, Smith & Kraus, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10054 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | What do you do when your divorce isn't working? Evie and Duncan are forced to face this question when they find themselves snowbound in New England with their new partners. Marriage gets a second look in Richard Dresser's no-holds-barred comedy for the nineties | |||||
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Hit Parade, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | TOMI Theater, New York | 1985 | ||||
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 | #136339 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A decade ago the only successful client he had died. So now the talent agent has persuaded a taxi driver to impersonate the dead rock star | |||||
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I Am Not Alone | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY, United States) | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51206 | |||
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Genre: | 5-10 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 2 males | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Justin is psychologically incapable of being alone. When his girlfriend leaves him, he decides to end his life. His efforts are interrupted by the appearance of Brad, a hapless pizza deliveryman on a tight schedule. This piece is part ofTrepidation Nation, an anthology of short plays. To perform this piece independently, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform this piece as part of the full-length collection, go to Trepidation Nation. | |||||
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Johnny Baseball | ||
| 1st Produced: | American Repertory Theatre, Boston | 02 Jun 2010 | ||||
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 | #112556 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Robert Reale; lyrics by Willie Reale; book by Richard Dresser | |||||
Synopsis: | Babe Ruth, Johnny O'Brien, the love of Johnny's life - blues singer Daisy Wyatt and the curse of the Red Sox | |||||
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Last Days Of Mickey And Jean, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, MA | 18 Mar 2010 | ||||
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 | #123731 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
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Synopsis: | Mickey a mobster has "retired" to Europe with his girlfriend Jean. She pines for life back in Boston and he just wants to get back to work | |||||
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Pursuit of Happiness, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Laguna Playhouse | 2007 | ||||
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 | #48233 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | The play deals with parents who have deferred their own happiness and live through their 18-year-old daughter," explains Dresser. "This creates a certain amount of pressure. We are becoming a nation of winners and losers, and that has created a 'win-at-any-cost' mentality," notes Dresser. "This play is about the cost of winning." | |||||
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Road to Ruin | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in "Splitsville - Three One Act Plays" published by Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48228 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | When their car breaks down Connie and Cliff turn to Jimbo's Garage for help | |||||
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Rounding Third | ||
| 1st Produced: | Northlight Theatre, Stokie, Il | 2002 | ||||
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 | #48226 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | The ballfield becomes a battlefield in Richard Dresser's hilarious comedy as two mismatched little league coaches lead their team of aspiring big leaguers from their first tentative meeting of the spring to the climactic championship game. Exhilarating victories, heartbreaking defeats, and interminable rain-outs challenge the tough, blue-collar, win-at-all-costs veteran and the newcomer, both to the town and to baseball, as they battle over how best to lead the team. | |||||
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Something in the Air | ||
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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 | #48227 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | A man has hit rock bottom when a shadowy power dealer gives him a sure fir opportunity that cannot miss. | |||||
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Splitsville | ||
| 1st Produced: | Primary Stages, New York | 12 May 1988 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in "Splitsville - Three One Act Plays" published by Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10055 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Roy wants to be a bouncer. Wendy wants to work in customer relations. When a theme park - Splitsville - opens they see their opportunity | |||||
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Trepidation Nation | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY, United States) | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51207 | |||
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Genre: | 80-100 min Drama/Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 12 | ||
Parts other: | 11 males, 12 females (4-23 actors possible) | |||||
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Synopsis: | We all have instinctive fears -- but what if a fear becomes inexplicable, illogical, and just plain weird? Then you're dealing with a phobia, one of those most extreme and fascinating of terrors. Actors Theatre of Louisville asked 16 frighteningly creative playwrights to find inspiration in real phobias, and the resulting collection of pieces might prove that not only is fear humankind's oldest emotion, but it's also one of our silliest, most serious, and stage-worthy. To perform the entire collection, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual piece independently, click on its title below: | |||||
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Uncle Sam's Satiric Spectacular | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY, United States) | 2005 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61244 | |||
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Genre: | 80-95 min Satirical musical comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | 8 males, 8 females (10-30 actors possible: 5-15 males, 5-15 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The Astounding Krispinsky! The All-American Feminem! The Amazing Screaming Vegan, the Formerly Amazing Bob, and Mr. McBuffer the Renegade Puppet! With American culture and politics growing increasingly surreal, Actors Theatre of Louisville commissioned seven marquee playwrights to create a variety-show satire in the grand old vaudeville tradition -- from ventriloquists to contortionists to Lady Liberty on a trapeze. With songs! | |||||
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View of the Harbor, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, MA | 08 Jan 2008 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company | ISBN/ASIN: | 158-3425691 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84012 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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| Nick is the son of a powerful and wealthy man. He is always in the shadow of his father and never measures up. He runs away and becomes a worker in a factory owned by his father. Here he blossoms makes friends and falls in love with Paige. Then he hears from his sister that his father has had a stroke and he is needed back home | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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What Are You Afraid Of? | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Humana Festival 1999: The Complete Plays, ed Michael Bigelow Dixon & Amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10056 | |||
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Genre: | Car Play Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | part of Life Under 30, an evening of ten-minute plays | |||||
Synopsis: | In groups of two or three, audience members are invited to get into a car, parked in front of ATL's theatre complex on Louisville's downtown Main Street, with an earnest young man who's off on the ride of his life with a free-spirited hitchhiker. | |||||
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| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Humana Festival 2001: The Complete Plays, ed Tanya Palmer & Amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10057 | |||
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: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | An apparently happy family hurtles to the brink of despair in this hilariously twisted comedy about two brothers, one of whom has a serious in-law problem. Feeling slighted by Max and his girlfriend, Barry's wife embarks on a scorched-earth policy of truth-telling, uncovering deep animosities and startling passions hidden in the mysterious fabric of an American family. Shedding a wildly comic light on the perils of honesty and the delicate balance between hostility and love, Dresser explores what a curse it can be to suddenly find yourself telling-or hearing-the truth | |||||
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