SAMUEL BRETT WILLIAMS (1981 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Samuel Brett Williams
Arkadelphia |
| 1st Produced: | State of Play Theatre | 2008 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Best New American Plays 2004-2005, 2008 | ISBN | - | |||
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| Synopsis: | Bobby returns to his hometown of Arkadelphia, Arkansas after a semester of college in Manhattan. Seeking refuge in two childhood friends, he ends up exposing a secret the small, religious town would rather keep buried. Playwright Samuel Brett Williams challenges the ideals of the South, the North, and everywhere in between. | |||||
Bobby Hebert |
| 1st Produced: | Stageworks/Hudson | 2007 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | Two men sit on a rooftop discussing everything from Saved by the Bell to prison rape, all the while waiting for help that might never come. | |||||
Derby Day |
| 1st Produced: | Levin Theatre | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | Rutgers University | |||||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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| Synopsis: | It's Derby Day and the Ballard brothers have a luxury box at the Oaklawn Racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Their father has just died, and Frank, the oldest, has flown down from Chicago to see the angry newlywed Ned and the ex-con Johnny. Over the course of one long day the Ballard boys destroy everything and everyone in their way-drinking, cursing, and revealing family secrets that might just tear them apart forever. Playwright Samuel Brett Williams explores family, love, and mortality in a dark comedy that culminates in a race that you will never forget. | |||||
Trash Bag Tourist |
| 1st Produced: | New Orleans Arts Center | 2006 | ||||
| Company: | The New Orleans Theatre Experiment | |||||
| 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 | |||||
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| Synopsis: | The Trash Bag Tourist portrays the relationship between ancient, manipulative Dorothy and her rundown, rodeo clown daughter Molly. They are both stuck in a wheel-less trailer in Arkadelphia, Arkansas when a Katrina victim (Chuck) shows up, threatening their already hostile relationship. Chuck has dreams of getting a FEMA trailer and becoming a professional wrestler, but Dorothy has other plans. Playwright Samuel Brett Williams finds love in the lowest of circumstances, all the while exploring family, race, and the American Dream. | |||||
Woodpecker, The |
| 1st Produced: | Cherry Lane Theatre | 2008 | ||||
| Company: | The Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference | |||||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
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| Synopsis: | It's Jimmy's last day before going to war, he's addicted to glue, his mom is seeing visions in the sweet potato casserole, and his wheelchair-bound dad can kick his ass. He turns to God for answers, and finds . . . an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. Playwright Samuel Brett Williams explores family, faith, and freedom in a dark comedy that blurs the lines between black and white and right and wrong. | |||||