LAUREN GOLDMAN MARSHALL (1960 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Lauren Goldman Marshall
Abraham's Land |
| 1st Produced: | New Image Theatre, Seattle | 1992 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Musical drama | - | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | 2+ M or F ensemble | |||||
| Notes: | Created by Lauren Goldman Marshall and Hannah Eady; music by David Nafissian and others. Abraham's Land was developed as a Jewish/Arab collaboration between Marshall, Eady and Nafissian, working with an Arab and Jewish development ensemble. It was further refined in a production by Israeli and Palestinian teenagers at Seeds of Peace camp in Portland, ME, (1999). | |||||
| Synopsis: | Abraham's Land is a full length musical drama set against the backdrop of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Yitzhak (an Israeli soldier) and Ismail (a Palestinian philosophy student) are launched onto adjacent journeys through the culture of the other. After Yitzhak mistakenly shoots Ismail during a street demonstration in East Jerusalem, he struggles with guilt and remorse and resolves to make atonement by returning Ismail's identity card to his family, living in Gaza. Meanwhile, Ismail regains consciousness, but suffers from amnesia. With his mind now a blank slate, he sets forth on a journey of self education through Israeli society. Thus trading places, each character comes to experience the good of the other society and the darker side of his own. When the two ultimately meet again, they must confront painful truths about themselves and each other. Shadow puppets, masks and music evoking the passions of the region bring myth and mysticism into this contemporary fable. | |||||
Big Cigar, The |
| 1st Produced: | (Staged reading/workshop) New Opera Musical theatre Institute, Boston | 2001 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | Optional; none required, if doubling | |||||
| Notes: | (work-in-progress). Music by Michael Wartofsky | |||||
| Synopsis: | At the turn of the century, Jewish immigrant cigar maker Oscar Hammerstein takes on high society when he sets out to build the greatest opera house in America, and for a time succeeds. But the very qualities that lead to his success--ruthless ambition, fearlessness, and fierce independence --ultimately lead to his downfall when he betrays the people he needs the most, including his own son. A musical tapestry weaves together the narrative in a contemporary, through-sung musical about characters in the opera world at the turn of the century. The original music is inspired by vaudeville and opera, and the dramatic through-line is augmented by Oscar's flashbacks, dreams, and hallucinations. | |||||
China Heart, The & The 100th Eye |
| 1st Produced: | AIDS Prevention Theatre Troupe, Seattle | 1992 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Paired one-acts; educational | - | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | female: 1 (China Heart) 2 (100th Eye) | |||||
| Notes: | The China Heart also produced by Concerned Productions at New Mexico Rep, Santa Fe, 1993. The 100th Eye also produced by West Coast Ensemble, Celebration of One-Acts, Los Angeles, 1996 & Pittsburgh New Works Festival, 1996. | |||||
| Synopsis: | Paired short-stories for the stage, about two close friends having to confront the realities of HIV/AIDS. In The China Heart, a young artist (Joel) and his female friend (China) struggle with their sexual attraction for one another while facing their fear that Joel has HIV. Too shy to admit their attraction, they communicate through the safe language of artistic collaboration. In The 100th Eye, Joel and China are commissioned to create a sculpture out of found objects. During their search to complete their masterpiece, they must face his inevitable demise to AIDS. With help from their patron, they attempt to communicate their true feelings to each other. Although originally designed for teens and adults with mental-health disabilities, these pieces have been produced as well for general audiences. Communication and friendship are the main themes in these whimsical and joyful, yet poignant works. | |||||
Falling Leaves |
| 1st Produced: | Dixon Place, NYC (concert staging) | 1997 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | One-act chamber opera | - | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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| Notes: | Music by Michael Wartofsky. Fully produced by Seattle Public Theatre, 1999. | |||||
| Synopsis: | A contemporary adaptation of the O'Henry Short story, The Last Leaf. Johnsy and Sue are a lesbian couple living in Greenwich Village, NYC. Johnsy has AIDS and believes she will die when the last leaf falls off a vine outside her window. Their friend Rubens, a gay artist himself battling AIDS, paints a leaf to inspire Johnsy. | |||||
Finding Pluie-The Adventures of a Lost Water Drop |
| 1st Produced: | Spruce Street School, Seattle | 2007 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Children's; educational | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | flexible. 12-20+ total parts (M or F), depending on doubling | |||||
| Notes: | This short play (under 30 minutes) designed to educate about the water cycle is intended for performance by or for elementary school students. Contains original song "Water Rules" with music by Chris Ballew (of the band Presidents of the United States of America). | |||||
| Synopsis: | Pluie, a little water droplet with an adventurous spirit, and his sister and brother, Agua and Mizu, take a journey that leads them through the water cycle. When Pluie evaporates from the ocean, his siblings set out to find their lost brother and bring him home. From a snowy mountainside to a stinky sewer treatment plant, their travels teach them new things about the water cycle and themselves. Raven, who sees all from the sky, and Salmon, who sees all from the water, narrate. When Pluie is trapped inside a blackberry, Raven and Salmon come to the rescue. | |||||
Ladies Lounge |
| 1st Produced: | Fremont Playhouse | 1990 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | 5th place, American Theatre Association Christina Crawford Awards, reading New Dramatists, NYC 1986. | |||||
| Synopsis: | Misfit characters come together in a woman's restroom. | |||||
Misanthrope, The |
| 1st Produced: | Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland, OR | 1999 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Comedy; contemporaryadaptation of classic | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 1-3 additional M or F | |||||
| Notes: | Winner of Portland Drama Critics Circle 1999 award for Best Production of the Season; finalist 1997 JFK Center Fund for New American Plays. Other productions include Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, 2003, directed by Timothy Douglas, and Ghostlight Theatricals, Seattle, 2009. Based on a concept by Allen Craig DiBona. | |||||
| Synopsis: | This award-winning modern iambic pentameter verse adaptation transports Molière's The Misanthrope from the 17th century French court to the present-day indie-rock scene. The entertainment biz has become the royal court of today, where all that matters is who you know. Alceste is a grunge musician and Celimene a pop singer aspiring to a film career. Can brutally honest Alceste make it in this superficial world? And what about the love of his life, Celimene, the queen of hype and hypocrisy? | |||||
Rivercide, P.I.! (an environmental who-dunnit) |
| 1st Produced: | Seattle Public Theatre | 1993 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Baker's Plays (1998) | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Educational musical about water quality | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | Flexible; none required if doubling | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Edd Key | |||||
| Synopsis: | A private investigator is called into investigate the death of a river, and determines that we are all collectively responsible. Designed for school-age audiences. | |||||
Story of the Abscess Tooth, The |
| 1st Produced: | Seattle Public Theatre | 1995 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Translation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Translation from Spanish by Lauren Marshall and Mauricio Berho of one-act by Argentinean playwright Osvaldo Dragun | |||||
| Synopsis: | A souvenir salesman, who lacks dental insurance, cannot afford treatment for his abscess tooth. | |||||
Waiter, There's a Slug in my Latte |
| 1st Produced: | Cabaret de Paris, Seattle | 1990 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Rain City Projects (1993) | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Musical revue | - | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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| Notes: | Music by Todd Moeller. This widely popular show was an annual fixture at Seattle's Cabaret de Paris between 1990-1995, where it had over 200 performances. | |||||
| Synopsis: | This distinctly Seattle musical revue takes a light-hearted look at Seattle, America's most livable city in the early 1990s. Hit songs include Monorail-Train to Nowhere, Slug Sushi, Panic Swept the City (but the snowplows didn't) and The Mean, Mean Drug from Medallin (a.k.a. Espresso). | |||||
Whadda' Bout My Legal Rights? |
| 1st Produced: | Empty Space Theatre, Seattle | 1989 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc (1990) | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Educational musical | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Created by Lauren Goldman Marshall and Andrew Duxbury and composer Suzanne Grant; book by Marshall and Duxbury, lyrics by Marshall, Duxbury and Grant; music by Grant. | |||||
| Synopsis: | A musical play about legal rights and responsibilities, designed for teenage audiences. | |||||