JUSTIN TANNER (1964 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Justin Tanner
Bitter Women |
| 1st Produced: | The CAST Theater, Hollywood CA | 1993 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 6 |
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| Synopsis: | A naive woman moves to Los Angeles and ends up with the room mate from hell. "One of his best plays." (CRITIC'S CHOICE) - LA TIMES; "Bitter Women, with much wit and originality, will define its generation." - DRAMA-LOGUE; "An extremely comical, touching entertainment." - BACKSTAGE WEST | |||||
Coyote Woman |
| 1st Produced: | The CAST Theater, Hollywood CA | 1998 | ||||
| Company: | Cherry Red Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 |
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| Synopsis: | A girl goes running in Griffith Park, gets scratched by a coyote and turns into a tramp whenever the moon comes up. "Trashy! Bloodthirsty! A cult classic!" - Digital City; "A wildly funny, contemporary interpretation of the werewolf flick!" - Wash. Blade; "A total scream! Hysterically funny!" - Metro Weekly | |||||
Happytime Xmas |
| 1st Produced: | The CAST Theater, Hollywood CA | 1989 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 |
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| Synopsis: | A waitress/mother with grown children at home gets a chance to go on a game show. "delightfully funny and horribly real. Tanner avoids condescension by piercing the soul of each character he creates." - LA WEEKLY; "The stylish performances and Tanner's firecracker direction gives the play the honesty that guarantees its laughs." (CRITIC'S CHOICE) - LA TIMES: "May be the best black comedy about Christmas ever written." DRAMA-LOGUE | |||||
Heartbreak Help |
| 1st Produced: | The CAST Theater, Hollywood CA | 1996 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 |
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| Synopsis: | Four women share a motel room in Joshua Tree for a spiritual retreat. "Tanner's ear remains sharply satirical. Even as he revels in his characters' ridiculousness, he draws them with a sly sympathy. At their most pathetic, they are at their most human. - VARIETY; "His strongest and funniest piece yet. In a gleaming style all his own he milks the world of aromatherapy and vision quests ruthlessly and brilliantly for laughs - (CRITIC'S CHOICE) LA TIMES | |||||
Hot Property |
| 1st Produced: | Evidence Room, Los Angeles | 10 Oct 2002 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | The friendship of a group of theatre actors unwinds when one of them is offered a big Hollywood part | |||||
Intervention |
| 1st Produced: | The CAST Theater, Hollywood CA | 1995 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
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| Synopsis: | A struggling actor is held hostage by his family, who misread the seriousness of his drug problem. "Tanner manages to dramatize the social and psychological conditions that lead to drug abuse with eerie accuracy." - VARIETY; "It's dangerous material to be sure, yet it's so deliciously, subversively funny that you can't help but laugh." - DAILY NEWS; "Once again, Tanner's dialogue flows like a dream" (CRITIC'S CHOICE) - LA TIMES | |||||
Oklahomo! |
| 1st Produced: | The Third Stage; Burbank, CA | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | A gay theatre company mounts an unauthorized adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Classic. And gets sued. "One of the funniest spectacles of spit and bile to be seen in town this year. " - LA Weekly; "A screamingly funny collision of cultures. . .hilariously acerbic. " - LA City Beat; "A savage send-up of Tanner's own experiences on the local small theater scene, and it's a bitter, uncompromising overview from an artistic survivor. " - (CRITIC'S CHOICE) - LA TIMES | |||||
Party Mix |
| 1st Produced: | The CAST Theater, Hollywood CA | 1991 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Actors can play multiple roles if needed | |||||
| Synopsis: | When a hostess bails on her guests, the party spins out of control. "A lightweight but wicked satire of L.A .'s varied pretensions." - LA WEEKLY; "A keenly crafted slice of seamy Hollywood party life." -DAILY NEWS; "An eclectic, snappy and revealing glimpse into a gathering of strangers. . .for a fun un-adulterated good time, run down to "Party Mix." DRAMA-LOGUE "A spontaneous, cagey brew." (CRITIC'S CHOICE) - LA TIMES | |||||
Pot Mom |
| 1st Produced: | The CAST Theater, Hollywood CA | 1994 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 6 |
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| Synopsis: | A suburban mother raising a family deals pot to make ends meet. "Every writer strives to find an original voice; Justin Tanner has succeeded. "Pot Mom," is genuinely fresh and imaginative -- not to mention hilarious." - VARIETY; "Tanner's hilariously dysfunctional "Pot Mom" is a stoned parody of contemporary California suburbia that explores the blurred boundaries between television fantasy and daily reality. " (CRITIC'S CHOICE) - LA TIMES; "Justin Tanner may well be our modern-day Moliere." LA WEEKLY | |||||
Space Therapy |
| 1st Produced: | Zephyr Theater, Hollywood, CA | 2007 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Couples counseling on a ship orbiting the earth. "A screwball comedy full of outrageous humor. . .laugh out loud hysterical." - BroadwayWorld.com; "Justin Tanner's razor-sharp wit is in high-flying form. . .a nonstop howler. . .divinely bawdy" - Backstage West; "Tanner's assured dialogue is gloriously witty. . .ferociously funny." - LA Weekly; "Boasts an ace cast and some jaw-dropping howlers that can't be printed here." - LA TIMES | |||||
Teen Girl |
| 1st Produced: | The CAST Theater, Hollywood CA | 1992 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 |
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| Synopsis: | A high school senior has a rite of passage when her mother goes out of town for the weekend. "Tanner may have come up with the ultimate coming-of-age story. . .is to its era what " American Graffiti " was to the early '60s, and in its own way, just as universal." - VARIETY; "This play could show kids that theater is a place that matters." (CRITIC'S CHOICE) - LA TIMES: "Tanner could teach a Berlitz course on teen dialect." - LA WEEKLY | |||||
Tent Show |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Voice Lessons |
| 1st Produced: | 22 May 2010 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | This is a play by Justin Tanner about a community theater actress, her vocal coach, and her rival - nytheatre.com | |||||
Wife Swappers |
| 1st Produced: | The Third Stage; Burbank, CA | 2004 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | no actual nudity | |||||
| Synopsis: | A conservative Orange County couple invites some swingers over to their place for a night of snacks and nude twister. "Deliciously rhythmic and often hilarious dialogue" - VARIETY; Recommended - LA TIMES. | |||||
Zombie Attack |
| 1st Produced: | The CAST Theater, Hollywood CA | 1989 | ||||
| Company: | Cherry Red Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | Zombies: 1-10 | |||||
| Notes: | Actors can play multiple roles if needed. Written by Justin tanner and Andy Daley | |||||
| Synopsis: | A group of friends get together in a cabin in the woods; dabble in witchcraft; awaken the dead. "With a single stroke of superb timing and scintillating humor, Tanner may well be the savior of real farce." LA WEEKLY; "Zombie Attack!' is entertaining from beginning to end." DRAMA-LOGUE; "A funky, snide spoof that takes no prisoners and leaves no cliche unturned." CRITIC'S CHOICE - LA TIMES | |||||