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RUBEN CARBAJAL (1969 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
Plays include The Gifted Program and Subdivision, both developed at Soho Rep's Writer/Director Lab. His one-acts Portland, Hold, and The Man Who Pulled a Gun Out of His Ass were produced by OVO, a theater/film collective he co-founded in 1997. He has served as writer-in-residence at the Millay Colony and the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, where his first play The Man Who Stopped had its world premiere. The Gifted Program was published by Dramatists Play Service in 2004. His work can be found in The Best Men's Monologues of 2005, More Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays, and the forthcoming Outstanding Men's Monologues Volume 2. All of his work is available at Amazon.com. Born in Racine, Wisconsin, he now lives Brooklyn with his wife Gayle.
Plays by Ruben Carbajal
Dark Park | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadcast as radio play: WHA Public Radio Madison, WI | 1995 | ||||
Company: | WHA Public Radio Madison, WI | |||||
| 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 | #78451 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A man who thinks he is alone in a city park gains the courage to commit suicide, when a mysterious figure intervenes. A life is saved, but not without a price. | |||||
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Gifted Program, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6076 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | or 6 men, 3 women (with doubling) | |||||
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Synopsis: | In 1986, at the very bottom of Washington High's social food chain are the last remaining members of the Dungeons & Dragons' club: four maladapted refugees from a defunct program for gifted and talented students, who have been thrown into the harsh arena of an inner-city public high school. When the identity of a secret admirer is revealed, the school's rigid hierarchy is upended; for Washington High's four most unpopular students, the simple pursuit of an education becomes a fight for survival. | |||||
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Hold | ||
| 1st Produced: | Center Stage, New York City | 1999 | ||||
Company: | OVO, Inc. | |||||
| 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 | #78446 | |||
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: | dark comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | depends on doubling | |||||
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Synopsis: | A desperate man seeking aid from a mental health hotline is instead sent into a surreal automated phone system purgatory. | |||||
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Let's Enjoy the Slightly-More-Than-Silence | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #78450 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 2 m/f | |||||
Notes: | This play has never been produced. For production inquiries contact the author at: reachruben@gmail.com. | |||||
Synopsis: | A couple have a conversation in the middle of the woods, far away from the distractions of the city. But as they become more comfortable with each other, their identities become ungrounded. | |||||
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Man Who Pulled a Gun Out of His Ass, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Center Stage, New York City | 1999 | ||||
Company: | OVO, Inc. | |||||
| 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 | #78449 | |||
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: | dark comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A man unloads a disquieting post-coital confession to his lover (and best friend's wife). Can she hear his stream-of-conscious musings? Does she understand the full extent of his betrayal? | |||||
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Man Who Stopped, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
Company: | New Jersey Shakespeare Festival | |||||
| 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 | #78444 | |||
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: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | One day, Paul, a recent college graduate, stops moving. His mismatched roommates (a laid-back stoner and an ambitious conformist), along with his restless girlfriend and clueless boss, struggle to aid, communicate, and explain away his mysterious paralysis. When Paul's estranged, born-again parents drop in unexpectedly, they provide a chilling solution. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Portland | ||
| 1st Produced: | Suite 710, New York City | 1999 | ||||
Company: | OVO, Inc. | |||||
| 1st Published: | More Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #78447 | |||
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 One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Ed, a young man adrift in life moves into a small apartment with Li, his ex-lover. Ed's awkward encounters as a hotel room-service waiter punctuate the ambiguous intimacy with his roommate, as their murky past and true feelings become clear. A spare meditation on the indivisibility of love and loss. | |||||
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Sid Vicious is Dead | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #78448 | |||
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 One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | This play has never been produced. For production inquiries contact the author at: reachruben@gmail.com. | |||||
Synopsis: | A man claiming to be an operative for a rogue government agency confesses to crimes against humanity, including a game of domestic kidnapping and interrogation called Sid Vicious is Dead. When his therapist begins to explore his bizarre stories, a more complicated truth emerges. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Subdivision | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | Soho Rep (Reading) | |||||
| 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 | #78445 | |||
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: | Full-length, Dark Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | This play has never been produced. For production inquiries contact the author at: reachruben@gmail.com. | |||||
Synopsis: | A single mother and her two young sons invent fantasies and fabricate lies to cope with the absence of their hard-drinking father. When he unexpectedly returns, dreams, deceptions, truth and reality violently collide. | |||||
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