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Steven Dietz

STEVEN DIETZ

  (1958 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Agency for the Performing Arts  represented by Beth Bickers

Steven Dietz. Mr. Dietz's thirty-plus plays have been produced at regional Theatres across the United States, as well as Off-Broadway. International productions of his work have been seen in england, Japan, Germany, France, Australia, Sweden, Russia, Slovenia, argentina, Peru, Greece, Singapore, and South AfricA. Recent plays include Fiction (produced Off-Broadway by the Roundabout Theatre Company); the Pulitzer-nominated Last of the Boys(produced by Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago); and several widely-produced adaptations: Honus and Me (from Dan Gutman), and the Edgar award-winningSherlock Holmes: the Final adventure(from William Gillette and arthur Conan Doyle). Other plays include Inventing van Gogh, the Nina Variations, Private eyes, Halcyon Days, God's Country, and Lonely Planet (PeN-USA award for Drama). Mr. Dietz's work as a director has been seen at many of America's leading regional Theatres. He divides his time between Seattle and Austin, where he is a professor at the University of Texas.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         After You         Becky's New Car         Brothers And Sisters         Burning Desire         Carry On         Catch Me A Z         City Of Ghosts         Dracula         Fiction         Foolin' Around With Infinity         Force Of Nature         Go, Dog Go!         God's Country         Halcyon Days         Happenstance         Honus And Me         Inventing Van Gogh         Jackie And Me         Last Of the Boys         Left To Right         Lonely Planet         More Fun Than Bowling         Nina Variations , The         Over the Moon         Painting It Red         Paragon Springs         Private Eyes         Railroad Tales         Rancho Mirage         Random Acts         Rememberer, The         Rocket Man         September Call-Up         Shadow Day         Sherlock Holmes:the Final Adventure         Shooting Star         Spot, The         Still Life With Iris         Ten November         To the Nines         Trust         Wanderlust         Yankee Tavern

After You

Synopsis:
Ben and amy broke up a year ago. Is a clean shave all that needs to take place for them to be able to move on?

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1st Produced:
Louisville    1990

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Ten Min

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Becky's New Car

Synopsis:
Have you ever been tempted to flee your own life? Becky Foster is caught in middle age, middle management and in a middling marriage-with no prospects for change on the horizon. then one night a socially inept and grief-struck millionaire stumbles into the car dealership where Becky works. Becky is offered nothing short of a new life. . .and the audience is offered a chance to ride shotgun in a way that most plays wouldn't dare. BeCKY's NeW CaR is a thoroughly original comedy with serious overtones, a devious and delightful romp down the road not taken.

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1st Produced:
Bay Theatre, 275 West St, Annapolis, Md    02 Dec 2011

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2010   -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Brothers And Sisters

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music by Carlson

1st Produced:
Minneapolis    1982

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Burning Desire

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1st Produced:
St. Paul, Minnesota    1987

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Carry On

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1st Produced:
Minneapolis    1984

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Catch Me A Z

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music by theisen

1st Produced:
Minneapolis    1985

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City Of Ghosts

Synopsis:
a young couple agree to accompany a woman on an international trip and place themselves in danger.

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Dracula

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

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from novel by Bram Stoker

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1996   -

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  flexible

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Fiction

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.
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Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Foolin' Around With Infinity

Synopsis:
angst in the nuclear age which takes place in and around a nuclear missile silo a mile beneath Utah

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1st Produced:
Los Angeles    1987

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1990   -

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Force Of Nature

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.

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Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Go, Dog Go!

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

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adapted by Allison Gregory And Steven Dietz from the book by P. D. Eastman

1st Produced:
Seattle    2002

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1st Published:
Plays for Young audiences. 2011   -

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Genre:
Youth audience adaptation

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  ensemble

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God's Country

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

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Samuel French, NY, 1990   -

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Play/Drama

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Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Halcyon Days

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.

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1st Produced:
Seattle    1991

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1st Published:
Rain City Press, Seattle, 1991   -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Happenstance

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music by Peltoniemi

1st Produced:
Seattle    1989

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Honus And Me

Honus And Me
Joey is a baseball fanatic although he is not a very good player. He collects baseball memorabilia. He is asked to clear out a neighbour's attic and finds the rarest baseball card of all. It is of Honus Wagner a player from 1909. then Honus himself appears.

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Based on the book "Honus And Me" by Dan Guttman

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Contained in: "Four Plays For Family Audiences" published by University of Texas Press   978-0292772584

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Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Inventing Van Gogh

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.

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Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Jackie And Me

Jackie And Me
Joey Stoshack has a baseball card that allows him to time travel. His class assignment is to write about baseball player Jackie Robinson and with the card Joey goes back in time to meet him

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1st Produced:
Seattle Children's Theatre    2011

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Four Plays For Family Audiences" published by University of Texas Press   978-0292772584

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Genre:
Youth play

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Last Of the Boys

Synopsis:
Ben and Jeeter fought in Vietnam, and for thirty years they have remained united by a war that divided the nation. Joined by Jeeter's new girlfriend and her off-the-grid whiskey-drinking mother, these friends gather at Ben's remote trailer for one final hurrah. as the night deepens, the past makes a return appearance, and its many ghosts come flickering to life. This is a fierce, funny, haunted play about a friendship that ends-and a war that does not.

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Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2008   978-0822223023

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Left To Right

Synopsis:
Four people play a dangerous game with their hearts.

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1st Produced:
Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, Mn, United States)    2002

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
10-15 min Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  2 males, 2 females

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Lonely Planet

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.

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1st Produced:
Seattle    1992

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1994   -

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Play/Drama. - - AIDS, full length

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More Fun Than Bowling

Synopsis:
bowling alley owner reflects of the ladies in his life and the Zen of bowling

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1st Produced:
St. Paul, Minnesota    1986

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1990   -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Nina Variations , The

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

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Rain City Projects, Seattle, Washington, 1996   -

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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  flexible

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Over the Moon

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from the novel the Small Bachelor by P G Wodehouse

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Genre:
adaptation

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Painting It Red

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Music by Gary Rue Lyrics by Leslie Ball

1st Produced:
St. Paul, Minnesota    1986

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Samuel French, NY, 1990   -

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Genre:
Concert Play

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Paragon Springs

Synopsis:
It is 1926 in the American heartland, and the famed "healing waters" of Paragon Springs have been mysteriously poisoned. Now, the town's foremost citizen-Crusader, Dr. Thomas Stockman, is determined to know the truth behind this tragedy, no matter the cost. In this vibrant, often funny, and highly theatrical re-imagining of Ibsen's an enemy of the People, Steven Dietz puts the lure of capitalism and the greed of small-town self-interest squarely on trial - laced with Dr. Stockman's lasting cry that "the majority is always wrong!" This is an entertaining and illuminating Drama - set amid the birth of radio and the final roar of the 1920s - about the human cost of our political gamesmanship.

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based on Ibsen's An enemy of the People

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Dramatists Play Service, Inc. NY (2011)   978-0822224686

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Play/Drama

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Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Private Eyes

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.

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Dramatists Play Service and by Smith & Kraus in Humana Festival '97, the Complete Plays., 1997   -

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Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Railroad Tales

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1st Produced:
Minneapolis    1983

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Rancho Mirage

Synopsis:
a bitingly funny black comedy about what happens when the fictions that hold our lives together are exposed. . .[a] sojourn into the psyche of 2013 America  where affluence is perhaps our greatest mirage  [in which] three couples, long-time friends, find themselves at a dinner party where everyone finally decides to tell the truth

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1st Produced:
Nashville Children's Theatre, 25 Middleton St., Nashville, Tn    07 Jun 2012

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Genre:
black comedy

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Random Acts

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1st Produced:
Minneapolis    1983

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Rememberer, The

Rememberer, The
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1st Produced:
Seattle    1994

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Rain City Projects, Seattle, Washington, 1993
Contained in: "Four Plays For Family Audiences" published by University of Texas Press   978-0292772584

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Rocket Man

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

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-    -

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Comedy Drama Comedy

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September Call-Up

Synopsis:
Mike's favorite team is the worst in baseball, but rooting for them is the one opportunity he has to spend time with his son, Larry, who is in the military. as Mike confronts Larry about his life choices, Mike must also come to terms with the sacrifices needed to give hope for a better season and a better future.

Notes:
Celebrating And exploring themes from America's favorite pastime, the Baseball Plays: 7th Inning Stretch is A collection of short comedies And Dramas from the Mile Square theatre's Annual event. From A couple Arguing over the use of steroids (Off Base by Theresa Rebeck) to A priest's fight to preserve the Abandoned lot where the local children play ball (asphalt Green by Rogelio Martinez), to A marriage dissolved over fantasy baseball (Fantasy League by Lee Blessing), this collection captures the love, frustration, And nostalgia surrounding this beloved sport.

1st Produced:
Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken, Nj    18 Jul 2005

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1st Published:
in the Baseball Plays: 7th Inning Stretch, Playscripts Inc   -

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10 min Drama

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Shadow Day

Synopsis:
Conservative radio show host Danny Mack infiltrates the homes of Americans every day. But today, his radio station is the one being invaded. It's Shadow Day and school children from the community are visiting workplaces to learn from their elders. But when Kimberly shows up during the radio show, she's not there to learn. Instead, she has a message to deliver -- a message that plays in Danny's mind long after going off the air.

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1st Produced:
Naked Angels (New York, NY, United States)    1996

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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8-10 min Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1 male, 1 female, 1 either (3-5 actors possible: 1-3 males, 1-2 females)

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Sherlock Holmes:the Final Adventure

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.

Notes:
based on the original play by William Gilette And Arthur Conan Doyle

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2007   -

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Mystery

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Shooting Star

Synopsis:
Snowed in overnight at a middle-America airport, college lovers elena Carson and Reed Mcallister have an unexpected and life-altering reunion. elena has stayed true to her hippie-ish, counter-culture path, while Reed has gone predictably corporate and conservative. as the night gives way to laughter, banter, remembrance and alcohol, elena and Reed revisit a past that holds more surprises than they imagined - and a present that neither of them could have predicted. Filled with laughter and ache, SHOOTING STaR is a bittersweet romantic comedy about the middle days of our lives, and how we got there.

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1st Produced:
Providence (Ri)    -

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, Inc (2010)   978-0822224570

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Genre:
romantic comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Spot, The

Synopsis:
everyone wants to be in "the Spot," a television endorsement for a prominent political candidate. But with clueless directors, a ruthless campaign advisor, and an actress with too much heart, it's hard to tell who is telling the truth, who is playing the game, and who is dominating the polls.

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1st Produced:
Actors Theatre Of Louisville (Humana Festival) (Louisville, Ky, United States)    2004

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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10-15 min Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  2 males, 2 females, 2 either (6 actors possible: 2-4 males, 2-4 females)

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Still Life With Iris

Still Life With Iris
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1st Produced:
Seattle    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Rain City Projects, Seattle, Washington, 1993
Contained in: "Four Plays For Family Audiences" published by University of Texas Press   978-0292772584

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Play/Drama

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Ten November

Ten November
On November 10th 1975 the SS edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior. Thirty officers and men drowned. This is their story

Notes:
Music And Lyrics by eric Bain Peltoniemi

1st Produced:
Chicago    1987

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays in Process, 9,4", New York, 1987
Samuel French Inc, New York   978-0573691836

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To the Nines

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1st Produced:
Seattle    1991

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1st Published:
in "the Twentieth Century", Rain City Press, Seattle, 1991   -

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Trust

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 fiancee. 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.

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1st Produced:
Seattle    1992

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1st Published:
Rain City Press, Seattle, 1992   -

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Wanderlust

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1st Produced:
Minneapolis    1984

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Yankee Tavern

Yankee Tavern
adam, a young grad student on the fast track toward marriage and a career in the CIa, has temporarily taken his late father's place behind the bar at the Yankee Tavern, an old gin joint in lower Manhattan whose imminent date with the wrecking ball will only be an improvement. along with the bar, adam has inherited his dad's friend Ray, an apparently schizophrenic, itinerant homesteader who is a perpetual font of conspiracy theories about Starbucks, the moon landing, Yoko Ono, and the Bay of Pigs. Ray even talks to dead people in the abandoned hotel upstairs where he flops. adam takes it all in with protective affection and a large grain of salt, his only concern being for Ray's fate following the building's demolition, and a nagging doubt about the circumstances of his father's death. then Palmer arrives, a mysterious stranger who seems to know far too much about the 9/11 attacks. Suddenly, Ray's ranting does not seem nearly so far off base; in fact, it is hitting much too close to home. But the intrigue doesn't end there. When all the save-the-date cards from adam's side of the guest list come back as addressee Unknown, his fiancee Janet starts to wonder how well she really knows her intended. Will monumental secrets be brought to light before the walls come down on the Yankee Tavern or will they be buried in the rubble?
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Florida Stage, Manalapan, Florida    2009

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2010   978-0822223849

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Play/Drama

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