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Jan Donley

JAN DONLEY  (1956 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Jan Donley has lived in Oklahoma, Louisiana, Wyoming, Texas, Colorado, arizona, Missouri, Indiana, and Vermont. She currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts where she writes and teaches. Her plays have been produced in Indiana, Missouri, and Vermont. In June of 2006, The Beckmann Theatre Company in Indianapolis produced her newest full-length play, Give the Dog a Bone. In 2007, The Boston Theatre Marathon included her 10-minute play "It's Just the Wind." Her short stories have appeared in anthologies and literary magazines including Stories from Where We Live and a Room of One's Own. She has just completed a new manuscript-a novel called The Side Door.

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

 Aunt Elinor's Closet         Closet Year, A         Dirt         Give The Dog A Bone         It's Just The Wind         Jerome Meets Faith         Two Daughters And Their Dead Mama         Whisper Stories

Aunt Elinor's Closet

Synopsis:
a "prequel" to "Whisper Stories," "aunt Elinor's Closet" brings us back to the day when Milly and Grace meet, brought together by the unlikely matchmaking skills of Milly's Great aunt Elinor.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Bloomington, IN    1987

Organisations:
Bloomington Playwrights Project

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
comedy-Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Closet Year, A

Synopsis:
The Burlington Free Press, in its review (Feb 1996), states, The play deals with two young women, Grace and Milly, meeting at Milly's great aunt's, their subsequent deepening love, and the reactions to their relationship from both families. That's it in a nutshell, but the meat picked out of this particular nutshell by author Jan Donley does not depend overly much on established cliches, either in language or in plotting. It works because it is simple. It works because the side problems that develop contribute to the plot and do not leave us at the end with a handful of unresolved strands.

Notes:
aunt Elinor's Closet opens this sequence of Milly & Grace plays. Milly meets Grace,and they fall in love.

1st Produced:
Green Candle Theatre Company, Burlington, Vermont    1996

Organisations:
Green Candle Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Full length/comedy-Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Dirt

Synopsis:
The audience becomes an Oklahoma Depression Era church congregation as annie gets up to testify, blaming the dust bowl storms for destroying her faith, her land, and a close friend.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Bloomington, IN    1988

Organisations:
Bloomington Playwrights Project

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Monologue/Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Give The Dog A Bone

Synopsis:
From the postcard publicity: "Give the Dog a Bone" is a quirky, dreamlike comedy about a girl, her mother, and a bone collection.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
American Cabaret Theatre Space, Indianapolis, IN    2006

Organisations:
Beckmann Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Full length/comedy-Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

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It's Just The Wind

Synopsis:
Pat and Gail go in search of a noise that has disturbed their sleep. Outside, on the street, they encounter two neighbors, each with their own impressions of the noise and the fickle wind.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Hovey Theatre Company at Boston Theatre Marathon    2007

Organisations:
Boston Theatre Marathon

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

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Jerome Meets Faith

Synopsis:
Set in 1945, Jerome, a black American Soldier, meets Faith, a white British woman who runs a home for orphans. Through Faith, he meets Elsie and falls in love with her. They make a baby together who ends up being the mysterious visitor in a later play by Donley called "Whisper Stories."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
T300 Black Box, Bloomington IN    1987

Organisations:
Indiana University

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Full length/Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Two Daughters And Their Dead Mama

Synopsis:
Two estranged sisters, one lesbian and one straight, pack their dead mother's belongings. Mom, as ghost, forces them to reconcile.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia    1997

Organisations:
Marshall University Department of Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Whisper Stories

Synopsis:
One in a series of Milly & Grace one-acts. Milly and Grace, a lesbian couple, come to terms with an unexpected visitor who offers clues to a mysterious past. approximately 30 minute running time.

Notes:
This play won the region 3 East ACTF Conference in Columbus, Ohio in 1986, And was produced As A one time production in the ACTF Region 3 East ACTF Conference January 1988, South Bend, Indiana.

1st Produced:
T300, Black Box Theatre, Indiana Univ, Bloomington IN    1986

Organisations:
Indiana University T300 Black Box &

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
comedy-Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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