JIM BEAVER (1950 - )
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Jim Beaver
As You Like It, Or Anything You Want To, Otherwise Known As Rotterdam And Parmesan Are Dead |
| 1st Produced: | Mitchell Hall Theatre, University of Central Oklahoma | 1975 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry Avenue, Suite 102, Studio City CA 91604-2024 | - | ||
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| Genre: | short play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: A bunch of scenes strung together in a Shakespearean pastiche with no particular rhyme or reason | ||||
Cop And The Anthem, The |
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| 1st Published: | Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry Avenue, Suite 102, Studio City CA 91604-2024 | - | ||
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| Genre: | short play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Adaptation of O. Henry short story about two panhandlers who decide to turn over a new leaf one Christmas Eve | ||||
Mockingbird |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre West, Hollywood CA | 2003 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry Avenue, Suite 102, Studio City CA 91604-2024 | - | ||
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| Genre: | short play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: A middle-aged actor on location in a small town brings a local girl back to his motel room, but finds himself in a far different relationship than he expected. | ||||
Once Upon A Single Bound |
| 1st Produced: | Mitchell Hall Theatre, University of Central Oklahoma. | 1974 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry Avenue, Suite 102, Studio City CA 91604-2024 | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: A reporter interviews a derelict who claims to be Clark Kent | ||||
Ox-Bow Incident, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry Avenue, Suite 102, Studio City CA 91604-2024 | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 29 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: Adaptation of the Walter Van Tilburg Clark novel about a mob that sets out to lynch a gang of rustlers without being certain who the rustlers are | ||||
Pressing Engagements |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre West, Hollywood CA. | 1990 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry Avenue, Suite 102, Studio City CA 91604-2024 | - | ||
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| Genre: | short play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: A New York City street mime searches desperately to find someone to pretend to be her fiancé but can only find a German tourist who speaks no English. | ||||
Semper Fi |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre West, Hollywood CA | 1984 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry Avenue, Suite 102, Studio City CA 91604-2024 | - | ||
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| Genre: | short play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: At the height of the Vietnam war, a Marine drill instructor takes an invisible platoon through twelve weeks of basic training in forty minutes | ||||
Sidekick |
| 1st Produced: | 1981-82 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry Avenue, Suite 102, Studio City CA 91604-2024 | - | ||
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| Genre: | Short Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: A man relates his experiences as a supporting actor during the heyday of Western filmmaking, chronicling his work as a "sidekick." | ||||
Spades |
| 1st Produced: | 1980-81 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc. in Twenty-Five Ten-Minute Plays from Actors Theatre of Louisville | - | ||
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| Genre: | play | Ten Min | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - |
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Notes: part of Early Times: a compendium of short plays | ||||
Synopsis: Two medics playing cards are surprised by the appearance of a soldier who has been pronounced dead | ||||
Truth, Justice And The Texican Way |
| 1st Produced: | Beverly Hills Playhouse, Beverly Hills CA | 1986 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry Avenue, Suite 102, Studio City CA 91604-2024 | - | ||
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| Genre: | short play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: A kangaroo court populated by clowns tries to railroad a young Latino. | ||||
Verdigris |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre West, Hollywood CA | 1985 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry Avenue, Suite 102, Studio City CA 91604-2024 | - | ||
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| Genre: | two-act comedy-drama | - | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: about Margaret Fielding, a paraplegic whirlwind who maintains her autonomy by sheer force of will, tossing about the lives of her friends, family, and helpers like a juggler. | ||||