JAMES ARMSTRONG (1975 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by James Armstrong
Afterward |
| 1st Produced: | Commons Theatre, Madison, NJ | 1997 | ||||
| Company: | Drew University Dramatic Society | |||||
| 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: | comedic drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A failed Senate candidate ruminates on his defeat to the increasing distress of his wife and campaign manager. | |||||
Alwida the Pirate, Queen of the High Seas |
| 1st Produced: | Snug Harbor Music Hall, Staten Island, NY | 2007 | ||||
| Company: | Snug Harbor Cultural Center | |||||
| 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: | children's | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Legends tell of the adventures of Alwida the Pirate, the brave buccaneer who ruled the waves of the Baltic Sea and sacked kingdoms wherever she went. What they don't tell, is how she started out as a young girl whose parents never listened to her. Never listened, that is, until a chance meeting propelled her to become Queen of the High Seas! | |||||
Birdgirl On Walkabout |
| 1st Produced: | Boston: Playwrights' Platform Summer Festival of New Plays | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN | - | ||||
| 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: | Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Performance Time: Approximately 25 minutes | |||||
| Synopsis: | A brother and sister head west on a roadtrip to visit the Grand Canyon when their car breaks down in an Arizona desert. Stranded, the two must confront pain, anger, and confusion as they search for meaning in their lives. Billy, the pragmatic younger brother, ridicules his idealistic sister, Miriam, for her desire to pursue the wonders and beauty of life. As layers of the past are revealed, the tension between these opposing realities erupts. This compelling coming-of-age drama evokes both the disturbing uncertainties of life and the necessity of forgiveness and understanding. | |||||
Dancing with Harry |
| 1st Produced: | Russell H. Ratsch Experimental Theatre, Teaneck, NJ | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | Farleigh Dickinson University | |||||
| 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 | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Harry's having a bad day. We're not just talking Elvis in a peanut butter shortage, I mean a really, really bad day. After missing his own daughter's graduation, he ends up with his best friend at a local tavern, trying to make sense out of his life. If he could only get that cute waitress to say one word to him, he might just go home happy. Or, he might not. A bittersweet play about last dances and second chances. | |||||
Dickens Condensed |
| 1st Produced: | Snug Harbor Cultural Center (Staten Island, NY, United States) | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN | - | ||||
| 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: | 60 min | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 4 males, 1 female (4-6 actors possible: 3-5 males, 1-2 females) | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | All fourteen (and a half) novels by Charles Dickens performed in a single hour, you say? Impossible? Not for the Crummles Company! Join five intrepid performers portraying more than fifty characters as they perform a comic rendition of all the books by England's most famous novelist, from The Pickwick Papers to the unfinished The Mystery of Edwin Drood. This Dickens of a play will have audiences rolling in the aisles while introducing them to the works of a classic and timeless author. | |||||
Foggy Bottom |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
| 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 | 3 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A philandering mid-level State Department bureaucrat, pretending to be the Assistant Secretary of State, promises one green card to three illegal aliens, all beautiful young women. When the three women show up at his office on the same night to cash in on his promise, farcical hilarity ensues. . .and then a fourth woman arrives, with an entirely different plan in store for him. Press Release | |||||
Four Doctors Huxley, The |
| 1st Produced: | Jersey City, NJ | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | The Attic Ensemble | |||||
| 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: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | The night before Cousin Eleanor's wedding, the Huxley clan reunites at their family estate on the outskirts of Boston. As the only college dropout in a house filled with hyper-cerebral academics, William Huxley feels pressured to prove himself, whether it's with the hopelessly melodramatic novel he's writing, or with Jenny, the buxom but socially inept girl he's dating. | |||||
Last Night of Nothing |
| 1st Produced: | Lab Theatre, Gettysburg, PA | 2002 | ||||
| Company: | Gettysburg College Dept. of Theatre Arts | |||||
| 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: | comedic drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Three high school friends hang out in a graveyard on a Sunday night--their last night of summer freedom before school starts up the next day. As they drink beer and complain about teachers, they suddenly realize that they are not alone. A mysterious stranger appears and turns everything upside-down in one night they will never forget. | |||||
Leap of Faith |
| 1st Produced: | Odd Duck Studio, Seattle, WA | 1999 | ||||
| Company: | Playwright's Theatre of Seattle | |||||
| 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 | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Seeking love, a woman bursts into a room and offers unconditional commitment to a total stranger. | |||||
Muddin' in Chumuckla |
| 1st Produced: | Drew University, Madison, NJ | 1995 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Eldridge Plays and Musicals, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | Comedic Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Six teen-age friends hop into a car on a Friday night, determined to have a blast, and perhaps rekindle their fading relationships. But with high school over and the future beckoning, nothing can remain quite the same. Each learns a bit about life and love, holding onto things and letting things go, on the zany road to the town of Chumuckla. | |||||
Mysteries of the Castle of the Monk of Falconara, The |
| 1st Produced: | The Monster, New York, NY | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | Spotlight On 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 | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | One the eve of All Hallow's, 1793, three strangers come to the Castle of Falconara in response to a mysterious letter. They are Ann Radcliffe, Horace Walpole, and Matthew G. Lewis, three of the great Gothic novelists of the late 18th century. There, they encounter all of the stock devices of Gothic fiction: locked chambers, ominous monks, even a vampire! | |||||
Net of Dreams |
| 1st Produced: | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA | 1999 | ||||
| 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: | Heroic Comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Net of Dreams is the story of two young lovers caught in the grip of emotions they can neither understand nor control. It is a classic tale of love, betrayal--and getting rid of pesky dragons. Set in the time of knightly quests, feuding kingdoms, and magic potions, Net of Dreams explores the universality and unpredictability of love, no different today than in the middle ages. Based loosely on a twelfth-century Celtic legend, the play toys with its own myth to get to the heart of a story that is at once comic and tragic. | |||||
New Mrs Jones, The |
| 1st Produced: | The Theatre Studio, Inc., NY | 1998 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brooklyn Publishers2004 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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 | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | It's every son's worst nightmare. Every time Sam Jones brings a girlfriend home to meet his mother, she ends up, well. . . dead. Now Sam's met the woman he's sure is the love of his life--pretty, smart, charming, and a doctor to boot! But before they can live happily ever after, he'll have to get her to survive an evening of dinner with his mother. | |||||
Passing Through the Sanitarium |
| 1st Produced: | Commons Theatre, Madison, NJ | 1995 | ||||
| Company: | Drew University Dramatic Society | |||||
| 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 | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | John has some problems. That's why he just checked himself into a mental institution. Fortunately for him, he's not crazy like those other people: Thomas who constantly quotes scripture, Simon who says nothing and paints, and Paul who goes ballistic over the thought of a lost Scrabble game. John is just passing through. Or is he. . . | |||||
Searching for St Anthony |
| 1st Produced: | The Chernuchian Theatre, American Theatre of Actors, NY | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | Sponsored by the Abingdon Theatre 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 | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A year after his father's death, Chris Fallow must return to his hometown for a memorial mass arranged by his ailing mother. Raised in a strict but hypocritical Catholic household, Chris must confront the sins of the past while struggling to find the faith he once had. | |||||
Sight to See |
| 1st Produced: | Russell H. Ratsch Experimental Theatre, Teaneck, NJ | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | Farleigh Dickinson University | |||||
| 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 | 5 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Friday night, two of the longtime patron's of Phil's bar, Marty and Trisha, drank, and talked, and danced, and went home. . . together. Now it's Saturday night, the gang's all here, and everyone knows exactly what happened last night. Or do they? Nothing is quite the way it first appears, and when Marty and Trisha collide a second time at Phil's bar, it will truly be a sight to see. | |||||
To a Steed |
| 1st Produced: | South Santa Rosa Recreation Center Theater, Gulf Breeze, FL | 1994 | ||||
| Company: | Northwest Florida Young Playwrights Festival | |||||
| 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 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Decades ago, the famous poet Margaret Katherine Shaw hanged herself in this house. Now Diane Erwin, another poet, is staying there for a week. But Diane has her own demons to wrestle with. In the midst of her depression, she stumbles upon an aging horse trainer with a mysterious secret. Gradually, she unravels the past and discovers the truth about Margaret Katherine Shaw--and herself. | |||||
Try Try Again |
| 1st Produced: | The Tank, NY | 2009 | ||||
| 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 | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written by James Armstrong, Mark Blickley, Dawn Cardinale, VE Kimberlin, Jacqueline Rego | |||||
| Synopsis: | comedy theater in five pieces - press release | |||||
When Ladies Go A-Thieving |
| 1st Produced: | American Globe Theatre, New York, NY | 2004 | ||||
| Company: | Turnip Theatre Co. and American Globe Theatre | |||||
| 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 | - | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Three pickpockets in Seven Dials, London, compare their spoils one dark evening in 1841. Doll, having recently read the last installment of a cheap, popular novel, persuades her two companions to act out a duel from the story. As past resentments come to the fore, however, their play takes a deadly turn. | |||||