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LAURA SHAMAS |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Abrams Artists Agency |
Laura Shamas was born in Oklahoma, and has lived in various places across the U.S., including Tulsa, Los Angeles, and Denver. She is a writer and cultural mythologist. As a playwright, Shamas has had twenty plays produced, nine published, and is included in four anthologies. She has won numerous awards, including a 2007 Aurand Harris Fellowship from the Children's Theatre Foundation of America, a Drama-Logue Award for Playwriting, a Marquee Award, an Edinburgh Fringe First Award for Outstanding New Drama, the Warner Brothers Award, and a Mary Roberts Rinehart Foundation Grant. Her plays have been produced in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. In America, productions of her work have appeared in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Denver, and other cities. Her bookWe Three: The Mythology of Shakespeare's Weird Sisters was published in 2007 by Peter Lang USA.
Plays by Laura Shamas
Amelia | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #86511 | |||
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Amelia Lives | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #31447 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | The story of Amelia Earhart the flying pioneer | |||||
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Babylon Revisited | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #86512 | |||
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Notes: | Based on a short story by F Scott Fitzgerald | |||||
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Chasing Honey | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #86513 | |||
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Daleesha Report, The | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #68439 | |||
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Genre: | Ten minute play | |||||
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Synopsis: | A young woman witnesses her boyfriend committing a brutal murder. | |||||
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Delicacies | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #86514 | |||
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Fitness | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #86515 | |||
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Great Dakota Tom, The | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #86516 | |||
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In His Dremynge (Weird Sisters) | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #86517 | |||
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Lady-Like | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Tiffany Theaters (Los Angeles, CA, United States) | 1991 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51447 | |||
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Genre: | 110-120 min Biographical drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 3 females | |||||
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Synopsis: | A female adventure story of friendship and freedom, beginning in 1778. Against all odds, two aristocratic Irish ladies and a maid flee abusive homes to start a new life together. Poor, without means or male guardians, they must learn to fend for themselves. Through many travails they arrive in Wales, eager to retire from society, but fate has other plans in store. These "Ladies of Llangollen" become famous for their literary salons; they influence major poets, writers, kings, and queens, and live together happily for 50 years. Their home is now a National Trust Property in Wales. | |||||
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Last Slumber Party, The | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #86518 | |||
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Lincoln Vacation | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #86519 | |||
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Living Doll | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatist Play Service, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68440 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Rose a widow runs a dolls hospital but with the onset of Alzheimer's disease her family have a difficult decision to make. | |||||
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Mock Talk | ||
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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 | #86520 | |||
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Moliere In Love | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #86521 | |||
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Genre: | Historical Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | or 7m 5f | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Set in 1670, Paris, Molière in Love is based on the true story of Molière's theatrical attempt to win back the love of his much younger wife, Armande. In order to "re-romance" his wife, the playwright decides to write a play-ballet to showcase her talents and beauty. But because of Louis XIV's extramarital pursuits, the king demands that the show - Psyche, with its cast-list of 300+ actors and dancers - must be completed and produced within a few weeks. Frantic to complete the project, Molière must partner with one of his rivals, Pierre Corneille, in order to please the King. But ss Molière assembles his troupe of actors and dancers to rehearse, the internal politics of his own company adds further complications. One of Molière's own former lovers is cast as the beautiful Venus, much to Armande's dismay. And Armande hates the handsome leading man with whom she must perform. Or so it seems. . . until Molière stumbles upon them in a passionate, incriminating embrace, with the excuse that they are "just rehearsing". Molière battles literary and romantic rivals, a meddlesome royal patron, an insane deadline and his own ego in order to create a work worthy of his task.But in the end, will it be enough to heal his marriage, keep the court appeased, and keep his company afloat? | |||||
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Other Shakespeare, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatist Play Service, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68441 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 7 | ||
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Synopsis: | Cassandra, the brilliant sister of William | |||||
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Picnic At Hanging Rock | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #86522 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 18 | ||
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Notes: | Based on the book by Joan Lindsay | |||||
Synopsis: | Three pupils and a teacher disappear on a school outing to Hanging Rock | |||||
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Pistachio Stories | ||
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "2005 - The Best Ten Minute Plays For Three Or More Players" published by Smith and Kraus, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #86523 | |||
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Portrait of the Nude | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatist Play Service, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68442 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | History of nudes in art | |||||
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Re-Sourcing | ||
| 1st Produced: | NoHo Arts Center, North Hollywood | 20 Nov 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Broadway Play Publishing, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #86524 | |||
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Synopsis: | Ameriblaze Company keeps outsourcing more and more work sacking their American employees and getting cheaper ones in Bangalore. One group of sacked American workers try to get their jobs back by pretending to outsource workers in Bangalore | |||||
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Runestone Hill | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #86525 | |||
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Saucer City | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #86526 | |||
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Talking Leaves | ||
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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 | #86527 | |||
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Telling Time | ||
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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 | #86528 | |||
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Trance Dance | ||
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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 | #86529 | |||
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Trapper Joan | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors Forum, North Hollywood | 23 May 2010 | ||||
Company: | Women In Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #86530 | |||
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Synopsis: | Cheating Lovers 101 investigates erring lovers by employing glamorous young women as decoys. But they do not seem to be working in their latest case | |||||
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Up To Date | ||
| 1st Produced: | West Coast Ensemble (workshop production) (Los Angeles, CA, United States) | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #60362 | |||
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Genre: | 80-90 min Seriocomedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 11 | ||
Parts other: | 11 females (6-11 actors possible: , 6-11 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | In a series of monologues, eleven diverse women grapple with the meaning of dating and romance in the 21st century -- from the promise and pitfalls of Internet dating, to biological clocks, dating as a widow, and the self-help industry. The monologue form functions as a metaphor for isolation in the modern world, and in the end, the women's various struggles coalesce in a scene of unity and hope. | |||||
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Venus In Orange | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
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 | #40806 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Flexible; may be performed with 4 to 12 (or more) actors, all women | |||||
Notes: | written by Paula Cizmar & Laura Shamas | |||||
Synopsis: | a performance piece that takes an uncompromising look at women's lives, roles, and sexuality in the 21st Century. Using Venus-Goddess of Beauty, Sex, and Love-as a tour guide, the play weaves real-world stories, myth, movement, and poetry to shed light on the often-perplexing roles of women who are caught between media images of femininity and their own desires for fulfillment in a world that still doesn't view them as equal. Sometimes sensual, sometimes chilling, sometimes funny, VENUS IN ORANGE is a provocative look at who women are-and who they can become. | |||||
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