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JIM GORDON  

 Nationality:    USA
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actor/Director turned writer, Jim began his career in playwriting in 2001. His first full-length play won the Colonial Theater's "Most Promising Playwright's award," and was given a successful production at their theater in annapolis, MD. Since then, his plays have won or been finalists in over 30 national and international competitions and all have been produced. Following a production at the "Dayton Future Fest," Jim's most recent full-length play, Fake, was produced Off-Broadway in 2006. His short plays appear in "Best Short Plays of 2005" and "Best Short Plays of 2006," published by Smith & Krause. In 2005, Jim received the "alan Minieri award for Playwriting Excellence" from "The American Globe Theatre" in New York. His university credits include a BS in Theatre arts from The State University of New York and an Ma from Fairfield University. Jim is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

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 Actress, The         And The Meeks Shall Inherit         Bargain, The         Cell/Block         Committee, The         Drinks With Charles         Fake         Fog         Good Deed, The         Making Ends Meet         Murder One-Two-Three         Price Of Murder         Rather Puzzling Murder, A         Sweet By And By, The         They Call Me Louis         Thomas         Untitled 2         Vinny's Vision         Washington Schlepped Here         What If Van Gogh Had Listened         You Kill Me

Actress, The

Synopsis:
Two women meet on a park bench, each hoping for a better future.

Notes:
Winner  Carrollwood Players  Production; Winner  Selected Shorts, New Cannan Players, New Canaan Ct,

1st Produced:
Carrollwood Theatre, FL    2007

Company:
Carrollwood Players, FL

1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing (2009)   -

Music:
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And The Meeks Shall Inherit

Synopsis:
GOVERNOR MEEKS is forced to rely on playboy son, RICHaRD, to run for congress but, short on political skills, Richard must do as he's told if he wants his family's crucial support. The Meeks are accused of corruption but convince the district attorney to drop the charges in return for Richard's resignation. Richard refuses and instead, provides the Da with the evidence needed to destroy his controlling family. Richard's act of "moral courage" propels him into the race for vice president but his fiancee, in an attempt to prove Richard innocent, makes a shocking discovery.

Notes:
Finalist Torrington Opera House; Playwrights Project - reading; Semi-finalist Drury Univ. Play festival; Finalist - Sands Theatre Ctr - DeLand FL-sent script on 8//07 to determine winner. - 8//07 Won A reading; 2009 Runner-up (4th place) Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence; 2009 Semi-finalist - Dayton Future Fest

1st Produced:
Ridgefield CT (Stage Reading)    2009

Company:
Ridgefield Theatre Barn

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Music:
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Genre:
Drama/Mystery

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Bargain, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Ridge field, CT    2009

Company:
Ridgefield Barn Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Cell/Block

Synopsis:
Wayne has a half hour to live. He's waiting to hear from the governor but his attorney won't get off the phone. He's trying to save money by reusing the protest posters from an earlier execution; "Change the name, who's gonna know."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Square/Wrights, Stratford, CT    2008

Company:
SquareWrights

1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing (2009)   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Committee, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Ridge field, CT    2009

Company:
Ridgefield Barn Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

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Drinks With Charles

Synopsis:
Charles Fleming, envisions a profitable evening discussing his "can't fail" investment strategies with Sara Goodbody's friends. Unfortunately for Mr. Fleming-past successes are no guarantee of the future.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Ridge field, CT    2009

Company:
Ridgefield Barn Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Mystery

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Fake

Synopsis:
artist Richard Meyers informs Grace Barlow that her Museum is inundated with fakes and threatens to take his information public. afraid of a scandal in the secretive and hypersensitive world of high-priced art, Barlow attempts to reason with him; but their past relationship complicates matters, and she's forced to give in to his demands -- or has she? Richard's neighbor and fellow artist, Helen Chisholm, tells Richard that his battle with the elitists over control of the contemporary art market has been a disaster for both his art and his personal relationships, and he must reconsider his demands on Barlow. But as she does -- a stranger appears at Richard's door.

Notes:
Finalist - Thomaston Opera House Playwrights Fest. CT. Fest. Finalist - Dayton Future Fest. & Production OH. 2nd Place - Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence & Production MI. Stg. Reading Stamford Ctr. For The Performing Arts. Finalist - Open Book Competition, NY City. Finalist Bloomington Playwrights Project, IN

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Genre:
Mystery/Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Fog

Synopsis:
The smile, once "so warm it wrinkled her nose," is gone. agnes, now in a nursing home, has been reduced to playing solitaire and reminiscing about a summer many years ago when she and her now dead husband placed second in a Lake George dance contest (the Kelly's were first, but they were sober). Sharing a place at the card table is the unresponsive, Fred -- so near and yet so far.

Notes:
Finalist - Eastbound Play Fest. & Production CT. Stg Reading - Inter. Theatre CT. First Place - Havemeyer Fest & Production

1st Produced:
Havemeyer Short Play Fest. - Ten minute play    2006

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1st Published:
Heuer Publishing,    -

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Genre:
drama Ten Min

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Good Deed, The

Synopsis:
a family of friends help Barney get over the death of his wife. Barney pays them back the only way he knows how.

Notes:
Winner --The Barnstormers NH Production $100.00; Winner - First Place-Gold Leaf Award, 2007 Stratford Fringe Festival - Production; Finalist - Sam French Fest NY City - Production; Winner - 3RD Place - Old Opera House WV Reading $50.00 prize - Production; Winner - StageCrafters, MI Production; Finalist - Eileen Heckart Senior Festival; Finalist - Stormy Weather Players - Cornwall, NY Production

1st Produced:
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Company:
The Barnstormers NH Production

1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing (2009)   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama/Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Making Ends Meet

Synopsis:
The BELLOWS are struggling to pay their bills. OLIVIa has the perfect solution for solving their Financial, as well as her more personal problem. BRENDa, Olivia's sister, is stunned when a local tradesman reveals OLIVIa'S preferred method of payment. BRENDa confronts PaUL with her shocking discovery, only to realize that, perhaps, even she might be willing to pay a price.

Notes:
Winner -- Nantucket Short Play Fest & Production. Finalist - Amer. Globe/Turnip Theatre 15 Minute Fest & Production NY. Finalist - Belfast Me, Inter. Short Play Fest & Production., ME. Finalist - Samuel French Fest. NY City & Production NY Finalist - American Theatre Co-op. Winner - Carrollwood Players Ten-Minute Play Fest & Production FL. Winner - East Bound Short Play Fest & Production CT. Phillipstown One-act Play fest & Production NY. American Globe Theatre 15-Minute Fest. Winner - Phillipstown, One-act Play Fest, NY, Finalist  Belfast ME. Inter Short Play Fest & Prodcution ME.

1st Produced:
Nantucket Short Play Festival, Nantucket, Ma    2006

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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Murder One-Two-Three

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Winner Colonial Theatre's Promising playwright Award. Stg Reading Westport Town Theatre CT.

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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Price Of Murder

Synopsis:
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Notes:
2nd Place: Mildred & Albert Panowski Award. 2nd Place Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence. Finalist: Hudson River Classics Comp. Stg Reading. 3rd Place, Jewel Box Theatre NP Comp

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Genre:
Mystery/Thriller Thriller

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Rather Puzzling Murder, A

Synopsis:
Uncle Horace has died. Unloved in life, eccentric Horace (His coffin was built in the shape of a baseball) has decided to get even with his ungrateful nieces and nephews, by leaving each of them one part of a four-part puzzle that, if deciphered, will lead to a treasure. Robert, a "Worthless and irresponsible scoundrel," attempts to steal the clues from his unsuspecting relatives, but his plan is discovered, and he's forced to join forces with his hated relatives. a dead body and a brain dead policeman enter the picture, but are unable to halt the search for the elusive treasure.

Notes:
3rd Place - Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence MI. Honorable Mention - McLaren Comedy Competition TX. Semi-Finalist - Mountain Playhouse.

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Genre:
comedy mystery Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Sweet By And By, The

Synopsis:
anne's surprise at the death of a neighbor's husband turns to shock when she's told of the unusual funeral arrangements.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Stratford, CT    2008

Company:
SquareWrights Workshop

1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Co (2009)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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They Call Me Louis

Synopsis:
It's two aM on a very cold February morning. On his way home from work, a young black man finds a well dressed, elderly white man lying on the street in front of the black man's apartment building. all of the young man's attempts to assist the older man are rebuffed. It appears the older man wants to die, but why has he chosen this location?

Notes:
Finalist - EastBound CT Festival. Finalist - George Kernodle Contest Arkansas Univ.

1st Produced:
Eastbound Theatre, Milford, CT    2006

Company:
Eastbound Theatre

1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Co (2009)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Thomas

Synopsis:
anne's surprise at the death of a neighbor's husband turns to shock when she's told of the unusual funeral arrangements.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Darien Players, CT    2007

Company:
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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing (2009)   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama/Comedy

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Untitled 2

Synopsis:
Two "art critics" view a painting by one of their favorite artists and come to strikingly different opinions as to the meaning of the work. Caught up in a fever of contrasting artistic and political views they come close to fisticuffs before the artist sets them straight.

Notes:
Winner - Old Opera House Short Play Fest & Production. WV. Winner - Stagecrafters Short Play Fest & Production - MI. Winner St. Univ. of NY Short Play Fest. & Production NY. English Drama Festival, Budapest, Hungary. Finalist - Nantucket Short Play Fest & Production Ma. Boca-Raton Short Play Fest &Production FL. 2nd Place - Havemeyer Short Play Fest. & Production CT Finalist - Samuel French Fest. NY City & Production

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Smith/Kraus Best Short Plays 2005,    -

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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Vinny's Vision

Synopsis:
a death in the family has depressed and angered Mike. Three friends decide their sympathetic approach has not helped their buddy overcome his grief. Something unconventional must be tried. a tearjerker for tough guys.

Notes:
Winner - Alan Minieri Award for Playwriting Excellence & Production. NY City. Boston Theatre Marathon & Production. Honorable Mention - Belfast Me. Inter. Inter. Short Play Fest. 2nd Place - Havemeyer Short Play Fest & Production CT. Finalist - American Theatre Co-op Short Play Contest. Finalist - Samuel French Short Play Fest & Production NY City.

1st Produced:
amer. Globe Theatre 15-Minute Fest Production    2005

Company:
Huntington Theatre Company

1st Published:
Smith/Kraus Best Short Plays 2005,    -

Music:
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Genre:
comedy drama One act

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Washington Schlepped Here

Synopsis:
It's Christmas Eve. Busy retreating from Long Island, Manhattan and White Plains, General Washington has had little time for shopping. He's fed up and ready to pack it in, when a stranger introduces him to the words of Thomas Paine.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Ridgefield, CT    -

Company:
Ridgefield Theatre Barn

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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What If Van Gogh Had Listened

Synopsis:
VaN GOGH, down on his luck and in debt to his brother Theo, is promised a way out of his dismal existence by a pushy talent agent from a Paris. Is it an offer he can't refuse?

Notes:
Finalist - St. Univ. of NY Short Play Fest & Production NY. Finalist - Nantucket Short Play Fest Ma

1st Produced:
State Univ. of NY    2006

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Genre:
comedy One act

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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You Kill Me

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Finalist Nantucket Short Play Festival

1st Produced:
-    2007

Company:
Nantucket Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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