DUNCAN PFLASTER (1973 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Duncan Pflaster
Admit Impediments |
| 1st Produced: | Where Eagles Dare, NY | 2007 | ||||
| Company: | Cross-Eyed Bear Productions / MITF Next Step Series | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | musical comedy | Musical | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | The Midtown International Theatre Festival inaugurates its new Next Step MITF Developmental Series, which showcases new works by six MITF alumni | |||||
| Synopsis: | When Josh invites all his friends over to watch him propose to his girlfriend Chaminade, it causes friction with their Gay friends Ritchie and Dominic, as well as with their friend Veronica, who spitefully marries a random Middle-Eastern man in a quickie Las Vegas wedding. "This show takes on the delicate issue of gay marriage, subtly accomplished by asking us to look at the nature of marriage, both heterosexual and for convenience. It asks tough questions and expresses the frustrations experienced by all people denied this basic human desire. (. . .) Mr. Pflaster takes himself seriously; these songs are Broadway worthy". - Li Murillo, Hi!Drama "Gay rights should always be this entertaining". - Mark Peikert, HX magazine | |||||
Amazing Dædalus |
| 1st Produced: | Hollywood, FL | 1995 | ||||
| Company: | Cross-Eyed Bear Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Comic Greek Tragedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 2 parts lend themselves to cross-dressed performance | |||||
| Notes: | 2 roles lend themselves to cross-dressed performances, if you choose. Sturdy set with lots of entrances required. | |||||
| Synopsis: | Dædalus and Icarus are trapped in Dædalus' labyrinth with the minotaur, who is a ordinary young man who never grew up. Dædalus creates a woman, then Pasiphæ, the Queen of Crete is thrown into the labyrinth with them.When Theseus comes to "save" them, all hell breaks loose. | |||||
Dik and Jayne are Not the Same |
| 1st Produced: | New York, NY | 1992 | ||||
| Company: | Cross-Eyed Bear Productions / Spotlight On Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Comic Science Fiction Lesbian Drama | - | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | "Dik and Jayne has a wonderfully haunting quality to it, and is a chilling glimpse into our future. And let's face it, there are few things creepier than a good-looking man wearing diapers. " -Sarika Chawla, Backstage.com | |||||
| Synopsis: | Marina gets a job working for a company that clones people to use their body parts in transplants. She begins to question her ethics and her relationship with her lover Wendy goes on the rocks. | |||||
Eternity: Time Without End |
| 1st Produced: | New York, NY | 1994 | ||||
| Company: | Cross-Eyed Bear Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Fantasy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | 1male child | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | 11 people are on a beach waiting for something, but they don't know quite what for. | |||||
First to Fall Asleep |
| 1st Produced: | The Bridge Theater in Shetler Studios | 2008 | ||||
| Company: | Small Pond Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | comedy/drama | 10 Min | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | When a Freshman falls asleep at a Frat party, two older guys draw on his face and strip him to his underwear, while discussing their classes, poetry, and Abu Ghraib. | |||||
Fugly Train, The |
| 1st Produced: | The Bridge Theater in Shetler Studios | 2008 | ||||
| Company: | Small Pond Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | comedy | 10 Min | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Two young women, Chloe and Callista, ride the subway and judge the attractiveness of the other female passengers, eventually coming to an epiphany about inner beauty. | |||||
Hold Thy Peace, Thou Knave |
| 1st Produced: | The Bridge Theater in Shetler Studios | 2008 | ||||
| Company: | Small Pond Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | comedy | 10 Min | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | First Produced with two other 10-minute plays, as part of an evening called "Boys, Girls, and Toby Belch" | |||||
| Synopsis: | Backstage at a production of Twelfth Night, a last-minute understudy for Sir Toby Belch goes a little haywire onstage, causing consternation amongst the rest of the cast. | |||||
Patrick and Lisa's Wedding |
| 1st Produced: | DeBaun Auditorium, 5th & Hudson Sts., Hoboken, NJ | 2008 | ||||
| Company: | The Theater Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | part of Hudson County One Acts Festival | |||||
| Synopsis: | When Maggie's ex-boyfriend Patrick gets married to an unsuitable younger woman, Maggie gets drafted against her will as a bridesmaid. When she hides in an antechamber to steal a smoke with her friend Heidi, she discovers the bride, who's having second thoughts. | |||||
Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants |
| 1st Produced: | staged reading Spotlight On Halloween Festival | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | Cross-Eyed Bear Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Big Epic Naked Comic Shakespearean Verse Fairy Tale for Adults | - | Parts: | Male | 18 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | doubling possible | |||||
| Notes: | Winner 2008 Midtown International Theatre Festival Awards, Outstanding New Script, Outstanding Production of a Comedy or Musical, and Outstanding Leading Actor (Carlos Rafael Fernandez as Prince Trevor) Winner 2006 Spotlight On Award, Best New Play | |||||
| Synopsis: | When good King Kartoffelpuffen gives up his kingdom to his oldest son Tater and marries off his other children for peace (and for political gain), Prince Trevor, his youngest son, trades places with his manservant Grumbelino in order to escape his fate and find his true love, Toby the stable boy. Meanwhile, will Princess Lana find love with King Soignée of the Blind Sybarites, or will she continue pining for Geoffrey, her lost love? Will Grumbelino make friends with his new wife Queen Bluebella of Chryselephantinople and her harem of eunuchs, or will he foolishly poke his nose into the Forbidden Ballroom? Can anyone keep King Tater from starting a new war and destroying all their Kingdoms? Are the rumored Elephants of Style more than just a fable? Find out in "Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants"! | |||||
Sleeping in Tomorrow |
| 1st Produced: | New York, NY | 1993 | ||||
| Company: | Cross-Eyed Bear Productions / Spotlight On Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Parallel Universe Drawing Room Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Berenice is dissatisfied with her life and looking for answers in mysticism. When she begins having out-of-body experiences at a cocktail party hosted by her husband's Gay brother and his lover, she takes the opportunity to explore several parallel universes, encountering all of her friends in wildly different worlds and circumstances. Inventors, Sports Figures, Jews, Homos, Witches, Masochists, Nazis, Clowns: Who do you want to be today? | |||||
Wastes of Time, The |
| 1st Produced: | Midtown International Theatre Festiva | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | Cross-Eyed Bear Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISDN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Gay Romantic Drama | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | the (male) role of The Dancer is non-speaking | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A 20-something Gay man falls in love with a man 9 years his senior; their relationship is complicated by the younger man's overprotective mother. "It's uncommon these days for a gay-themed play to tackle the issues surrounding AIDS - both because it's a heavy, potentially unpopular subject and because it might seem irrelevant in an age of seemingly magical drug therapies that have extended many AIDS patients' lives. That's why it's such a pleasure to watch a play like The Wastes of Time that not only tackles the thorny subject but does it in a way that is relevant, insightful, and emotionally moving, without depending on nostalgia or maudlin gimmicks." - Jerry Portwood, Backstage.com | |||||