JULIAN SHEPPARD
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Julian Sheppard
Anticipation |
| 1st Produced: | New York Performance Works (New York, NY, United States) | 1999 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN | - | ||||
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| Genre: | 35-45 min | Drama with comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 1 male, 1 female | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Somewhere in the East Village, two strangers going nowhere are suddenly faced with a turning point in their lives. Can a late-twenties slacker and an oversexed teenager find something together that's more lasting than their fleeting late-night hook-up? | |||||
Buicks |
| 1st Produced: | Actors Centre, London | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | Operating Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Comedy/Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | doubling | |||||
| Notes: | part of Writers' Block : a week of new work. | |||||
| Synopsis: | Bill isn't sure how he got to this point in his life. He's thirty-five, married with two children and lives in Fresno, California, where he owns a car dealership. Life should be full, but Bill is miserable, even if he won't admit it. His father doesn't respect him; his employees don't like him; and he's treating his wife, Kathy, badly. The only person who seems to have any esteem for him at all is his secretary, Naranja, a twenty-two-year-old Mexican immigrant who wants Bill to be her sponsor for her Green Card. When Kathy leaves Bill, taking their kids, he snaps. Desperate to bring them back, Bill hits the road to Albuquerque, where he believes they have gone, convincing Naranja to come with on the promise of helping her with the Green Card. Naranja is nervous about traveling with Bill but tries to make the best of it. Stopped at a motel that night she tells him that she would be a good car salesman and tries out her sales pitch on him. In the morning Bill discovers Kathy's parents left Albuquerque months ea | |||||
Everything Else |
| 1st Produced: | Atlantic 453 (New York, NY, United States) | 2002 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | 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: | 8-10 min | Drama with comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 1 male, 1 female | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Phil and Jane's calm existence is altered when a disagreement erupts over Jane's purchase of a purple hat. An innocent question about how the hat looks leads to a startling moment of truth for a couple who didn't even know they were in trouble. | |||||
Los Angeles |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
| 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 | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Sex. Drugs. Swimming Pools. Traffic. Smog. Carjackings. The search for the next big thing. This is Los Angeles, where one damaged young woman needs more than a map to find her way through the pitfalls of Tinseltown. Press release | |||||
Love And Happiness |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Allen's happily underachieving life is changed forever when Margaret, his divorced mother, brings home a new man, Clark. Clark sure likes Margaret and thinks Allen is cool just for being sixteen. But Allen cannot come to grips with the fact that Clark exists and so launches an all-out assault to rid himself of the interloper, at the same time feverishly attempting to reunite his estranged parents. As Allen struggles mightily to come of age and negotiate the limits of loving his mother, he loses his virginity to his girlfriend, then loses her to his best friend, and his mother to her boyfriend. When all else fails, Allen resorts to violence, stealing a gun and even firing it at Clark. But even this backfires on him, as the gun proves to be a water pistol, and though Clark is knocked down for a while, he recovers. But through his chaotic and desperate actions, Allen and his mother grow closer than ever, and he is able to see for the first time the true meaning of family in today's fractured world. In the end, A | |||||
Sunday Night |
| 1st Produced: | New York Performance Works (New York, NY, United States) | 1999 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | 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: | 35-45 min | Drama with comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | 1 male, 1 female | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | After seven years, Theo and Eliza have finally tied the knot. Sure they promised "till death do us part," but this couple isn't sure they'll survive the first night of their honeymoon. What do you do after you've made the biggest decision of your life? | |||||
Whatever |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | flexible | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Daphne, Roy and Jen have all slept with the same man, Carlo, unsafely. Carlo had been dating Jen, and Roy and Daphne's affairs with him had been secret. When they learn Carlo is HIV-positive, secrets find their way into the light. Daphne and Roy both start relationships with new men. Craig, whom Roy had introduced to Daphne, seems to be a solid, dependable guy. But, after a few dates, Craig learns that Daphne might be positive, and he cannot handle it. Jen meets Adam and thinks he's perfect for Roy. Their first date is right after Roy has learned that he is HIV-positive, but Adam is willing to try a relationship. Jen learns she is negative; Daphne, that she's positive. Everyone tries to pick up the pieces of their lives. Adam seems unaffected by Roy being positive. Craig tries to win Daphne back into his life and fails. Daphne, trying to repair her relationship with the media-hungry Jen, goes on a talk show, but due to Jen's machinations, the appearance backfires. Jen and Daphne stop speaking. Adam reveals th | |||||