JAY HANAGAN
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Jay Hanagan
Along For The Ride |
| 1st Produced: | Gates Hall in Pultneyville, NY | 2002 | ||
| Company: | Gatesinger Co. Ltd. | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French | 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: Kerrie and Karl both race for the same cab, and agree to share. But they both brought along some extra baggage-- that being their subconscious selves | ||||
Brother, Santa, Sister Clause |
| 1st Produced: | ArtSpace Maynard, Maynard,MA | 2007 | ||
| Company: | Acme Theatre Productions | |||
| 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 | |||
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Class Reunion |
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| 1st Published: | JAC Publications | - | ||
| 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: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Joanne is 63 and recently widowed goes to her first High School Reunion. | ||||
Extra Curricular Activity |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2005 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in "What If? Six Short Comedies About the Search for Love" published by Samuel French Inc, New York | - | ||
| 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: | - | Ten minute play | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Jan is having her lunch in the park when a man claiming to be from the Planet Argon demands she take him to her leader. | ||||
Fancy Meeting You Here |
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| 1st Published: | Contained in "What If? Six Short Comedies About the Search for Love" published by Samuel French Inc, New York | - | ||
| 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: | - | Ten minute play | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Two people have been set up for a blind date by mutual friends who think they are ideally suited - but they cannot find anything they have in common or agree about. | ||||
First Kisses |
| 1st Produced: | Dayton, OH | 2003 | ||
| Company: | Dayton Playhouse | |||
| 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/Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: This is a 60 year love story as we watch best friends John and Mary grow up and grow old together | ||||
Flight of Fancy |
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| 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: | - | Ten minute play | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: An overnight flight and there is a crying baby on board. | ||||
Florentine, My Florentine |
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| 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: | - | Fifteen minute play | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Pope Nicholas V and Lorenzo de Medici try to have a conversation. | ||||
Foibles |
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| 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: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: Anastasia is dying. At her bedside are her daughter and her faithful servant - a robot. | ||||
For This We Give Thanks |
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| 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 | |||
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Synopsis: The families of the bride and groom to be meet for the first time at a Thanksgiving meal. | ||||
From Here to Absurdity |
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| 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: | - | Fifteen minute play | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: The bride and groom are waiting for their wedding ceremony on the beach to start when his ex-girlfriend turns up in a full bridal outfit | ||||
Guest Artist, The |
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| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Hector and Harriet in Helsinki |
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| 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: | - | Ten minute play | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Hector has his pocket picked whilst on holiday | ||||
Hector and Harry in Helsinki |
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| 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: | - | Ten minute play | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Gay version of "Hector and Harriet in Helsinki" | ||||
In Loves, The |
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| 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: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: One act version of "Keeping Faith" | ||||
In Some Secluded |
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| 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: | - | Ten minute play | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Two out of towners meet in a bar. | ||||
Interview, An |
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| 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: | - | Fifteen minute play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: 34 year old Dora's children have died and Karen is trying to help her. | ||||
Keeping Faith |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2004 | ||
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| 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 | 3 |
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Synopsis: April sends her husband Matt to her sister Faith to apologise and make up. Next morning Matt and Faith wake up in bed together wondering how this has happened. | ||||
Last Laugh |
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| 1st Published: | Contained in "What If? Six Short Comedies About the Search for Love" published by Samuel French Inc, New York | - | ||
| 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: | - | Ten minute play | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: It is their first date but Patty goes back to Gordon's place because she cannot resist his sense of humour. | ||||
Let Me Count the Ways |
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "35 in !0 - Thirty Five Ten Minute Plays" published by Dramatic Publishing. | - | ||
| 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: | - | Ten minute play | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: They are about to share a kiss - but she is afraid her father will hear. | ||||
More Things Change, The |
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| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: Christie kidnaps two of her past loves together with their current girlfriends and holds them hostage in a seedy motel room on New Year's Eve. | ||||
Now That You Mention It |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2003 | ||
| 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: | - | Ten minute play | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Shirley often reaches the point when she has to get away from her husband. | ||||
Philophobia |
| 1st Produced: | Gates Hall in Pultneyville, NY | 2002 | ||
| Company: | Gatesinger Co. Ltd. | |||
| 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 |
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Synopsis: It's not claustrophobia that prevents Henry and Susan from falling in love in "one of those, you know, 'stuck elevator' stories". Susan is at the top of her game, and Henry seems to be, well, an irritant. | ||||
Philophobia Too |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2004 | ||
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| 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: | - | Fifteen minute play | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Harry and Susan get stuck in a lift - again. | ||||
Pitching the Good Game |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2006 | ||
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| 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: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Ruth and Samuel have attended a baseball game on a particular date every year of their married lives. Now after forty years things are being to get fraught. | ||||
Poker Friends |
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| 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 | - |
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Reunions |
| 1st Produced: | Dayton, OH | 2003 | ||
| Company: | Dayton Playhouse | |||
| 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/Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: Reunions consists of three very different stories of very different people set together in a very familiar type of place. Their lives are presented one after another in Act One, and are tied together in Act Two, mostly with the help of Bernie, the owner of the little bar and restaurant they inhabit. | ||||
Separation Anxiety |
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| 1st Published: | JAC Publishing | - | ||
| 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: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Fifty years of marriage and Geoff and Betty have always been able to talk to each other but now something has happened that has changed that. | ||||
She With A Capital Ess |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in "What If? Six Short Comedies About the Search for Love" published by Samuel French Inc, New York | - | ||
| 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: | - | Fifteen minute play | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: A man has a talk with God about women | ||||
Ships |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2002 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in "What If? Six Short Comedies About the Search for Love" published by Samuel French Inc, New York | - | ||
| 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: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: Josh is married to Samantha. Jason is amrried to Barb. One day Josh and Barb start wondering - "What if&" | ||||
Sisters Sorting Sort Of |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2003 | ||
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| 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: | - | Fifteen minute play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: Two sisters sorting out their mother's belongings after her funeral. | ||||
Softly Sara Falls |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||
| Company: | Wizard Oil Productions | |||
| 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: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: Softly Sara Falls tells the story of Sara, a victim and survivor of domestic violence. Through flashbacks, Sara's haunting past is revealed and the genesis of her story is slowly unraveled as the past meets the present. This story is not only Sara's, but also that of the many other women and men who are faced with domestic violence and stripped of their domestic freedom | ||||
This Just In |
| 1st Produced: | Creek Theatre, NY | 2006 | ||
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| 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: | 3 Act | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: part of Act One: One Act | ||||
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Welcome Home |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2007 | ||
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| 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: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | thirteen parts | |||
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Synopsis: Mae is 97 years old. We see her life when she was 90, 60 and 15. | ||||
Widower, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2001 | ||
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| 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: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: Stan has a sure fire way to pick up women - he pretends he is a widower. | ||||
Willie's Kitchen |
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| 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 | |||
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With Privilegies |
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| 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: | - | Fifteen minute play | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: Grady brings his new girlfriend home. The only trouble is he is still living with his ex-wife. | ||||
With Privilegies, Man |
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| 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: | - | Fifteen minute play | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: Gail brings her new boyfriend home. The only trouble is she is still living with her ex-husband. | ||||
Young Love |
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| 1st Published: | Contained in "What If? Six Short Comedies About the Search for Love" published by Samuel French Inc, New York | - | ||
| 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: | - | Ten minute play | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: Constance is 39 and it is a long time since she went on a date. Luckily her sixteen year old daughter is there to give advice. | ||||
You're Never Gone |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2003 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in " Best Plays from the Strawberry One Act Festival volume One" published by iUniverse Inc | 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: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: Kate has not spoken to her father in a very long time | ||||