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David LaBounty

DAVID LABOUNTY  (1968 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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David LaBounty's plays have appeared in Plays magazine and on stages across the country. His plays were finalists in several competitions, including the Texas Nonprofit Theatres POPS! Competition and the 2008 McLaren Comedy Contest. Currently, David lives with his wife and two children in Texas where he is the editor of the literary magazines Workers Write! and the First Line.

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         Altered States         Jack And the Cat         Jack And the North West Wind         Jeremy Whistler, Mad Scientist         Jesters, The         Keystone Knights, The         Live From Make-Believe         Most Boring Kingdom In the World, The         Mount Rushmore         Muses, The         Out Of Orbit         Poor Souls         Ship Of Fools         Sir Dabney         Space Cadets         Stage Fright         Sunshine And Madam Zorba         Time Capsule         Tutor, The

Altered States

Synopsis:
'Nationally recognized geography experts visit a student as he crams for the big exam.'

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1st Published:
Plays magazine, 2005   -

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Genre:
One act play (30 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy

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Jack And the Cat

Synopsis:
a Dramatic retelling of a tall tell from the mountain country of North Carolina.'

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1st Published:
Plays magazine, 2002   -

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Genre:
One act play (20 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Jack And the North West Wind

Synopsis:
a Dramatic retelling of a tall tell from the mountain country of North Carolina.'

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1st Published:
Plays magazine, 2002   -

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Genre:
One act play (25 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  1

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Jeremy Whistler, Mad Scientist

Synopsis:
a science kit experiment goes awry.

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Plays magazine, 1996   -

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Genre:
Skit (10 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Jesters, The

Synopsis:
Maurice Jester is a husband, a father, and a court jester who just isn't funny anymore. afraid of losing his family business, he looks to his children. His oldest son, Michael, was born without a funny bone and doesn't know a punch line from a pratfall. But his youngest son and daughter are kids with comedy in their blood. Before they were Punch and Judy, they were the Jesters.

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Brooklyn Publishers, 2004   -

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Genre:
Comedy 25 min One act

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Keystone Knights, The

Synopsis:
Three bumbling knights-in-training try to dispatch the dragon.

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1st Published:
Plays magazine, 2001   -

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Genre:
Skit (20 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  4

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Live From Make-Believe

Synopsis:
the ten-o'clock newscast from Fairyland, with Charles Perrault and Mother Goose, sports from aesop, and Meteorologist Mother Nature with the weather.

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Plays magazine, 1999   -

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Genre:
One act play (30 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  2            Other:  6

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Most Boring Kingdom In the World, The

Synopsis:
Princess annie has a very dull life - or so she thinks, until her dad cooks up a scheme to cheer her up.'

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1st Published:
Plays magazine, 2004   -

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Genre:
One act play (30 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Mount Rushmore

Synopsis:
Four of our country's most illustrious Presidents have a little fun with visitors to a national park.'

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1st Published:
Plays magazine, 2008   -

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Genre:
One act play (20 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  1

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Muses, The

Synopsis:
What, or maybe, who inspires artists? Jack, a recently deceased writer, finds himself the muse to a young man, only his protege doesn't seem to hear him. then Jack runs into edna, an old friend who is doing some inspiring of her own. With her help, Jack learns to speak to his young friend. However, Jack realizes the real reason he's been sent back, and it has more to do with love than writing.

Notes:
the Muses was A finalist in the 2008 Texas Nonprofit theatre's POPS Playwriting Contest, As well As the 2008 McLaren Comedy Competition, where it given A staged reading during the festival.

1st Produced:
Midland Community Theatre, Midland Texas    39692

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  2

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Out Of Orbit

Synopsis:
Pluto has been demoted - and kicked out of the classroom.

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1st Published:
Plays magazine, 2010   -

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Genre:
10-15 minute skit Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Poor Souls

Poor Souls
Falon is the devil who 'made you do it.' angelic averel is his rival for your soul. For centuries, the two have been perched on shoulders, directing people through the trials of life. Yet all that back and forth can become bothersome. So they've come up with a more civilized way to battle for souls. But will their tinkering with cosmic events cost them more than their jobs?

Notes:
Poor Souls is A thought-provoking And slyly whimsical play . . . Not only that, it's just plain fun. the Humboldt Beacon

1st Produced:
Plays-In-Progress/World Premiere Theatre, eureka California    Apr 2002

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1st Published:
blue cubicle press, TX (2005)    0-974-5900-3-7

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ship Of Fools

Synopsis:
Pirate Darren yearns to be the scourge of the Seven Seas, but everyone knows he's really "Mr. Nice Guy."'

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Plays magazine, 2001   -

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Genre:
Skit (15 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  7

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Sir Dabney

Synopsis:
a princess in distress helps a dragon prove his courage - and find his calling.

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Plays magazine, 1997   -

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Genre:
One act play (20 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Space Cadets

Synopsis:
Three bumbling space cadets attempt to contact intelligent life on a newly discovered planet.

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Plays magazine, 2002   -

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Genre:
Skit (15-20 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  4

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Stage Fright

Synopsis:
'Wanted: actors with a ghostly pallor try out for haunting roles.'

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Plays magazine, 2002   -

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Genre:
One act play (20 minutes - Middle Grades) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sunshine And Madam Zorba

Synopsis:
When Sara awakens in the hospital with a brain tumor, her wild and carefree roommate convinces her she's been committed to the mental ward. Truth be known, Jennifer is also fighting for her life and is desperately in need of a friend. From dealing with awkward family members, to silly school girl flirtations with the male nurse, to facing hard new facts, Sara and Jennifer bond in this unusually funny and moving play.

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Full Length Play (65 minutes)

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Brooklyn Publishers, 2004   -

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Genre:
Drama / Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  2

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Time Capsule

Synopsis:
With his grandfather at his side, Nate learns about his family roots, from slavery to freedom.'

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1st Published:
Plays magazine, 2008   -

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Genre:
One act play (20 minutes - Middle Grades) Dramatic

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Tutor, The

Synopsis:
'John is in for the shock of his life when the math whiz assigned to help him with his calculus turns out to be his old girlfriend (based on the J.M. Barrie's "the Twelve-Pound Look").'

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1st Published:
Plays magazine, 2005   -

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Genre:
One act play (25 minutes - Upper Grades) Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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