JOEL WEISS (1972 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Joel Weiss
Ferris Wheel |
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
| Company: | Christopher Street Opera | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Opera | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Conceived as a black-box opera, Ferris Wheel is a one-act opera for two singers (soprano and tenor) with piano accompaniment. The setting is two folding chairs placed side by side or a small bench, and the motion of the ferris wheel can be created by the movement of the actors - gradually leaning forward going up, leaning backwards going down. | |||||
| Synopsis: | The unlikely love story of two lonely people who are forced to ride together on an old country ferris wheel. She's afraid of heights. He's afraid to quit smoking. They are both afraid of each other. | |||||
Ophelia |
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
| Company: | Christopher Street Opera | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Opera | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Conceived as an opera that would be effective in both a black-box or main-stage theater, Ophelia is a one act opera for two singers (soprano and mezzo-soprano [or dramatic-soprano]) and is scored for piano accompaniment. The action takes place outside the castle walls by a brook. Trees, shrubs and rocks flank the water, and the castle is visible in the background. Exits and entrances are plentiful on all sides of the stage. The set can be as elaborate or as simple as means and desires allow. | |||||
| Synopsis: | A confrontation, both playful and bitter, with dire consequences for both, this is the story of a chance encounter between the two women in Hamlet's life: Ophelia, his love, and Gertrude, his mother. To what depths will each go to win the love of Hamlet and secure their own place on the throne? | |||||
Tess' Last Night |
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
| Company: | W&W Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Comedy Musical, 120 min | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written by Joel Weiss, David L. Williams | |||||
| Synopsis: | fresh-faced young Canadian Tess pursues her dreams of stardom and love. As she braves the treacherous world of Sex, Drugs and New York Children's Theatre, Tess never wavers from her dreams or loses her accent. | |||||