STEVEN DIETZ   (1958 - )


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Plays by Steven Dietz

STEVEN DIETZ
After You
1st Produced:
Louisville
1990
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Genre:
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Ten Min
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STEVEN DIETZ
Becky's New Car
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
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Female
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Becky in her forties has a good job, a solid husband and a free-loading son. Then she meets a widower billionaire and everything changes.
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STEVEN DIETZ
Brothers And Sisters
1st Produced:
Minneapolis
1982
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music by Carlson
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STEVEN DIETZ
Burning Desire
1st Produced:
St. Paul, Minnesota
1987
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Female
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STEVEN DIETZ
Carry On
1st Produced:
Minneapolis
1984
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Female
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STEVEN DIETZ
Catch Me A Z
1st Produced:
Minneapolis
1985
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Parts:
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Female
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Notes:
music by Theisen
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STEVEN DIETZ
City of Ghosts
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Parts:
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Female
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Synopsis:
A young couple agree to accompany a woman on an international trip and place themselves in danger.
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STEVEN DIETZ
Dracula
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1996
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
6
Female
4
Parts Other:
flexible
Notes:
from novel by Bram Stoker
Synopsis:
Grace is a perfect guest, ever-smiling, tactful and full of conversation . Her unexpected disclosures are made more powerful by the contrast with the bright facade she presents. Stanford hits all the right marks with his outwardly solicitous and inwardly seething Robbie. And Loelia, the least sympathetic character, is well-rendered in all her complexity by Fouche. It is very pleasing to find a cast as uniformly good as this: the effect is of a relay team passing the baton at top speed with pinpoint accuracy
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STEVEN DIETZ
Fiction
1st Produced:
2006
Company:
BCB Presents. . .
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
unravels a mysterious literary love triangle spanning decades and continents. The play examines the hows and whys of the various fictions we devise to make our lives livable, and what happens when a crisis forces us to deal with the realities we have hidden from ourselves and our loved ones.
Press Release
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STEVEN DIETZ
Foolin' Around With Infinity
1st Produced:
Los Angeles
1987
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1990
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama
Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
angst in the nuclear age which takes place in and around a nuclear missile silo a mile beneath Utah
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STEVEN DIETZ
Force of Nature
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
4
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A play of extravagant romance and combustible desire, FORCE OF NATURE brings together the "perfect couple"-Edward and Charlotte-with two persons from their past: a beautiful young woman and an older man, Edward's best friend. Beneath the placid exteriors of their lives, a storm is awakening-a rush of dangerous passions which shall alter their lives forever. Freely adapted from Goethe's Elective Affinities, FORCE OF NATURE is a lush, eloquent drama about the consequences of desire and the power of destiny.
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STEVEN DIETZ
Go, Dog. Go!
1st Produced:
Adventure Theatre, DC
2008
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Genre:
Youth Audience
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Notes:
Adapted by Allison Gregory and Steven Dietz from the book by P. D. Eastman
Synopsis:
At the opening, the Green dog, Heather Scheeler, explained the rules of the performance to the younger audience members. What a great way for kids to have an introduction to .theater etiquette.! In true circus-like style, the MC Dog, brilliantly played with a comedic sense by Alex Perez, charmed the young audience members and grabbed their attention. The actors donned silly, colorful costumes with a clown theme as well as hats with dog ears attached to match their costumes. The show contained jokes for both parents and kids that made the performance really enjoyable. The story line was simple and the performers moved with graceful acrobatic skill that made the delighted preschoolers in the audience laugh and clap along. The performance was clearly geared toward the younger audience members, but may still be appreciated by adults. As well as the costumes and the script, the music and songs captivated the younger audience. The original music and lyrics were composed by Michael Koerner.
Hunter Kieserman, dc theatre scene
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STEVEN DIETZ
God's Country
1st Produced:
1988-89
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1990
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
8
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
In September of 1983 members of a racist organisation known as The Order began robbing, counterfeiting and murdering so-called "enemies of the white race" in an effort to ignite a "white revolution." The crime spree ended one year later in a fatal shoot-out followed by an explosive courtroom drama. By documenting the facts and fallacies of the white supremacists movement, God's Country traces the brutal rise and fall of The Order
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STEVEN DIETZ
Halcyon Days
1st Produced:
Seattle
1991
Company:
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1st Published:
Rain City Press, Seattle, 1991
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
5
Female
3
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Synopsis:
In 1983, against the backdrop of the tragedy in Beirut, the most powerful nation on earth invaded the smallest country in the western hemisphere: The United States invaded Granada. This deviously dark comedy takes us behind the scenes of this incredible invasion. This behind the scenes world is not on the island, however, it is with the speech writers and spin doctors who won America's first "public relations" war.
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STEVEN DIETZ
Happenstance
1st Produced:
Seattle
1989
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Genre:
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Female
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Notes:
music by Peltoniemi
Synopsis:
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STEVEN DIETZ
Inventing Van Gogh
1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
1
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Synopsis:
A haunting and hallucinatory drama about the making of art, INVENTING VAN GOGH is the story of the final van Gogh self-portrait, painted just before the artist's death, which has never been seen…until now. Patrick Stone, a contemporary painter, is hired to forge this final masterpiece-and finds himself squaring off, across the years, with van Gogh himself. The result is a compelling mystery about the obsession to create and the fine line that separates truth from myth.
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STEVEN DIETZ
Last of the Boys
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2008
ISDN
9780822223023
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Play/Drama
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Synopsis:
Ben and Jeeter fought in Vietnam, and for thirty years they have remained united by a war that divided the nation. Joined by Jeeter's new girlfriend and her off-the-grid whiskey-drinking mother, these friends gather at Ben's remote trailer for one final hurrah. As the night deepens, the past makes a return appearance, and its many ghosts come flickering to life. This is a fierce, funny, haunted play about a friendship that ends—and a war that does not.
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STEVEN DIETZ
Left to Right
1st Produced:
Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, MN, United States)
2002
Company:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc., 2008
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Genre:
Comedy
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Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
2 females, 2 males
Notes:
Running time: 10-15 mins
Synopsis:
Four people play a dangerous game with their hearts.
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STEVEN DIETZ
Lonely Planet
1st Produced:
Seattle
1992
Company:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1994
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Play/Drama
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2
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Synopsis:
Jody is in his forties and runs a map store. Not one for the outside world, he stays in his store all the time. His friend, Carl is in his late thirties and has been bringing chairs of dead friends into Jody's store and leaving them there. When Jody needs to take an AIDS test, Carl tries to convince him it is not only okay to leave the store but also that he must take responsibility for his life. If he doesn't, he will join the set of chairs that Carl has taken great pains to place in the right spots around the store. Through their interaction, the two realize how grateful they are to have such a strong lasting friendship. Jody finally leaves the map store to take his HIV test and returns to find Carl sitting in a chair of his own. With this gesture, we know that Carl has joined the many of their friends who have died, but now Jody must take Carl's place as the caretaker.
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STEVEN DIETZ
More Fun Than Bowling
1st Produced:
St. Paul, Minnesota
1986
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1990
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
bowling alley owner reflects of the ladies in his life and the Zen of bowling
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STEVEN DIETZ
Nina Variations , The
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Rain City Projects, Seattle, Washington, 1996
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Genre:
Comedy drama
Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
flexible
Notes:
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Synopsis:
In this funny, fierce and heartbreaking homage to THE SEAGULL, Steven Dietz puts Chekhov's star-crossed lovers in a room and doesn't let them out. In forty-three variations on their famous final scene, Nina (a young actress) and Treplev (a young writer), pit their vibrant wit and soaring passions against one another in a fast-paced tour de force of romantic entanglement
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STEVEN DIETZ
Over The Moon
1st Produced:
2003-04
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
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Female
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Notes:
from the novel The Small Bachelor by P G Wodehouse
Synopsis:
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STEVEN DIETZ
Painting It Red
1st Produced:
St. Paul, Minnesota
1986
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1990
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Genre:
Concert Play
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
Music by Gary Rue Lyrics by Leslie Ball
Synopsis:
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STEVEN DIETZ
Private Eyes
1st Produced:
1997
Company:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service and by Smith & Kraus in Humana Festival '97, The Complete Plays. , 1997
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
a comedy of suspicion in which nothing is ever quite what it seems. Matthew's wife, Lisa, is having an affair with Adrian, a British theatre director. Or perhaps the affair is part of the play being rehearsed. Or perhaps Matthew has imagined all of it simply to have something to report to Frank, his therapist. And, finally, there is Cory-the mysterious woman who seems to shadow the others-who brings the story to its surprising conclusion. Or does she? The audience itself plays the role of detective in this hilarious "relationship thriller" about love, lust and the power of deception.
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STEVEN DIETZ
Railroad Tales
1st Produced:
Minneapolis
1983
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Parts:
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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STEVEN DIETZ
Random Acts
1st Produced:
Minneapolis
1983
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Parts:
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Female
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Synopsis:
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STEVEN DIETZ
Rememberer, The
1st Produced:
Seattle
1994
Company:
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1st Published:
Rain City Projects, Seattle, Washington, 1993
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Female
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Synopsis:
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STEVEN DIETZ
Rocket Man
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,
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Genre:
Comedy Drama
Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
a serious comedy about the road not taken. Donny Rowan has placed everything he owns on his front lawn, along with a sign that reads: "Here's my life. Make an offer." He has cut a skylight into his attic and placed his E-Z Boy recliner underneath-where he can sit, staring at the stars. Somewhere in the universe, Donny believes, is a place where all the roads we never chose converge. ROCKET MAN explores one man's obsessive desire to find this "parallel world"-and the profound effect of his decision on his family and friends
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STEVEN DIETZ
Sherlock Holmes:The Final adventure. . .
1st Produced:
2007
Company:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2007
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Genre:
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Mystery
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Notes:
based on the original play by William Gilette and Arthur Conan Doyle
Synopsis:
chilling mystery involving a kidnapped damsel, scandalous letters and London's seamy underworld finds Master Sleuth Sherlock Holmes pitted against his two most perilous foes: certain death and impassioned love.
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STEVEN DIETZ
Spot, The
1st Produced:
DeBaun Auditorium, 5th & Hudson Sts., Hoboken, NJ
2008
Company:
J CITY Theater
1st Published:
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
part of Hudson County One Acts Festival
Synopsis:
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STEVEN DIETZ
Still Life With Iris
1st Produced:
Seattle
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Company:
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1st Published:
Rain City Projects, Seattle, Washington, 1997
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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STEVEN DIETZ
Ten November
1st Produced:
Chicago
1987
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Plays in Process, 9,4", New York, 1987
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