RINNE GROFF
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Rinne Groff
40 Thieves |
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc. , 2005 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 31 either; Running time: 85-95 mins | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Shahrazad, storyteller to the Auspicious King (and reigning diva of a nightclub which can be found somewhere between ancient Persia and the 1970s disco of your dreams), tells her tale of the adventures of Ali Baba and his narrow escape (thanks to the cleverness of his trusted servant Marjanah) from the evil Thieves, who wish to punish him for discovering the secret hideaway of their treasures. Open Sesame! | |||||
Five Hysterical Girls Theorem, The |
| 1st Produced: | Target Margin Theater (New York, NY, United States) | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscrips, Inc - 551, 2006 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 7 |
| Parts Other: | 7 females, 11 males; Running time: 105-135 mins | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A twenty-character extravaganza of thought and emotion which tells the story of Moses Vazsonyi, a renowned number theorist who at 47 already fears that he has lost his edge in the intellectually grueling world of prime number theory. In the winter of 1911 | |||||
House of Wonder |
| 1st Produced: | Geva Theater (staged reading) (Rochester, NY, United States) | 2001 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscrips, Inc - 552, 2006 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 3 females, 3 males; Running time: 75-80 mins | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A crippled scientist returns to the small town where he grew up in order to investigate a strange situation which is gaining some notoriety. A young man there was shot in the head seven years ago. By all accounts he should have died, but instead he seems | |||||
Inky |
| 1st Produced: | Clubbed Thumb and Salt Theater, NY (equity showcase) | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Funny, Strange, Provocative: Seven Plays from Clubbed Thumb, 2007 | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | full length | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A love-starved Manhattanite husband and wife struggle to satisfy their child-like desire to "have it all" during the high-rolling, morally skewed 1980s. When they take in Inky, a young Slavic nanny who's obsessed with Muhammad Ali, to care for their nine-year-old daughter and infant son, they are forced to face both their limitations and their potential for change. Inky is a darkly comic story about the importance of fighting back. | |||||
Jimmy Carter was a Democrat |
| 1st Produced: | P.S. 122, NY | 2001 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc. , 2005 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 2 females, 3 males; Running time: 65-75 mins | |||||
| Notes: | Ps 122, The Kitchen | |||||
| Synopsis: | Air. Traffic. Control. Welcome to the world of Samuel B. Shostakovitz. Stuck in his apartment in Flushing, Queens, Sammy can't help but ponder the summer of 1980: Jimmy Carter flounders in the White House, hostages rot in Tehran, America's air traffic controllers prepare to make the mistake of their lives, and Emily, a hot young labor organizer, can't decide who not to sleep with. A comedy with one song. | |||||
Moliere Impromptu |
| 1st Produced: | Trinity Repertory Company (Providence, RI, United States) | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc., 2006 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | 5 females, 7 males; Running time: 95-120 mins | |||||
| Notes: | Running time: 95-120 mins | |||||
| Synopsis: | In 1665 Versailles, the members of Moliere's Illustre Theatre have gathered to rehearse a new play commissioned by the King for a performance this very night. Everything is fine, except that the script is in horrible shape, the straight man wants to leave the troupe, marital spats are ripping the company apart, the intern is lobbying for a bigger part, and Mademoiselle Du Croisy can never remember her lines. A wickedly funny look at the magic of theater, translated and adapted from three short plays by Moliere. | |||||
Orange Lemon Egg Canary |
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Humana Festival 2003: The Complete Plays, Edited by Tanya Palmer and Amy Wegener, Smith and Kraus, 2003 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Dark comedy with magic | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Running time: 95-120. Also published by Playscripts | |||||
| Synopsis: | A mysterious love story of lies, tricks, and illusions, filled with disappearing coins, floating objects, and seemingly impossible feats. Trilby, a young waitress with a hidden agenda, seduces a skilled magician known as Great, and convinces him to share his magic secrets with her. She is especially insistent on learning his renowned Hypnotic Balance, an illusion he made famous with his previous assistant/girlfriend. But when the trick goes horribly awry, and love is the true illusion, magic becomes a matter of life and death. | |||||
Ruby Sunrise, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Humana Fest, Trinity Repertory, Public Theatre | |||||
| Synopsis: | the birth of television and the story behind an Indiana farm girl who invented it before anyone in the 1920's | |||||
Saved |
| 1st Produced: | Playwrights Horizons Mainstage, NY | 2008 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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 | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | music and lyrics by Michael Friedman; book and lyrics by John Dempsey and Rinne Groff | |||||
| Synopsis: | In Saved, good girl Mary and her domineering best friend Hilary Faye are starting their senior year at the top of the social food chain at American Eagle Christian High Schoolthat is, until Marys boyfriend tells her he thinks hes gay. When Jesus appears in a vision, and Mary heeds his message "to do everything she can to help him," her good deeds are met with dire consequences, and Mary is forced to question everything shes ever believed. Through it all, she finds faith in unexpected places and learns what it truly means to be saved. This new musical is based on the recent film of the same name. - nytheatre.com | |||||
Seven Supermans |
| 1st Produced: | 2002 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc. , 2005 | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 30 either; Running time: 85-95 mins | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | In a mythical land called New Hampshire, the Farmers are in trouble. Evil Bandits loot their land, take their food, and generally wreck their lives. Fed up with bowing meekly in the face of this oppression, the Farmers go to the Big City in search of Supermans, a dying breed of men and women in blue tights and red capes who really know how to save the day. The Farmers find the Seven Supermans they need to ward off the Bandits, but they get a lot more than mere bodyguards. A 23rd-century story of courage, and service, and finding the Superman within. | |||||
What Then |
| 1st Produced: | Ohio Theatre, NY | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | Clubbed Foot | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | The lake outside is becoming a dust bowl and the family inside is becoming a powderkeg. Diane tells her husband Tom that she has switched careers from accountant to architect, but only when she's asleep. She is building an amazing housing complex that wil removethe toxicity from the soil and provide housing to 'low-to-no-income' occupants. Tom is a corporate powerbroker who may be responsible for the lake--and a lot more. His juvenile delinquent daughter Sallie and her border-hopping boyfriend with a name no one bothers to get right will resort to anything--even stealing blood--to live on the right side of the tracks. Are they really moving into Diane's dream housing project? | |||||
Wicked Queen |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc. , 2005 | ISBN | - | |||
| 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 | Young Audience | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | 5 females, 1 male; Running time: 50-65 mins | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Alternate worlds collide in this fanciful tale about an eleven-year-old girl at a new school who discovers the power to be ruthless, and thus popular, when she is sucked into the evil kingdom of Grossland which resides just under the covers of her bed. How far will she go to gain the Wicked Queen's favor? | |||||