JENI MAHONEY
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Jeni Mahoney
American Eyes |
| 1st Produced: | part of "Washington Square Dreams" | - | ||
| Company: | GorillaRep | |||
| 1st Published: | Plays and Playwrights 2001. (NY Theatre Experience) | - | ||
| 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 | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Soso thinks he understands English and he hopes to impress Maka on their first date to Washington Square Park. When they stumble across an outdoor production of "A Midsummer's Night's Dream," Soso finds himself seriously challenged - as does the interpreter trying to translate their date (and the play) for the audience - in this meta-play about love, language and the plight to be understood. | ||||
Feast of the Flying Cow, The - and Other Stories of War |
| 1st Produced: | Philadelphia, PA | 2005 | ||
| Company: | InterAct Theater Company | |||
| 1st Published: | excerpted in "Best Stage Monologues for Men 1999" (Smith & Kraus) | - | ||
| 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: | Social - Political Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Runner up: Bug 'n Bub Award at Primary Stages | ||||
Synopsis: Audrey, a socialite turned relief worker, finds herself in a war-torn nation awarding a free feast and celebrity-style photo shoot to the besieged family of Anya Andonov. Trapped in a world that is as absurd and laughable, as it is brutal, Anya and Audrey struggle to salvage their feast as the world around them spirals into collapse. | ||||
Light |
| 1st Produced: | L.A. Theater Center | 2003 | ||
| Company: | Moving Arts | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | Serio-comic | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: A spiritual rebirth, under the guidance of a mysterious, self-proclaimed guru, is Helena's motivation for re-connecting with her childhood friend, and recent divorcee, Abby. But the joyous reunion is short-lived when Abby discovers out that Helena's new path requires her to forget her past - including Abby. | ||||
Martyrdom of Washington Booth, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | excerpted in Best Stage Monologues for Men, 1999 (Smith & Kraus) | - | ||
| 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: | Serio-comic | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Finalist: National Playwrights Conference, 2000 & 2001 | ||||
Synopsis: Virgilia's plan to impress a local militia hero is thrown into jeopardy when the lethal virus they've arranged to purchase from a mysterious African nationalist is accidentally unleashed - on her own father. As she struggles to find a way out of her dilemma she is forced to ask herself: who hears the voice of God? And who is qualified to decipher it? | ||||
Mercy Falls |
| 1st Produced: | 30th Street Theater, NYC | - | ||
| Company: | Aegean Theater Company | |||
| 1st Published: | excerpted in "Best Stage Scenes 1999" and "Best Stage Monologues for Women, 1999" (Smith & Kraus) | - | ||
| 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: | - | Farce | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: New York productions selected as one of the top "1000 Things To Do" for the holidays by Time Out Magazine | ||||
Synopsis: A Hospital Christmas play that will leave you in stitches! Marcy Wuggelson is a jinx, she's always known it, so when she decides to visit her favorite self-help author, Wanda Moore, in the hospital on Christmas Eve, the scene is ripe for disaster. But Wanda discovers something priceless in Marcy - the subject for her new book. With the help of Santa's Reindeer, the Ghost of Christmas Future, a Nun, and phenomenologist Martin Heidegger, Marcy performs a true Christmas miracle. | ||||
Throw of the Moon |
| 1st Produced: | part of "Washington Square Dreams" | - | ||
| Company: | GorillaRep | |||
| 1st Published: | Plays and Playwrights 2001. (NY Theatre Experience) | - | ||
| 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 | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written by Ben Sahl and Jeni Mah0ney | ||||
Synopsis: Midge knows her mechanic husband Tony is stepping out on her, and with the begrudging help of her couch-potato brother Bobby, she manages to catch him red-handed, only to discover that Tony's not in love with another woman, he's in love with Shakespeare! | ||||