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ED VELA (1959 - ) |
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Nationality: Mexican-USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Ed Vela has been writing plays for the last 10 years following a brief, and thoroughly unrecognized career as a stage actor. "A Step Away" is the second full-length play to be published by Norman Maine Publishing. Vela lives the simple life with his wife, Theresa, his Step-Son Tony, and a plethora of animals that includes, two dogs, and two ferrets, in rural Texas, occupying his days with writing plays, making short films, and substitute teaching on the side for extra money.
Plays by Ed Vela
Bats in the Belfry | ||
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| 1st Published: | JD Drama Publishing (2006) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100001 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
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Synopsis: | 10-minute version of a play that has a one act and full length version, about a Hollywood acting family coping with hard times in La-La Land. | |||||
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Casting the Bard | ||
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| 1st Published: | in collection published by Big Dog Plays/Norman Maine Publishing | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100002 | |||
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Synopsis: | This collection of three short plays provides a humorous behind-the-scenes look at theatre. In Casting the Bard, three exhausted drama teachers find themselves stuck in a precarious positionthey have to cast for the role of Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream but they only have three students to choose from. The students vying for the role all have major negatives, but trying to decide which student is the best of the worst is the hardest job of all. In Just a Few Brief Notes the director of a school production of Tom Sawyer struggles to direct a surfer cast as Huck; an uptight shoe-wearing Tom Sawyer; and a Becky Thatcher who thinks shes tongue-zilla. And in The Art of Compromise, a playwright attempts to compromise with an avant-garde director who wants to transform his modern courtroom drama into the story of a Viking mother brainwashed by a Russian hypnotist | |||||
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Clown Heart | ||
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| 1st Published: | JD Drama Publishing (2006) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100003 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
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Synopsis: | It is a time years ago, when the traveling circus would come to town by rail, criss-crossing the country. Hank, the clown, has a secret that only Devin, a young trapeze artist knows about. But, how far will the clown go to keep his secret? | |||||
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Cookies | ||
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| 1st Published: | JD Drama Publishing (2006) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100004 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
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Synopsis: | A boy tries to help his sick little sister sell her last few boxes of Wildlife Girl Explorer Cookies that she MUST sell before the deadline at days end. So he dresses AS a his sister, and with his Uncle (dressed as a Den Mother) drive from Brooklyn to Great Neck (so nobody will recognize them) to sell these cookies. | |||||
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Expedient Family | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas | 2006 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61725 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy/Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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| When Dex's boss, A.J., invites herself over to his house to meet his wife and daughter, Dex has just one small problem-he has no wife or daughter! Afraid he will be fired for lying on his employment application, the blissful bachelor has just hours to transform himself into a family man. With time running out, Dex elicits the help of a male substitute teacher to pose as his "wife" and a junior high drama student to play his "daughter." But when Dex's "wife" begins flirting with his boss and Dex's ex-girlfriend shows up, the evening takes a few unexpected turns! | |||||
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Focus | ||
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| 1st Published: | JD Drama Publishing (2006) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100005 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
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Synopsis: | An absentee father, his resentful teen son, a late night talk about abandonment, responsibility and trust. | |||||
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God Dog | ||
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| 1st Published: | in the collection A Goat Ate My Bible with other playwrights, by One Act Depot | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100006 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
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Synopsis: | A failed writer is about to jump from the roof of a tall building. He is thwarted by a strange dog who talks to him about life, and the pros and cons of jumping. | |||||
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Halvzies | ||
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| 1st Published: | JD Drama Publishing (2006) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100007 | |||
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: | Ten Min | |||||
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Synopsis: | Three half brothers, who HATE each other, in a therapy session with a psychologist who must decide whether it is dangerous for them to go on living together. | |||||
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Long Ride Home, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | in collection published by Big Dog Plays/Norman Maine Publishing | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100008 | |||
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Synopsis: | There are plenty of comical conflicts and heartfelt moments in this wonderful collection of five short plays that depict the unique and timeless bond between stepfathers/fathers and sons. A little-leaguer suffers the agony of defeat when he loses the championship game for his team and realizes his fathers disappointment in The Long Ride Home. In Head, a father, in the midst of fixing the toilet, is taken off guard when his son decides to make a rather comical confession. In Cecil Clarence Abernathy Explains It All to You, a nave boy reads a school essay to his classmates relating the events leading up to his parents divorce and how the new situation has turned into a real cash cow for him. In Wine and Wafers, Norman decides to break the news to his brother and father during communion that he has broken up with his girlfriend and is now dating a Jewish boy. And in Step-Hell, a teenager recounts the first time he called his stepfather Dad and the first time his stepfather called him Son. | |||||
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Male Bonding | ||
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| 1st Published: | in collection published by Big Dog Plays/Norman Maine Publishing | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100009 | |||
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Synopsis: | Manhood. The great outdoors. Sounds like an idyllic opportunity for male bonding, but in this collection of wilderness adventures, the men find their manhood easily squashed by the forces of Mother Nature. In Male Bonding, a motherafraid her teenage son is in danger of becoming an interior decoratorsends her husband and son out into the wilds of Texas to do some male bonding. But after being sprayed by a skunk, suffering a bout of diarrhea, running out of toilet paper, getting eaten alive by mosquitoes, contracting poison ivy, and then being trapped in a tent in a rainstorm after eating too many baked beans, the two find a trip to the mall and some pizza preferable to enduring the horrors and hardships of nature. In Loathe Letters, Mel, an Italian deli owner, sends his son, Kip, to summer camp to toughen him up. Stir-crazy, stressed-out, damp, and suffering, Kip begins sending desperate letters to his dad begging to come home, but Mel, glad to have his son gone for the summer, is determined to keep Mel at camp. And in Lying to Mom as an Art Form, a father recounts his first camping trip as a boy and vows never to inflict the same torture on his sons. | |||||
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Santas Shoes | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #100010 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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Synopsis: | When Santa forgets to put on his shoes before he sets out to deliver presents on Christmas Eve, his elves become very worried. You see, Santas shoes are magical and as long as he is wearing them, he is safe from all hazards including icy roofs, narrow chimneys, and even big mean dogs. Hearing that Santa is shoeless, the Ice Princess and her pack of arctic wolves meet up with the Sandmans evil cousin, the Sleeper, and hatch a plan to take control of Santas navigational control room and direct Santas sleigh off course. But the Sleeper and Ice Princess plans are foiled when the elves unleash RoboElf, their robotic security guard! | |||||
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Step Away, A | ||
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| 1st Published: | Norman Maine Publishing, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61718 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy/Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 5 (if minor roles are not doubled) | |||||
Notes: | The Ref and the Ump serve as those two characters, but also are written to play all other minor characters in the play, if this is being done by a group who wishes to break up the smaller parts to incorporate more actors this can be done. | |||||
Synopsis: | Art and Carol are newlyweds. Which makes Art's two girls, Suzy and Bee and Carol's two boys, Merrin and Hawthorne: Newly-Sibs. Throw in a visit from Art's collegiate son, Ian, helping to crowd their ultra modern-translation: tiny-new house, and no wonder they have an Ump and Ref around to sort things out. Suzy can't stand Merrin. Merrin can't stand Art. Hawthorne can't stand up to a reckless bud driver, and Ian might be flunking out of Texas Tech! Will Art find a way to deal with Merrin's hostility? Will Suzy find a way to cope with Merrin? Will Carol have to quit her job as an airline pilot to stay at home and run interference? Will they ever come together? Or will they find family unity might always be. . . A Step Away. | |||||
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Two Choices | ||
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| 1st Published: | JD Drama Publishing (2006) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100011 | |||
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: | Ten Min | |||||
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Synopsis: | Two Broadway boy actors, both up for the Young Patrick part in Mame sit in a waiting room getting ready for the final interview to decide who gets the part. As they wait the animosity between the two is quite evident as they snipe at each other about past auditions and shows. | |||||
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Urning It | ||
| 1st Produced: | Jewel Box Theatre, Oklahoma City, OK | 2005 | ||||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #58284 | |||
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Genre: | 90 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 7 flexible, optional extras | |||||
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Synopsis: | Winner of the Jewel Box Theatre Best Play of the Year Award. Ward Hammacher has just discovered that his extremely rich aunt has died. To honor her last request, he packs up his family and treks 3,000 miles to scatter her ashes off the Santa Monica Pier and collect his inheritance. The drive proves perilous as the family experiences hilarious misadventures along the waythey get stopped in Texas, ripped off in Arizona, and jailed in Mexico. This family-friendly comedy features a minimal set and plenty of quick-fire wit. | |||||
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Wake, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | American Theatre of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 >>> | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Phare Play Productions | |||||
| 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 | #69612 | |||
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Genre: | short play One Act | |||||
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Notes: | part of Summer Shorts, a program of new short plays | |||||
Synopsis: | A wife and mistress have the confrontation at the husband's wake. | |||||
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