JIM KNABLE
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Plays by Jim Knable
Best Mistake, The |
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| 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: | - | Youth play | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | Becky gets her boyfriend and Hamlet to help her when she discovers that her father cannot read | |||||
Emerson High |
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| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | The High School orchestra. The trumpet player has fallen in love with English teacher and the band leader with the flute player. | |||||
Green Man |
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| 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 | 2 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | Ronald and Abigail and Genice are all missing someone | |||||
Hyper-Focus |
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| 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: | - | Childrens play with music | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | A boy has trouble focussing at school | |||||
Jesus Scheme |
| 1st Produced: | California Young Playwrights Contest | - | ||||
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| 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 | |||||
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Lost in Words |
| 1st Produced: | Playwrights Project (San Diego, CA, United States) | 2005 | ||||
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| 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: | 35-40 min | Comedy/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 2 males, 3 females (5-13 actors possible: 2-6 males, 3-7 females) | |||||
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| Synopsis: | Fifteen-year-old Sylvia, newly arrived in the United States from Mexico with her mother, dreams of becoming a doctor. But dreams rarely come easy, especially when you've just been plunged into a new culture and your parents believe fiercely that family always comes first. With the help of a generous ESL teacher, her lovable aunt, and a Cambodian classmate with a dream of his own, Sylvia learns that hard work can take you almost anywhere. This moving journey explores themes of balancing independence with family and features original songs. | |||||
Rapier of Europa |
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| 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 | 2 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | Teenager Evan is learning to fence. His mother has disappeared but no one will tell him why and his father is having an affair | |||||
Saltimbanques |
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| 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: | - | Cubist comedy-drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Twins James and Louis were told by their mother that they are Picasso's illegitimate children. She has now died and they are being stalked by one of their mother's students. | |||||
Spain |
| 1st Produced: | Lucille Lortel Theatre | 2007 | ||||
| Company: | MCC Theater | |||||
| 1st Published: | Broadway Play Publishers, | 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: | romantic comedy | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Reeling from an acrimonious divorce, Barbara finds solace in her overactive imagination. After conjuring her dream lover—a sexy Conquistador decked out in a full suit of armor!—the two embark on a fantastical journey which prompts her to give in to her darkest desires. Jim Knable's modern-day fairy tale mixes romance and whimsy in its exploration of one woman’s quest for self-acceptance, contentment and the willingness to love again - press release | |||||
Travesty of Othamlet, The |
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| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
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| Synopsis: | King Othamlet discovers that his wife Lady McDeath and servant Ego had plotted to murder his predecessor | |||||
True and Solid Ground |
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| 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: | - | Psuedo-symbolist comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | A North Korean fighter pilot defects to a small country near China which is ruled over by a hunchback who keeps the former Queen of Egypt a prisoner | |||||
Truth About Dinosaurs, The |
| 1st Produced: | The Hangar Theatre (Ithaca, NY, United States) | 2003 | ||||
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| 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: | 35-40 min | Comedy/Drama/Fantasy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 2 males, 2 females (4-13 actors possible: 2-6 males, 2-7 females) | |||||
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| Synopsis: | Dinosaurs create smart, poignant allegories in this series of stories narrated by a mysterious figure in a trench coat. From a young boy who feels himself turning into a dinosaur as he watches his mother struggle with a terminal illness, to an actual dinosaur with feathers learning to make friends with a bully Tyrannosaurus Rex, The Truth About Dinosaurs reveals funny and complex truths about the human condition. | |||||