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Black Diamond Baby

Death Of The Theater, The

Fall Line, The

Soft Sleepers

Strong And Capable Shoulders Of The Student When He Dreams, The

We Did Not Dream Enough In That House

Jim Bovino Black Diamond Baby

Company

Flaneur Productions

Synopsis:

Black Diamond Baby is set on an island facing imminent destruction by an active volcano. Twins Sydney and Howard have gone to t his doomed place to try to redirect the birth of a new generation of human beings to the hotel where they are hiding. Working to interrupt their plans are the general, his best man,Agent Orrin, and a shadowy figure referred to only as 'the boss'. Black Diamond Baby explores the problems of individuality in a culture that manufactures personality.

First Produced

Brainco in Minneapolis

First Published

Genre

Full Length Drama

Parts

Male

Female

Other

1 puppet

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Jim Bovino Death Of The Theater, The

Company

Synopsis:

Our host is steve's spirited and well groomed doctor. out of his spirit of showmanship, Steve has generously decided to allow all those good people out in t.v. viewing land to watch him die. Live. The ultimate reality show

First Produced

not produced

First Published

Genre

Very short play: vignette

Parts

Male

Female

Other

2 characters; non gender specific

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Jim Bovino Fall Line, The

Company

Synopsis:

Due to a leak in the office, the roll out of the new product line has been jeopardized. Buster, a baby doll with an uncanny nose for corporate leadership, has called a meeting to deal with the potentially disastrous situation. But constant interruptions and a visit from the bishop threaten the solemnity of the weighty business at hand.

First Produced

not produced

First Published

Genre

Short; one act

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

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Jim Bovino Soft Sleepers

Company

Flaneur Productions

Synopsis:

Set in a post-apocalyptic dream world, Soft Sleepers considers the question of what happens when we wake up to find that the possibilities for the future are limited by the experiences we had in the past.

First Produced

2002 Experimental Intermedia Studio St Paul, MN

First Published

Genre

Full Length Drama

Parts

Male

Female

Other

3 characters; non-gender specific; androgynous

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Jim Bovino Strong And Capable Shoulders Of The Student When He Dreams, The

Company

Flaneur Productions

Synopsis:

In an empty and anonymous basement a man stands helplessly in an ordinary bucket, paralyzed by the disappointment of an ordinary life as a library burns to the ground and unnamed student with perfect vision enrolls himself in the Institute for the Blind. A darkly poetic consideration of the relationship between frustrated idealism and the emergence of nihilism and social pathology in the individual.

First Produced

2005

First Published

Genre

Full Length Drama

Parts

Male

Female

Other

4 characters, non gender specific

Notes

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Jim Bovino We Did Not Dream Enough In That House

Company

Synopsis:

Julian, the son of conjoined twins, has locked himself in the library where he seeks the truth of his origin. Is his father's condition an emergent duality or the living embodiment of the paradox of his own existence?

First Produced

not produced

First Published

Genre

Short; one act

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

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