DAVID AUBURN (1969 - )
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by David Auburn
Are You Ready? |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1998 | ||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: The fates of three people drawn to the same restaurant are altered in an instant. | ||||
Damage Control |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1998 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Examines a politician and his aide during a moment of crisis | ||||
Fifth Planet |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1998 | ||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Charts the friendship between two observatory workers as it waxes and wanes over the course of a year. | ||||
Journals of Mihail Sebastian, The |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 2004 | ||
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Synopsis: In the decadent, politically explosive Bucharest of the 1930s and 40s, a young writer struggles to maintain his career, his integrity and his Jewish identity, even as his closest friends ally themselves with Fascism. Based on the controversial journals, this epic one-man play spans eight tumultuous years and opens a uniquely personal window on the Romanian Holocaust and the Second World War. | ||||
Miss You |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1998 | ||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Two couples rearrange via call-waiting | ||||
Proof |
| 1st Produced: | Broadway, NY | 2000 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1998 | ||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father's madness-or genius-will she inherit? | ||||
Skyscraper |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1998 | ||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: Jessica, a young photographer fighting to save the building, has injured herself trying to take pictures of the crumbling skyscraper. She and her lawyer, Jane, are suing the demolisher, Raymond. Raymond has his own troubles: He has just been forced to fire his dreamy and unreliable brother, Joseph. Meanwhile, Louis, a 110-year-old man whose life is bound up with the building, tries to rescue Vivian, a distraught young woman determined to leap from the roof. Jessica inadvertently saves Raymond's life; Jane seduces Joseph; Louis struggles with Vivian and his failing memory; and all of their lives are changed as they uncover the threads that connect them to Chicago, this building, and each other. | ||||
Three Monologues |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1998 | ||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Depicts a young woman's solitude | ||||
Upset, An |
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||
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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: | short play | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: part of the 30th annual marathon of new short plays | ||||
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We Had A Very Good Time |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1998 | ||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Follows a married couple on a journey to a menacing foreign country | ||||
What Do You Believe About The Future |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1998 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 10 |
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Synopsis: Ten people answer the title question | ||||