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Jo J Adamson

JO J ADAMSON  

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Jo adamson has had one-act plays performed in Washington, Oregon, California, Florida, and Canada. Several of her plays have appeared on cable television, including the KOMO Eight Decade Consortium that included an excerpt of a verse play, Bound in Shallows. Ms. adamson is listed in Women in the american Theatre, by Helen Krich Chinoy and Linda Walsh Jenkins. She was the Kind, and won The James Sunwall Prize for new comedy at the acrosstown Repertory Theatre, in Gainesville, Florida. Her plays have been excerpted in the following Smith & Kraus anthologies: Transformation Scene inThe Best Stage Scenes of 1996; Doppelganger in The Best Women's Stage Monologues of 1996; The Wax Cradle andDialogue of Self & Soul in The Best Women's Stage Monologues of 1997; a Body Not Greatly Changed in The Best Stage Scenes of 1997, and in The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 1997; andTeotwawki in The Best Women's Stage Monologues of 2000. Doppelganger is also excerpted in Even More Monologues for Women by Women (Heinemann Books, 2001). The Wax Cradle, a full-length play about Louisa May alcott, is available from Drama Source. Transformation Scene is also included in Singular Voices: Monologues from the International Centre for Women Playwrights, and Teotwawki,is included in One on One The Best Women's Monologues for the 21st Century, applause Books, 2007. Ms. adamson is also a published short story, article, and poetry writer. Twice her poetry was accepted for the Poetry Bus Project in Seattle, Washington. She lives (happily) in Maple Valley, Washington with her spouse and Persian cat.

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 Aw, Gee!     Body Not Greatly Changed, A     Body Not Greatly Changed, A     Break A Leg     Breakout     Doppelganger     Goblin Market     High Noon     Hyacinths And Biscuits     Last Live Performance     Pure Gaze, The     Teotwawki (The End Of The World As We Know It)     Transformation Scene     Verse By The Side Of The Road     Wax Cradle, The

Aw, Gee!

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an unauthorized biographical monologue inspired by the early years of Nell Shipman, filmmaker, writer, producer, and silent screen star.

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Monologue of Nell Shipman

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Body Not Greatly Changed, A

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In the United States suicide is the tenth major cause of death with 20,000 suicides recorded each year. Inspired by a Seattle newspaper report of the death of an upper class female, Gale Perry, "a Body Greatly Changed" dramatizes the life of the woman who was found dead in the upstairs bedroom of her home in an affluent Seattle suburb. Was the victim murdered? or did she commit suicide as the evidence suggests. The play opens with the pathologist describing the death as "a body not greatly changed"; we go back through Gale's life and see it through the eyes of the people closest to her, her husband, and her mother. Though the course of the play, we see a body greatly changed, but not in the ways that could be discerned by the people who thought that they knew her.

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The Best Stage Scenes 1997, Smith & KrAus Book   -

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Body Not Greatly Changed, A

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Break A Leg

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"Break a Leg" is a satire where four playwrights compete in a television "reality" show with the "winner" having her/his play performed on Broadway as the prize. Each contender has his own reason why he desperately wants to have his play on the Broadway stage. During the competition the playwrights learn that there are some things more important that seeing your name in lights. This absurd contest illustrates the difficulties experienced by contemporary playwrights.

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Tara Stage Dragon Lady Players, Syracuse New York    -

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Genre:
comedy

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Breakout

Synopsis:
Megan, a college teacher, and writer is researching a book on rodeo queens. She interviews Faye a woman who was rodeo royalty in the 1950's. In the course of the conversation, Megan learns a lot more than Faye's point of view regarding the changing role of rodeo queens. She discovers that her long cherished beliefs, and even her sexuality are about to be challenged by a woman that she thinks she has nothing in common with. s max !!!:

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Doppelganger

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In a Punch cartoon come to life, the false pride, poise, and sophistication of youth confront the secure, accepting self-knowledge of age. Three poetic frames reveal the tension between a young model and elderly poetess aboard a luxury liner.

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Discovery Theatre (Seattle, Wa, United States)    1986

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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10-15 min Play/Drama

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Male:  -    Female:  2    Other:  2 females, 1 either (3 actors possible: 0-1 males, 2-3 females)

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Goblin Market

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Nell and Marin, two young women who do not know one another, come to a Laundromat with a basket full of dirty clothes. as they get to know each other, they realize that they are twin souls, and have a lot more in common that they realize, and they understand that neither of them have arrived at the Laundromat to do their laundry, but to get their house in order and 'clean their lives.' as the women discuss how to clean their clothes, they speak in a language only they understand. as they sort their soiled laundry, (no detergent gets out everything) they discuss the advantages of death by suicide.

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High Noon

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a musical star confronts her night terrors and takes a long hard look at her life.

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audition arsenal 101 Monologues, Smith and KrAus Book   -

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Genre:
Monologue

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Hyacinths And Biscuits

Synopsis:
Five senior poets win a bogus poetry contest where they travel to Las Vegas to be honored at a banquet. When they learn that their 'prize winning poem' qualifies them for a $1000 first prize (selected from all the prize-winning poems at the end of the conference) and their poem is eligible to be included in a poetry anthology, they sign on the dotted line. Once in 'Sin City' they meet other poetry winners they discover that their 'prize winning' poem was one of hundreds. Was it just a coincidence that the number of individuals signing up for the poetry conference was about the same number of prize winning poets? Nope. They were had.

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Last Live Performance

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a middle-aged woman, obsessed with rock star Elvis Presley, loses her grip on reality: past and present melt one into the other as she descends further into mental illness.

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Shoreline Community College Director's Festival    -

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Northwest Playwrights Festival

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Dramatic Monologue

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Pure Gaze, The

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Dana, a young middle-class woman auditions for a reality TV show. In many ways Dana is the poster child of the american citizen who must be entertained all the time and cannot always distinguish illusion from reality. Dana wants to be seen by millions of people and she needs exposure and a platform stage her newly created 'self' that people will want to see. She feels that she is not real unless she is cast on the reality TV show "ReallyMe." During the interview with the casting director, Dana descends further into a world where people are 'hired' to play themselves. When Dana discovers that the 'real' world no longer exists for her she has no place to go but deeper into mental illness.

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Teotwawki (The End Of The World As We Know It)

Synopsis:
Three women sit next to each other in a downtown casino. They are intent upon their slot machines until there is a power outage and the slot machines come to a screeching halt. Not being able to concentrate on mindless playing, the women are left to the own resources, and they begin to converse with each other. We learn that one of the women is dying of breast cancer and another is involved in an abusive relationship. Teotwawki uncovers some of the reasons that women play slot machines and exposes the gap that obsessive gaming has filled in their lives.

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Playwrights Forum Spokane    -

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The Best Women's Stage Monologues, 2000   -

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Transformation Scene

Synopsis:
Domineering Sissy pays a visit to her weaker sister, Geraldine. Geraldine has always controlled her sister, and even now, years past their youth, Sissy attempts to take over her life. Geraldine has reached the saturation point; "Why are you always picking on me? Pick, pick, pick. You never let up." Fed up with the constant put downs, she decides to take matter in her own hands. "Myself," she says, "I will remake." Geraldine undergoes a metamorphosis and goes to a place where Sissy will never be able to touch her again.

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Best Women's Monologues for the 21st Century, applAuse Books   -

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Verse By The Side Of The Road

Synopsis:
Three sisters return to their hometown to spend Thanksgiving with their parents. as they prepare dinner, they reminiscence about their respective lives and the changes that have taken place since high school. They come to realize that they must take responsibility for their own lives.

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Drama

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Wax Cradle, The

Synopsis:
The life of Louisa Mae alcott and her conflict with her father, Bronson.

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Male:  4    Female:  5    Other:  1 girl

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