NINA SHENGOLD
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Plays by Nina Shengold
Emotional Baggage |
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 2000 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playscrips, Inc - 606 | 2006 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 3 females, 4 males; Running time: 15-20 mins | |||
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Synopsis: The secret lives of unclaimed baggage. | ||||
Everything Must Go |
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 1996 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playscrips, Inc - 609 | 2006 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 2 females, 2 either; Running time: 15-20 mins | |||
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Synopsis: A middle-aged woman sells her past - literally - at a yard sale. | ||||
Finger Food |
| 1st Produced: | Winthrop University (Rockhill, SC, United States) | 2005 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playscrips, Inc - 607 | 2006 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 1 female, 1 male; Running time: 18-25 mins | |||
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Synopsis: As a Method hand model and a hand-obsessed food photographer shoot an ad, lust for each other sparks in them both. | ||||
Finger Foods: An Evening of Short Plays |
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 2004 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playscrips, Inc - 602 | 2006 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Comedy/Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | 5 females, 3 males; Running time: 100-120 mins | |||
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Synopsis: These seven short comedies and dramas provide a lightly surreal romp for actors, who play everything from ex-boyfriends in a police lineup (Forty to Life), to abandoned suitcases (Emotional Baggage), to four women of uncommon zen wisdom (Lives of the Grea | ||||
Forty to Life |
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 2001 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playscrips, Inc - 603 | 2006 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 2 females, 6 males; Running time: 10-15 mins | |||
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Synopsis: Susie confronts a police line-up of dating offenders, each one an ex-boyfriend of hers. One of them blames her for breaking his heart when she can barely remembers him. The pair is handcuffed together until things are worked out between them. | ||||
Homesteaders |
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1984 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: An island in Southeast Alaska in 1979, over the course of an eventful summer five troubled inhabitants struggle to come to terms with themselves, each other and the past | ||||
Lives of the Great Waitresses |
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 1995 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playscrips, Inc - 604 | 2006 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | 4 females; Running time: 10-15 mins | |||
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Synopsis: Four waitresses, each with her own brand of zen, share the secrets of being one of the greats. | ||||
Lush Life |
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 2003 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playscrips, Inc - 605 | 2006 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Jazz drama | - | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 1 female, 1 male; Running time: 10-15 mins | |||
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Synopsis: On a late-night subway platform, a single woman encounters a homeless street musician, who may or may not be her schizophrenic first love. | ||||
No Shoulder |
| 1st Produced: | Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States) | 1998 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playscrips, Inc - 608 | 2006 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 2 females; Running time: 10-15 mins | |||
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Synopsis: A surreal late-night encounter between a childless widow and a teenage hitchhiker, who have far more in common than either imagines. | ||||
Romeo/Juliet |
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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War at Home |
| 1st Produced: | Rondout Valley High School (Accord, NY, United States) | 2001 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc | 2003 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Ensemble drama | - | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | 13 either | |||
Notes: Running time: 40-50 | ||||
Synopsis: A group of students in a New York State high school 100 miles north of Ground Zero responds to the events of September 11th, 2001. The text of this ensemble piece was created from journal writings of over 40 students, teachers, and community members in the weeks immediately following 9-11. (All royalties from War at Home will be donated to charity.) | ||||