CHRISTOPHER KYLE   


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Plays by Christopher Kyle

CHRISTOPHER KYLE
Boca
1st Produced:
Charlotte Repertory Theatre, Charlotte, North Carolina
1997
Company:
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Boca is a fast-paced black comedy set along the highways of middle America. Jay, an erstwhile orphan from Terre Haute, Indiana, hitchhikes to Florida to meet his parents. Along the way he encounters a bizarre cast of characters from contemporary America: insomniacs who prowl all-night restaurants and convenience stores, Vietnam vets who can't remember faces but never forget a name, self-help checkout girls, wandering amnesiacs, lonely divorcees and, of course, psychopaths. They're all friendly, to be sure, but between the smiles they seem to want a piece of Jay's quest. Not sure what's to be had at the end of the rainbow, Jay tries to negotiate a path through this freak show and find the parents who left him at the Salvation Army 30 years before.
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CHRISTOPHER KYLE
Monogamist, The
1st Produced:
1995
Company:
-
1st Published:
American Theatre Magazine, NY - March (also Dramatists Play Service)
1996
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Comedy Drama
Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Dennis, a forty-something poet who has never lived up to his earlier promise, has just written a collection of poems concerned with the relevance of monogamy in 1990s America. And, in a testament to his new philosophy, he's recently married his longtime companion, Susan, a professor of women's literature at Princeton. So imagine Dennis' surprise when he finds Susan in bed with one of her students, the morally ambiguous Tim. Thrown into a mid-life crises by his wife's infidelity, Dennis ends up in the arms of Sky, a confused twenty-year-old who says she voted for George Bush because she's fanatically pro-choice on abortion! As the liberal Dennis leads Sky toward political enlightenment, he is forced to reevaluate his work and his relationships - even the legacy of his precious '6os generation. An edgy and original satire, THE MONOGAMIST examines art, love and politics in an age where the rules for each of them no longer apply.
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CHRISTOPHER KYLE
Plunge
1st Produced:
1997
Company:
-
1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY
1998
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Comedy Drama
Comedy
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
Clare, Matty and Val were the best of friends in college. Now approaching thirty, they find themselves struggling with careers and relationshipsunhappy, yet fearful of change. The three gather, along with Val's husband, Harris, at a country house in Connecticut for a weekend of escape and reminiscence. But this awkward reunion is interrupted by the lovestruck Jim, an office temp with whom Clare had a brief affair. Heedless of the circumstances, Jim proves to be the catalyst that pulls apart these delicately maintained relationships. As the friends' betrayals are revealed and the misbegotten weekend hurtles toward its tragicomic conclusion, a candid snapshot of a generation comes into focus. Sharp and witty in its observations, PLUNGE dives through its comic surface to find the melancholy beneath.
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CHRISTOPHER KYLE
Safety Net, The
1st Produced:
http://www.brokenwatch.org/
2005
Company:
1st Published:
French, NY
2007
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Drama/comedy
Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
David, a successful NY attorney in his 30s, returns to Indianapolis for the funeral of his adopted brother, whom he hasn t seen for years. David tries to make amends by helping his brother s troubled girlfriend, LaShonda, but is ill-prepared for the commitment that requires. His good intentions soon threaten his marriage and career and force him to examine a past he has long ignored.
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