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PATRICIA MILTON |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Patricia's plays have been performed in the United States and Canada. She is the author of "Reduction In Force," an economic comedy, which was developed and premiered at Central Works Theatre in Berkeley, CA in 2011. Her "The Only Virgin in Jubilee County," winner of the 2007 Hill Country Playwriting Festival, premiered at the Hill Country Community Theatre in Texas, and is published by Eldridge Publishers. Her short play "Busybody" was seen in the 2008 Bay Area One Acts Festival, and is published by Original Works Publishing. Her full-length comedy, "Solving Sunflowers," was developed at RAW Works in Ross, CA and was a winning play in the 2009 Eudora Welty New Play Competition. She is co-author with Andrew Black of three full-length comedies: "Porn Yesterday," "Strange Bedfellows," and "It's Murder, Mary!" which premiered at the New Conservatory Theater Center, San Francisco, in May 2008. They are working on a musical with composer Caroline Altman, "Not Without Our Women." Patricia is past President, Playwrights Center of San Francisco, and a member of Play Cafe, International Centre for Women's Playwrights, Theatre Bay Area, and The Dramatists Guild.
Plays by Patricia Milton
Believers | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131922 | |||
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Genre: | Post-apocalyptic romantic comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | single set | |||||
Synopsis: | Love. Drugs. Unexpected side effects. Pharmaceutical researcher Rockwell Wise believes a love vaccine will solve the problems of the world --- and keep his own heart safe. Then drug developer Grace Wright arrives, arousing pesky emotions from his past. "Believers" is inspired by the Grimm's fairy tale, The Frog King, and takes place in a pharmaceutical lab in the immediate dystopian future. | |||||
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Driven | ||
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Company: | Playwrights Center of San Francisco | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #97625 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | A Christmas comedy for four women. | |||||
Synopsis: | When Joy and Jessie Wilder show up in Bad Axe, Michigan for Christmas, Daddy has fled and Mother has taken up with an imaginary friend. Or has she? Family delusions are better when shared and everyone has a secret to hide in this comedy about abandonment, skewed family memories, and slammin' gingerbread cookies. | |||||
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It's Murder Mary | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco | 2008 | ||||
Company: | New Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62021 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery-comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written by Patricia Milton and Andrew Black. Commissioned as a world premiere for NCTC. | |||||
Synopsis: | Whodunit? The hunky porn star? The aging actress? The dashing college student? Set at an exclusive Russian River resort, this campy yet tension-filled murder mystery is sure to keep you guessing and laughing until the last body falls. | |||||
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Only Virgin in Jubilee County, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62022 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | Winner, 2007 Hill Country Playwrighting Festival. | |||||
Synopsis: | Sometimes it takes a miracle to screw up the perfect wedding! When the Virgin Mary makes an appearance on the backside of a young bride's gown in a rural Texas bridal shop, five women must examine their beliefs about marriage, mothers and X-treme bridal dresses. | |||||
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Porn Yesterday | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fritz Theatre Company, San Diego | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #58189 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written with Andrew Black | |||||
Synopsis: | Tired of making gay porno films one young actor wants to go straight - as it were. His wealthy lover has put up the money for a production of "Edward II". However, there is a draw back - the young man can't act | |||||
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Real/Not Real | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bay One Acts Festival, San Francisco | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Unidentified Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Bay One Acts Festival Anthology, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62023 | |||
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Genre: | Political Satire, 20 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A soon-to-be-published author finds her obituary in the New York Times. When she goes downtown to get things straightened out, she becomes embroiled in a comic nightmare. | |||||
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Reduction In Force | ||
| 1st Produced: | Central Works, Berkeley, CA | Jul 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131921 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Satire/ romantic comedy/ farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Developed using The Central Works Method of collaborative play making. Single set. | |||||
Synopsis: | Reduction in Force is a comedy about back-stabbing, ass-kissing, and survival of the sneakiest, set in the modern world of corrupt finance. The Icarus Wealth Management Group has hit financial whitewater. Behind closed boardroom doors profits plunge, questionable investments surface, and a crisis erupts. What's the solution? Fire the "little people," of course! A reduction in force puts career secretary Anita Green on the chopping block. Will she keep her job or her self-respect? An hilarious clusterf*** of backstabbing, ageism, class warfare, and-romance! Reviews: "an intelligent fast-moving farce" - Huffington Post &"a timely comedy...packed with very funny lines" - SF Chronicle&"hilarious " - SF Examiner&"clever and funny...a pleasure to watch overall" - Benicia Herald&"It's fast and funny, with constant hilarious reversals." - Berkeley Daily Planet | |||||
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Solving Sunflowers | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #97626 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | This play was developed at Ross Valley Players' RAW Works, Ross, CA, USA, and won Third Prize in the 2009 Eudora Welty New Play Competition in Jackson, MS, USA. | |||||
Synopsis: | Two acts, approximately 110 minutes. A fanciful comedy that follows Nessa, a recent widow, on a journey from grief to recovery. When Nessa moves to Potash, NM, she launches a crusade to fight a planned alien-themed amusement park that will be built on her property. She is abetted by her mother, Dottie, a shy deputy named Pinkie, and 29 hot Russian brides who have emigrated to the USA for marriage. The play illuminates the themes of alienation, surviving a random universe and how an outsider can redeem a town. | |||||
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Strange Bedfellows | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #58190 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | written with Andrew Black | |||||
Synopsis: | Nathan is running for the post of District Attorney for Orange County - the first openly out gay candidate. He clashes with his campaign manager, Antonio - who considers quitting. Then into the campaign office arrive a right wing political columnist, an opportunistic intern and an escaped killer. | |||||
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