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MAUREEN MARY STUDER (1960 - ) |
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Nationality: USA, born in Canada Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Maureen Mary Studer has spent three decades in the theatre performing, directing, producing, teaching and most currently writing. She received her Bachelors degree with an emphasis in acting and directing and dabbled in playwriting at UC Riverside. Following that she worked as a consultant in acting, teaching and freelance directing. After several years of freelancing, Maureen returned to school and earned her Masters in Arts, with an emphasis in history and criticism. After receiving her Masters, Maureen started teaching at Santa Rosa Junior College and continued to work as a consultant in the arts. After several years teaching, she left the field and working in the theatre in it's entirety and ventured into the corporate world. It was at this point that she began writing in earnest. Since that time, she has had Accosted, a ten minute play produced at the San Francisco Fringe. Her most recently completed work, Righteous Devastation, is play about the effects of Co-Dependency on the family. Equivalent is a fictional anachronistic romp exploring the life in the wake of the American Revolution. Her first full length play, An Incomplete Life is about the effects of three different Gay and Lesbian individuals who are forced to remain closeted about their sexuality. Currently she is working on a play, Lost Art, a surrealistic piece about a young woman's vision for her life and her father's reluctance to approve.
Plays by Maureen Mary Studer
Accosted | ||
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco Fringe Festival | - - - | ||||
Company: | PlayCafe | |||||
| 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 | #73676 | |||
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Genre: | comedy Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | No set, only props which are carried by the female character. Copy written in 2004 | |||||
Synopsis: | While burdened with emotional distress a woman is accosted by a thief who demands her mental anguish as opposed to her wallet. | |||||
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Equivalent | ||
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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 | #83029 | |||
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Genre: | comedy of manners | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | doubling possible | |||||
Notes: | This is a two act play. The style of the play is based on Restoration Comedy circa 1660 to 1700. Copy written in 2005 | |||||
Synopsis: | Fairman County finds itself in a quandary between applying the new principals of American Revolution and the strong hold of tradition. This anachronistic ribald comedy poses contemporary questions in an historical setting. The events of the play revolve around embezzlement, the quest for liberty, women in business, social status and gay marriage. With the advent of "freedom and social justice for all" in this small town there are a few things that have gotten out of whack for the Thomas family. This comedy, written in a style that pays homage to the restoration comedy, is a delightful romp into what might have happened if our forefathers had been insightful enough to understand the inevitable changes of the future of America. | |||||
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I Can't Remember | ||
| 1st Produced: | Staged Reading only | - - - | ||||
Company: | Ross Valley Players | |||||
| 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 | #83030 | |||
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Genre: | comedy Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Copy written in 2004. The set is one table, a book and two cups. | |||||
Synopsis: | A man and woman meet at a coffee shop and find that poor memory can lead to romance. | |||||
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Righteous Devastation | ||
| 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 | #83028 | |||
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Genre: | drama comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | This is a two act play. Copy written in 2007 | |||||
Synopsis: | At 4 a.m. on a windy Thanksgiving morning in the Sharpe household, Eva Sharpe is awake and busy, but she's not preparing the family's holiday feast. Instead, she telephones her estranged eldest daughter Angel with unsolicited advice and a plea to come home for the celebratory dinner. However, Angel has an agenda of her own with an inquiry about the family history that Eva strongly evades. As the mother and daughter argue and avoid, the entire household wakes, contributing to the growing chaos with a combination of personal conflict and misunderstanding. As a fall storm rails, dialing a wrong number turns into phone sex, a first date goes awry, Aunt Ruth loses her carefully constructed spiritual calm, the trickery of jam making is revealed, a cable guy gives lessons in life skills, and a tree falls in the living room. Each family member pursues an individual agenda with sometimes humorous, but potentially devastating results. At the center of the story, Eva and her husband Sam, married 28 years and having raised three children, must come to terms with long-held secrets that threaten not only their own well-being, but their entire family. The continuous action drives the characters to face themselves, their secrets, and an uncertain future, as the truth boldly changes everything the family has built. | |||||
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