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Janet McReynolds

Nationality:	American (1933 - )
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Biography and Notes (further contributions welcome) :

Born in Bluffton, AR on July 19, 1933. Ph.D. in English, minor in Theater at the University of Minnesota. Author of novel, I Have a Great Desire (Houghton Mifflin, 1961). Screenplay, Commencement, Sunshadow Films, 1979. Reci-pient: NEA Grant for Creative Writing, 1978.
Address (in 1981): 2990 18th St., Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 443-8566

Plays by Janet McReynolds

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Fight Like Hell 'Til You Get To Heaven

Hey, Rube

Man Who Knew John Dillinger, The

Mothernight

Janet McReynolds Fight Like Hell 'Til You Get To Heaven

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The story of Mother Jones, the militant labor agitator. The play uses the occasion of Mother Jones's 100th birthday party to recapitulate her tumultuous career. It is panoramic in scope, using incidents from major labor conflicts from the 1880's through the 1920's.

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Cottonwood Press, Crawford, NB

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Janet McReynolds Hey, Rube

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This play was suggested by a crime which occurred in the '60s. A young girl was tor-tured over a period of months and finally murdered by a woman with whom she was board'd and the woman's two daughters. The play starts with a courtroom scene and the story is told in flashbacks. The focal point of the play is the close identity the woman feels with her victim. She keeps insisting, "I am the one who was murdered." A carnival atmosphere adds a bizarre element.

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Mark Taper Forum Lab, Los Angeles, CA

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Janet McReynolds Man Who Knew John Dillinger, The

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Jimmy Macintosh is a man in his seventies, a victim of amnesia. He believes that he is the last surviving member of the Dillinger gang and has been look-ing for "Johnny" the past forty years. He falls into the clutches of a practical nurse, Rosie Freeman, who first befriends him then betrays him to the police in a replay of "the woman in red." Rosie's patient, Esther and two children from upstairs contribute their own poignant stories to the theme of lost identities.

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Changing Scene, Denver, CO

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