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DAWSON MOORE |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Dawson Moore has been produced in Italy, New York City (Off Broadway), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Alaska, Texas, Washington, Illinois and Virginia, and has won national awards for his short comedies Bile in the Afterlife, In a Red Sea, The Bus and Domestic Companion. He serves on the national advisory board of the Playwrights' Center of San Francisco. In 2001, he formed Three Wise Monkeys Theatre Company with Richard Bernier and Aoise Stratford. He currently coordinates the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez, Alaska (www.pwscc.edu). His personal website is www.dawsonmoore.com, which contains samples from all his plays and links to useful sites for playwrights.
Plays by Dawson Moore
Bile In The Afterlife | ||
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco, Eureka Theatre | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Three Wise Monkeys | |||||
| 1st Published: | 3WM Press, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42915 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Bile Talon died in a business meeting, but his troubles are only beginning. He discovers that the ancient Egyptians were right about what happens to us when we die. Things are looking run-down, though: cremated ashes litter the ground, and Osiris has put on weight. Bile decides to take over and run things his way. | |||||
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Domestic Companion | ||
| 1st Produced: | UAA | 1995 | ||||
Company: | Three Wise Monkeys | |||||
| 1st Published: | Pretty Things Press, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42922 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Frustrated by her boyfriend Cato's snoring, Lindsey was tricked into injecting him with cat DNA by Kane, her stalker boss. The snoring has disappeared, but there are all sorts of complications to this rash misapplication of genetic engineering. | |||||
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Fears Of Harold, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Impact Theater, NY | 2007 | ||||
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 | #62116 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | 2007 Impact Winter One Act Festival | |||||
Synopsis: | Harold Snyder beat a lame squirrel to death when he was five. He's never been the same. | |||||
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In a Red Sea | ||
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco Daytrippers | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Three Wise Monkeys | |||||
| 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 | #42928 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Reginald lives in fear of the passion in redheads, but can he really trust the blond therapist who wants to help him and is "just there to listen," either? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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LibidOff | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 2000 | ||||
Company: | Expanded Arts Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #42930 | |||
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Genre: | Dark Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The stand-alone prequel to the award-winning one-act "Bile in the Afterlife," this is the story of how Bile ended up dead. Feeling enslaved by his libido, he attempts to conquer his sex-drive through the use of lust-killing patches. They work, but even without a sex drive he misses sex, so he begins mixing Viagra into the picture. | |||||
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Living With The Savage | ||
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco, Eureka Theatre | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Three Wise Monkeys | |||||
| 1st Published: | 3WM Press, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #42923 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Martin and Angelica have their world view shattered when their matriarchal mother brings home a literal loincloth-wearing, spear-wielding Savage to be their step-father. | |||||
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Making Of Eye Contact, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | UAA | 1993 | ||||
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 | #42924 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | It's the final preview for his new play, and all the author wants is to survive: He's cast himself in the lead, and he's not very good. To make matters worse, his lead actress is leading a revolution in the cast, choosing the performance as the time to air her concerns about the script. | |||||
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Oh, Nancy! | ||
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco Cafe Project | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Theatre Artists' Conspiracy | |||||
| 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 | #42925 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Nancy is going out to dinner with her boyfriend, Kane, and her photography professor, Grady. Both men love her, and want to clear the air. Unfortunately, the waiter has been pining for her since she stole his virginity in grade school. She can only choose one of them& the question might be "who," but might also be "will she." | |||||
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Sand & Granite On Libery | ||
| 1st Produced: | UAA | 1994 | ||||
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 | #42926 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Sandy, an educated Southern gentleman, is taken prisoner by Grant, a ruffian seeking enlightenment. Grant quickly realizes his mistake, but his mentally slow girlfriend, Jane, thinks of Sandy as her pet bird, and so they keep Sandy in a cage behind the sofa. Strong language, violence, and adult content. | |||||
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Secret Stuffing | ||
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco Daytrippers | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Three Wise Monkeys | |||||
| 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 | #42927 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Lily and Chantel argue over whether or not to have their father's body stuffed, and come to new understanding about who they are and how he looms large in their life regardless of whether or not they prop him up in their living room. | |||||
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Tie, The | ||
| 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 | #82222 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Tom's Children | ||
| 1st Produced: | workshop readings June Havoc Theatre | 28 Jan 2011 | ||||
Company: | Blue Roses 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 | #124208 | |||
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Genre: | short plays | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Written by Kara Lee Corthron, Gary Giovannetti, Tom Matthew Wolfe, John Yearley, Richard Cottrell, Dawson Moore, Craig Pospisil. Conceived and Directed By: Erma Duricko | |||||
Synopsis: | an evening of short plays inspired by the poetry of Tennessee Williams. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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War Of Virginia And Alabama, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Anchorage Overnighters | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Three Wise Monkeys | |||||
| 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 | #42929 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A brother brings his fifteen year-old fiance home to meet his domineering sister. Set in the mythical South. | |||||
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