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Joni Ravenna
Brush With Fate, A
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Tonight, commercially successful but critically un-acclaimed artist, Steven Breckenridge, will unveil his masterwork, the one even the critics will love. Only problem is, he's in a coma. So begins A Brush With Fate which the LA Reader called "a very entertaining look at the funny side of the dark side". As an out-of-body bystander, Steven is privy to the motivations and machinations of his cut-throat agent, gay performance artist buddy, angular mistress, beautiful wife and stodgy art critic. Frustrated and hurt that in the midst of his impending death, he is the only one crying, Steven tries to ruin their fun. Faulty electrical wires and each other are blamed for the supernatural disturbances. Act One culminates in the unveiling of a bizarrely positioned, abstract nude.
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The West Coat Ensemble Theatre, Hollywood
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dark comedy/farce
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4
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3
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Joni Ravenna
For Pete's Sake
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On the eve of his son's birth, out of luck actor, Peter Thorton, gets plowed down by a semi while merging into the slow lane. A victim of lousy timing his whole life, God allows Peter to decide the fate of his soon to be born son, Pete, Jr. He may live a long, relatively happy life or he may find great fame and fortune and unbearable sorrow. Senior chooses fame for Junior who grows up to be a handsome, spoiled superstar, who pays the ultimate price, begetting yet another choice to be made by Pete Jr, for his son. Inspired by the tragic death of John Kennedy, Jr., For Pete's Sake follows the lives of three generations of Thorton men who all find the grass greener on the other side and poses the question: Given the choice of choosing the destiny of a child, would you choose not to be given the choice in the first place?
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The Chance Theatre, Orange County, Ca
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2005 Brooklyn Publishers
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dramedy
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nominated Best New Play by the OC Weekly. It was a finalist in the Playwrights Circle Int'l. Playwriting Competition and winner of the Palm Springs Writers Guild award for best play.
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Joni Ravenna
Phantom of Youth, The
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A woman on the verge of 40 tries to turn back the clock by adhering to an unusual diet book. She is further motivated by the hunky, young grocer
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2004 Muckenthaller Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
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10 min
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Male
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1
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2
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recently one of five winners of the Drama Works of Dublin competition and it was just last weekend (May 2005) in the finals of the Tulip Theatre's short play Fest (NYC).
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Joni Ravenna
Preserving Clancy
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The death of a pet allows an aging Irish immigrant and her Jewish neighbor to discover that beneath their seeming hatred of each other, there lurks a latent, forbidden attraction
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45 min dramedy
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2
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Joni Ravenna
Sex, Love and the Premature Evacuation
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Ellen is a thirty-something, fatalistic, romance novelist in search of the perfect sperm - one detached from the rest of the male anatomy. Bob is a certifiable genius who's smorgasbord of sexual dysfunctions ranges from the mundane to the truly debilitating. The two meet in the waiting room of a sex clinic. Ellen takes pity on the seemingly pathetic Bob and even offers to help him when she discovers from another female patient that Bob's problems are all a ruse. Apparently this is how he meets women. Bob swears that this is different and that he's been in love with Ellen from afar and has arranged this accidental meeting. Turns out Bob is not a patient, but a sperm donor and the specious specimen Ellen is waiting for might wind up being his. Upon further inspection, Bob seems to have all the right stuff, but with an IQ as high as his sperm count, can he be believed?
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Black Box in Palm Springs
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30 min comedy
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4
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nominated Best New One Act by the DTL. It was also the winner of "KeepItComing.com" playwriting competition and a finalist in the Strawberry Festival (NYC)
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