EDWARD J THOMAS
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Edward J Thomas
... a conscious choice |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Full-length | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 1 | |||
Notes: Copyright © 2005 | ||||
Synopsis: Keith has never dated, nor been attracted to anyone. He finds out why when he's confronted by a census taker asking him to "make his choice," much like he chose how tall to be and what kinds of food to like. Keith has one month to figure out who to love. | ||||
About Last Knight |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Farce | One Act | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 2 | |||
Notes: This play is also Act II of A Knight at the Theater. Copyright © 1991 | ||||
Synopsis: After dispatching the evil knight in his previous adventure, Sir Tenley Knott now must deal with his old adversary's brother, who is looking for revenge. | ||||
All's Well in 804 |
| 1st Produced: | Broadway Onstage Live Theatre, Eastpointe, MI | 2003 | ||
| Company: | Broadway Onstage Live Theatre | |||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Full-length | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: aka Eight Stories on the Eighth Story. 27 characters, meant to be played by 6 people. Copyright © 1994, 2002 | ||||
Synopsis: Eight stories with no (apparent) connection that all take place in room 804 of the Ringfield Hotel, in 1861 and the present day. | ||||
Anchors Await |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | comedy | Ten min | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Copyright © 2003 | ||||
Synopsis: Rick just wants to buy some batteries before heading to the airport. But he learns that any time you are in a hurry, no one ahead of you seems to be. | ||||
April, Mae & June |
| 1st Produced: | Broadway Onstage Live Theatre, Eastpointe, MI | 2006 | ||
| Company: | Broadway Onstage Live Theatre | |||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Full-length Bittersweet Comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Copyright © 2003 | ||||
Synopsis: When their mother dies, April is put in charge of notifying her sisters. Additional trouble occurs when June refuses to come home for the funeral. Each of the three acts covers the same half hour of time, from each of the sisters' perspectives | ||||
Baiting the Master |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | comedy | Ten min | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Copyright © 2003 | ||||
Synopsis: Four-time National Fishing Champion Jim Bob MacDougle is looking to win the Southeast Regionals for the sixth year running. But one of his competitors may not be as dumb as he appears. | ||||
Dawning of Twilight |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | full length | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Copyright © 2004 | ||||
Synopsis: Randy is a funny, likable guy with a good job and a good family. When he becomes ill, things start falling apart. | ||||
Don't Tell Me You Love Me Until the Second Date |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | full length | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: A full-length play performed in one act. A two-act version is also available. Copyright © 2002 | ||||
Synopsis: After a blind date goes a little too well, Sean quickly discovers he's in over his head when it turns out his date is obsessed with him. Based on a true story. | ||||
Finding Mr. (Joseph) Right |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | full length | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Copyright © 2004 | ||||
Synopsis: Because of a family tradition Mary must marry someone called Joseph - so Tobey wont do& | ||||
Fourth |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | full length | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Copyright © 2002 | ||||
Synopsis: Just another Fourth of July party at Carl's, complete with him coming on to a woman he just met in front of his stripper girlfriend, and Jed wondering if he'll ever meet Miss Right. Not to mention their friend David's depression over a recent breakup, and the girlfriend being more than she seems... | ||||
Greek To Me |
| 1st Produced: | Elephant Theater, Hollywood, CA | 2004 | ||
| Company: | Original Works | |||
| 1st Published: | Original Works (as part of Quick & Painless Volume I) | 2004 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | comedy | Ten Min | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | - |
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Notes: Copyright © 2003 | ||||
Synopsis: Rivalry between a Trojan and Spartan at the Games. | ||||
If They Had Lived (The Unofficial, Unnecessary, Unasked-For, Long-Awaited Sequel to Romeo and Juliet) |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Full-length | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 6 |
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Notes: Copyright © 2007 | ||||
Synopsis: What would have happened if Romeo and Juliet had a happy ending, where the lovers survive and their families call off their famous feud? All the questions you've never asked about just this situation are finally answered! | ||||
In Case You're Fired, Break Glass |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Fifteen-minute play | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
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Notes: Copyright © 2003 | ||||
Synopsis: The merger of two companies has lead to a number of layoffs. As some of the remaining few gather for orientation into the new company, a disgruntled former employee shows that he won't go quietly. | ||||
In-Laws Roasting on an Open Fire |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | full length | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Copyright © 2003 | ||||
Synopsis: What was supposed to be a quiet family Christmas party becomes a stressful sleepover when a blizzard snows everyone in. | ||||
Kenny by Committee |
| 1st Produced: | Fries Auditorium, Grosse Pointe, MI | 2003 | ||
| Company: | Grosse Pointe Theatre | |||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Notes: Copyright © 2003 | ||||
Synopsis: A five-person play is about to be performed, but only four of the actors show up. The show must go on, so they each take turns filling in for the missing actor. | ||||
Knight at the Theater, A |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | full length | Farce | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 3 | |||
Notes: A combination of the one-act plays Once a Pun a Time and About Last Knight. Copyright © 1992 | ||||
Synopsis: The kingdom of Pundon's new Champion-Knight receives his title and saves the day, all before the end of the first act. But "happily ever after" only lasts through intermission, as a new problem arrives that he is responsible for. | ||||
Life and Death on a Park Bench |
| 1st Produced: | Baldwin Theater (2nd Stage), Royal Oak, MI | 2005 | ||
| Company: | Stagecrafters | |||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Fifteen-minute play | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 | |||
Notes: This play is also Act I, Scene 3 of Working Stiffs. Copyright © 2003 | ||||
Synopsis: Life and Death are having their weekly meeting to exchange souls for recycling. While Life just wants to get it over with - after all, it's just another workday - Death wants to visit for a while. | ||||
Love in Mind |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Fifteen-minute play | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Notes: Copyright © 2003 | ||||
Synopsis: Greg is in love with his friend Maria, but would never tell her. His thoughts betray him, however. | ||||
Mary Chris Moss |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | full length | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 2 | |||
Notes: 8 characters, to be played by 5 people. Copyright © 2004 | ||||
Synopsis: Mary Moss has always been a me-first kind of person. The reappearance of a childhood imaginary friend one Christmas Eve may change that. | ||||
Nature of Time, The |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Fifteen-minute play | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: This play is also Act I, Scene 2 of Working Stiffs. Copyright © 2005 | ||||
Synopsis: While Father Time attempts to make a nice anniversary dinner for his wife, Mother Nature, ex-wife Mother Earth arrives to complicate things. | ||||
No More to Give |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Notes: Copyright © 2003 | ||||
Synopsis: Mike and Theresa's marriage is in a rut and may be heading for disaster. The arrival of an old high school friend further complicates their lives. | ||||
Novel Death, A |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | full length murder mystery | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Notes: Four alternate endings to choose from. Copyright © 2001 | ||||
Synopsis: A nominee falls dead onstage at an award show. With no police present, a mystery novelist tries to find the culprit, despite being a suspect herself. | ||||
Once a Pun a Time |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Farce | One Act | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 3 | |||
Notes: This play is also Act I of A Knight at the Theater. Copyright © 1989 | ||||
Synopsis: Something is wrong in the kingdom of Pundon when the heroic Champion-Knight quits. A tournament is held to find a new Champion, and the winner must rescue the Princess from the now-evil former hero. | ||||
Parrots of the Caribbean |
| 1st Produced: | Uptown Eatery, Southfield, MI | 2007 | ||
| Company: | StarBrite Theatrical Productions | |||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Full-length Murder Mystery | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Notes: Copyright © 2006 | ||||
Synopsis: It's a murder mystery based on the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and Jimmy Buffett's music, without showing even the vaguest similarity to either. Several people meet at a bar in the Caribbean, and one of them dies. Was it the pirate, or was it one of the other greedy people looking for his gold? | ||||
Questions Asked While in the Dark |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Fifteen-minute play | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 | |||
Notes: Copyright © 2004 | ||||
Synopsis: Two friends discuss the pros and cons of the violent action movie they are watching. And it seems that what is pro and what is con depends on who you ask. | ||||
Sandman Cometh, The |
| 1st Produced: | Rochester, MI | 2004 | ||
| Company: | Heartlande Theatre Company | |||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Fifteen-minute play | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: This play is also Act I, Scene 1 of Working Stiffs. Copyright © 2002 | ||||
Synopsis: Maggie is up late when she is confronted by an intruder who emerges from her closet claiming to be a Sandman. | ||||
Scottish Play, The |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Full-length | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Copyright © 2006 | ||||
Synopsis: A small community theatre attempts to do Shakespeare's Macbeth with a washed-up, alcoholic director, an overdramatic lead actor with a Romeo complex, a highly superstitious lead actress, an overly ambitious actress who plays all three witches at once, and two other less-than-stellar actors who must portray the two dozen or so other roles. | ||||
Wait, The |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | comedy | Ten min | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Copyright © 2003 | ||||
Synopsis: Some people would like to be alone with their thoughts in a doctor's waiting room. But at least one young girl would like to take the opportunity to have some fun. | ||||
What Question? |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | comedy | Ten min | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 2 | |||
Notes: Copyright © 2000 | ||||
Synopsis: It's just a normal trip to the doctor's office. Well, except that no one seems to be able to say anything unless it is a question. | ||||
With Friends Like These... |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | comedy | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Can be combined with Don't Tell Me You Love Me Until the Second Date to make a full-length two-act play. Copyright © 2001 | ||||
Synopsis: Eric goes out on a blind double date without even knowing the person who set him up very well. On this evening with three strangers, he finds out more than he wanted. Based on a true story. | ||||
Working Stiffs |
| 1st Produced: | Baldwin Theater (2nd Stage), Royal Oak, MI | 2007 | ||
| Company: | Stagecrafters | |||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | full length | Satire | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 2 | |||
Notes: 9 roles are meant to be played by 8 people. Full-length version of The Sandman Cometh, The Nature of Time, and Life and Death on a Park Bench. Copyright © 2006 | ||||
Synopsis: Regular people, such as Father Time and Mother Earth, deal with regular problems, and one not-so-regular one: What does the coming Apocalypse mean for your employment status? | ||||