SHERI WILNER   


Sheri Wilner
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USA
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Plays by Sheri Wilner

SHERI WILNER
Bake Off
1st Produced:
Cherry Lane Theatre (New York, NY, United States)
2001
Company:
-
1st Published:
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Genre:
15-25 min
Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
2 males, 1 female
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Last year, the largest cash prize in Bake Off history was awarded to a man; this year, one female contestant will make sure that the male entrants get their just desserts. . .
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SHERI WILNER
Bushesteia, The
1st Produced:
The Hourglass Group (New York, NY, United States)
2004
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc., 2005
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
comedy 20 - 30 min
One Act
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
up to 10
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
It's election eve, November 2004, and the gods of heaven and earth have assembled in Florida to exact their revenge on George W. Bush for his theft of the 2000 election. Unless he atones for his sins and appeases the gods, they will continue to plague storm-weary Floridians with hurricanes. Their demand: that he sacrifice his twin daughters Jenna and Barbara outside the Florida Chapter of the League of Women Voters. Human sacrifice comes easy to George, but how will he convince the girls to stick their necks out for him? The Bushesteia is a no-holds-barred retelling of the Iphigenia plays by Euripides and The Oresteia by Aeschylus.
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SHERI WILNER
Equilibrium
1st Produced:
Guthrie Theatre (staged reading) (Minneapolis, MN, United States)
2006
Company:
-
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Genre:
30-40 min
Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
6
Parts Other:
4 males, 6 females (10 actors possible: 2-8 males, 2-8 females)
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
While reviewing "the principle of equilibrium" for their upcoming chemistry exam, a group of friends discuss the racist actions of a teacher at the school. Confronted with a recent example of his favoritism towards white students, they debate whether they should respond in some way to the racism they perceive, or just continue studying. The unexpected appearance of a fellow student further complicates matters as he forces them to admit the true feelings under their good intentions. Witty, genuine, and thought-provoking, this play explores the forces that maintain the status quo in both chemical and human reactions.
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SHERI WILNER
Father Joy
1st Produced:
Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Shepherdstown, WV
2004
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Abigail is an ambitious sculpture student who yearns to create, but is struggling to find the material that will give her ideas shape and substance. As her relationship with her world-famous art professor takes a romantic turn, a curious thing happens to her father. He begins to disappear. Literally. Everyday this shy and withdrawn man becomes less and less visible to his astonished family. So why do father and daughter suddenly feel a bond they never shared before?
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SHERI WILNER
First Night of Chanukah, The
1st Produced:
History Theater (St. Paul, MN, United States)
2006
Company:
-
1st Published:
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
15-20 min
Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
0
Parts Other:
2 males
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
It's the first night of Chanukah and David Schwartz is stranded in the Devil's Lake, North Dakota airport. As he bemoans his fate of being "the only Jew who's ever been in North Dakota," a mysterious stranger named Morris Rosenberg appears with a menorah that he asks David to help him light. Although David protests that his cigarette lighter is empty, Morris proves that through the power of faith, miracles do happen. This play draws on historical research about Jewish homesteaders in North Dakota during the turn of the century.
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SHERI WILNER
Hell and Back
1st Produced:
New Georges (showcase) (New York City, NY, United States)
2004
Company:
-
1st Published:
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
15-20 min
Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
0
Parts Other:
3 males
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Three generations of veterans -- grandfather, father, and recently returned son -- discover vast and disturbing differences in their methods of coping with the brutal scars of war.
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SHERI WILNER
Hunger
1st Produced:
Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Shepherdstown, WV
2000
Company:
-
1st Published:
Smith and Kraus New Playwrights: The Best New Plays of 1999, 2000
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
A ravenous, inexplicable hunger wakens Diana in the middle of the night, hours after accepting Adam's marriage proposal. She eats all of the food in his Nantucket cabin, but her hunger is not abated and she is compelled to venture out to the beach alone. A mysterious stranger named Seymour emerges from the depths of the ocean, and presents her not only with oysters, but the opportunity to accompany him back into the sea.
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SHERI WILNER
Joan of Arkansas
1st Produced:
Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY, United States)
1999
Company:
-
1st Published:
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
10-15 min
Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
1 male, 1 female
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Two lonely students are distracted from their studies when a bird becomes trapped in their college library. Their efforts to catch the bird bring them together, but the issue of what to do next with the bird jeopardizes their potential romance.
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SHERI WILNER
Labor Day
1st Produced:
1999
Company:
-
1st Published:
Humana Festival 1999: The Complete Plays, ed Michael Bigelow Dixon & Amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus, 1999
in Ten Minute Plays From Actors Theatre Of Louisville, Vol 5, Samuel French NY
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
play
Ten Min
Parts:
Male
-
Female
1
Parts Other:
5 (could be male or female)
Notes:
part of Life Under 30
Synopsis:
On the eve of Labor Day, a "Last-Day-to-Wear-White" party sets the scene for one woman's stand against the march of time.
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SHERI WILNER
Little Death of a Salesman
1st Produced:
Boston Women on Top Festival (Boston, MA, United States)
2001
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN/ASIN
-
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:
play
Ten Min
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
The classic American tragedy seen through the eyes of Willy Loman's lover. Waiting for him (as she's done every year) at the Standish Arms hotel, she tries to figure out why he hasn't arrived and attempts to engage the disgruntled desk clerk in her fantasies.
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SHERI WILNER
Miracle of Chanukah, The
1st Produced:
Illusion Theater (Minneapolis, MN, United States)
2006
Company:
-
1st Published:
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
10-12 min
Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
2 males, 3 females
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Ryan's mother Marilyn has invented a Chanukah ritual to ensure her family acknowledges the holiday's true meaning; after the first candle is lit, each person must talk about a miracle that happened to them during the year. When Ryan's new girlfriend Leila describes a miracle that's too fantastic for the others to believe, she forces them to accept the limits of their faith.
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SHERI WILNER
Moving Shortly
1st Produced:
Naked Angels (New York, NY, United States)
2003
Company:
-
1st Published:
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
12-15 min
Comedy/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
1 male, 1 female
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Days after 9/11, a Sikh man and an American woman find themselves alone on a stalled New York City subway train. Through their inner thoughts, we witness her fear of being trapped underground with "a madman," and his newly discovered fear of living in a city where the people "need to know the name of every bird in Central Park but can't tell a Muslim from a Sikh."
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SHERI WILNER
Relative Strangers
1st Produced:
New Georges (New York, NY, United States)
1996
Company:
-
1st Published:
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
25-35 min
Comedy/Drama
Parts:
Male
0
Female
3
Parts Other:
3 females
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
A young airline passenger decides that the woman seated next to her might be the mother she never had. She finds an ally in a wacky stewardess who, unlike the reluctant mother figure, believes these two passengers are a match made in heaven.
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SHERI WILNER
Tall Order, A
1st Produced:
Thirst Theater (Minneapolis, MN, United States)
2006
Company:
-
1st Published:
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
10-15 min
Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
1 male, 1 female, 1 either (3 actors possible: 1-2 males, 1-2 females)
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
During a dinner date, a woman stops time to ponder what meal to order, and in doing so ends up thoroughly deconstructing male/female relationships. In communication between the genders, are you what you order? When is a porkchop more than a porkchop?
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SHERI WILNER
Turandot
1st Produced:
2001
Company:
Columbia University
1st Published:
-
ISBN/ASIN
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Carlo Gozzi
Synopsis:
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SHERI WILNER
Unknown Part of the Ocean, The
1st Produced:
Boston Women on Top Festival (Boston, MA, United States)
2002
Company:
-
1st Published:
ISBN/ASIN
-
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Genre:
10-15 min
Drama
Parts:
Male
0
Female
2
Parts Other:
2 females
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Eight-year-old Sophie loves to entertain her mother with fantastical stories. But what's a little storyteller to do when her mother's cancer is scarier than anything in her imagination?
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