STEVEN DIETZ (1958 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Steven Dietz
After You |
| 1st Produced: | Louisville | 1990 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Ten Min | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Becky's New Car |
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| 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 | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Becky in her forties has a good job, a solid husband and a free-loading son. Then she meets a widower billionaire and everything changes. | ||||
Brothers And Sisters |
| 1st Produced: | Minneapolis | 1982 | ||
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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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: music by Carlson | ||||
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Burning Desire |
| 1st Produced: | St. Paul, Minnesota | 1987 | ||
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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 | |||
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Carry On |
| 1st Produced: | Minneapolis | 1984 | ||
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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 | |||
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Catch Me A Z |
| 1st Produced: | Minneapolis | 1985 | ||
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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 | |||
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Notes: music by Theisen | ||||
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City of Ghosts |
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| 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 | |||
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Synopsis: A young couple agree to accompany a woman on an international trip and place themselves in danger. | ||||
Dracula |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1996 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | flexible | |||
Notes: from novel by Bram Stoker | ||||
Synopsis: Grace is a perfect guest, ever-smiling, tactful and full of conversation . Her unexpected disclosures are made more powerful by the contrast with the bright facade she presents. Stanford hits all the right marks with his outwardly solicitous and inwardly seething Robbie. And Loelia, the least sympathetic character, is well-rendered in all her complexity by Fouche. It is very pleasing to find a cast as uniformly good as this: the effect is of a relay team passing the baton at top speed with pinpoint accuracy | ||||
Fiction |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||
| Company: | BCB Presents. . . | |||
| 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 | 1 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: unravels a mysterious literary love triangle spanning decades and continents. The play examines the hows and whys of the various fictions we devise to make our lives livable, and what happens when a crisis forces us to deal with the realities we have hidden from ourselves and our loved ones. Press Release | ||||
Foolin' Around With Infinity |
| 1st Produced: | Los Angeles | 1987 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1990 | ||
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| Genre: | Comedy/Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: angst in the nuclear age which takes place in and around a nuclear missile silo a mile beneath Utah | ||||
Force of Nature |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: A play of extravagant romance and combustible desire, FORCE OF NATURE brings together the "perfect couple"-Edward and Charlotte-with two persons from their past: a beautiful young woman and an older man, Edward's best friend. Beneath the placid exteriors of their lives, a storm is awakening-a rush of dangerous passions which shall alter their lives forever. Freely adapted from Goethe's Elective Affinities, FORCE OF NATURE is a lush, eloquent drama about the consequences of desire and the power of destiny. | ||||
Go, Dog. Go! |
| 1st Produced: | Adventure Theatre, DC | 2008 | ||
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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: | Youth Audience | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Adapted by Allison Gregory and Steven Dietz from the book by P. D. Eastman | ||||
Synopsis: At the opening, the Green dog, Heather Scheeler, explained the rules of the performance to the younger audience members. What a great way for kids to have an introduction to theater etiquette! In true circus-like style, the MC Dog, brilliantly played with a comedic sense by Alex Perez, charmed the young audience members and grabbed their attention. The actors donned silly, colorful costumes with a clown theme as well as hats with dog ears attached to match their costumes. The show contained jokes for both parents and kids that made the performance really enjoyable. The story line was simple and the performers moved with graceful acrobatic skill that made the delighted preschoolers in the audience laugh and clap along. The performance was clearly geared toward the younger audience members, but may still be appreciated by adults. As well as the costumes and the script, the music and songs captivated the younger audience. The original music and lyrics were composed by Michael Koerner. Hunter Kieserman, dc theatre scene | ||||
God's Country |
| 1st Produced: | 1988-89 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1990 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: In September of 1983 members of a racist organisation known as The Order began robbing, counterfeiting and murdering so-called "enemies of the white race" in an effort to ignite a "white revolution." The crime spree ended one year later in a fatal shoot-out followed by an explosive courtroom drama. By documenting the facts and fallacies of the white supremacists movement, God's Country traces the brutal rise and fall of The Order | ||||
Halcyon Days |
| 1st Produced: | Seattle | 1991 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Rain City Press, Seattle | 1991 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: In 1983, against the backdrop of the tragedy in Beirut, the most powerful nation on earth invaded the smallest country in the western hemisphere: The United States invaded Granada. This deviously dark comedy takes us behind the scenes of this incredible invasion. This behind the scenes world is not on the island, however, it is with the speech writers and spin doctors who won America's first "public relations" war. | ||||
Happenstance |
| 1st Produced: | Seattle | 1989 | ||
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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 | |||
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Notes: music by Peltoniemi | ||||
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Inventing Van Gogh |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: A haunting and hallucinatory drama about the making of art, INVENTING VAN GOGH is the story of the final van Gogh self-portrait, painted just before the artist's death, which has never been seen&until now. Patrick Stone, a contemporary painter, is hired to forge this final masterpiece-and finds himself squaring off, across the years, with van Gogh himself. The result is a compelling mystery about the obsession to create and the fine line that separates truth from myth. | ||||
Lonely Planet |
| 1st Produced: | Seattle | 1992 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 1994 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Jody is in his forties and runs a map store. Not one for the outside world, he stays in his store all the time. His friend, Carl is in his late thirties and has been bringing chairs of dead friends into Jody's store and leaving them there. When Jody needs to take an AIDS test, Carl tries to convince him it is not only okay to leave the store but also that he must take responsibility for his life. If he doesn't, he will join the set of chairs that Carl has taken great pains to place in the right spots around the store. Through their interaction, the two realize how grateful they are to have such a strong lasting friendship. Jody finally leaves the map store to take his HIV test and returns to find Carl sitting in a chair of his own. With this gesture, we know that Carl has joined the many of their friends who have died, but now Jody must take Carl's place as the caretaker. | ||||
More Fun Than Bowling |
| 1st Produced: | St. Paul, Minnesota | 1986 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1990 | ||
| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: bowling alley owner reflects of the ladies in his life and the Zen of bowling | ||||
Nina Variations , The |
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| 1st Published: | Rain City Projects, Seattle, Washington | 1996 | ||
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| Genre: | Comedy drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | flexible | |||
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Synopsis: In this funny, fierce and heartbreaking homage to THE SEAGULL, Steven Dietz puts Chekhov's star-crossed lovers in a room and doesn't let them out. In forty-three variations on their famous final scene, Nina (a young actress) and Treplev (a young writer), pit their vibrant wit and soaring passions against one another in a fast-paced tour de force of romantic entanglement | ||||
Over The Moon |
| 1st Produced: | 2003-04 | |||
| 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: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: from the novel The Small Bachelor by P G Wodehouse | ||||
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Painting It Red |
| 1st Produced: | St. Paul, Minnesota | 1986 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1990 | ||
| 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: | Concert Play | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Music by Gary Rue Lyrics by Leslie Ball | ||||
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Private Eyes |
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service and by Smith & Kraus in Humana Festival '97, The Complete Plays. | 1997 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: a comedy of suspicion in which nothing is ever quite what it seems. Matthew's wife, Lisa, is having an affair with Adrian, a British theatre director. Or perhaps the affair is part of the play being rehearsed. Or perhaps Matthew has imagined all of it simply to have something to report to Frank, his therapist. And, finally, there is Cory-the mysterious woman who seems to shadow the others-who brings the story to its surprising conclusion. Or does she? The audience itself plays the role of detective in this hilarious "relationship thriller" about love, lust and the power of deception. | ||||
Railroad Tales |
| 1st Produced: | Minneapolis | 1983 | ||
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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 | |||
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Random Acts |
| 1st Produced: | Minneapolis | 1983 | ||
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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 | |||
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Rememberer, The |
| 1st Produced: | Seattle | 1994 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Rain City Projects, Seattle, Washington | 1993 | ||
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Rocket Man |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | Comedy Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: a serious comedy about the road not taken. Donny Rowan has placed everything he owns on his front lawn, along with a sign that reads: "Here's my life. Make an offer." He has cut a skylight into his attic and placed his E-Z Boy recliner underneath-where he can sit, staring at the stars. Somewhere in the universe, Donny believes, is a place where all the roads we never chose converge. ROCKET MAN explores one man's obsessive desire to find this "parallel world"-and the profound effect of his decision on his family and friends | ||||
Sherlock Holmes:The Final adventure. . . |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | 2007 | ||
| 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: | - | Mystery | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: based on the original play by William Gilette and Arthur Conan Doyle | ||||
Synopsis: chilling mystery involving a kidnapped damsel, scandalous letters and London's seamy underworld finds Master Sleuth Sherlock Holmes pitted against his two most perilous foes: certain death and impassioned love. | ||||
Spot, The |
| 1st Produced: | DeBaun Auditorium, 5th & Hudson Sts., Hoboken, NJ | 2008 | ||
| Company: | J CITY Theater | |||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: part of Hudson County One Acts Festival | ||||
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Still Life With Iris |
| 1st Produced: | Seattle | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | Rain City Projects, Seattle, Washington | 1997 | ||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Ten November |
| 1st Produced: | Chicago | 1987 | ||
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays in Process, 9,4", New York | 1987 | ||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: Music and Lyrics by Eric Bain Peltoniemi | ||||
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To The Nines |
| 1st Produced: | Seattle | 1991 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "The Twentieth Century", Rain City Press, Seattle | 1991 | ||
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Trust |
| 1st Produced: | Seattle | 1992 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Rain City Press, Seattle | 1992 | ||
| 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: | Comedy Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: This is a contemporary dramatic comedy set against a backdrop of the rock music scene. In a world ruled by love, lust and lying, a spiral unwinds. Cody is a rising star musician. Becca is his fiancče. Gretchen is a dressmaker, fitting Becca for her wedding dress. Leah is a rock star past her prime who Cody meets while on the road. Roy is a public radio announcer smitten with the young bohemian, Holly. As the lives and loves of these people continue to intersect, attraction gives way to seduction, and secrecy holds sway over truth. Becca and Cody's marriage-to-be grows as rocky as Roy increases his hilariously futile attempts to charm Holly. Gretchen and Leah's past is unearthed, brought on by Gretchen's attraction to Becca. As the final concert of Cody's tour concludes, new bonds have been formed, old wounds remain; friends looking for answers, lovers looking for that elusive word: trust. | ||||
Wanderlust |
| 1st Produced: | Minneapolis | 1984 | ||
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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 | |||
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