REBECCA GILMAN (1964 - )
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Rebecca Gilman
Bill of (W)Rights |
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc | 2004 | ||
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| Genre: | Comedy/Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 10 |
| Parts Other: | 10 females, 13 males; Running time: 80-90 | |||
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Synopsis: Bill of (W)Rights is a political funhouse growing from a moment in history when self-censorship abounds and the populace is increasingly governed by fear. Nine playwrights offer ten plays, each based on one of the U.S. Constitution's first ten amendments. These pieces focus less on government interference and more on the interpersonal, from a father and daughter facing a criminal trial to the silence of an unfaithful husband "pleading the fifth" to his family -- not to mention a company of actors yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater. The creation of the script, encompassing a diversity of voices and opinions, was itself an act of democracy, demonstrating that theatre can be a voice of revelation and revolution. | ||||
Blue Surge |
| 1st Produced: | The Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Illinois | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 2002 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
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Boy Gets Girl |
| 1st Produced: | The Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Illinois | 2000 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 2001 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: Theresa's blind date with Tony seems to go well and she agrees to dinner. She has a successful career in New York and it is easier for her to commit to work than another person. But when flowers arrive every day and the phone keeps ringing, she doesn't know whether to feel flattered, angry or threatened. | ||||
Capitalism 101 |
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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Crowd You're In With |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Synopsis: Over the barbecue many things are discussed. Is it the right time for a baby to is the chicken done. | ||||
Glory Of Living |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 1999 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Thriller | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: Lisa journeys from unthinking acquiescence in abuse and murder to a recognition of her culpability and the vile manipulation of her husband | ||||
Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, The |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: from book by Carson McCullers' | ||||
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Heaven and Hell (On Earth): A Divine Comedy |
| 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: | Short Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written by Robert Alexander, Jenny Lyn Bader, Elizabeth Dewberry, Deborah Lynn Frockt, Rebecca Gilman, Keith Glover, Hilly Hicks, Jr., Karen Hines, Michael Kassin, Melanie Marnich, Jane Martin, William Mastrosimone, Guillermo Reyes, Sarah Schulman, Richar | ||||
Synopsis: In this comic anthology - a collection of scenes and monologues - an array of devilishly talented playwrights put a contemporary spin on a fascinating eternal obsession. Grappling with their own diverse experiences of vice and virtue, salvation and damnation, characters from the twentysomething generation interpret their world with amusing revelations and surprising insights | ||||
Land Of Little Horses |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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My Sin And Nothing More |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Speech Therapy |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Humana Festival 1999: The Complete Plays, ed Michael Bigelow Dixon & Amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus | 1999 | ||
| 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: | Phone Play | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Audience members enter one of several phone booths, pick up the receiver and listen to a three-minute play unfold in conversation | ||||
Spinning Into Butter |
| 1st Produced: | The Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Illinois | 1999 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 2000 | ||
| 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 | 5 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: explores the dangers of racism and political correctness. Set in a Vermont college, an incident of racism leads to some surprising discoveries and painful insight | ||||
Sweetest Swing In Baseball, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Faber & Faber, London | 2004 | ||
| 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 | 2 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: Dana's the toast of the art world - a hot property. So when her work hits a crisis she goes into decline. Holed up in a psychiatric hospital, she's looking for help. It comes, not from her insurance company, but from some unlikely friends and the inspirational swing of baseball legend Darryl Strawberry. | ||||