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NINA MANSFIELD (1975 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Nina Mansfield (aka Nina Waluschka) is a CT based playwright and fiction writer. Her plays have been performed throughout the United States and in Canada and Ireland, and are published by Smith and Krause, One Act Play Depot and YouthPLAYS. Her earlier plays are published under the name Nina Waluschka. Her fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and The Chick Lit Review. Her YA Mystery novel Swimming Alone was a quarter-finalist in the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel contest. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Mystery Writers of America, the Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators, the Short Mystery Fiction Society and Sisters in Crime.
Plays by Nina Mansfield
Bona Fide | ||
| 1st Produced: | Turtle Shell Theater | 21 Jan 2011 | ||||
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| 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 | #123917 | |||
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Genre: | 8 Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Part of 8 Minute Madness. Eighteen new provocative and engaging plays will be presented in groups A and B of 9 plays each. The plays, directed by innovative directors, are produced by a select team of New York's finest designers. Attending industry members will vote for who will win the coveted award of 8 Minute Madness Playwright of 2011. The participating audience will also vote on the best performance by an actor and best over-all show. The plays are: &Last and Always by Allan Baker, First Half by Ron Burch, The Intervention by Ron Burch, Last Words by Jeff Carter, The Family That Plays Together by Gigi Eng, Magnolia Day by SD Graubert, Bottom of the Ninth by Rand Higbee, The Wedding Ring by Tony Howarth, Duet in Platinum by Allston James, A Change of Plans by Dennis Jones, Mammaries by Joanne Koch, Bona Fide by Nina Mansfield, It's the Jews by John Minigan, Out of Time by Barbara and Carlton Molette, Dead Body by Barry M. Putt, Jr., Short Division by Fred Sahner, Zero Point by Jeff Schwamberger, and Slipping into Anarchy by Jeffrey Wolf. | |||||
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Clean | ||
| 1st Produced: | Looking Glass Theatre (first New York Production) | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | www.originalworksonline.com, 2011 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125873 | |||
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Genre: | one act drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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| Harvey and Donna, two recovering alcoholics, surprise each other in a church basement late one night. Harvey is there to do his dishes- seriously. Donna has been kicked out by her husband. A bottle of bourbon appears. An alcoholic pastor soon follows. Three humans struggle with addiction and the unbelievable cleaning power of an industrial strength dishwasher are revealed. | |||||
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Crash Bound | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | One Act Play Depot >>>, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | 9781894910651 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #75173 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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| Love, math and paranoia collide at 30,000 feet. An actress and a statistician find themselves on Flight 214 to Los Angeles via Detroit. According to the statistician's calculations, today is the day that he was meant to find true love. The actress, however, is positive that Flight 214 will crash, as she was never meant to reach the metaphorical Moscow. Their personalities collide as the pilot quotes Chekhov and the flight attendant insists that she is a seagull. | |||||
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Erasing the Brain | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shell Theatre, New York, New York | Apr 2010 | ||||
Company: | Turtle Shell Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | YouthPLAYS, 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #119596 | |||
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Genre: | 10-minute dramedy for Young Audiences | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 off-stage female voice | |||||
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Synopsis: | When Ellen discovers that her younger brother Mattie has read her diary, she resorts to drastic measures: she takes his video game controller hostage. Mattie tries to convince Ellen that he can erase his brain, including all memories of the boy that she has been writing about. After all, Mattie argues, wasn't Mom able to erase her brain? Has their Mom really forgotten all about their Dad, and is Mattie destined to as well? | |||||
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Missed Exit | ||
| 1st Produced: | Thetford Hill, VT | Fen 2009 | ||||
Company: | Parish Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Boston Theater Marathon XI - 2009 Anthology - 50 Ten Minute Plays Boston Theater Marathon XI - 2009 Anthology - 50 Ten Minute Plays ~ By Kate Snodgrass (ed) - Smith and Kraus, 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-15752577164 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #114727 | |||
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Genre: | comedy Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1 off-stage voice of GPS | |||||
Notes: | Published as part of the Longwood University "0 to 60" Ten-Minute Play Contest Winners | |||||
| A family of five is trapped in a compact car on their way to a wedding. After one too many wrong turns, the GPS comes to life. | |||||
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No Epilogue | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #41768 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Mike, a struggling poet and cab driver, and Steph, the girl who loves him,debate the causes of a mysterious suicide early one morning on the Brooklyn Bridge. We soon learn that Mike hasn't written anything in months, but this suicide seems to inspire him. Was Mike somehow at fault for the stranger's fate? And how far will Steph go to inspire him again? | |||||
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Smile | ||
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| 1st Published: | in 2010 The Best 10-Minute Plays, Smith & Kraus (September 1, 2010) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1575257723 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #121824 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Text Misdirected | ||
| 1st Produced: | Greenbelt Arts Center | Feb 2010 | ||||
Company: | Thunderous Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | One Act Play Depot, 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1894910958 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #119595 | |||
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Genre: | 10-Minute Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 off-stage voice | |||||
Notes: | Published as part of Longwood University "0 to 60" Ten Minute Play Contest Winners 2010 | |||||
Synopsis: | Jane plans to divorce her husband. Lucky for her, she has just boarded a train and sat down next to Barry, an attorney, who is more than happy to provide his services. His firm is, as he puts it "ahead of the curve." Unlucky for Barry, Jane has a severe distrust of all technology, and Barry is plugged-in in more ways than one. One man, one woman, one text message&misdirected. | |||||
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