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SHERI WILNER |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Paradigm |
Sheri Wilner. Sheri Wilner's plays have been produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Guthrie Theater, Summer Play Festival, Naked Angels, Contemporary American Theater Festival, New Georges, City Theatre, the Illusion Theater, and several others. Readings and workshops include: Old Vic/New Voices, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, O'Neill Playwrights Conference, Rattlestick Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Primary Stages, Philadelphia Theatre Company, and The Women's Project. Playwriting awards include a 2007 Bush Artist Fellowship, two Playwrights' Center Jerome Fellowships, and two Heideman Awards granted by the Actors Theatre of Louisville; in 1998 for Labor Day, which premiered at the 1999 Humana Festival, and in 2001 for Bake Off, which premiered at the 2002 Humana Festival. Her work has been published in over a dozen anthologies including New Playwrights: The Best New Plays of 1999; The Best One-Act Plays from the Women's Project and The Best American Short Plays 2000-2001.She recently completed her first screenplay,Sugar Fix, based on her play Bake Off and is currently under commission by the Guthrie Theater to write a play for their BFA Actor Training Program, which will premiere at the Guthrie in April 2008. She received her MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University and divides her time between Minneapolis and New York City.
Plays by Sheri Wilner
Bake Off | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cherry Lane Theatre (New York, NY, United States) | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37538 | |||
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Genre: | 15-25 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 2 males, 1 female | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Last year, the largest cash prize in Bake Off history was awarded to a man; this year, one female contestant will make sure that the male entrants get their just desserts. . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bushesteia, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Hourglass Group (New York, NY, United States) | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc., 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #60371 | |||
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Genre: | comedy 20 - 30 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | up to 10 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | It's election eve, November 2004, and the gods of heaven and earth have assembled in Florida to exact their revenge on George W. Bush for his theft of the 2000 election. Unless he atones for his sins and appeases the gods, they will continue to plague storm-weary Floridians with hurricanes. Their demand: that he sacrifice his twin daughters Jenna and Barbara outside the Florida Chapter of the League of Women Voters. Human sacrifice comes easy to George, but how will he convince the girls to stick their necks out for him? The Bushesteia is a no-holds-barred retelling of the Iphigenia plays by Euripides and The Oresteia by Aeschylus. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Equilibrium | ||
| 1st Produced: | Guthrie Theatre (staged reading) (Minneapolis, MN, United States) | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67581 | |||
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Genre: | 30-40 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | 4 males, 6 females (10 actors possible: 2-8 males, 2-8 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | While reviewing "the principle of equilibrium" for their upcoming chemistry exam, a group of friends discuss the racist actions of a teacher at the school. Confronted with a recent example of his favoritism towards white students, they debate whether they should respond in some way to the racism they perceive, or just continue studying. The unexpected appearance of a fellow student further complicates matters as he forces them to admit the true feelings under their good intentions. Witty, genuine, and thought-provoking, this play explores the forces that maintain the status quo in both chemical and human reactions. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Father Joy | ||
| 1st Produced: | Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Shepherdstown, WV | 2004 | ||||
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 | #37539 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Abigail is an ambitious sculpture student who yearns to create, but is struggling to find the material that will give her ideas shape and substance. As her relationship with her world-famous art professor takes a romantic turn, a curious thing happens to her father. He begins to disappear. Literally. Everyday this shy and withdrawn man becomes less and less visible to his astonished family. So why do father and daughter suddenly feel a bond they never shared before? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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First Night of Chanukah, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | History Theater (St. Paul, MN, United States) | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67582 | |||
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Genre: | 15-20 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 2 males | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | It's the first night of Chanukah and David Schwartz is stranded in the Devil's Lake, North Dakota airport. As he bemoans his fate of being "the only Jew who's ever been in North Dakota," a mysterious stranger named Morris Rosenberg appears with a menorah that he asks David to help him light. Although David protests that his cigarette lighter is empty, Morris proves that through the power of faith, miracles do happen. This play draws on historical research about Jewish homesteaders in North Dakota during the turn of the century. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hell and Back | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Georges (showcase) (New York City, NY, United States) | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #60370 | |||
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Genre: | 15-20 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 3 males | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Three generations of veterans -- grandfather, father, and recently returned son -- discover vast and disturbing differences in their methods of coping with the brutal scars of war. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hunger | ||
| 1st Produced: | Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Shepherdstown, WV | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Smith and Kraus New Playwrights: The Best New Plays of 1999, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67583 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A ravenous, inexplicable hunger wakens Diana in the middle of the night, hours after accepting Adam's marriage proposal. She eats all of the food in his Nantucket cabin, but her hunger is not abated and she is compelled to venture out to the beach alone. A mysterious stranger named Seymour emerges from the depths of the ocean, and presents her not only with oysters, but the opportunity to accompany him back into the sea. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Joan of Arkansas | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY, United States) | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37540 | |||
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Genre: | 10-15 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 male, 1 female | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two lonely students are distracted from their studies when a bird becomes trapped in their college library. Their efforts to catch the bird bring them together, but the issue of what to do next with the bird jeopardizes their potential romance. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Labor Day | ||
| 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 | #37541 | |||
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Genre: | play Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 5 (could be male or female) | |||||
Notes: | part of Life Under 30 | |||||
Synopsis: | On the eve of Labor Day, a "Last-Day-to-Wear-White" party sets the scene for one woman's stand against the march of time. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Little Death of a Salesman | ||
| 1st Produced: | Boston Women on Top Festival (Boston, MA, United States) | 2001 | ||||
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 | #67520 | |||
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Genre: | play Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The classic American tragedy seen through the eyes of Willy Loman's lover. Waiting for him (as she's done every year) at the Standish Arms hotel, she tries to figure out why he hasn't arrived and attempts to engage the disgruntled desk clerk in her fantasies. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Miracle of Chanukah, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Illusion Theater (Minneapolis, MN, United States) | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67584 | |||
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Genre: | 10-12 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 2 males, 3 females | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Ryan's mother Marilyn has invented a Chanukah ritual to ensure her family acknowledges the holiday's true meaning; after the first candle is lit, each person must talk about a miracle that happened to them during the year. When Ryan's new girlfriend Leila describes a miracle that's too fantastic for the others to believe, she forces them to accept the limits of their faith. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Moving Shortly | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37542 | |||
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Genre: | 12-15 min Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 male, 1 female | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Days after 9/11, a Sikh man and an American woman find themselves alone on a stalled New York City subway train. Through their inner thoughts, we witness her fear of being trapped underground with "a madman," and his newly discovered fear of living in a city where the people "need to know the name of every bird in Central Park but can't tell a Muslim from a Sikh." | |||||
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Relative Strangers | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Georges (New York, NY, United States) | 1996 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37543 | |||
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Genre: | 25-35 min Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 3 females | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A young airline passenger decides that the woman seated next to her might be the mother she never had. She finds an ally in a wacky stewardess who, unlike the reluctant mother figure, believes these two passengers are a match made in heaven. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tall Order, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Thirst Theater (Minneapolis, MN, United States) | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67585 | |||
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: | 10-15 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 male, 1 female, 1 either (3 actors possible: 1-2 males, 1-2 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | During a dinner date, a woman stops time to ponder what meal to order, and in doing so ends up thoroughly deconstructing male/female relationships. In communication between the genders, are you what you order? When is a porkchop more than a porkchop? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Turandot | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
Company: | Columbia University | |||||
| 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 | #104628 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Carlo Gozzi | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Unknown Part of the Ocean, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Boston Women on Top Festival (Boston, MA, United States) | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #37544 | |||
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Genre: | 10-15 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 2 females | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Eight-year-old Sophie loves to entertain her mother with fantastical stories. But what's a little storyteller to do when her mother's cancer is scarier than anything in her imagination? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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