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Lisa Soland

LISA SOLAND  

 Nationality:    USA
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Lisa Soland graduated from Florida State University with a BFA in acting and received her Equity card working as an apprentice at the Burt Reynolds Jupiter Theatre. Her plays Waiting, Cabo San Lucas, Truth Be Told and The Name Game, along with the anthology The Man in the Gray Suit & Other Short Play are published by Samuel French Inc., but her work can also be found in anthologies published by French, Smith & Kraus, Applause Books, and Dramatic Publishing. Ms. Soland has produced and/or directed over 80 productions and playreadings, 55 of which have been original. She is the founder of The All Original Playwright Workshop, where she works as Artistic Director and teacher, producing workshops throughout the United States and online.

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 Afternoon With Shirley, An         Bible, The Book and The Megaphone, The         Cabo San Lucas         Come to the Garden         Corporate Ladder, The         Different         Earthquake         Garden, The         Gate Call Beautiful         How To Survive A Coma         Kind That Does't Budge, The         Knots, The         Ladder Plays, The         Lord's Last Supper, The         Man in the Grey Suit, The         Matt and his Crazy Writing Machine         More Than Anything Else In The World         Name Game, The         Other Shoe, The         ReBirth         Rebound and the Bath Tub         Red Roses         Same Thing, The         Sniper's Nest         This Side Up         Thread Count         Truth Be Told         Waiting

Afternoon With Shirley, An

Synopsis:
A woman in her mid-thirties who was expecting a baby and has just lost it. Her grandmother always comes for afternoon tea on this particular day. She turns up as usual even though she died that morning.

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One act

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Bible, The Book and The Megaphone, The

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1st Produced:
Bethal Lutheran Church, Encino, California    2004

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Ten minute play

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Cabo San Lucas

Lisa Soland
Cabo San Lucas is a romantic comedy about two misfits and a postal employee who turn an apartment upside down while searching for love, courage and something to sell on Ebay. Two men break into a house and start grabbing everything they can. Little do they know that they're not alone. It seems that the owner, a young woman whose fiance just left her, has taking a fistful of sleeping pills with some booze and is trying to sleep away her troubles for good under a blanket on the couch. When she's discovered, she's so discombobulated that it takes her a while to figure out that she's being robbed. When she does discover it, she doesn't really care (she was just killing herself anyway). It turns out that while the one crook is a hardened criminal, the other is just a nice guy who happened to have a gun and who has been manipulated by the other one. The nice guy is horrified when he finds out that she's trying to kill herself. The bad guy takes off with the loot, but the good one stays behind and calls 911. In the midst of Grace's attempted suicide being thwarted by two house burglars, there are many comedic opportunities. And although funny, Cabo San Lucas has substance and truth that will make anyone feel for our human condition and frailty.

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Tamarind Theatre, Hollywood, CA    2002

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Genre:
Dramatic comedy One act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Come to the Garden

Lisa Soland
about love and relationship

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1st Produced:
Bryan lake Bowl Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota    05 Jun 2006

Organisations:
Theatre Limina

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Ten Min

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Corporate Ladder, The

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Best 10-Minute Plays 2013 Plays For Three Or More Actors. Published by Smith and Kraus, Inc.    -

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ten min

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Different

Lisa Soland
about love and relationship

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1st Produced:
Actors' Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA    -

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Best of the Rest Fest

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Ten minute play

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Earthquake

Synopsis:
After an earth tremor two residents of an apartment block find themselves on the pavement in their pyjamas

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Contained in: "35 by 10" published by Dramatic Publishing Company,    -

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Ten minute play

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Garden, The

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Genre:
Short Play

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Gate Call Beautiful

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1st Produced:
Labor Day Community Fair, Encino, California    2004

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Ten minute play

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How To Survive A Coma

Synopsis:
A poet is in a coma and she is fighting to regain consciousness

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Play/Drama

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Kind That Does't Budge, The

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1st Produced:
SAS PlayFest    2006

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Knots, The

Lisa Soland
about love and relationship

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aka More Than Anything Else In The World

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Genre:
Ten Min

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Ladder Plays, The

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1st Produced:
Clayton Performing Arts Center At Hardin Valley On The Campus Of Pellissippi State College    23 Mar 2012

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Lord's Last Supper, The

Synopsis:
Jesus and the disciples celebrate Passover

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Genre:
One act

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Man in the Grey Suit, The

Lisa Soland
about love and relationship

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1st Produced:
Second Story Theater, Hermosa Beach, CA    25 Oct 2008

Organisations:
Hermosa beach Writer's Group

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Genre:
Ten min

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Matt and his Crazy Writing Machine

Synopsis:
Matthew is having problems writing his Gospel

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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More Than Anything Else In The World

Lisa Soland
about love and relationship

Notes:
aka Knots

1st Produced:
Jump Start Theatre, San Antonio's Premiere Black Theatre Company, San Antonio, TX    13 Oct 2006

Organisations:
Renaissance Guild's one Act Series

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Music:
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Genre:
Ten Min

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Name Game, The

Synopsis:
three misfits and their bizarre courting methods, vulnerable girl, police officer and armed abductor

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc, New York,    -

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Genre:
Romantic Comedy Comedy

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Other Shoe, The

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1st Published:
in 2008: The Best Ten-Minute Plays 3 or More Actors, Smith & Kraus, (2009)   978-1575257105

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Genre:
Ten Min

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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ReBirth

Synopsis:
Eight people go through the re-birthing process

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  1 either sex

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Rebound and the Bath Tub

Synopsis:
Tired of her present lover a woman interviews her male friends to find a replacement

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Red Roses

Lisa Soland
about love and relationship

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
New Short play festival

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Music:
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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Same Thing, The

Lisa Soland
about love and relationship

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1st Produced:
Dallas, TX    03 Feb 2005

Organisations:
TeCo Theatrical Productions

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Music:
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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Sniper's Nest

Synopsis:
The love affair between Lee Harvey Oswald and Judith Vary Baker who meet whilst they help develop chemicals to kill Fidel Castro

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Frederick Loewe RoomNew York    14 Dec 2012

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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This Side Up

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1st Produced:
8th Annual 10 by 10 Festival in the Triangle, Carraboro, NC    2009

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Thread Count

Synopsis:
The sales clerk and the widow

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Best American Short Plays 2010 - 2011" published by Applause Theatre Book Publishers 2012   -

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Truth Be Told

Lisa Soland
Truth Be Told is a full-length play that consists of eleven, one-person stories shared by a variety of personalities, all focused on getting at the truth.

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1st Produced:
Actor's Group, North Hollywood, California    22 Jun 2008

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1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc - New York >>>, 2007   978-0-573-69722-7

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Genre:
Dramatic comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Waiting

Synopsis:
This comedy-Drama delves into the love lives of twelve people who share humorous and heart-warming stories about their relationships

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1st Produced:
Tamarind Theatre, Hollywood, CA    2002

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Genre:
comedy Drama Comedy

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Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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