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Plays by Frank Blocker |
Air Marshalls | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2008 | ||||
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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 | #131284 | |||
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Genre: | Black comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | On a plane when people pull out guns who are you going to side with? | |||||
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Alice, a musical | ||
| 1st Produced: | The York Theatre, NYC and Emerging Artists, NYC | - - - | ||||
Company: | E-MergingWriters.com | |||||
| 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 | #103350 | |||
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Genre: | full length Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Frank Blocker with composer/lyricist William Wad. In development. Minimum cast of 12, preferable cast of 15-20 | |||||
Synopsis: | ALICE finds herself going down the subway hole and into a world that blends Wonderland, Corporate America, international politics and everything else (good and bad) that Lewis C. tried to impart to young and vulnerable Alice White, but THIS Alice is all grown-up, so the dreams are a bit more. . .grown-up. Seems that every male and female in Wonderland is either in love/lust with her or wants her dead, or in many cases, both. What THIS Alice has to learn is how to do it on her own. And she does. | |||||
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Chameleuns | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Producers Club, NYC | 2002 | ||||
Company: | E-MergingWriters.com | |||||
| 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 | #103348 | |||
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Genre: | full length Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written by Rochelle Burdine and Frank Blocker. Written for a comedy team and all roles are MEANT to played by the same people (hence the title). Actors portray 6 characters each. | |||||
Synopsis: | A play about relationships and hiding behind masks of every sort. A series of vignettes carried out by 2 actors who meet, fall in love, or don't in each scene, only to discover their love. . .And now what do we do? Results from public readings have shown us that those who struggle in relationships find it deep and interested and fun, and those who are happy in their relationships (or seem to be), find the show adorable and oddly romantic. | |||||
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Eula Mae's Beauty, Bait & Tackle (co-authored with Chuck Richards) | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Jose Quintero Theatre, off-Broadway contract | 09 Apr 2001 | ||||
Company: | 9th Runner-Up Productions | |||||
| 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 | #103347 | |||
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Genre: | Full-length, Southern comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | Full cast version is optional (5w, 3m) | |||||
Notes: | Originally, 1 woman plays Eula, 2 men play all other roles. To produce a full cast version (optional), 3m & 5w. Will NEVER allow an all-male version of the show again. It becomes all-camp drag (a little is okay), instead of a show about fascinating characters. | |||||
Synopsis: | Watch the Mae clan as they try to help 29-year-old senior Rita try for Miss Alabama crown, get Eula married off to the man that's courted her for 12 years, keep pageant coach Sue-Sue Daniels from drunken embarrassment (they fail miserably), help Tammy Wynette-wannabe Eva through her divorce, and keep Momma and her mouth out of trouble (they don't succeed here, either). o "There's a lot of good-natured humor here and an endearing bittersweet optimism." - The New York Times o "You'll laugh so hard your stomach will hurt." - Etc. Magazine o "Exuberant, and it's worth a look for this reason alone: it is a wonderful play about celebrating difference and glorying in the weirdness that makes us human. This is a funny, heartwarming evening." - About.com o "An uproarious Southern comedy. Clever writing and impressive turns." - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution o "Comedic brilliance and virtuosity." - Backstage Magazine | |||||
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Fearless Moral Inventory | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stage Left Studio, 438 W. 37th St., Suite 5A, New York, NY 10018 >>> | 08 Mar 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 | #111178 | |||
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Genre: | 75 min Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Fearless Moral Inventory introduces the general public to 64 characters all of whom are channeled through Frank Blocker; the single man on stage ruining his health to deliver this comedy about a group of people, the citizenry of the play, who have been forced to take complete honest stock of their lives and the lives of those around them. Those on stage being challenged to tell the truth come from many and varied walks of life. There is Marvin, the blind guy who dates redheads. Followed closely by The Very Right Reverend Doctor Raymond B. Smythe who loathes pervs. Richard, the serial banker. Anna Mae, the reluctant widow. Jon-Paul R. Georges, the ingrate son. The much too involved Mother on a mission to ruin a honeymoon. Joe Tennent, the murderous landlord. Sister Aloysius and Sister Theresa. Iona Winchester, the mad hatter. Franklin Ian Brown, a performer of sorts. Jackie Oh. Henrik, Jr., the clairvoyant cab driver. Carl Joe, the honorary Blood. Lois, Lottie's best friend. And Sue-Sue Daniels the addicted Everywoman from the deep South. To name but a few. | |||||
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Good Jew: The Personal History of Henrik Altman As Told By Him | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stage Left Studio, New York City | 06 Nov 2009 | ||||
Company: | E-MergingWriters.com | |||||
| 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 | #103352 | |||
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Genre: | Solo play, drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Henrik Altman is being interviewed in 1985 about his youth in Warsaw as World War II broke out. As his memories come back to life, he begins to edit himself, but sometimes tells more with what's not said. He educates us on what it took to be a "good Jew" and promises that he was not. | |||||
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Kiss and Fade | ||
| 1st Produced: | SAS PlayFest | 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 | #108751 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Macbeth: The Murder Mystery | ||
| 1st Produced: | Public readings | - - - | ||||
Company: | Fn Productions and E-MergingWriters.com | |||||
| 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 | #103349 | |||
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Genre: | Full-length, comedy, murder mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | One of the male-assigned roles can be played by either man or woman - as that actor plays FOUR roles (2m/2w). . .though it is optional to cast it with four actors, the preference in this case is that one actor plays all the bit parts/showstoppers. | |||||
Synopsis: | Parody of murder mysteries via the plot of That Scottish Play (and of dinner theatre, actors, Shakespeare scholars, etc.). Tray McBride climbs the corporate ladder of ambition only to find himself in big trouble from nemesis Duffy, ghost of his dead Executive Assistant Bruce, and the three witches - embodied in the one character of his mother-in-law. Was it Lydia McBride's lust for power, greed and ambition, or was it sorcery. Three endings reference this and can be used according to audience vote or to simply keep them guessing as to whodunit each night. | |||||
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Monologue Show, The; or These Monologues What I Wrote | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stage Left Studio, NYC | 04 Oct 2009 | ||||
Company: | E-MergingWriters.com | |||||
| 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 | #103351 | |||
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Genre: | Solo play, monologues | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Solo play for one actor including more than a dozen monologues | |||||
Synopsis: | Monologues and characters include: The Great News featuring The Very Right Rev. Dr. Raymond B. Smythe; Forgive Me Father/Madre Mia featuring Sisters Aloysius and Teresa; Good Jew featuring Herik Altman; The Kroger What's Near My House featuring Shayneka; Don't I Know You From Somewhere? featuring Iona Winchester; F Her featuring John-Paul R. Georges. . .to name a few | |||||
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Patient Number | ||
| 1st Produced: | Inner Voices Social Issues / The University of Illinois | Fall 2009 | ||||
Company: | Inner Voices Social Issues / The University of Illinois | |||||
| 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 | #83325 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Inner Voices Social Issues group presented the play in a staged reading for World AIDS Day in 2008. | |||||
Synopsis: | Two very different men await the results of their anonymous HIV tests and become friends. Encouragement can only get them so far. | |||||
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Southern Gothic Novel | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
Company: | E-MergingWriters.com | |||||
| 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 | #57344 | |||
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Genre: | Solo play / comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The play contains 17 distinct characters and the actor must be able to switch roles on a dime for the entire hour+ of the play. | |||||
Synopsis: | DRAMA DESK AWARD nomination for Best Solo Performance, 2009, the play is a novel come to cinematic life onstage. "There are 5,218 people living in Aberdeen, Mississippi. This is a play about 17 of them. And the men that caused all the trouble" Young women are disappearing from town but Viola Haygood is completely unaware as she's fallen head-over-heels for the mysterious stranger in town. When Viola vanishes from Big Otis' saloon one night, the hunt is on, including a 4-way fight between villains and our reluctant hero, car chases, cinematic June bugs, and characters who (themselves) are in disguise! Love, of course, is what wins. o "If Tennessee Williams had written a one-man Greater Tuna about a Mississippi town as a showcase for a chameleonic talent, the result would be as poetic and sadly funny as Novel, a nuanced tour de force." - Columbus Dispatch o I'm not sure why Mr. Blocker chose the word "Gothic" as part of the title. His wacky play feels a lot more like Dixie noir." - The New York Times o "Funny. Very funny. And then some. Unique and utterly brilliant, it is a must-see for anyone interested in innovative, beyond-the-fringe theater." - The Philadelphia Bulletin | |||||
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Stabilized Not Controlled | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stage Left Studio | 29 Apr 2012 | ||||
Company: | StageLeft Studio | |||||
| 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 | #139019 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama -- Gay/Lesbian, of interest | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Meet evil landlord Killer Joe and his archnemesis, Lorna Breedlove, a rent-stabilized septuagenarian sex addict (in recovery). The battle rages over a five-floor walk-up occupied by a Log Cabin-accountant, an aging stoner, fake English actress, and homeless squatter Jackie ONasa. Joe will stop at nothing, but if the tenants can come together, they wont have to face the alternative. Leave Manhattan? Not on your life! This dark comedy is delivered by acclaimed solo artist and Drama Desk Award-nominee Frank Blocker. .The play was developed using actual New York City conversations and scenes witnessed. | |||||
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Suite Atlanta | ||
| 1st Produced: | 78th Street Studio Theatre, New York City | Jun 2008 | ||||
Company: | Fn Productions in association with E-MergingWriters.com | |||||
| 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 | #83326 | |||
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Genre: | full length Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Two actors play all the guests, one actor plays bellhop, and one actress plays all the maids. This can be done as a full cast with 10 hotel guests, 3 maids and 1 bellhop, for a total of 14. | |||||
Synopsis: | A week in the life of an Atlanta hotel room in the Fall of 1995. Monica was still unknown and the Olympics were a twinkle in the town's eye. The play is Atlanta as seen through the eyes of its visitors which include a small-town politician walking into a prostitution sting, two snowbird sisters from Long Island stopping through on their way to Florida, two conventioneers that find the problems caused by lose lips, the completely androgynous L.A. casting director, and it wouldn't be the South without a pageant-mom-from-hell to wrap things up. In the style of Neil Simon (and an homage to his work), we see America before much of its innocence would be lost. And there's enough short scenes to thrill the less-than-attentive theatre goers of today. | |||||
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Waiting Room | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors Express, Atlanta | 21 Jun 1998 | ||||
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 | #131285 | |||
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Genre: | Short play. - - Gay, one act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Wisonsinners, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dubuque Fine Arts Center | Aug 2008 | ||||
Company: | Dubuque Fine Arts Council | |||||
| 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 | #14457 | |||
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Genre: | drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Sound and lights should be the fourth character of the play. . .the better the technical work (to imply a subway station) all the better. Author prefers the least amount of set possible, but full utilization of light and sound whenever possible. | |||||
Synopsis: | Rose and her middle-aged son Ronnie befriend a young New Yorker in an outer-borough subway station very early one morning. The play is a slow "seduction" by Rose of the young woman (-not meaning sexually). When Jessie finally lets her guard down, Rose rises from her wheelchair and we learn that Rose is really a monster in lamb's clothing. | |||||
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