RICHARD DRESSER   


Richard Dresser
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Plays by Richard Dresser

RICHARD DRESSER
Alone At The Beach
1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
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Synopsis:
yuppies from the urban jungle drive mild mannered man crazy as he rents out rooms to them at his beach house in the Hamptons
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RICHARD DRESSER
Amnesia
1st Produced:
1987
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
0
Parts Other:
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RICHARD DRESSER
At Home
1st Produced:
Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
0
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RICHARD DRESSER
Augusta
1st Produced:
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
2006
Company:
Contemporary American Theatre Festival
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
0
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RICHARD DRESSER
Bait and Switch
1st Produced:
1986
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1991
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
0
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RICHARD DRESSER
Bed & Breakfast
1st Produced:
Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
0
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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RICHARD DRESSER
Below The Belt
1st Produced:
1995
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc; by Smith & Kraus in Humana Festival '95, The Complete Plays and by Heinemann in A Decade of New Comedy: Plays From the Humana Festival, 1995
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
0
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Is there more to happiness than misery? That's the paradox in this labour of laughs, when three men grab for all the gusto their meaningless jobs can brew. Stationed in a remote industrial outpost, these pixilated fellows are rewarded for teamwork with loneliness, boredom, ennui, back-stabbing, jealousy and revenge. Yes, many are the benefits of working for a faceless corporation that sucks life from all it touches--including a front row seat when Mother Nature vents her towering rage!
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RICHARD DRESSER
Better Days
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1991
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Genre:
Black Comedy
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
the effect of a factory closing on blue collar workers is explored ad absurdum
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RICHARD DRESSER
Downside, The
1st Produced:
Long Warf Th
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Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1988
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
6
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
cynical look at American business as a pharmaceutical firm has an anti stress drug and marketing has got to come up with a snazzy ad campaign
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RICHARD DRESSER
Good Vibrations
1st Produced:
Eugene O'Neill Theater, New York
2004
Company:
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Genre:
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Musical
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Notes:
Music by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys; Lyrics by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys; Book by Richard Dresser
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RICHARD DRESSER
Greetings From the Home Office
1st Produced:
Capital Repertory Theater, Albany
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
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RICHARD DRESSER
Gun-Shy
1st Produced:
1997
Company:
-
1st Published:
Humana Festival 1997: The Complete Plays, ed Michael Bigelow Dixon & Liz Engleman, Smith & Kraus, 1997
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
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Synopsis:
What do you do when your divorce isn't working? Evie and Duncan are forced to face this question when they find themselves snowbound in New England with their new partners. Marriage gets a second look in Richard Dresser's no-holds-barred comedy for the nineties
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RICHARD DRESSER
I Am Not Alone
1st Produced:
Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY, United States)
2003
Company:
-
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Genre:
5-10 min
Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
0
Parts Other:
2 males
Notes:
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Synopsis:
Justin is psychologically incapable of being alone. When his girlfriend leaves him, he decides to end his life. His efforts are interrupted by the appearance of Brad, a hapless pizza deliveryman on a tight schedule. This piece is part ofTrepidation Nation, an anthology of short plays. To perform this piece independently, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform this piece as part of the full-length collection, go to Trepidation Nation.
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RICHARD DRESSER
Pursuit of Happiness, The
1st Produced:
Laguna Playhouse
2007
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
The play deals with parents who have deferred their own happiness and live through their 18-year-old daughter," explains Dresser. "This creates a certain amount of pressure. We are becoming a nation of winners and losers, and that has created a 'win-at-any-cost' mentality," notes Dresser. "This play is about the cost of winning."
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RICHARD DRESSER
Road to Ruin
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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RICHARD DRESSER
Rounding Third
1st Produced:
Chicago
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Play/Drama
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Synopsis:
The ballfield becomes a battlefield in Richard Dresser's hilarious comedy as two mismatched little league coaches lead their team of aspiring big leaguers from their first tentative meeting of the spring to the climactic championship game. Exhilarating victories, heartbreaking defeats, and interminable rain-outs challenge the tough, blue-collar, win-at-all-costs veteran and the newcomer, both to the town and to baseball, as they battle over how best to lead the team.
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RICHARD DRESSER
Something in the Air
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Play/Drama
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RICHARD DRESSER
Splitsville
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
0
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RICHARD DRESSER
Trepidation Nation
1st Produced:
Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY, United States)
2003
Company:
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1st Published:
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
80-100 min
Drama/Comedy
Parts:
Male
11
Female
12
Parts Other:
11 males, 12 females (4-23 actors possible)
Notes:
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Synopsis:
We all have instinctive fears -- but what if a fear becomes inexplicable, illogical, and just plain weird? Then you're dealing with a phobia, one of those most extreme and fascinating of terrors. Actors Theatre of Louisville asked 16 frighteningly creative playwrights to find inspiration in real phobias, and the resulting collection of pieces might prove that not only is fear humankind's oldest emotion, but it's also one of our silliest, most serious, and stage-worthy. To perform the entire collection, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual piece independently, click on its title below:
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RICHARD DRESSER
Uncle Sam's Satiric Spectacular
1st Produced:
Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY, United States)
2005
Company:
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1st Published:
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
80-95 min
Satirical musical comedy
Parts:
Male
8
Female
8
Parts Other:
8 males, 8 females (10-30 actors possible: 5-15 males, 5-15 females)
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Synopsis:
The Astounding Krispinsky! The All-American Feminem! The Amazing Screaming Vegan, the Formerly Amazing Bob, and Mr. McBuffer the Renegade Puppet! With American culture and politics growing increasingly surreal, Actors Theatre of Louisville commissioned seven marquee playwrights to create a variety-show satire in the grand old vaudeville tradition -- from ventriloquists to contortionists to Lady Liberty on a trapeze. With songs!
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RICHARD DRESSER
View of the Harbor, A
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Parts:
Male
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Female
0
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RICHARD DRESSER
What Are You Afraid Of?
1st Produced:
1999
Company:
-
1st Published:
Humana Festival 1999: The Complete Plays, ed Michael Bigelow Dixon & Amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus, 1999
in Ten Minute Plays From Actors Theatre Of Louisville, Vol 5, Samuel French NY
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
Car Play
Ten Min
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
part of Life Under 30, an evening of ten-minute plays
Synopsis:
In groups of two or three, audience members are invited to get into a car, parked in front of ATL's theatre complex on Louisville's downtown Main Street, with an earnest young man who's off on the ride of his life with a free-spirited hitchhiker.
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RICHARD DRESSER
Wonderful World
1st Produced:
2001
Company:
-
1st Published:
Humana Festival 2001: The Complete Plays, ed Tanya Palmer & Amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus, 2001
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
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Female
0
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
An apparently happy family hurtles to the brink of despair in this hilariously twisted comedy about two brothers, one of whom has a serious in-law problem. Feeling slighted by Max and his girlfriend, Barry's wife embarks on a scorched-earth policy of truth-telling, uncovering deep animosities and startling passions hidden in the mysterious fabric of an American family. Shedding a wildly comic light on the perils of honesty and the delicate balance between hostility and love, Dresser explores what a curse it can be to suddenly find yourself telling-or hearing-the truth
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