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Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon of One-Acts

2002

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Playscripts, Inc

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Drama

One Act

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Notes: Directed by Kevin Confoy. Commissioned by Keen Company

Synopsis: A recently widowed professor at a nameless midwestern college contemplates returning to Ireland in search of lost love, youth, and perhaps himself. Told via emails, phone calls, and old-fashioned letters, Am Lit is a modern epistolary monologue of loss and yearning.

Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival

2007

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comedy

Play with Music

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5

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Synopsis: The Cherry Sisters Revisited is a new play based on the true story of Addie, Effie, Lizzie, Ella, and Jessie Cherry, five sisters from Marion, Iowa, who took the vaudeville world by storm with the collective awfulness of their talent.

Second Stage Theatre, New York

2005

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Drama, 90 min

Play/Drama

3

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Notes: Directed by Michael John Garcés. Supported by Tennessee Williams Fellowship in Playwriting in 2002 - 03 at the University of the South (Sewanee)

Synopsis: On the verge of retirement, English teacher James Flanagan questions the life he didn't live. In Dan O'Brien's stirring drama, unexpected encounters help him realize who he is and what he has accomplished.

Next Page Reading Series

2007

Atlantic Theatre Company

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Play/Drama

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Synopsis: Elisabeth's son has been acting strange lately, praying all the time. But each step she takes toward understanding her son's behavior only threatens Elisabeth more. A chamber piece for two voices, and a memory play of sorts, Demon is a dramatic poem about the manifestations of secrecy and the mystery of family.

The Tank@Chashama, NY, USA >>>

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Slant Theater Project

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One act

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Notes: Originally performed under the overall title "Obstruction Plays" with five other plays.

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William Penn Charter School (Philadelphia, PA, United States)

2004

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Playscripts, Inc.

2005

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Play/Drama

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5

5 females, 3 males; Running time: 100-120 mins

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Synopsis: Have you ever wanted to disappear? Daniel Hand disappeared, but he left behind some clues: a note, some video artwork, and a school full of conflicting impressions and theories. When Shannon, an aspiring filmmaker, starts shooting a documentary about the enigma of her missing classmate, she learns he was an athlete, honors student, artist, drug user, and perhaps a religious fanatic. Can she believe all the labels the other students are trying to slap on him? Is Daniel, Shannon, or anyone what everyone perceives them to be?

Project Y Theatre Company (New York International Fringe Festival) (New York, NY, United States)

2000

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Playscripts, Inc.

2005

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Comedy

3

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3 females, 3 males; Running time: 25-35 mins

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Synopsis: Over the course of three vignettes in a coffee shop, three pairs of farcically troubled people grapple with the social mores that define who we are -- sometimes through classical Greek wrestling, sometimes by whacking a slab of high-priced beef. Together, either/or and its companion piece "Will You Please Shut Up?" ruthlessly pinpoint the absurdities, insecurities, and indulgences that riddle modern relationships.

Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY, USA

2002

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Playscripts, Inc

2003

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Comedy

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Notes: Running time: 5-10

Synopsis: A young vaudeville actress prepares for her first photo shoot.

PlayLabs

2007

Commissioned by Geva Theatre Center

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drama

Historical

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Synopsis: In the winter of 1847, the Fox family moved from Rochester to a small house in the snow-covered fields of Hydesville, New York. Soon after, they began to hear strange sounds-rapping in the walls-amidst tales of a long-ago murder. Where was this knocking sound coming from? What secrets did the house hold within its walls? Inspired by the true story of the Fox sisters, founders of Modern Spiritualism, The House in Hydesville is a haunting drama that explores the mystery of family and the wellsprings of the soul.

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

1999

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Dramatic Publishing, Inc

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Comedy Drama, 100 min

Comedy

5

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Notes: Directed by John Emigh

Synopsis: Amateur actors in Cork City, Ireland convene at their local pub-theater for the first read through of a new Irish play. What no one knows yet is that the play has been written by an American, and that an African-American has been cast in the lead. Over the course of the evening the newly assembled cast debates (in typically Irish fashion) the plays deficiencies and merits, who will play which part, and whether or not to do the play at all. Theres Ed, a patriot and single father, whose idea it was to do the play in the first place; Martha, the stage-manager; Michael, playwright and all-around ladys man; Cynthia, an aging ingenue and self-proclaimed Celtic goddess; Willie, the theaters patriarch; Joachim, an African-American just recently married into the Irish culture; and acid-tongued Declan, a young man with ambition but no direction. Irish and American Cultures come into conflict, old rivalries re-ignite, and secrets are revealed as the group struggles towards an understanding of this enigmatic Irish play. What begins as a comedic examination of Irish theatre and identity, becomes by evenings end a character drama of strong emotional force.

Geva Theatre Center, Rochester, New York

2004

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Drama, 90 min

Play/Drama

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Notes: Directed by Skip Greer. Commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club

Synopsis: It's a rainy night in Key West, Florida, when Brigid - a young woman from the Bronx - ducks into Niall O'Neill's dusty pub. She's searching for her missing car keys and wonders if Niall has found them. But as they share a drink and a conversation, it becomes clear that what Brigid is really seeking is much deeper - and more mysterious

Perishable Theatre (Providence, Rhode Island)

1998

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Drama, 120 min

Play/Drama

6

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Notes: Winner of the M. Elizabeth Osborn Award for Playwriting Excellence by the American Theatre Critics Association.

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Kennedy Center, Washington

1997

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Samuel French, London

1998

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Play/Drama

4

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Synopsis: weaves the imagined story of Leonardo da Vinci with an art restorer in Milan during World War II

Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, Mass

2002

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Drama, 90 min

Play/Drama

9

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Notes: Directed by Darko Tresnjak. Commissioned by Ensemble Studio Theatre Sloan/First Light Grant

Synopsis: Vaudeville and slap-stick collide with the towering figure of famed American inventor Thomas Edison in this new comedic drama about the birth of the motion picture.

Humana Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY, USA >>>

2002

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Humana Festival 2002: The Complete Plays, ed Tanya Palmer & Amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus

2002

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Drama/Comedy

omedy

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Notes: by Tanya Barfield, Lee Blessing, Michael Bigelow Dixon, Julie Jensen, Honour Kane, Sunil Kuruvilla, David Lindsay-Abaire, Victor Lodato, Quincy Long, Deb Margolin, Allison Moore, Lynn Nottage, Dan O'Brien, Val Smith, Annie Weisman, Craig Wright and Chay Y

Synopsis: A photograph captures and documents a single moment in time and space -- a snapshot of history, of a reality bounded by the photo's frame. But what lies outside, beyond, behind the photograph? And what stories, memories, or associations does an image of place inspire? In this multi-writer project from Actors Theatre of Louisville, a diverse assortment of talented playwrights encounter and transform Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, 1969, a compelling image of the monument by renowned photographer Lee Friedlander. Their thought-provoking scenes and monologues range from delightful comedy to utterly serious tragedy, each approaching the photo's themes through a new lens.

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Perishable Theatre (Providence, RI, United States)

1999

Brown University New Plays Festival

Playscripts, Inc

2004

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full length

Comedy

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Notes: Running time: 100-120

Synopsis: Bo'sun Smythe is dead. Trapped in the ice at the North Pole, only three members of the doomed Carcass crew remain: Bane Barrington, buffoonish explorer; Ship's Chaplain Kane, a rector in drag; and Israel, their mute Canadian first mate. Will they make it home alive? First, they'll take a five-minute break, and explore themselves, their roles, and their predicament as the actors Bill, a struggling mime; his wife Helen, erstwhile actress; and Dan, the passive-aggressive puppet-master, i.e. the writer of this play. Weaving commedia dell'arte with theatre verite, The Voyage of the Carcass is a play about dreams, and the aftermath. (A one-act version of this play is also available.)

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Playscripts, Inc

2004

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Comedy/Drama

One Act

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Notes: Running time: 45-55

Synopsis: Bo'sun Smythe is dead. Trapped in the ice at the North Pole, only three members of the doomed Carcass crew remain: Bane Barrington, buffoonish explorer; Ship's Chaplain Kane, a rector in drag; and Israel, their mute Canadian first mate. Will they make it home alive? (A full-length version of this play is also available.)

Kennedy Center/Kenan Foundation (Washington, DC, United States)

2003

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Playscripts, Inc.

2005

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Comedy

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1 female, 1 male; Running time: 40-50 mins

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Synopsis: Sylvia and Tom haven't seen each other in years when they bump into each other on the NYC subway. They were the loves of each other's lives, but something got in the way. . . Moving backwards in time, the play traces the origins of their toxic loathing to a once idyllic love. Together, "Will You Please Shut Up?" and its companion piece either/or ruthlessly pinpoint the absurdities, insecurities, and indulgences that riddle modern relationships.