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ROBERT WEESNER (1939 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Impulse Playwrights Agency |
For a slew of years Bob has written a slew of plays for a slew of theatres. Most of 'em were pretty good. This is your lucky day. Here's the best of the best.
Plays by Robert Weesner
Alyce Times One | ||
| 1st Produced: | Vineyard Community Theatre, Westerville Ohio | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Vineyard Community 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 | #92487 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Robert Weesner and Julie Morrison. Two Acts, running time aprox 2 hours. One setting with insert. Modern dress | |||||
Synopsis: | Two women struggle to survive when the lover of one forces the other into committing a crime. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Another Dumb Ghost Story | ||
| 1st Produced: | Little Theatre Off Broadway, Grove City Ohio | 1980 | ||||
Company: | Little Theatre Off Broadway | |||||
| 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 | #92484 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Two Acts. Running time aprox 1 hour, 50 minutes. One interior setting. Modern dress. | |||||
Synopsis: | After a fight with her boyfriend, a despondent young woman flees to an out-of-season inn. As she is considering suicide, she is suddenly confronted by a bumbling male ghost (alternately dressed as a Mexican bandit, a female ballet dancer, and a Scottish bagpiper) who has no idea why he is there. Through a series of misidentities, misunderstandings, and the obligatory chase scene, the young woman learns she is not actually dependant on anyone but herself. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Art Of Building Bridges, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Vineyard Community Theatre, Westerville Ohio | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Vineyard Community 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 | #92489 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Chancel drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | One Act, running time aprox 30 minutes. One interior setting, period dress. | |||||
Synopsis: | Mary, the mother of Jesus, is 73 years old, and slowly losing her memory. She calls for Mary Magdalene, who has become disillusioned with the heresies she encountered following the resurrection. After a 25 year separation, the two women discover they are of great comfort and aid to each other. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Corie | ||
| 1st Produced: | Reality Theatre, Columbus Ohio | 1990 | ||||
Company: | Reality 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 | #92485 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Two Acts. Running time aprox 2 hours. One interior setting. Modern dress | |||||
Synopsis: | A dying man seemingly returns to the town - and woman - he had abandoned 20 years before. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Disenchanted Frog, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Westerville Arts Festival, Westerville Ohio | 1996 | ||||
Company: | Curtain Players | |||||
| 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 | #92488 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Children/satire One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | One Act, running time aprox 45 minutes. One setting, character dress. | |||||
Synopsis: | A salesman, dressed as a frog (because "everybody dresses as something"), learns a value in life by encounters with various not-quite-right storybook characters, including Ed Peep, B.B. Wolf, and the three little figs. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Grand Gilder, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Vineyard Community Theatre, Westerville Ohio | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Vineyard Community 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 | #92490 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Chancel drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | One Act, running time aprox 30 minutes. One exterior setting, period dress. | |||||
Synopsis: | Roe is a Roman, frustrated in trying to keep all the laws of his god, the Grand Gilder. Brum, his slave, wants to help, but has his own problem - passionately desiring his freedom. Enter Egg, a young woman, who has been exposed to Christianity, and a battle ensues between law and grace. In the end Brum begins to understand where his freedom truly is, and Roe must now re-examine his faith. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Revenant, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Village Little Theatre, Upper Arlington Ohio | 1983 | ||||
Company: | Village Little 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 | #92486 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Two or Three Act versions available. Running length 2 hours, ten minutes. One setting with insert. Modern and period costumes. | |||||
Synopsis: | Two plays presented simultaneously; in the first (set in modern day California), a young woman is under hypnosis to determine the cause of her recurring nightmares. In the other (set in 16th century Spain), another young woman is imprisoned on charges of witchcraft. As the plays progress, the two stories weave together to provide the dramatic conclusion. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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