ALAN BRODY   


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Plays by Alan Brody

ALAN BRODY
Annie and Issie
1st Produced:
2004
Company:
Theatre Cooperative
1st Published:
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Genre:
play
Ten Min
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: -
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ALAN BRODY
Are You Popular?
1st Produced:
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Company:
-
1st Published:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes: Single interior setting
Synopsis: ARE YOU POPULAR is the third in THE VICTORY BLUES TRILOGY, a cycle of three plays that also includes THE HOUSEWIVES OF MANNHEIM and VICTORY BLUES. The three plays cover the time from 1944 to 1956. They begin in Brooklyn and follow the move to the suburbs of three Jewish-American families before and after the men return from World War Two. ARE YOU POPULAR introduces the children of those families who are now in high school.
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ALAN BRODY
Auditor, The
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Company:
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Genre:
Drama
One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
-
Parts Other:
Two Voices, one male, one female
Notes: -
Synopsis: A study of a man in isolation who lives his life through the voices he hears from the next apartment.
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ALAN BRODY
Company of Angels, The
1st Produced:
Newton, MA
1994
Company:
New Repertory Theater
1st Published:
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Genre:
-
Play with Music
Parts:
Male
6
Female
4
Parts Other:
1b, doubling
Notes: Fluid, non-realistic setting
Synopsis: Based on the true story of actress Rita Karpinovicz (Rita Karin), The Company of Angels tells the story of a group of young actors in the Yiddish theater who find each other after the holocaust and create a touring company in Eastern Europe. Beginning in Lodz, Poland, the company tours to the urban centers where survivors come looking for news of family and friends. With a dramatic and musical revue called "Yesterday and Today", they rehearse under impossible conditions, but the young people are finally able to bring Yiddish language and culture back to the surviving Jews, along with a message of hope.
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ALAN BRODY
Dog with the Head of a Dragon, The
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Company:
-
1st Published:
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
4
Parts Other:
inc 1 Asian m 2 Asian f
Notes: -
Synopsis: The Dog with the Head of a Dragon is based on a true story about two women, one American and one Chinese, who were friends and roommates at MIT in the late 1940's and then lost contact with each other when the Chinese woman, Gao Xiang, returned to China to join Mao's revolution. Before the events at Tiennanmen Square the American woman, Jenny, becomes convinced that her friend has survived and starts on a journey to find her and to refind herself and their past together. The play is about that search, moving back and forth in time and ending in Tienanmen Square just before the demonstrations.
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ALAN BRODY
Eckstein And Sons
1st Produced:
2003
Company:
Underground Railway Theatre
1st Published:
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Genre:
play
Ten Min
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: -
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ALAN BRODY
Five Scenes From Life
1st Produced:
Kansas City, MO
1991
Company:
Missouri Repertory Theatre
1st Published:
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes: One set with an insert
Synopsis: A woman teaching in a college course in a maximum security prison becomes involved with one of her students and the two of them find themselves in An unlikely love story
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ALAN BRODY
Greatest Singer in the World, The
1st Produced:
2002
Company:
Pilgrim Theatre Company
1st Published:
in Boston Theatre Marathon of Ten Minute Plays Volume 4, Bakers Plays
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Genre:
play
Ten Min
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: -
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ALAN BRODY
Greytop in Love
1st Produced:
Kansas City, MO
1992
Company:
Missouri Repertory Theatre
1st Published:
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-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: One Interior Set
Synopsis: A tough, legendary liberal journalist has decided to retire and leave his famous Newsletter to his talented young assistant. Her conservative boyfriend has other ideas. With the help of Greytop's first wife, the explosive actress, Bella Fiedler, Greytrop gets what he wants - once he finds out what it is.
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ALAN BRODY
Hotel Room in Cleveland, A
1st Produced:
1999
Company:
SpeakEasy Stage Company
1st Published:
in Boston Theatre Marathon of Ten Minute Plays Volume I, Bakers Plays
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
play
Ten Min
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: -
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ALAN BRODY
Housewives Of Mannheim, The
1st Produced:
Bloomington, Indiana
2006
Company:
Bloomington Playwrights Project
1st Published:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama
Comedy
Parts:
Male
-
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: The Housewives of Mannheim is the first in the victory blues trilogy a cycle of three plays that includes Victory Blues and Are You Popular?. The three plays cover the time from 1944 to 1956. They begin in Brooklyn where three women whose husbands are away at war live in the same apartment house and discover new dimensions of friendship. Victory Blues deals with what happens when the men come home. Are You Popular? Follows the families' move to the suburbs and their children, now in high school. Each of the plays stands alone, but if produced together they trace the changes America experienced during those crucial years and planted the seeds for today.
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ALAN BRODY
Invention For Fathers And Sons
1st Produced:
1988
Company:
-
1st Published:
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
3
Parts Other:
doubling
Notes: -
Synopsis: Max and Joel Marowitz, a father and his son meet. They are both 48 years old. Meeting as men, they are able to speak to each other about memories, thoughts and feelings that were closed to them as simply father and son. The action ranges over memories of four generations of fathers and sons and the women who have played important roles in their lives. At the end, Max is able to find peace in the decisions he has made in his life and Joel finds the courage to reaffirm his capacity for love.
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ALAN BRODY
Matchpoint
1st Produced:
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Company:
-
1st Published:
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: One Interior Set, with non-realistic inserts
Synopsis: Set against the background of of the world of professional tennis, this play traces the relationship between Frank Altman, a former star, Dori, his wife who was a star of women's tennis, and Frank's protégé, Kevin Raider. When Kevin reappears in Frank's life after a twenty year absence, old tensions and conflicts resurface and find their resolution, at last.
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ALAN BRODY
Medea's Nurse
1st Produced:
Stamford, CT
2007
Company:
Riverside Theatre Company
1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes: One Interior Set
Synopsis: Bette Warren still lives inn her own home although she knows she has the early symptoms of Alzheimer's. Her grandson, who has been away for ten years returns and this sets off a series of self discoveries for Betty, her daughter Charlotte, and Adam, her grandson.
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ALAN BRODY
Moses
1st Produced:
2000
Company:
African Repertory Troupe
1st Published:
in Boston Theatre Marathon of Ten Minute Plays Volume 2, Bakers Plays
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
play
Ten Min
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: -
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ALAN BRODY
One-on-One
1st Produced:
Kansas City, MO
1990
Company:
Missouri Repertory Theater (Staged Reading Only)
1st Published:
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-
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
7
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes: The action takes place primarily in the men's locker room, but a space should be used to suggest other areas in the gym.
Synopsis: The play takes place in an urban gym during the time when it mostly used by senior citizen members. The men have created a small community that reflects their childhood lives on the streets of the city. Through the action of the play, two of the men who have been fierce competitors all their lives discover the option of cooperation and friendship.
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ALAN BRODY
Saturday Memories
1st Produced:
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Company:
Underground Railway Theatre
1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
1b, 13; 1g, 9 and a non-speaking character of Photographer
Notes: One Interior Set
Synopsis: Saturday Memories is a memory play structured around the morning and evening of a young man's bar mitzvah. All the action occurs in the reception room between the synagogue and the grand dining room of a modern Long Island synagogue. As three generations prepare to celebrate the coming of age of a fourth, all the adults discover they have some growing up of their own to do, as well.
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ALAN BRODY
Sitting Shivah
1st Produced:
2001
Company:
Underground Railway Theatre
1st Published:
in Boston Theatre Marathon of Ten Minute Plays Volume 3, Bakers Plays
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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise
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Genre:
play
Ten Min
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes: -
Synopsis: -
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