JAKOB HOLDER (1978 - )
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Jakob Holder
American Beacon |
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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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And The Spirit Of Christmas Passed |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||
| Company: | 2007 Baby Jesus One Act Jubilee | |||
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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: | 12 minutes comedy drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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Notes: part of The Baby Jesus One-Act Jubilee: Second Coming, a selection of world-premiere yuletide-themed plays | ||||
Synopsis: It's a typical family Christmas: Mom's addressing cards, Connie's dreaming of snow, and Ryan's patiently awaiting Santa's arrival. Only, Connie's sweating like crazy, Ryan's locked and loaded, Mom won't listen to anyone but Dad, and Dad is completely two-dimensional. | ||||
Bananafly / Reality T.V. / Words |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||
| Company: | Monarch Theatre 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: | One Minute Play | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | varies | |||
Notes: These are three one minute plays, but as they were written specifically for this festival I chose to list them here as one. | ||||
Synopsis: Bananafly: One man's entire life explored in one minute. Reality T.V.: Three contestants vie for their lives in a Rubik's Cube contest. Words: A man facing execution tries to find something more to say. | ||||
Darktime In Skipland |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||
| Company: | The Brick Theater / Ontological-Hysteric Theater Tiny Theater! Fest | |||
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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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: In CB-radio lingo "Darktime" is night and "Skipland" is the special occurence in which, during optimal environmental conditions, a short wave signal can jump countless miles to reach a distant station. This is a short play about methods of communication, tightened proximities, fatal assumptions, hasty wishes attained and overdue wishes hung-up. It utilizes CB radios, cellphones, answering machines, shouting, barking, and a bullet to tell a wide story within a small space. | ||||
Not An Island |
| 1st Produced: | Ohio Theatre, NYC | 2007 | ||
| Company: | Clubbed Thumb | |||
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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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: A one-minute paean to the beauty, rarity, and eminent breathable air, of the state of Alaska (as compared to the other 49 states of the USA.) | ||||
Shoulder, The |
| 1st Produced: | Polk Art Museum, Lakeland, FL, USA | 2005 | ||
| Company: | Pied Piper Players | |||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Notes: Running time: approx. 90 minutes, no intermission. This play was once known as Dirge (for a failed bris) | ||||
Synopsis: Picture a flat tire, a binocular stand, and a stretch of mudflats at high tide. Two strangers meet at the side of a road in a play about the connections we make, the connections we hold onto, and the connections we're forced to let slip away. | ||||
Sumatra Mandheling |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2007 | ||
| Company: | Hunger Artists Theatre 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: | Play/Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: A man sipping coffee on his way to work slips into dreaming, taking him from his spot on a New York City subway car to the coffee fields of Sumatra, Indonesia and back again; the calming voice of the conductor playing the part of his internal monologue and inquisitor. (15 minutes in length). | ||||