STEPHEN BELBER (1967 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Stephen Belber
Big Ole Washing Machine |
| 1st Produced: | Atlantic Theater Shorts (New York, NY, United States) | 2002 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | 2 males; Running time: 15-20 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Two actors prepare for their roles. . .and end up confusing it all with their actual lives. Which gets tricky as far as Sri Lanka, intense machismo, and loud self-importance are concerned. | |||||
Carol Mulroney |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2005 | ||||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Death Of Frank, The |
| 1st Produced: | Turtle Shell's Theater | 2008 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | the story of Peter, a young, earnest gardener with a desire to save the world, and Natalie, his odd, jaded sister, who tends to like things that hurt her. One of those things is Frank, an older guy with a rough edge and a shady job description. Peter's world is Natalie, so naturally he wants to save her, but he accidentally falls in love with a linguist named Lynn who tries to teach him that there's more to life than one's sister. This is a play about choices made in the face of unavoidable desire; it's about form and function, sweetness and danger, and passion and articulation. | |||||
Fault Lines |
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
| Company: | Naked Angels | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY (2009) | ISBN/ASIN | 978-0-8222-2347-4 | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Whole Foods, Edie Brickell, and mini-hot dogs abound in this dark and twisted new comedy, in which a seemingly ordinary boys' night out turns sour for two friends when a stranger forces them to delineate the boundaries between loyalty, conviction, and betrayal - press release | |||||
Finally |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| 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: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A football coach is found with his head smashed in and wallet stolen. The police say it was a robbery. The coach, his daughter, the star player and even his Byron quoting dog tell what really happened. | |||||
Geometry of Fire |
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
| 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/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | In Geometry of Fire, we find an investment banker-turned-Marine-sniper recently returned from Iraq and a Saudi-American who just wants to get laid. In any other world, these two guys would be best friends. But when their lives collide in this one, each is forced to survive on the fly. Based on a true story - press release | |||||
God Like a Jumpstart |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 3 females, 2 males; Running time: 10-20 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | People seek faith, love and congruity in a church; but it's not easy when you're forced to wiggle and prance and dance. | |||||
Love |
| 1st Produced: | 42nd St. Theater (New York, NY, United States) | 1997 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | 3 males; Running time: 10-20 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Three restaurant guys seek love amidst the clutter of food cans, life, manhood and rope. | |||||
Management |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 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: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Match |
| 1st Produced: | New York | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Mike and Lisa Davis arrive at the apartment of Tobi Powell, who lives alone in Inwood, on the northern tip of Manhattan. They are there to interview him about his life as a dancer and choreographer, but it is soon evident that their agenda is as multilayered as the life story that Tobi begins to tell them. What happens next will either ruin or inspire themand definitely change their lives forever. | |||||
McReele |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| 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/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | McReele is the politically dramatic story of world-weary Delaware journalist, Rick Dayne, as he rediscovers his zeal liberating convicted murderer, Darius McReele, from 16 years on death row. Darius's magnetic personality makes him a darling of the lecture circuit, leading to national media attention and political viability. When the local Democratic Party taps McReele to challenge the Republican incumbent for his U.S. Senate seat, McReele hires Dayne to be his campaign manager. When questions arise about McReele's true culpability in the crime for which he has been cleared, Rick's attempt to salvage his faith in humanity runs up against his all-too-human desire to win at all costs. - press release | |||||
Melbourne |
| 1st Produced: | Kraine Theatre, NY, USA | 2006 | ||||
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| 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/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | part of The Australia Project | |||||
| Synopsis: | explores the relationship between the United States and Australia | |||||
Passive Belligerence |
| 1st Produced: | Urban Empire (New York, NY, United States) | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 1 female, 2 males; Running time: 15-20 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Gail is interviewing two men simultaneously for the same job. Dan is an avowed pacifist, prone to falling into a state of full-body limpness at the slightest provocation. Jeff, on the other hand, has something of a violent streak, bordering on the psychopathic. It's extremely difficult for Gail to tell which applicant is better qualified for her very particular purposes. . . | |||||
Small Melodramatic Story, A |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A Small, Melodramatic Story takes place in Washington, D.C., where a widow named O is trying to figure out whether life is worth re-engaging with. In her path are the 1968 riots, the first Gulf War, the Freedom of Information Act, and herself. There's also an archivist named Keith, a cop named Perry, and a kid named Cleo. And finally there's the question of just how much about anything do we really need to know. Press Release | |||||
Small, A |
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
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Steak Knife |
| 1st Produced: | Urban Empire (New York, NY, United States) | 2000 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 1 female, 2 males; Running time: 45-50 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | On July 4, 1976, Sam died from a stab wound while his pregnant girlfriend and her lover looked on. Each of the three reveals their perspective on the event, revolving around unresolved questions: By whom was Michelle pregnant? Who plunged the steak knife into Sam's heart? | |||||
Steve |
| 1st Produced: | 9th Ave Gallery (New York, NY, United States) | 1998 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | 3 males; Running time: 45-60 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Three men search for Steve, wonder who He is, think about God, die. | |||||
Tape |
| 1st Produced: | - | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY Nick Hern Books, London >>>, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Jon, an aspiring filmmaker on the verge of hitting it big, hooks up for the weekend with his best friend from high school, Vince, a volunteer fireman who makes his money selling dope. Jon's new film is being shown at a festival in Lansing, Michigan, and Vince has come from Oakland to see it. Over the course of the evening, Vince finally gets Jon to admit that ten years ago he date-raped Amy Randall, a girl whom they both dated in high school-only then to reveal that he's taped their entire conversation. And not only that, he's invited Amy to have dinner with them that night. Beneath its sus-penseful, high-stakes surface, TAPE examines questions of motive, memory, truth and perception. | |||||
Through Fred |
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Drama/Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | 2 males; Running time: 60-75 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Two men seek Fred. Is one of them Fred? Is Fred dead? Why does one of them have a penis rock? Is manhood a myth? | |||||
Transparency Of Val, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Val is born. Within minutes, he learns part of the entire history of the world. By then, having finished college, he is faced with the task of actually living. It's not quite the coconut he was taught, what with all the twisted Buddhists, sexually-amorphous mates and frighteningly friendly Nazis. But Val's a survivor, and like most good people, he'll endure. Unless he goes insane | |||||
Trepidation Nation |
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Humana Festival 2003: The Complete Plays, ed Tanya Palmer & Amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | phobic anthology, 80 - 100 min | - | Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 12 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | We all have instinctive fears -- but what if a fear becomes inexplicable, illogical, and just plain weird? Then you're dealing with a phobia, one of those most extreme and fascinating of terrors. Actors Theatre of Louisville asked 16 frighteningly creative playwrights to find inspiration in real phobias, and the resulting collection of pieces might prove that not only is fear humankind's oldest emotion, but it's also one of our silliest, most serious, and stage-worthy. | |||||
Wind |
| 1st Produced: | Beckett Theater (New York, NY, United States) | 1996 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 1 female; Running time: 45-50 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A woman searches for her ideal in an elusive yachtsman, who compels her on a lonely quest across America to regain his mysterious love. | |||||
Yes |
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | 1 male; Running time: 5-10 | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Through flowers and public disrobing, a man strives to turn his fear into love. | |||||