DARREN CALLAHAN (1969 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Darren Callahan
Double Negative, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||
| Company: | Don Parker Productions | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Drama, Absurdist Comedy, Dream Play | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: Two brothers take very different approaches to post-war life in Europe. Pen Hartzog, a decorated fighter, works hard in his tailor shop and tries to forget the violence; Martin Hartzog rails publicly against oppressive thugs haunting their small town. Their affections for the same woman and one's consuming secret make for an epic drama of flawed human choices. | ||||
Filmstars |
| 1st Produced: | Gurnee Theater, Gurnee, IL USA | 2004 | ||
| Company: | Gurnee Theater, Gurnee, IL USA | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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 | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Light and fun change of pace. | ||||
Synopsis: How do you create filmstars? Take two B-list actors and pair them together in an A-list picture. Problem is, these two particular filmstars used to be in love. Now they're not. And the A-List picture? It's a downer set in a prison, written by a nobody. Can two scheming Hollywood agents pave the way to cinema history, or is it just the desperation talking? | ||||
Horror Academy |
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||
| Company: | Babes With Blades, Chicago, IL USA | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Horror/Suspense/Thriller/Action | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: featuring the Babes With Blades-performed zombie play "Where Is the Breakdown?" plus three new pieces, "Three Lines," "Everything's Different Here," and "Red Messages. Also produced at North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, USA, 2007 | ||||
Synopsis: An anthology for stage of three 30-minute stand-alone plays linked by five monologues, "Horror Academy" is a unique blend of all-female casting, old school horror for serious horror fans, and plenty of onstage action. Zombies, cannibals, vampires - all played straight with real dramatic weight. A world premier produced in the 2007 season by Chicago's 10-year going stage company BABES WITH BLADES was a sell-out run with strong reviews. | ||||
Mass Grave |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Horror/Thriller | - | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Portions based on the 1939 film "The Man They Could Not Hang," starring Boris Karloff, story by George Wallace Sayre and Leslie T. White, screenplay by Karl Brown, directed by Nick Grinde. | ||||
Synopsis: Dr. Savaard is dead. He was executed following a trial for murder. So why is he hosting a dinner party for the very people who condemned him? Dr. Savaard uses the power of science to create a house of hidden terrors in this twisting tale of justice from the beyond. | ||||
Sub-Genre |
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Horror | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: A husband searches for his missing wife in an abandoned hospital. On his journey he meets a cryptic guide, a sex-crazed girl, a competing suitor, and a pioneering doctor who decapitates his patients. A story of double-crossing nightmares and the potential for corrective, rat-run surgical enhancements. | ||||
Throw The Control Darts |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | Sci-Fi | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: Henry Pravel is a gamesman, a salesman, everything but a comfortable host. His neighbor, Clayton Keller, is a past-his-prime novelist working on a depressing new piece about Waterloo. Lula Pravel is Henry's wife, a beautiful woman full of mystery and subtle signals. These three very different and very lonely people are brought together by Control Darts, an expensive home system where a person's mind controls the throw. If only they could read each other's thoughts, the evening might actually turn out well. | ||||
Two Girls Kissing |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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 | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: Sisters of a convent are suspected in the death of their male overseer. An investigator arrives, using manipulation and intimidation. Under his methods, the sisters protect each other while burying their secret even deeper. | ||||
Water Pressure |
| 1st Produced: | Breadline Theater, Chicago, IL USA | 2004 | ||
| Company: | Visions & Voices | |||
| 1st Published: | Smith & Kraus | 2005 | ||
| 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: | - | Sci-Fi | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Four wealthy widowers form a club to discuss time travel. From this simple beginning, their actions become tragically linked to the fractured futures of their four daughters. | ||||
White Airplane, The |
| 1st Produced: | Polarity Ensemble Theater | 2006 | ||
| Company: | Polarity Ensemble Theater | |||
| 1st Published: | Polarity Ensemble Theatre | 2009 | ||
| 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: | Surrealist | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Not for everyone, but remarkable nonetheless. | ||||
Synopsis: A Pittsburgh man finds himself in the body of a Japanese typist, whose wife has been reported missing. What are the links between this strange occurrence and the crash of a white airplane on the English countryside? A dream-like story of life and circumstance, told as human drama, mixed with absurd comedy, with jabs of sex and violence. | ||||