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PHILLIP W WEISS |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
Phillip W. Weiss was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Brooklyn College, Phil embarked on a career in public service; at the same he pursued his interest in artistic expression, both as a writer and photographer. As a writer, Phil has authored numerous plays, books, essays and poems. As a photographer, Phil's work has been displayed at several venues in the New York City area. Phil has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe and maintains an avid interest in sports, movies, history and other cultural activities. In addition to his literary and photography work, Phil has also performed on the stage and is an accomplished singer. Phil is the founder of Phil's Literary Works LLC which produces staged readings of original plays. For more information contact Phil at pwnycny@aol.com or visit his websites, www.philsliteraryworks.com and www.philsphotographs.com.
Plays by Phillip W Weiss
Blacks and Whites | ||
| 1st Produced: | staged reading, Pearl Studios, 500 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 >>> | Jul 2011 | ||||
Company: | Phil's Literary Works LLC | |||||
| 1st Published: | Phil's Literary Works LLC. Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #114619 | |||
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: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | To buy this play, contact author at pwnycny@aol.com. The play includes one original song. | |||||
Synopsis: | Four persons, two black and two white, discuss the status of race relations in the United States. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Brothers | ||
| 1st Produced: | staged reading, Pearl Studios, 500 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 >>> | Mar 2012 | ||||
Company: | Phil's Literary Works LLC | |||||
| 1st Published: | Phil's Literary Works LLC. Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35140 | |||
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/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | To buy this play, contact the author at pwnycny@aol.com. This play includes two original songs. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Captain Dingleman's Great Adventure | ||
| 1st Produced: | staged reading Pearl Studios, New York City | Mar 2011 | ||||
Company: | Phil's Literary Works LLC | |||||
| 1st Published: | Phil's Literary Works LLC. Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115017 | |||
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: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | To buy this play, contact author at pwnycny@aol.com. The play includes four original songs. | |||||
Synopsis: | A vindictive U. S. Army colonel orders an unpopular captain to go on a dangerous mission, accompanied by a squad of malcontents who are considered expendable. Complicating matters is the fact that the captain is harboring a secret that could destroy unit morale and jeopardize the entire operation. Will the mission succeed? And what will happen if the captain's secret is revealed? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Echoes From the Abyss - confessions of a Nazi War Criminal | ||
| 1st Produced: | Demos, 220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10001 | Nov 2009 | ||||
Company: | Phil's Literary Works LLC | |||||
| 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 | #114618 | |||
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 | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Staged reading | |||||
Synopsis: | Interrogation of Rudolf Hoess, Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, extracted from actual historical sources. Hoess discusses his duties as commandant and his role in the Holocaust. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kapo, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pearl Studios | 30 Oct 2010 | ||||
Company: | Phil's Literary Works LLC | |||||
| 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 | #115016 | |||
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 | 9 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Initially set in a Nazi concentration camp in Europe during World War Two, a Jewish inmate is placed in charge of a barrack, abuses his authority and later is charged with war crimes. Is he a villain or a victim? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Larry the Angry Turtle | ||
| 1st Produced: | Roy Arias Studios & Theatres, 300 West 43rd Street, 5th floor, New York, NY 10036 >>> | Nov 2008 | ||||
Company: | Phil's Literary Works LLC | |||||
| 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 | #114615 | |||
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 Story | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A sea turtle with a messianic complex vows to return to the place where he hatched and protect other baby sea turtles from harm. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lesson for Life | ||
| 1st Produced: | June Havoc Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, 1st floor, New York, NY 10018 >>> | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Phil's Literary Works LLC | |||||
| 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 | #101274 | |||
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: | 120 minutes Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Staged reading | |||||
Synopsis: | A young man learns about life. . .the hard way. A young ambitious prizefighter, consumed by greed, agrees to throw a fight for money. Believing that the situation is under control, he soon finds out that his problems have just begun, forcing him to make difficult choices and in the process learn about life. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Love and War, a Political Love Story or what happens when enemies fall in love | ||
| 1st Produced: | Roy Arias Studios & Theatres, 300 West 43rd Street, 5th floor, New York, NY 10036 >>> | Sep 2008 | ||||
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 | #114614 | |||
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: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Under the most improbable circumstances, an angry Israeli soldier and a beautiful Palestinian woman meet and fall in love. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Moishe and Mohammed | ||
| 1st Produced: | June Havoc Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, 1st floor, New York, NY 10018 >>> | Jul 2008 | ||||
Company: | Phil's Literary Works LLC | |||||
| 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 | #114613 | |||
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 | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Moishe and Mohammed was broadcast on May 31 and June 8, 2010 on public access television in New York City. | |||||
Synopsis: | An Israeli Jew and Palestinian Arab engage in a lively and candid discussion of the Arab-Israeli conflict, assisted by a third person known only as The Baboon. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Neville and Adolf in Munich - a One Act Musical Event | ||
| 1st Produced: | Demos, 220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10001 | Jan 2009 | ||||
Company: | Phil's Literary Works LLC | |||||
| 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 | #114616 | |||
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: | Drama/Parody | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Staged reading | |||||
Synopsis: | Sparks fly as Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler have a candid and often abrasive discussion about Czechoslovakia. When agitated Chamberlain talks in rhyme to make his point. Fiction loosely based on the Munich Conference. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Redemption or when love conquered hate | ||
| 1st Produced: | staged reading, Pearl Studios, 500 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 >>> | Oct 2011 | ||||
Company: | Phil's Literary Works LLC | |||||
| 1st Published: | Phil's Literary Works LLC. Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #94575 | |||
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: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | To buy this play, contact author at pwnycny@aol.com. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sandra the Angry Turtle | ||
| 1st Produced: | Demos, 220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10001 | Apr 2009 | ||||
Company: | Phil's Literary Works LLC | |||||
| 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 | #114617 | |||
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 story | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Staged reading | |||||
Synopsis: | This time the heroine is a female turtle named Sandra who vows to protect other baby turtles on the beach from harm. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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