S ELIZEBETH TURNQUIST (1974 - )
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Plays by S Elizebeth Turnquist
Happy Bullet |
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| Genre: | full length | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
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Notes: read for peer critique in the Thistle Dew Playwrights workshop in Sacramento, Ca | ||||
Synopsis: In the first few moments of "Happy Bullet" the main character, Maggie, dies. Through flashbacks and narration Dead Maggie leads us on a fast paced journey to the moment of her death. Maggie's parents are born again 12-stepper, her boyfriend is sober but not clean, her best friend is a pot smoking lesbian, her brother-in-law is adulterous, and her sister a compulsive cleaner. Her story is a sarcastic tragedy that explores themes of rejection, estrangement, intolerance, and the choices we do or don't make that can lead us to loneliness. | ||||
Largesse |
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| Genre: | full length | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 6 |
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Notes: read for peer critique in the Thistle Dew Playwrights workshop in Sacramento, Ca | ||||
Synopsis: Largesse is about women struggling with issues of weight loss and fat acceptance. At the center of this play is the relationship between Emily and Rose. Emily is a Fat Acceptance Activist and her best friend Rose is a woman suddenly considering weight loss as a way to improve her life. As their relationship disintegrates life goes on around these women in the form of new friendship and unexpected romance. | ||||