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Ludmilla Bollow

LUDMILLA BOLLOW

  
Nationality:    USA
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award winning actress, prize winning playwright and published novelist. Hundreds of plays produced in over 60 U.S. cities and numerous countries from China to South AfricA. Plays published by Broadway Plays, Samuel French and others. Short plays and scenes in 13 leading play anthologies. Taught playwriting and commissioned to write plays. Member: Wisconsin Regional Writer, Dramatist Guild, and International Center for Women Playwrights

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

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         Battle Hymn         Beach Club, The         Belle Of the Bijou         Between Dark And the Daylight         Bitsy And Her Friends         Blue Line Bowdoin         Bunnies In A Bomb Shelter         By the Sea, By the Sea         Carry-On         Children Of Sin, The         Choke Cherry Corners - Tavern And Dance Hall         Church Of the Holy Ghost, The         City Sidewalks         Dance Of the Sugar Plump Fairy         Dateless In Wisconsin         Day In June, A         Dental Mania         Dr Zastro's Sanatorium For the Ailments Of Women - Mental, Physical & Sexual         Fatless Future         First Time         First Time In A theatre         Flickering Dreams         Flickering Fireflies         Four Widows From Wal*Mart         Garden Of Women, A         Girl With Three Arms, The         Golden Gate Bridge, The         Gypsy's Story, The         Harper's Bizarre!         Haunted Houses         I Am Not Alone!         In the Rest Room At Rosenblooms         King Of the Beach         Late/Late Computer Date         Martha's Boy         Minnie And Moose         Moussaka Meeting         Nun's Scene         Ozmania         Poems Of Passion         Ring Around Rosie         Saving America         Shelter Skelter         Silvery Spangly Summer, The         Smile On the Kewpie Doll, The         Smokey Mountain Playhouse         Sparkle With Joy         St Cecilia         St Francis         Stanley & Stella         Sunset Zoo         Tv Brides         Up Up And Away!         Visions Of St Colletta         When I Was A Poppy         Where Have All the Flowers Gone?         Woman With 27 Children, The

Battle Hymn

Synopsis:
Battle in small town between Freedom of Religion and Freedom From Religion.

Notes:
Play can lead to interesting discussions.

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
Christian in the Arts Conference

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Beach Club, The

Beach Club, The
Humor and pathos meet on the beach where an eclectic assemblage encounters the first snow of the season.

Notes:
the Beach Club was named Best Play by National Chengchi University (Taipei, Taiwan). the Beach Club Also won the Wauwatosa Playhouse One Act Play Contest And the Village Church Play Competition.

1st Produced:
Village Church Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin     01 Oct 1972

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Dramatic comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Belle Of the Bijou

Synopsis:
Bijou ticket taker's final day in rundown movie theatre.

Notes:
Tour de force for An Actress, playing various movie roles. Had touring productions on east Coast And Also performed At the Antiteatro theatre in Greece in Greek by leading Actress.

1st Produced:
St Louis     1987

Organisations:
City Players of St. Louis

1st Published:
Broadway Play Publishers 1983 in One acts & Monologues for Women by Ludmilla Bollow   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Between Dark And the Daylight

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1st Produced:
Readings    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Bitsy And Her Friends

Synopsis:
Bitsy and her street friends recycle trash for art faire in the Wyndham Mansion garden, only to meet opposition from neighbors. the offbeat characters thwart their detractors with a surprise ending.

Notes:
This is last scene of full length play, "a Garden of Women"

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
various groups

1st Published:
e-Script, seniortheatre.com    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
30 min Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Blue Line Bowdoin

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Short plays were presented at Atlantic Works Gallery and were inspired by drawings of Boston Platforms, a fusion between visual art and performance.

1st Produced:
Bostonia Bohemia & Fort Point Theatre Channel. Boston, MA     10 Dec 2015

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bunnies In A Bomb Shelter

Synopsis:
Peter and his bunnies go to bomb shelter with Mommy, multiplying the chaos.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Combat Theatre At Off Broadway Theatre, Milwaukee, Wi     2001

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
comedy Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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By the Sea, By the Sea

Synopsis:
Mommy and Peaches are rehearsing for American Idol, when Simon Fowel intervenes. (Pool setting, or simulation.)

Notes:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Carry-On

Synopsis:
What would you carry on your last flight?

Notes:
Produced by various religious groups.

1st Produced:
University Of Kent-Main Contest Winner - Mainstage Production     1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  1 voice

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Children Of Sin, The

Synopsis:
Haunting sideshow memories still vibrate as woman recalls viewing "the Children of Sin" and the children's plea for help to escape.

Notes:
Originally published in Sunday magazine, with wide Acclaim. Still leaves impressionable memories.

1st Produced:
Miramir Theatre, Milwaukee, Wi (Contest Winner)     2001

Organisations:
Village Playhouse of Wauwatosa

1st Published:
Quay Journal of the Arts - 2009   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Choke Cherry Corners - Tavern And Dance Hall

Synopsis:
Depression era Drama. Midwest family forced to live in closed down tavern and dance hall. Night is filled with celebration and family intrigue. By morning all these intertwined lives have been frayed and shredded.

Notes:
aka One Night In A Dance Hall. Finalist or semi-finalist in 12 leading play contests. Other staged readings: the Actors Group, Southern Appalachian Repertory theatre, Wisconsin Wrights

1st Produced:
New Harmony, Ind     2005

Organisations:
New Harmony Play Project (Staged Reading)

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Church Of the Holy Ghost, The

Synopsis:
Involving a haunted church, super-natural happenings, and--of course--a homicidal maniac. Single mother lives in an abandoned church with terrifying occurrences.

Notes:
Workshopped At Mt. Sequoyah New Play Retreat with Staged Reading At Starr theatre, Fayetteville, AK. Optioned for two years by director Scott Derrickson for movie production with Trimark Films. Scene reprinted in the Best Woman's Stage Monologues - Smith & Kraus

1st Produced:
Turlock, Ca     1996

Organisations:
Turlock High School

1st Published:
Broadway Play Publishing, New York (1995)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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City Sidewalks

Synopsis:
a street person on Christmas eve, with miracles in store windows.

Notes:
Used for various Christmas services And senior centers. Music can be Added.

1st Produced:
Touring Productions     2002

Organisations:
Senior Class acts - Wichita KS

1st Published:
HaveScripts, 2006   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Dance Of the Sugar Plump Fairy

Synopsis:
Two cleaners clearing up after a performance of "the Nutcracker"

Notes:
Fun holiday play.

1st Produced:
Mid-Manhattan Public Library (Reading)     2005

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
art age Publications (2007)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Fifteen minute play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  Male Voice

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Dateless In Wisconsin

Synopsis:
Two dateless Northern Wisconsin women end up with "most wanted".

Notes:
also produced At Alpha Learning Institute, Santa Cruz, Venezuela And by theatre Arts Student in Bangkok, Thailand.

1st Produced:
Uwm Mainstage (Milwaukee Wi)     2002

Organisations:
Combat Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  1 or 2            Female:  3            Other:  Role gender can be interchanged

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Day In June, A

Synopsis:
a colorful play that swerves into verse

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Dental Mania

Synopsis:
Three ten minute plays, using same set and cast, set in decrepit dental clinic. Comedy! Comedy! Comedy!

Notes:
Village Playhouse of Wauwatosa - Contest winner - Day One - 2004. each can be played separately, or one full evening.

1st Produced:
Uwm Players Guild -Milwaukee Wi    

Organisations:
Combat Theatre

1st Published:
Scene published in "Young Women's Monologs from Contemporary Plays" - Meriwether (2004)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  all parts by 3, or 6 separate

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Dr Zastro's Sanatorium For the Ailments Of Women - Mental, Physical & Sexual

Synopsis:
It is the 1880's. Dr. Zastro's unique hypnotic powers and electrical/magnetic apparatus make his sanatorium a Mecca for afflicted women. each spring he case studies six diverse women. a first-time love at. fair with Yana, a gypsy/artist patient, results in domino tragedies, disintegrating his power structure , destroying his inner invincibility. authentic insight illuminates this most unusual Drama

Notes:
Staged Reading At Secret Rose theatre, North Hollywood. Later rewritten As novel, published by Behler Publishing And favorable review in Publishers' Weekly.

1st Produced:
Halifax, Nova Scotia     1999

Organisations:
University of King's College (Mainstage Production)

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Fatless Future

Synopsis:
Year 2050. Hannah and Hank look back on the days before French fries were outlawed.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Various Groups     2007

Organisations:
Heartland Theatre Co. (Young at Heart Group)

1st Published:
HaveScripts 2004   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
5 Minute Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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First Time

Synopsis:
Young girl's first time in a beauty salon and the touching reason why.

Notes:
Used for many Auditions

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Millenium Monologues - Meriwether Publishing (2002)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
5 Minute Monologue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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First Time In A theatre

Synopsis:
Woman recalls her first time in a small town theatre and viewing the play "Hansel and Gretel".

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
10 Minute Monologue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Flickering Dreams

Synopsis:
a contemporary play with flashes of illusion and magic. an unexpected guest mystically appears after a couple's trip to Ireland.

Notes:
Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting excellence. Finalist Drama Workshop Playwriting Contest - (Des moines Ia ) Workshopped At Sewanee Writers with Romulus Linney.

1st Produced:
Milwaukee, Wi     2006

Organisations:
Cornerstone Theatre (Staged Reading)

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Flickering Fireflies

Flickering Fireflies
Meet the Firefly Family and the night of the teens first mating party. Magical and whimsical for all ages.

Notes:
awarded 2005 Council for Wisconsin Writers Drama Award ($500). Various readings And productions for Audiences of All Ages.

1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theatre, Noho Arts District, California     03 Dec 2004

Organisations:
Fire Rose productions

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Four Widows From Wal*Mart

Synopsis:
Go on an hilarious trip to Niagara Falls with four wacky females. Setting is 4 chairs only!

Notes:
Various Awards And productions.

1st Produced:
Leicester England - (Changed Name To: "Four Widows From Woolworths"     2002

Organisations:
Leicester Theatre Group (england)

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  1 Male Voice

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Garden Of Women, A

Synopsis:
Creative and captivating play, set in the garden of the Wyndham estate.

Notes:
Honorable Mention, Jane Chambers contest. Semi-Finalist YeS contest.

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Scenes reprinted in Best Women's Stage Scenes and Best Women's Stage Monologues - Smith & Kraus 1997   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  6            Other:  32 roles played by 6 women or separately

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Girl With Three Arms, The

Synopsis:
Interview and strange revelations of bizarre life of someone born with three arms.

Notes:
Various productions/readings

1st Produced:
Linnwood Center - Wichita Ks     2002

Organisations:
Senior Class acts

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue - about 30 min.

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Golden Gate Bridge, The

Synopsis:
Samsara, a young girl is restlessly searching for some meaning in life Martin, a former astronaut, has given up on life. they meet on a cross-country bicycle trip, an out ward journey that gently moves inward. Inventive use of three background figures, plus unusual technical aspects, give a magical quality to this unique contemporary Drama. a play that hovers between reality and fantasy

Notes:
Various prizes And other productions. First developed At Midwest Professional Playwrights, working with Dale Wasserman And other pros for 2 weeks

1st Produced:
Denver Co     1995

Organisations:
Changing Scene

1st Published:
Scene reprinted in the Best Men's Stage Monologues - 1998 - Smith & Kraus   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  Casting can be gender changed.

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Gypsy's Story, The

Synopsis:
Older Gypsy in costume, with tambourine retells Magda's story and Magda's following the Christmas Star.

Notes:
also used for Christmas service for Women in Jail - 2006

1st Produced:
Christmas Presentation     1999

Organisations:
St. James Prayer Group

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue - Under 15 min.

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Harper's Bizarre!

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Performing Arts Center    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Haunted Houses

Synopsis:
Crazy, scary, contemporary play, set in an abandoned farmhouse being set up by adults and teens for Haunted House tour

Notes:
also used for Christmas service for Women in Jail - 2006

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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I Am Not Alone!

Synopsis:
Woman who lives alone laments why everyone should leave her alone, because "she is not alone!"

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten Minute Monologue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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In the Rest Room At Rosenblooms

In the Rest Room At Rosenblooms
This contemporary comedy reveals the hopes, dreams and fears of three elderly ladies who spark their lonely lives by meeting daily in the rest room lounge of an outdated downtown department store, and the crazy/touching events that occur the day one of them is supposedly threatened. there's Myrah, with a fighting spirit that totters into the absurd; Violet, a leftover from the days of elegance; and Winifred, a wisp of a woman who wanders in and out of reality. a steady stream of bizarre events occur as the ladies seek to protect Winifred from being taken away by her sister Clare, leading to a blockade of the rest room and a final triumph over those who would threaten their fragile freedom. Winner of the Southeastern theatre Conference New Play award

Notes:
Hundreds of productions in U.S. And Canada, ranging from colleges to dinner theatres. Various prizes.

1st Produced:
Farmville Va     1976

Organisations:
Longwood College Theatre (Winner of Southeastern Theatre Conference Play award.)

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Music:
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full length Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  9 walkons

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King Of the Beach

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Late/Late Computer Date

Synopsis:
Touching comedy. Two spinster sisters and evening of Veronica's first date.

Notes:
Numerous prizes And productions. Toured in Australian play competitions (winning). Performed At Open theatre in Taiwan in Chinese in 2001. Partial printing with notes in: Playing American Contemporary Scenes - Meriwether Publishing

1st Produced:
Village Church; Berea College, Milwaukee, Wi     1975

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Broadway Play Publishing - in One acts & Monolouges for Women by Ludmilla Bollow (1983)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Martha's Boy

Synopsis:
a doting aunt, favorite nephew, and personal relevations.

Notes:
awarded Council for Wisconsin Writers Playwriting Award, Wisconsin Regional Writers Playwriting Award. Prizes And productions. Met Tennessee Williams' mother After St. Louis production in her home, And she talked of Tennessee winning same prize.

1st Produced:
St. Louis Mo (Prize Winning Play)     1970

Organisations:
Theatre Guild of Webster Groves

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Minnie And Moose

Synopsis:
Unique story of carnival family housesitting an American castle, with strange goings on.

Notes:
(Nationwide contest winner)

1st Produced:
Theatre Americana - Altadena Ca     1986

Organisations:
Theatre Americana

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
full length Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Moussaka Meeting

Synopsis:
Various productions and awards. Translated into Greek for Greek theatre. Las Vegas production, Catherine used roller skates.

Notes:
Various productions And Awards. Translated into Greek for Greek theatre. Las Vegas production, Catherine used roller skates.

1st Produced:
Wauwatosa, Wi     1994

Organisations:
Village Playhouse of Wauwatosa

1st Published:
HaveScripts (2004)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Nun's Scene

Synopsis:
Two novice nuns in a garden. One reveals why she will not be taking her vows.

Notes:
Scene is from full length "a Garden of Women"

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-    

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-

1st Published:
Reprinted in Best Stage Scenes - Smith & Kraus   -

Music:
-

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Ten Min

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Ozmania

Synopsis:
Comedy! Dorothy and friends find themselves in Ozmania with Dr. Marvel, O.Z. and the good witch and bad witch.

Notes:
Produced At Questry School, Shropshire, england And Barn theatre, Waltham Ma.

1st Produced:
Off-Broadway Theatre - Milwaukee Wi     2001

Organisations:
Combat Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Poems Of Passion

Synopsis:
Famous poet, Ella Wheeler Wilcox's life unfolds on stage, with beauty and tragedy, her poetry intertwined.

Notes:
Waiting for production

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Wisconsin Writers Association Press   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  doubling

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Ring Around Rosie

Synopsis:
Childless housekeeper left to care for newborn baby and tragic plans.

Notes:
Finalist And Semi-Finalist in contests.

1st Produced:
Staged Reading, War Memorial Center - Milwaukee W I     1994

Organisations:
Third Coast Playwrights

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One Woman Monologue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Saving America

Saving America
Strangers are brought together in mysterious gathering to Save America, with savage finale.

Notes:
WINNeR - eileen Heckart Short Drama for Seni

1st Produced:
Ohio State University Of Theatre, Columbus, Ohio     2005

Organisations:
Ohio State University (Reading)

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Music:
-

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Genre:
satire Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  plus voice

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Shelter Skelter

Shelter Skelter
Homeless person seeks residence at the Sidney Shelton animal Shelter. Wealthy patron, seeking a new dog, decides to adopt annie as her pet.

Notes:
FINaLIST: theatre Bablyon (Seattle Wa), Ten by Ten Play Contest, Village Playhouse One Act Play Festival, Wisconsin Women's Voices, And Milwaukee 10 Minute Play Festival

1st Produced:
Village Playhouse, Wauwatosa Wi     13 Nov 1992

Organisations:
Village Playhouse of Wauwatosa

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Silvery Spangly Summer, The

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Smile On the Kewpie Doll, The

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1st Produced:
Gard Theatre    

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Smokey Mountain Playhouse

Synopsis:
Scamlon and Maw live alone and lonely, till Scamlon forms his own theatre on Smokey Mountain.

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Ten Min

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Sparkle With Joy

Synopsis:
a wild new contemporary comedy set in a zany apartment in New York, with quirky characters and offbeat plot. Heartwarming surprises and over-the-rainbow ending.

Notes:
Originally entitled: "a Bungle of Joy". Readings At Triangle theatre, NY, Cornerstone theatre, Milwaukee WI. Finalist in several play contests.

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full length Comedy

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St Cecilia

Synopsis:
the dying hours of a martyred saint. Part fable, part religious allegory. (Australian Festival winner.)

Notes:
Toured various cities in Australia in competing theatre festival, winning various prizes. Readings Also.

1st Produced:
Ipswich Australia     2003

Organisations:
Harlequin Players

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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St Francis

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-

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1st Produced:
Readings    

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-

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-   -

Music:
-

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Stanley & Stella

Synopsis:
Stanley and StElla who met at a community theatre production of "Streetcar" are going to a fish fry to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Polka dancing, eating pails of fish, and other outrageous going-ons.

Notes:
Fun show which can be overdone

1st Produced:
Broadway Theatre Center - Milwaukee Wi     2000

Organisations:
Combat Theatre

1st Published:
HaveScripts (2004)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
15 Minute Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Sunset Zoo

Synopsis:
Delightful and poignant comedy in an old folks home, where the residents meet late at night with their huge imaginary animals.

Notes:
Conceived At Combat theatre for A New Millenium

1st Produced:
Bunbury Theatre, Louisville Ky     2001

Organisations:
Bunbury Theatre

1st Published:
HaveScripts (2005)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Drama Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Tv Brides

Synopsis:
the TV Show - "How To Win a Millionaire" is down to the final three contestant brid-to-be. Final payoff is big surprise.

Notes:
First conceived At Combat theatre. Valley of Danville brought play back next year, so popular.

1st Produced:
Masonic Lodge, Danville Il     2006

Organisations:
Valley of Danville Scottish Rite Dinner Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Up Up And Away!

Synopsis:
16th birthday and first time up up and away in a baloon.

Notes:
Selected for publication by Gerald Lee Ratliff.

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-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Millenium Monologs For Young actors - Meriwether Publishing (2004)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
5 Minute Monologue

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Visions Of St Colletta

Synopsis:
Commissioned by St. Coletta School for Disabled and Jefferson Arts Council for their 100th anniversary. Play follows school from beginnings todate, with St. Colletta as visionary at side. Music. Disabled residents also in cast for this one time production with huge turnout.

Notes:
Written on commission of $5,000, with St. Coletta School owning right to script. info@stcolettawi.org

1st Produced:
Performing Arts Center - Jefferson Wi     1994

Organisations:
St. Coletta School for Disabled

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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full length Play/Drama

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When I Was A Poppy

Synopsis:
Woman recalls being a young girl and being a poppy in a musical operetta during the Great Depression years.

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Genre:
10 Minute Monologue

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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Synopsis:
a wife leaves her husband and child to follow free life hippie living. Play begins day of her return and struggle to live her newly found philosophy of "loving everybody."

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Nicolet Theatre, Glendale, Wi     1969

Organisations:
Glendale Woman's Club (Staged Reading)

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia.http://library.uq.edu.au/search~S7?/tthe+Hanger+Collection+of+Australian+Playscripts/thanger+collection+of+Australian+playscripts/-3,-1,0,B/browse >>>,

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Woman With 27 Children, The

Synopsis:
angel is left alone on her mountaintop home with the 27 children her husband has carved for her. Produced world wide. Superb piece for actresses.

Notes:
Various prizes And productions including: Hong Kong Arts Center (in Chinese), CIa Teatral Aster theatre in Sao Paulos Brazil (in Portuguese), Die Teaterhuisie in Pretoria South Africa (in Afrikan), Senior thesis play for Marquette University Student. African production filmed for Film Art Festival in Manchester england.

1st Produced:
Contemporary Arts Center, St. Louis Mo     1987

Organisations:
City Players of St. Louis

1st Published:
Broadway Play Publishers in book: One acts & Monologues for Women by Ludmilla Bollow (1983)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One Woman Monologue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  Lifesize doll

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