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DAVID LABOUNTY (1968 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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David LaBounty's plays have appeared in Plays magazine and on stages across the country. His plays were finalists in several competitions, including the Texas Nonprofit Theatres POPS! Competition and the 2008 McLaren Comedy Contest. Currently, David lives with his wife and two children in Texas where he is the editor of the literary magazines Workers Write! and The First Line.
Plays by David LaBounty
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108671 | |||
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Genre: | One act play (30 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | 'Nationally recognized geography experts visit a student as he crams for the big exam.' | |||||
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Jack and the Cat | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108672 | |||
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Genre: | One act play (20 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | 'A dramatic retelling of a tall tell from the mountain country of North Carolina.' | |||||
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Jack and the North West Wind | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108673 | |||
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Genre: | One act play (25 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 1 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | 'A dramatic retelling of a tall tell from the mountain country of North Carolina.' | |||||
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Jeremy Whistler, Mad Scientist | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108674 | |||
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Genre: | Skit (10 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A science kit experiment goes awry. | |||||
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Jesters, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Brooklyn Publishers, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108675 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy 25 min One Act | |||||
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Synopsis: | Maurice Jester is a husband, a father, and a court jester who just isn't funny anymore. Afraid of losing his family business, he looks to his children. His oldest son, Michael, was born without a funny bone and doesn't know a punch line from a pratfall. But his youngest son and daughter are kids with comedy in their blood. Before they were Punch and Judy, they were the Jesters. | |||||
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Keystone Knights, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108676 | |||
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Genre: | Skit (20 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 4 | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Three bumbling knights-in-training try to dispatch the dragon. | |||||
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Live from Make-Believe | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108677 | |||
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Genre: | One act play (30 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 6 | |||||
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Synopsis: | The ten-o'clock newscast from Fairyland, with Charles Perrault and Mother Goose, sports from Aesop, and Meteorologist Mother Nature with the weather. | |||||
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Most Boring Kingdom in the World, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108678 | |||
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Genre: | One act play (30 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | 'Princess Annie has a very dull life - or so she thinks, until her dad cooks up a scheme to cheer her up.' | |||||
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Mount Rushmore | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108679 | |||
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Genre: | One act play (20 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | 1 | |||||
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Synopsis: | 'Four of our country's most illustrious Presidents have a little fun with visitors to a national park.' | |||||
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Muses, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Midland Community Theatre, Midland Texas | 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 | #108680 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 2 | |||||
Notes: | The Muses was a finalist in the 2008 Texas Nonprofit Theatre's POPS Playwriting Contest, as well as the 2008 McLaren Comedy Competition, where it given a staged reading during the festival. | |||||
Synopsis: | What, or maybe, who inspires artists? Jack, a recently deceased writer, finds himself the muse to a young man, only his protege doesn't seem to hear him. Then Jack runs into Edna, an old friend who is doing some inspiring of her own. With her help, Jack learns to speak to his young friend. However, Jack realizes the real reason he's been sent back, and it has more to do with love than writing. | |||||
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Out of Orbit | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108681 | |||
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Genre: | 10-15 minute skit Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Pluto has been demoted - and kicked out of the classroom. | |||||
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Poor Souls | ||
| 1st Produced: | Plays-In-Progress/World Premiere Theatre, Eureka California | Apr 2002 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 0-974-5900-3-7 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108682 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Poor Souls is a thought-provoking and slyly whimsical play . . . Not only that, it's just plain fun. The Humboldt Beacon | |||||
| Falon is the devil who 'made you do it.' Angelic Averel is his rival for your soul. For centuries, the two have been perched on shoulders, directing people through the trials of life. Yet all that back and forth can become bothersome. So they've come up with a more civilized way to battle for souls. But will their tinkering with cosmic events cost them more than their jobs? | |||||
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Ship of Fools | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108683 | |||
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Genre: | Skit (15 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 7 | |||||
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Synopsis: | 'Pirate Darren yearns to be the scourge of the Seven Seas, but everyone knows he's really "Mr. Nice Guy."' | |||||
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Sir Dabney | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 1997 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108684 | |||
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Genre: | One act play (20 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | A princess in distress helps a dragon prove his courage - and find his calling. | |||||
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Space Cadets | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108685 | |||
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Genre: | Skit (15-20 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 4 | |||||
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Synopsis: | Three bumbling space cadets attempt to contact intelligent life on a newly discovered planet. | |||||
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Stage Fright | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108686 | |||
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Genre: | One act play (20 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | 'Wanted: Actors with a ghostly pallor try out for haunting roles.' | |||||
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Sunshine and Madam Zorba | ||
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| 1st Published: | Brooklyn Publishers, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108687 | |||
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Genre: | Drama / Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 2 | |||||
Notes: | Full Length Play (65 minutes) | |||||
Synopsis: | When Sara awakens in the hospital with a brain tumor, her wild and carefree roommate convinces her she's been committed to the mental ward. Truth be known, Jennifer is also fighting for her life and is desperately in need of a friend. From dealing with awkward family members, to silly school girl flirtations with the male nurse, to facing hard new facts, Sara and Jennifer bond in this unusually funny and moving play. | |||||
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Time Capsule | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108688 | |||
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Genre: | One act play (20 minutes - Middle Grades) Dramatic | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | 'With his grandfather at his side, Nate learns about his family roots, from slavery to freedom.' | |||||
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Tutor, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Plays magazine, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108692 | |||
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Genre: | One act play (25 minutes - Upper Grades) Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | 'John is in for the shock of his life when the math whiz assigned to help him with his calculus turns out to be his old girlfriend (based on the J.M. Barrie's "The Twelve-Pound Look").' | |||||
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