TOPHER PAYNE (1979 - )
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Topher Payne
Above the Fold |
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Synopsis: Long after the news cameras have moved on people still have to cope with the circumstances that lead them to being front page news: friends of the High School shooter, a scandel involving a pop star and so on | ||||
Attala County Garden Club, The |
| 1st Produced: | On Stage, Atlanta | 2006 | ||
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Synopsis: Newly married Rose moves into her new home with her husband and baby. She applies to join the local garden club - her mother is a member - and is rejected. | ||||
Bad Mama |
| 1st Produced: | Atlanta, Georgia | 2005 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Farce | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 |
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Synopsis: A series of scenes and monologues depicting mothers who will go to ANY length for their progeny, leading to disastrous and hilarious results. Included in the evening: A New Jersey young mother-to-be reveals her plan to raise her child as a homosexual; A Mississippi mother battles for control of her son's wedding reception, with shocking results; Divorced parents use every tactic possible to gain favor with their beleaguered daughter; and "A Lifetime Original Movie Starring Judith Light", which filters the plotlines of 23 Lifetime Television movies into one woman's very, very bad day. | ||||
Beached Wails |
| 1st Produced: | Atlanta, Georgia | 2002 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: Every summer, the four Harmon sisters pack up a car, wave goodbye to families in Kosciusko, Mississippi, and head for a week at the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama. This year's vacation is particularly needed; second-eldest sister Brenda lost her husband Lewis last fall, and all agree she could benefit from a week of rest. Rain greets them on the first day, and what seems at first an inconvenience proves to be more threatening: Gulf Shores lies directly in the path of a hurricane. Their attempts at evacuating are thwarted by Brenda, who becomes convinced that the storm, which shares a name with her late husband, is a sign telling her to stay. Things become a bit more complicated with the arrival of an unexpected guest, 21-year old model Randy Bradford, who makes all of the Harmon sisters wonder whether their troubles remained at home after all. . . | ||||
Christina Darling |
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Synopsis: Twenty years after writing the book that changed everyone's opinions of Joan Crawford - Christina Crawford is running a bed and breakfast establishment. Her writing and acting career went up in smoke and she took to drink. Now she needs money and is thinking of writing another book about her mother to get it. Then some guests check in - one of whom is Mommie Dearest. | ||||
Entertaining Lesbians |
| 1st Produced: | New York, NY | 2004 | ||
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Synopsis: The School for Young People is the place for any responsible parent to send their preschool-age child in Atlanta. Rowena Tuttle knows this, and she will stop at nothing in her mission to secure a place for her four year-old daughter, Portia. Hoping to gain better standing with the parents of current students, Rowena and her husband Tad invite a lesbian couple into their home. But when Rowena has the cook impersonate a U.S. Ambassador, is forced to cope with the surprise arrival of her trashy sister Janis, and discovers a ransom note in the kitchen, things begin to spiral out of control. . . Hilarity ensues. | ||||
Relations Unknown |
| 1st Produced: | Atlanta, Georgia | 2003 | ||
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| Genre: | Comedy/Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
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Synopsis: When Shep, an accountant in Atlanta, decided to become a sperm donor, he could never have imagined the impact it would have on everyone in his life. After being given information that makes him consider his mortality, he reconnects with his ex-boyfriend Chris, who's busy fighting dual battles with cancer, and his mother, Dorothy Jean. The technician from Shep's sperm bank, who may or may not be a psychiatrist, hires Shep's best friend Narissa as a personal trainer, but their training sessions quickly give way to therapy. Meanwhile, Chris's current boyfriend, Owen, who was once engaged to Narissa, faces surprising news from his past. Add into the mix a lesbian pot dealer on a mission from God, a larger-than-life drag queen named Ruby Red, and a round of cocktails for everyone involved, and you've got the story of seven people chasing unlikely dreams, realizing along the way that sometimes, your real family is made up of the people you choose. | ||||