LISA FERBER
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Lisa Ferber
Are Not My Foibles Amusing? |
| 1st Produced: | Polaris North | 2005 | ||
| Company: | Polaris North | |||
| 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: | Available as play with 2 songs or as straight play | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Under 30 Minutes | ||||
Synopsis: When Rose finds out her coworkers aren't gossiping about her, she is at first relieved. Then she realizes it makes her feel uninteresting, and sets out to get herself gossiped about. | ||||
Bonbons for Breakfast |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||
| Company: | Champagne Screwball | |||
| 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: | full length, 50 min | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Bon vivant artist Wimbly and his fashionista playwright girlfriend Toots plan an art project to cover New York Citys Riverside Park in red licorice. The couple is devastated by the fact that their sommelier, Schmutzy, has run off and left them, and they feel helpless to go on. Little do they know that Schmutzy has been lured away by Wimblys lovable Society benefactors Merciful and Miniver Dalrymple, who feel they are doing the right thing as they are able to offer a more comfortable lifestyle. Meanwhile, Boz (the art worlds It Boy until the sardine fiasco ) feels distraught that his earnest approach to art is overshadowed by the trendsters, and his headstrong wife Margaret launches a march to show the evils of Wimblys project. | ||||
Dinner at Precisely Eight-Thirteen |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||
| 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: | Musical Comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: In this delightful 1930s-style musical screwball comedy, Gramercy Park heiress Kitty La Blintz invites publishing magnate Snerdly Jammybottoms, dance hall girl Rose E. Cheeks, and a variety of other entertaining guests to a dinner and the reading of a will. The surprise visit of an actor masquerading as philosopher Smarmy Von Footnote brings romance, confusion, and even. . . murder into the hilarious mix. | ||||
Either The Cat Goes |
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||
| Company: | Champagne Screwball | |||
| 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 | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Under 30 Minutes | ||||
Synopsis: When Elizabeth surprises George by bringing a cat into the apartment, George isn't too pleased, and they debate whether a cat is a better companion than a boyfriend | ||||
Evening With Molly Hadafew, An |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2006 | ||
| Company: | Champagne Screwball | |||
| 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: | musical comedy, 50 min | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: from 30 to 50 minutes | ||||
Synopsis: In this noir-style comedy, been-there-done-that boozer Molly Hadafew tells about her affair with irresistible, duplicitous pickle store owner Irving Peduski. Five comedic songs accompany the story. | ||||
Gurude Awakening |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||
| 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: | full length | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 1 offstage male | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: In this clever satire, sisters Alice and Shira attend Gurupalooza for some spiritual enlightenment, and encounter comedic scandals and surprises. A diva yoga teacher, a charismatic monk, and a guru who may or may not be who he says he is add to the hilarious high jinx. | ||||
Hell-O |
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||
| Company: | Champagne Screwball | |||
| 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 | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Under 30 Minutes | ||||
Synopsis: Satan invades the home of Herman and Hannah, an old Jewish couple who deal with him in their own special way. | ||||
If Loving Latkes Is A Crime |
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||
| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Under 30 Minutes | ||||
Synopsis: Tony award-winning playwright Toots Feshlugenah is visiting her parents for chanukah. but wait - is toots really a good daughter, or is she just in it for the fried potato pancakes? | ||||
Lulubelle Gets A Makeover |
| 1st Produced: | Shetler Studios | 2005 | ||
| Company: | Playwrights/Actors Contemporary 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Under 30 Minutes | ||||
Synopsis: Lulubelle Hortensky is accosted by the hosts of makeover TV show "You Look Like Crap," and after she is turned into a knockout she vows to avenge everyone who humiliated her. | ||||
Oh, Mister Cadhole! |
| 1st Produced: | Barrow Group Studios, Reading | 2004 | ||
| Company: | Playwrights/Actors Contemporary 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: | Available as musical or straight play | - | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Full Length | ||||
Synopsis: Screwball comedy noir: Tortured romantic Tripp Cadhole is having affair with wrong-side-of-the-tracks secretary Marilyn Mushroomburger, who may or may not be the long-lost child of showgirl-turned-society-matron Hermione Trufflehead. Comedic scandals throughout at the Trufflehead Paperclip company where Horace Page and Molly Hadafew plot to steal office supplies and sell them on the side. | ||||
Penny's One Date |
| 1st Produced: | Jewel Box Theater | 2005 | ||
| Company: | Playwrights/Actors Contemporary 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Under 30 Minutes | ||||
Synopsis: When Penny rejects Marla's offer of a second date, she gets talked into attending couple's therapy to work out their "issues." | ||||
Return of Toodles Von Flooz, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||
| Company: | Champagne Screwball | |||
| 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 | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Under 30 Minutes | ||||
Synopsis: Noir style comedy; it's just another drinkin' day at the What's-It-To-Ya in Helluva Town, when in walks a church-going lady intent on rounding up all the sinners. But could she be former dancehall girl Toodles Von Flooz? | ||||
She Was a Real Tomato |
| 1st Produced: | Belly | 2005 | ||
| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Under 30 Minutes | ||||
Synopsis: Noir-style comedy in which a private detective interviews Margaret Doesquiteabit about her 4-hour disappearance | ||||
Stop Calling It Cinema |
| 1st Produced: | Polaris North | 2005 | ||
| Company: | Polaris North | |||
| 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 | - | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Under 30 Minutes | ||||
Synopsis: A feminist film studies student interviews her favorite filmmaker. The filmmaker does her best to convince the student she is not a feminist and is just looking to make a buck. | ||||