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WARREN LEIGHT (1957 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC represented by John Buzzetti |
Warren Leight. Warren Leight's Side Manwon the 1999 Tony Award for Best Play. His other plays include No Foreigners Beyond This Point (Baltimore Center Stage premiere); James and Annie (Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati premiere); Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine (ATCA Nomination);Mayor, the Musical (Drama Desk Nomination); Fame Takes a Holiday (co-written); Stray Cats; and The Loop. Recent publications: Dark No Sugar, a collection of one acts; Leading Women: Plays for Actresses II; DPS's Outstanding Men's Monologues 2001-2002; Ensemble Studio Theatre's Marathon 2000 collection, andDramatics magazine. Screenplays includeThe Night We Never Met (starring Matthew Broderick and Annabella Sciorra), which he also directed. He was formerly showrunner on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and is currently showrunner on HBO's In Treatment; and a member of the Dramatists Guild Council.
Plays by Warren Leight
Amici, Ascoltat | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | The Open Book | |||||
| 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 | #69887 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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Notes: | part of Summer Shorts, a festival of nine new American short plays | |||||
Synopsis: | A son's imminent departure for Iraq prompts his father to examine the fate of men in his family when sent to war. | |||||
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Dark, No Sugar | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83824 | |||
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Genre: | collection of one acts | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Tony Awardwinning playwright Warren Leight separates the bitter from the sweet in his new collection of one acts. THE FINAL INTERROGATION OF CEAUSESCU'S DOG. Ceausescu's dog is interrogated shortly after the Romanian revolution. (2 men.) MR. MORTON WAITS FOR HIS BUS. An anxious rookie cop babysits a corpse in a studio walk-up on a fourth of July weekend. (2 men.) UNITED. A young woman meets her brother's new boyfriend who turns out to be her ex-boyfriend. (2 men, 1 woman.) HAPPY FOR YOU. Five friends watch the Oscars on a night their friend has been nominated. (3 men, 2 women.) NINE-TEN. A pool of prospective jurors grumble about their plight on the day before 9/11. (3 men, 3 women.) FEAR NETWORK NEWS. You give us five minutes, we'll scare the bejeezus out of you! (3 men, 3 women, doubling.) PAY-PER-KILL. A killer's execution is televised on pay-per-view TV. (7 men, 2 women, doubling.) JUDAIC PARK. Steven Spielberg pitches Schindler's List to Hollywood executives. (4 men, 1 woman.) WHAT I DID WRONG. A single woman obsesses about the mistakes she made that ended her relationship with a jerk. (1 woman.) NORM-ANON. At last there's a support group for adult children of normal parents. (1 man, 2 women.) THE MORNING AFTER. The TV game clock is automatically put on hold when a dating-game contestant alleges abuse. (4 men, 3 women.) LOVE OF THE GAME. A star baseball player teaches his son that how you play the game is not nearly so important as winning. (1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy.) AMICI, ASCOLTATE. A son's imminent departure for Iraq prompts his father to examine the fate of men in his family when sent to war. (2 men, 1 woman, doubling.) | |||||
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Fame Takes a Holiday | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20543 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Cassandra Danz, Mary Fulham, Warren Leight | |||||
Synopsis: | tells the story of the High Heeled Women, a four-girl cabaret act, on the two worst nights of their show biz lives (in-cluding one in New Jersey). Onstage, the High Heeled Women perform a tight knit, madcap comedy revue with songs and sketches; backstage, they struggle desperately to keep their act together. By play's end, the High Heeled Women have lost everything, including their clothing, but they have learned the true meaning of success. | |||||
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Fear Network News | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Dark, No Sugar: Twelve Angry One Acts, Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56452 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | "You give us five minutes, we'll scare the bejeezus out of you!" | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Final Interrogation Of Ceausescu's Dog, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Dark, No Sugar: Twelve Angry One Acts, Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56445 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Ceausescu's dog is interrogated shortly after the Romanian revolution | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Glimmer Brothers | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
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 | #20544 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | World Premiere | |||||
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Glimmer, Glimmer & Shine | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20545 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy/Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | In the 1950s, twin brothers Martin and Daniel Glimmer, along with Eddie Shine, briefly formed the "Glow-in-the-dark" trumpet section of Glimmer, Glimmer & Shine. In 1955, on the seeming brink of success, Daniel Glimmer abruptly quit the music business and cut off all contact with his brother, Martin. Thirty-five years later, Martin's protege, Jordan Shine (Eddie's son), meets Delia Glimmer at a wedding in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is Daniel's daughter, works for her parents' very successful garment business, yet knows nothing of his past, nor even of her Uncle Martin's existence. Jordan brings Delia to meet her uncle, and she is shocked to find him in failing health and living in the squalor of a five-story walkup. When Martin falls into a coma, she confronts her father and asks him to help. He refuses but finally relents on the condition Delia stay away from Jordan. Delia and Jordan begin their romance shortly thereafter. Martin recovers but is physically unable to return to his walkup. Delia and Jordan shame Daniel into loaning Martin his corporate pied-a-terre. Daniel makes no effort to hide his disdain for Martin and his life. When Daniel learns of the budding romance, he squashes it by revealing to Jordan that Delia is engaged to someone else. She flees to Martin for answers to the emerging questions about her family. Martin, his health in steep decline, decides to tell Delia the truth. She is stunned to learn how, thirty-five years later, the aftershocks of choices made and secrets long buried reverberate not just for Marty and Danny but for Jordan and herself. | |||||
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Happy For You | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Dark, No Sugar: Twelve Angry One Acts, Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56448 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Five "friends" watch the Oscars on a night their "friend" has been nominated. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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High Heeled Women | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20546 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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I'm Here for You | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51405 | |||
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Genre: | 5-10 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 male, 1 female | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Amy's father is dating someone half his age, who just got pregnant -- and Amy isn't taking any of this sitting down. 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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Judaic Park | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Dark, No Sugar: Twelve Angry One Acts, Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56453 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Stephen Spielberg pitches Schindler's List to Hollywood executives | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Leap Of Faith | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles | 05 Sep 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 | #138498 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Alan Mencken; lyrics by Glenn Slater; book by Janus Cercone and Warren Leight. Based on the film "A Leap Of Faith" screenplay by Janus Cercone | |||||
Synopsis: | When his traveling ministry breaks down in a small Kansas town, part-time reverend and full-time con artist Jonas Nightingale quickly pitches a tent and invites the locals to a revival. The town sheriff Marla Humes is determined to stop him from separating the townspeople from their money. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Loop, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Harold Clurman Theatre, New York | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20547 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Love Of The Game | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Dark, No Sugar: Twelve Angry One Acts, Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56449 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1b | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A star baseball player teaches his son that how you play the game is not nearly so important as winning | |||||
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Mars Has Never Been This Close | ||
| 1st Produced: | The 24 Hour Company (New York, NY, United States) | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-9709046-9-0 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96596 | |||
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Genre: | 8-10 min Drama with comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 5 males | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Despite the fact that he saved the life of the bride's mother, Dr. Earl and his boyfriend Mark still find themselves in "Siberia," also known as table fourteen, at the wedding reception. Exiled with two other guests, everyone gossips about their connection to the bride and groom and shares stories about their own relationships. | |||||
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Mayor | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Village Gate, New York | 13 May 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Harbinger Records (HCD 1805) 1985 | doollee no | #69443 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | Music by Charles Strousse; lyrics by Charles Strousse; book by Warren Leight | |||||
Synopsis: | A musical based on a day in the life of Mayor Edward Koch | |||||
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Morning After, The | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Dark, No Sugar: Twelve Angry One Acts, Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56456 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The TV game clock is "automatically put on hold" when a dating game contestant alleges abuse | |||||
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Mr Morton Waits For His Bus | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Dark, No Sugar: Twelve Angry One Acts, Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56447 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Mr. Morton Waits For His Bus. An anxious rookie cop babysits a corpse in a studio walk-up on a fourth of July weekend | |||||
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Nine-Ten | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Dark, No Sugar: Twelve Angry One Acts, Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56451 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A pool of prospective jurors grumble about their plight on the day before 9/11 | |||||
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No Foreigners Beyond This Point | ||
| 1st Produced: | Center Stage, Baltimore, Maryland | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-66360-4 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84499 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | with doubling | |||||
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| Paula and Andrew, two twenty-something Americans, arrive in China right after the Cultural Revolution, when the country is just starting to open up to foreigners. Paula has come to teach English and Andrew has come to spend a semester close to Paula. Their naivete is astounding as they blunder into the heavily socialist and guarded community of the school. They are spied on by everyone, obliquely threatened, mystified by local customs, and generally fish out of water. Ultimately, Andrew returns to the States, but Paula decides to stay, despite her seeming distaste for their surroundings. | |||||
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Norm-Anon | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Dark, No Sugar: Twelve Angry One Acts, Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56455 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | At last there's a support group for adult children of normal parents. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pay-Per-Kill | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Dark, No Sugar: Twelve Angry One Acts, Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56446 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A killer's execution is televised on pay-per-view TV | |||||
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Persephone | ||
| 1st Produced: | BAM Harvey Theatre | 26 Oct 2010 | ||||
Company: | Ridge Theater | |||||
| 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 | #120973 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | book by Warren Leight; music by Ben Neill and Mimi Goese | |||||
Synopsis: | This is a collaboration between Ridge Theater ensemble and three exceptional contributors from across various disciplines. In this multimedia production, which centers around a 19th century theater troupe, the mythology surrounding the Greek character of Persephonethe beautiful and doomed daughter of Zeus and Demeter who was abducted by Hades into the Underworldis explored though songs, narrative, projections, and instrumental music. The title character is played by film and theater actress Julia Stiles. Warren LeightTony Award winner for Side Manwrote the book, which highlights the Persephone myth's ability to illuminate ideas about gender, power, loss, mysticism, and the natural world in different ways during different eras. The music is a collaboration between composer/performer Ben Neill and vocalist/songwriter Mimi Goese, who also plays Demeter, and combines samples of works by 19th century composers with the sounds of contemporary rock and electronica. | |||||
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Side Man | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | American Theatre Magazine, NY - December, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20548 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Set in 1953 and traveling to 1985, this lovely and poignant memory play unfolds through the eyes of Clifford, the only son of Gene, a jazz trumpet player, and Terry, an alcoholic mother. Alternating between their New York City apartment and a smoke-filled music club, Clifford narrates the story of his broken family and the decline of jazz as popular entertainment. Clifford recalls the key moments in his life, such as the day when he, fresh out of college, picked up his first unemployment check and was congratulated by Gene and his band mates. Gene's music career on the big band circuit ultimately crumbles with the advent of Elvis and rock-n-roll. Terry begs him to get a nine-to-five job to support the family, but Gene refuses to enter the "straight world" of regular paychecks, mortgages and security. For Gene, who knows jazz better than his own son, music is not just a job; it's his life. Their marriage slowly dissolves and young Clifford is witness to it all. As things worsen, Clifford assumes the role of parent and throws the hopeless Gene out of his mother's apartment. When an adult Clifford visits Gene in a rundown jazz club after years of separation, he requests that the old man play his mother's favorite song, the old standard "Why was I Born?" Clifford then asks, "Dad, why was I born?" It becomes Clifford's last, heart-breaking plea for his father's love. | |||||
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Stray Cats | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20549 | |||
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Genre: | Dramatic Monologues | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | flexible | |||||
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Synopsis: | Some guys are leaders, some guys are joiners, some guys are Stray Cats. This collection of musically influenced monologues portrays nine "cats" as they hit bottom, paint themselves into a corner, or reach a moment of transcendence. The nine lives include: ALONE, BUT NOT LONELY: Tom "shares" at a twelve-step support group on Valentine's day. THE POEM WRITER, who after having a little too much to drink, delivers a bitter, funny, self-loathing, self-aggrandizing speech to the Poem Writers Guild. AN LA AGENT TALKS ABOUT LOVE, or more accurately about power and abandonment-love Hollywood-style. GOOD-BYE, JACK: A kid works the drive-thru window at Jack-in-the-Box. The night they take the clown away he realizes he's "just another little drive-thru guy in orange and brown, alone on the graveyard shift." JOCKO THE CLOWN, backstage in a moment of crisis, suffers from extreme "mime block." OL' GATOR is an aging TV weatherman who has been kicked off the air for politically incorrect statements. His farewell apology skids into a near breakdown. DIARY OF A VOYEUR chronicles a writer, who instead of meeting his deadlines, spends months obsessing and writing about a couple in a window across his courtyard. THE NIGHT ALI LOST: A lifelong men's room attendant at the Roseland Ballroom relates with grace his point of view of the Big Band era, racism and bodily functions. JAGUAR JESUS: A young man listens to a street saxophone player. The two trade riffs, each "stroking the night, blazing out of control." | |||||
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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 | #51406 | |||
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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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United | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Dark, No Sugar: Twelve Angry One Acts, Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56450 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | A young woman meets her brother's new boyfriend who turns out to be her ex-boyfriend | |||||
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What I Did Wrong | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Dark, No Sugar: Twelve Angry One Acts, Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56454 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | A single woman obsesses about the mistakes she made that ended her relationship with a jerk | |||||
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