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Ken Jenkins

KEN JENKINS  (1940 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Ken Jenkins's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 007 Crossfire         Cemetery Man         Check-Out Stick-Up         Chug         Educated Lady, An         Feast Here Tonight         Rupert's Birthday         Swop

007 Crossfire

Synopsis:
Within the context of the Korean airline tragedy, a theatrical company debates artistic responsibility, the political nature of theatre, and the ability of the citizens to affect events

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  12            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Cemetery Man

Synopsis:
we meet an aging gravedigger who is about to be replaced by a backhoe-and who does not accept the change gracefully. and as he recounts his experiences, it becomes abundantly clear that digging a proper grave is a human thing, which calls for care and concern if the departed are to go peacefully into eternity

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in Rupert's Birthday by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. and by Applause in Best Short Plays 1984,    -

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Genre:
Monologue Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Check-Out Stick-Up

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Victor Jory Theater, Louisville, KY    1982

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Chug

Synopsis:
a tall tale about the picaresque adventures of the title character, and his unlikely involvement in the business of raising frogs-thoUSAnds of them. Richly humorous and filled with bizarre incidents, Chug's story is both cautionary and enlightening and a tribute to one man's will to win-even when it means coping with a superabundance of frog legs.

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part of Shorts

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in Rupert's Birthday by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. and by Applause in Best Short Plays 1982,    -

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Educated Lady, An

Synopsis:
a poetic evocation of a magical spring; a pet raccoon named albert; and a mysterious old man who communes with spirits not of this earth. Moving and disturbing, the story is of dark woods and primal happenings, and of secrets carried to the grave.

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Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Genre:
Monologue Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Feast Here Tonight

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Music by Daniel Jenkins; lyrics by Daniel Jenkins; book by Ken Jenkins

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Rupert's Birthday

Synopsis:
farm woman, Louisa, tells of assisting at the birth of her bull calf, Rupert, who was born on the same day as her brother, Orville, and for whom her regard is higher. Filled with poignant insights about her rural girlhood, the monologue follows the thread of Louisa's life-and makes it clear why the only birthday she acknowledges, or celebrates, is Rupert's.

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Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Genre:
Monologue Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Swop

Synopsis:
a rural mystic in his late 80's becomes the nemesis to his self-centered and frustrated son-in-law. When the struggle between the two intensifies, the former prevails

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Genre:
Two act Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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