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Jackie Marx

JACKIE MARX

  
Nationality:    USA
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Jackie Marx's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

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

         Bambini Babies         Brother Can You Spare Me         End Of the Line         Freedom's Last Breath         Going Up!         Gospel Beacons         Gray Lady's Angel Baby         Old Glory         Reviewer Reviler         Rocket City! the American Dream Interrupted         Tick Tock!

Bambini Babies

Synopsis:
ed and Clarise Bambini, recent parents of octuplets (and experiencing their ten minutes of fame) are being interviewed by a well-known talking head, cameras running, when a bigger story comes over the wire, leaving them holding the diapers.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Playwrights Workshop Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona     1997

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Brother Can You Spare Me

Synopsis:
Brothers, Carl and Arnie, are caught up in a life-changing event-the murder of Arnie's wife. Roles reverse, and self-preservation kicks in as the police close in.

Notes:
Brother Can You Spare Me. . . was produced for the National Competition (OK) two years running (2005, 2006) by Ardmore Schools. Directed by Anson Shuman.

1st Produced:
Ardmore Oklahoma's High School's Theater Competition     2005

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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End Of the Line

Synopsis:
Johnny, a middle-aged homophobe attempts to blend with his new partner, PJ Hinkley, a gentle, educated man (a writer) as they clean elevated trains. the action takes place on soon-to-be-retired, Car 22, but not soon enough for the frightened passengers that ride it every day. Davis, a mysterious black man watches over all.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Playwrights Theatre,     1997

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

Further Reference:
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Freedom's Last Breath

Synopsis:
When war threatens, Soldier readies his weapon, and Citizen draws the rhetorical line in the sand, in protest. Freedom's Last Breath studies the societal conflict between Soldier and Citizen.

Notes:
In 2007, Freedom's Last Breath was chosen to be part of the New Works Play Festival, Friday Night Footlights Series, by the Dramatists Guild of America. Directed by Charles St. Clair.

1st Produced:
Theatre 4301, Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts     2007

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Going Up!

Synopsis:
A believer meets three people of faith in Purgatory. God is the elevator operator announcing: "Going Up?" and "Going down?" for eternity.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Playwrights Workshop Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona.     1996

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
edge of the Absurd, under 10 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Gospel Beacons

Synopsis:
Dr. Fiat needs money to keep his daughter, Susan, in a mental hospital. He sells his soul to the devil (emil), who deals in black-market body parts. the patient, Mindy Willow, reminds Dr. Fiat of his Susan, and he is torn between meeting his commitment to emil (and making a lot of money), or following his conscience.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Playwrights Workshop Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona.     1996

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Gray Lady's Angel Baby

Synopsis:
Angel Baby, the aborted child, confronts Gray Lady, the mother, on the occasion of the child's eighteenth "birthday".

Notes:
Gray Lady's Angel Baby was part of the "Short Shorts" Festival At ASU West in 2001. Directed by Jackie Marx.

1st Produced:
Arizona State University West     2001

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Old Glory

Synopsis:
A grandmother (a 60's protester), is faced with the death of the grandson she raised. (A Marine killed in Iraq by friendly fire.) Grandmother must deal with her conflicted feelings as the cemetery scene unfolds.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     2007

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Reviewer Reviler

Synopsis:
Monte Monty (movie reviewer) is kidnapped by the notorious Reviewer Reviler, Harlan Haskell. Monte finds himself bound and gagged in a room with numbered doors. Monte attempts to talk his way out of his duct tape. Set in a room with doors lining the perimeter.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Playwrights Workshop Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona     1996

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Rocket City! the American Dream Interrupted

Synopsis:
This personal time-travel journey, recounted by the spirit of a World War I soldier, Fletcher Bailey, experiences the emotions found in the Circle of War.

Notes:
This musical has enjoyed productions in Illinois, Texas And Arizona.

1st Produced:
Elgin College, Elgin, Illinois     1988

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Full-length Musical Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Tick Tock!

Synopsis:
Resorting to drastic measures, Mother, a grasping and needful woman, finds a way to force her youngest daughter back into the fold, unwittingly assisted by her dutiful, and equally desperate, eldest daughter in search of a life.

Notes:
In 2008, Tick Tock! was chosen to be part of the New Works Play Festival, Friday Night Footlights Series, by the Dramatists Guild of America. Directed by Charles St. Clair.

1st Produced:
Theatre 4301, Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts     2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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