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TRACE CRAWFORD |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Trace Crawford is a member of Dramatist Guild of America
Plays by Trace Crawford
And What a Damn Fine Morning It Is (The Suburban P*nis Envy Fugue) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alburquerque, NM | Jun 2011 | ||||
Company: | Fusion Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128349 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play - Comedy - Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Two suburban male stereotypes emerge from their houses one morning. As they exchange niceties, it becomes apparent that beneath their pleasant facade lies a deep-seated resentment of the other. What follows is a flurry of consumerist one-upmanship, culminating in the revelation of the true source of their competition. | |||||
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Back Issues | ||
| 1st Produced: | Roxbury Repertory Theater | 27 Apr 2012 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #139068 | |||
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Notes: | part of their 2012 production of 6 Playwrights In Search of a Stage | |||||
Synopsis: | A paper hoarder, still grieving from the drowning death of his daughter 15 years earlier, becomes trapped within the debris in his apartment and is rescued by an aspiring actress ready to abandon her dreams. | |||||
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Christopher Durang Brings Medea Back to Disneyland | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115532 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play - Parody | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Features quick change character doubling. | |||||
Synopsis: | The basic story of Medea is told through an exaggeration of Christopher Durang's stylistic lens. Set in a Disneyland area resort hotel, that may or may not be located in Dresden, London or Bangkok, the story makes Medea and her nurse Larry endure hardship after hardship through a series of bizarre encounters. Here they meet Creon -the hotel manager, Jason - trying to marry into the tourism industry, Ageus - ruler of Athens, on a quest to find a barren woman, and more. | |||||
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Cointelpro Visits the Church Basement Ladies | ||
| 1st Produced: | Columbus, OH | Aug 2010 | ||||
Company: | Madlab | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115533 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play - Black Comedy/Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A COINTELPRO agent badly disguised as an old woman works his way into a small town ladies civic group and aggressively takes down its leader. Set at the end of the 1960's, the play is a satire of Cold War Era paranoia and church committee politics that utilizes a fair about of audience involvement as well. | |||||
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Couple of Metal Gods Sitting Around Talking, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Dorp Moravian Church Theater - 2205 Richmond Road, Staten Island, NY | 02 Apr 2011 | ||||
Company: | Sundog Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #126544 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play - Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Scenes from the Staten Island Ferry 2011. These six short plays are winners of an 2010-11 international playwriting competition. This marks Sundog Theatre's ninth year of presenting these all-original slices of life on the Staten Island Ferrywhere anything can happen. | |||||
Synopsis: | As two bandmates enjoy their mid-afternoon breakfast, one of them suggests the ultimate cardinal sin in the church of Metal - maybe they should include a power ballad in their setlist. It then becomes the other's duty to set him back on the path of the Righteous and not let his lapse of Heavy Metal faith disrupt their Mission to convert the un-metal masses. | |||||
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Everybody's a Critic | ||
| 1st Produced: | Chicago, IL | Oct 2010 | ||||
Company: | n.u.f.a.n. ensemble | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115534 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play - Black Comedy/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Everybody's a Critic concerns the frustrations of a film school dropout and a stranger that meet in a bar, and begin to discuss the canon of great American Cinema. As the movie references begin to fly and their opinions begin to differ, their discussion becomes more existential and a dangerous anger bubbles to the surface that threatens to destroy one of them. Or maybe not. In turns both philosophical and funny, "Everybody's a Critic" explores the question of why we are drawn to stories of inaction and ineptitude, not only in our entertainment, but also in our own lives. | |||||
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How to Succeed in Romance Without Really Connecting | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pittsburgh, PA | Nov 2010 | ||||
Company: | Future Tenant | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115535 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play - Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | The play explores the nature of dating in the age of Facebook and how living in a society in which the average person is on video at least eight times a day has fundamentally altered who we are as a people. Beginning as a light parody of How to Succeed in Business. . ., the play quickly transforms into a broad satire about not only the state of 21st century relationships, but also the very condition of our modern voyeuristic existence. A man prepares for his first date in a long time with the aid of a self-help book. Her arrival, complete with sex toys, a webcam and more illustrates that modern romance and all the trappings that go with it do far more to alienate us from one another than to connect. The final climactic moments bring the audience into the world of the play in the ultimate exhibitionistic thrill. | |||||
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Interview, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gi60 2012: Live U.S. Edition, presented at Brooklyn College | 08 Jun 2012 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #140335 | |||
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Synopsis: | A "heated" competition to land a single job gets the better of one of the applicants. | |||||
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Lady and "The Tyger" or William Blake's "How I Met Your Mother", The | ||
| 1st Produced: | NYC | Jul 2010 | ||||
Company: | Rapscallion Theatre Collective | |||||
| 1st Published: | Best 10-Minute Plays 2011, Smith and Krauss (Nov 2011) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115536 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Short Play - Romantic Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | The play looks at how our first impressions of people can be mistaken and that taking the risk to fall in love is worth it, despite the mixed emotions it can generate. A man is sitting quietly reading poetry by himself when he is accosted by a very unusual woman. Somewhere between her screaming about not wanting to be touched and him describing the meaning hiding within a William Blake poem, they manage to make a strong interpersonal connection. Exploring themes of our illusionistic first impressions and the duality of our emotional reaction to the new, "How I Met Your Mother" is evidence that love can spring up from even the most bizarre of encounters. | |||||
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Manson Family Feud, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128350 | |||
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Genre: | Short-Short - Comedy-Horror | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Sometime after the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse, we find Charles Manson the reigning champion on the Family Feud. | |||||
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Sum of Your Experience, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Columbus, OH | Mar 2011 | ||||
Company: | Madlab | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128351 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play - Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | While trying to get home one night, a man is robbed at gunpoint by an eerie stranger who demands not money, but instead, his memories. As the man recounts events from his life, he slowly loses his personality and the thief gains it. All of us are, after all, the sum of our experiences. | |||||
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Things You Can't Lose (Like TV and Tattoos) | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
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Genre: | Short Play - Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | In the spirit of healthy competition, two male co-workers at a popular tattoo shop try to impress a female customer who is getting her first tattoo. In doing so, they humorously explore the darker side of pop culture (specifically Gilligan's Island, M.A.S.H. and The Wizard of Oz). Even "Over the Rainbow" has a dark side. | |||||
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Time to Change the Pitch | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bloomington, IN | Oct 2010 | ||||
Company: | Bloomington Playwrights Project | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115541 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play - Social Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Features a few characters with pre-recorded dialogue and the option for three pre-recorded video segments. | |||||
Synopsis: | An extremely broad satire of the quest to create green vehicles, "Time to Change the Pitch" emphasizes the attempts, both genuine and half-hearted, by the auto industry to create a greener mode of transportation. Ultimately, the play points out that the basic flaw is a system based on the combustion engine, but also that it is important to continue to search for possible solutions, even in the most bizarre of locations. Set in a showroom, a sleazy car dealer takes a 1950's American family through the colorful history and failure of alternative fuel vehicles, with pitstops along the way to hear pitches from the president of Toyota and for the atomic powered car (yes, it was real). | |||||
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Unfamiliar Waltz, An | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fine Arts Association in Willoughby, OH | 20 Apr 2012 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128353 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play - Drama | |||||
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Notes: | in The 16th Annual One-Act Festival - "Hot from the Oven - Fresh on Delivery" | |||||
Synopsis: | When three people simultaneously discover a grenade, they are faced with the decision of what to do. | |||||
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Watch, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #128354 | |||
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Genre: | One Act Play - Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | A Pinteresque pair of career criminals are stationed in a seedy motel room. Constantly looking out the window, they have been assigned to watch for something but, unfortunately, have no idea what. When it comes out that one has been assigned to kill the other, the ultimate existential quandary reveals itself. | |||||
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