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Paul Elliott

PAUL ELLIOTT

  
Nationality:    USA
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Several years ago (actually more than I'd like to admit) while I was pursuing an acting/directing career, I took a summer to write three plays that were subsequently published by Samuel French ("the Legacy," "Perspective") and Dramatic Publishing ("Ledge, Ledger and the Legend"). That led to a move to Los Angeles and writing screenplays which were also optioned and/or produced: Singapore Plus (HBO/ Francis Ford Coppola), House That Half Jack Built (CBS) Fangs (MM Productions), Maelstrom Complex (MM&D), Dial Tones (Robert aldrich Prod. VITT), Night Screams (aBa), So Beautiful to Me (Taft/Sun Classics), Captive (Buzz Kulick Productions), Carnaba (Isom/Cox), and Maximillian (O. atlas enterprises). For television I wrote, produced and/or directed over 45 shows from syndicated musical variety series to network musical variety specials. (Dolly Show, Donny & Marie, Marty Robbin's Spotlight, Dick Van Dyke Comedy Hour). then two things happened. Musical variety died and I turned 45. . .that magical age in television where age matters. So I moved on to writing/ producing/ and directing live stage shows for theme parks like Disneyland, DisneyWorld, euroDisney, astroWorld, Boblo Island and Sanrio Puroland in Japan. From there it seemed a natural step into corporate productions and for the last thirteen years, I've produced and directed everything from multimillion dollar press launches for companies like HP, Microsoft, MCa/Universal, Disney and Buena Vista to huge week-long events for companies like Shaklee, Merle Norman, MONY, aXa Financial, aMD, Countrywide, United airlines, Cookie Lee, Baxter Healthcare, Toshiba, FreeLife, RadioShack and NeutrogenA. a year ago I finally stepped away completely to return to writing full time for the stage.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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below is a list of Paul Elliott's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Door, The         Dula         Exit Laughing         Finding the Burnett Heart         Gentle Passage         Ledge, Ledger And the Legend         Legacy         Mind Games         Perspective         To Be Determined

Door, The

Synopsis:
a grandmother sits in the dark in her apartment at her feet sits her grandson, Justin. Someone is banging on the door but the grandmother ignores it. Justin does everything he can to persuade his grandmother to open the door. But she does not want to do it because she knows that outside are the police and they have come to tell her that Justin was gay bashed and is dead

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Genre:
One act. - - Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1 voice either sex

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Dula

Synopsis:
Now, more than ever, we understand that history is only as accurate as the stories that are passed from mouth to mouth. even lies, if told long enough, become truths. Fame and infamy are only frames of reference for the tellers and realities can forever be changed by the mighty power of interpretation and agenda. even written documents can and have been altered to fit what is politically correct for its time. What is the truth? a man and a woman died. Why? That is the story of Dula?

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  14 Mixed townspeople

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Exit Laughing

Exit Laughing
When the biggest highlight in your life for the past 30 years has been your weekly bridge night out with the "girls," what do you do when one of your foursome inconveniently dies? If you're Connie, Leona and Millie, three southern ladies from Birmingham, you "borrow" the ashes from the funeral home for one last card game, and the wildest, most exciting night of your lives involves a police raid, a stripper and a whole new way of looking at all the fun you can have when you're truly living

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1st Produced:
Reunion Theater, Everett, Wa     2009

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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing   1583427147

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Genre:
comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Finding the Burnett Heart

Synopsis:
For sixteen year old Tyler Burnett, it was hard enough just being a teenager, without being suddenly forced to share his bedroom with his dying eighty year old grandfather, a man's who seems to have based his entire life on making others miserable. Trapped together in a room barely big enough for one boy's dream, these generational adversaries who fight to hold onto their own beliefs about themselves eventually are forced into a truce of tolerance, but there is always an underlying waiting for one or the other to show a weakness. Tyler and his grandFather had been sharing their room for over a month and had moved from total dislike to a pretty fair but often heated exchange of ideas. . .only on one occasion, what starts out as a discussion of Tyler's Father and James' son gets out of hand and as each man's temper flairs, lives are changed forever. This is a story of a family in crisis. . .a story of life, death and some secrets that need to be told. For it's only in the telling that anyone has a chance of truly "Finding the Burnett Heart."

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This play deals with serious challenges facing today's family structure, but it is Also very, very funny And should have your Audience laughing, crying And most of All, understanding those dynamics of Any family that can either strengthen it or destroy it.

1st Produced:
Detroit Repertoire Theatre     2009

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Genre:
Family Drama - Gay. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Gentle Passage

Synopsis:
Joe has completely blocked out his past

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1st Produced:
Hollywood Fringe Festival     2012

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ledge, Ledger And the Legend

Synopsis:
Despondent Pete climbs out on a ledge to commit suicide and soon finds himself followed by another person who is not trying to save him, but trying to sell him suicide lessons: "You don't want your last act to look amateurish, do you?" Just as Pete is about to be convinced, a third person climbs out onto the ledge, another suicide salesperson, and the battle is on as to who can offer Pete the best deal. By the end of the hilarity, It's the most exciting thing that's ever happened to Pete in his entire life and he's having so much fun, he decides to give life another chance.

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(Recently voted one of the top 50 most produced plays in America. This play was written for 3 men, but has often been done with A mixed cast for even more fun.

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Dramatic Publishing Company,    -

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Legacy

Synopsis:
the future and the World has become a place where you kill or be killed

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Samuel French Inc, New York,    -

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Mind Games

Synopsis:
Psychiatrist Dr Harriman tells Kyle one of his patients that he is "doing all this yourself". Kyle then believes that he is the Creator and Harriman is not sure that he is wrong in thinking this

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Perspective

Synopsis:
Through the eyes of a schizophrenic everyone starts to become deformed

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Samuel French Inc, New York,    -

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

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To Be Determined

Synopsis:
A transgender teenager

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1st Produced:
Writers Guild, Los Angeles     21 Sep 2016

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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