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NINA SHENGOLD |
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Nationality: n/a Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: The Gersh Agency |
Nina Shengold won the Writers Guild Award for her teleplay Labor of Love, starring Marcia Gay Harden, and the ABC Playwright Award for Homesteaders. Her one-act plays have been produced throughout the U.S. and in Canada, Europe, Asia, and New Zealand; No Shoulder was filmed by Suzi Yoonessi and screened at Tribeca Underground, the Woodstock Film Festival and others. With Eric Lane, Shengold has edited eleven theatre anthologies for Viking Penguin and Vintage Books. Her first novel, Clearcut (Anchor Books, 2005) was chosen as one of the year's best books by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, San Francisco Bay Times, BookMarks and Out.com.
Plays by Nina Shengold
Emotional Baggage | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61277 | |||
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Genre: | 15-20 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 4 males, 3 females (6-7 actors possible: 3-4 males, 3-4 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The secret lives of unclaimed baggage. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Finger Foods: An Evening of Short Plays.) | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Everything Must Go | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 1996 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61278 | |||
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Genre: | 15-20 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 2 females, 2 either (4-14 actors possible: 2-6 males, 2-8 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A middle-aged woman sells her past - literally - at a yard sale. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Finger Foods: An Evening of Short Plays.) | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Finger Food | ||
| 1st Produced: | Winthrop University (Rockhill, SC, United States) | 2005 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61279 | |||
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Genre: | 18-25 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 male, 1 female | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | As a Method hand model and a hand-obsessed food photographer shoot an ad, lust for each other sparks in them both. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Finger Foods: An Evening of Short Plays.) | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Finger Foods: An Evening of Short Plays | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61280 | |||
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Genre: | 100-120 min Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | 3 males, 5 females (8-45 actors possible: 4-24 males, 4-22 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | These seven short comedies and dramas provide a lightly surreal romp for actors, who play everything from ex-boyfriends in a police lineup (Forty to Life), to abandoned suitcases (Emotional Baggage), to four women of uncommon zen wisdom (Lives of the Great Waitresses). Together these pieces serve up a satisfying assortment of life experiences that are sometimes mysterious, sometimes hilarious, and always surprising. To purchase this book of 7 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below: | |||||
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Forty to Life | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61281 | |||
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: | 10-15 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 6 males, 2 females (6-14 actors possible: 4-12 males, exactly 2 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Susie confronts a police line-up of dating offenders, each one an ex-boyfriend of hers. One of them blames her for breaking his heart when she can barely remembers him. The pair is handcuffed together until things are worked out between them. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Finger Foods: An Evening of Short Plays.) | |||||
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Homesteaders | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31736 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An island in Southeast Alaska in 1979, over the course of an eventful summer five troubled inhabitants struggle to come to terms with themselves, each other and the past | |||||
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Lives of the Great Waitresses | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 1995 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61282 | |||
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: | 10-15 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 4 females | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Four waitresses, each with her own brand of zen, share the secrets of being one of the greats. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Finger Foods: An Evening of Short Plays.) | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lush Life | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61283 | |||
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: | 10-15 min Jazz drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 male, 1 female | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | On a late-night subway platform, a single woman encounters a homeless street musician, who may or may not be her schizophrenic first love. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Finger Foods: An Evening of Short Plays.) | |||||
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No Shoulder | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61284 | |||
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Genre: | 10-15 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 2 females | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A surreal late-night encounter between a childless widow and a teenage hitchhiker, who have far more in common than either imagines. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Finger Foods: An Evening of Short Plays.) | |||||
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Romeo/Juliet | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 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 | #66833 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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War at Home | ||
| 1st Produced: | Rondout Valley High School (Accord, NY, United States) | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31737 | |||
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: | 40-50 min Ensemble drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 4 males, 4 females, 13 either (16-30 actors possible: 4-26 males, 4-26 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A group of students in a New York State high school 100 miles north of Ground Zero responds to the events of September 11th, 2001. The text of this ensemble piece was created from journal writings of over 40 students, teachers, and community members in the weeks immediately following 9-11. (All royalties from War at Home will be donated to charity.) | |||||
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