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Vicki Bartholomew

VICKI BARTHOLOMEW

  
Nationality:    USA
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Vicki Bartholomew is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and writes family-oriented plays for actors of all ages. She has been a finalist in numerous playwriting contests. She won the Columbia entertainment Company Jackie White Memorial National Children's Play Writing Contest twice, for her musical FIVe FROGS aND a PRINCe and for her blended-family play aUNT aLICe's SUMMeR. Her plays with senior actors have also won national playwriting contests. the BIRTHDaY won the Pentacle Playwriting Contest. DINNeR PLaNS won the Lebanon Community Theatre Playwriting award. SOMeONe TO LOVe won both the New Works Theatre Playwriting Contest and the Jewel Box Theatre Playwriting Contest. Vicki's plays have been produced coast to coast. She has also spoken at many high schools across the country, including Stroud High School in Oklahoma where her play HOMeTOWN SUMMeR takes place. Her plays have been published by Playscripts, Drama Source, and Baker's Plays.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America

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         Aunt Alice's Summer         Birthday, The         Christmas Show Memories         Cool Mike         Dinner Plans         Five Frogs And A Prince         Friends Forever         Hometown Summer         Last Gift, The         Red Cat Of Chiang Mai, The         Someone To Love

Aunt Alice's Summer

Synopsis:
Stacy and Mike have married and combined their six children. When aunt alice comes for a visit complications arise. the play portrays real children and real emotions interspersed with humorous moments.

Notes:
One set: A basement bedroom. Jackie White Award Winner, And Semi-Finalist At the Waldo M. & Grace C. Bonderman IUPUI National Youth theatre Playwriting Contest.

1st Produced:
Jackie White Memorial National Playwriting Contest At Columbia Entertainment Company    1994

Organisations:
Columbia entertainment Company in Columbia, MO

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Full-length Drama Youth play

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  22            Other:  -

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Birthday, The

Synopsis:
an elderly widow waits for her son, who is supposed to be taking her out for her birthday. Will he remember?

Notes:
Seven minutes of dialogue And two minutes of suspense.

1st Produced:
Pentacle Theatre 7th Annual Northwest Playwrights Festival    2002

Organisations:
Pentacle Theatre in Salem, OR

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
seniors' Drama Ten min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Christmas Show Memories

Christmas Show Memories
a young teacher reluctantly directs the school Christmas show and learns something about her relationship with her mother.

Notes:
One set: teacher's Apartment. This one-act may be lengthened with children performing Christmas carols

1st Produced:
Stuart Center In Sherwood, Or    2005

Organisations:
Bill Whitney Senior Players

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
holiday One act 45 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Cool Mike

Cool Mike
eighth-grader Will Monroe is new in town, and he's having a hard time. While the girls at school are pursuing his older brother, and all the neighborhood's single mothers have designs on his bachelor father, Will has no friends at all. He turns to an online chat room and confides in a peer with the screen name "Cool Mike." But Cool Mike is actually a depraved adult, from whom Will is only narrowly rescued. More than just a cautionary tale, Cool Mike evokes the profound though often hidden bonds between siblings, neighbors, and schoolmates.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Wharton Art Magnet Middle School (Nashville, Tn, United States)    2003

Organisations:
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1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
50-60 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  8            Other:  4 males, 8 females, 2 either (13-18 actors possible: 5-7 males, 8-13 females)

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Dinner Plans

Dinner Plans
Five widows get together to share recipes and discover they are cooking for the same man.

Notes:
Read At the 2003 Last Frontier theatre Conference in Alaska.

1st Produced:
Lebanon Community Theatre In Lebanon, Pa    2003

Organisations:
Lebanon Community Theatre Playwrights Festival

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
15-minute comedy, senior theatre One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Five Frogs And A Prince

Synopsis:
a lonely king finds a family, and a queen loves her son no matter what he looks like.

Notes:
Music And Lyrics by Linnea Brooks, Story And Lyrics by Vicki Bartholomew. Time: 75-90 minutes. Winner of the Jackie White Memorial National Children's Play Writing Award.

1st Produced:
Robin Hood Festival In Sherwood, Or    2004

Organisations:
Robin Hood Players

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Family musical

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  9            Other:  6+ dancers, orchestra, youth or adult cast

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Friends Forever

Friends Forever
This play follows a large cast of high school girls as they learn that the best way to make a friend is to be a friend. the play takes place in the dorm room of three girls at a private school. themes are those that touch the lives of ordinary high school girls: friendship, shopping, boyfriends, sports, theft, racism, and drinking.

Notes:
Drama for female cast; boys' parts Are cameos. Cast must have At least one African American girl. Takes place in 1996. One set: dormitory room. Finalist At 2001 Oglebay Institue National Playwriting Contest. Third place At the 1997 Jackie White Award. Honorable Mention At Writer's Network Contest.

1st Produced:
Oglebay Institute Playwriting Competition At Towngate Theatre    2001

Organisations:
Towngate Theatre in Wheeling, WV

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Full-length high school Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  19            Other:  -

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Hometown Summer

Hometown Summer
after living abroad, R.J. moves his family back to Oklahoma. He loves being home, but his wife and kids have trouble adjusting.

Notes:
One set: the backyard. Features A 10-minute play for seniors, "Snap'n' Beans". When sisters gossip, the old men can't resist joining in.

1st Produced:
Oklahoma Centennial Celebration At Edison Preparatory Middle School    2007

Organisations:
edison Preparatory Middle School in Tulsa, OK

1st Published:
Drama Source    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Slice-of-life intergenerational play, Youth play

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Last Gift, The

Last Gift, The
a charming fairy tale with a princess and a magic ring. On her sixteenth birthday, Princess Mary Rose receives many gifts, but the best gift of all is a magic ring which lets her hear what Prince Charming really thinks.

Notes:
First runner-up At the 2000 Southeast theatre Association Playwriting Contest.

1st Produced:
Robin Hood Festival In Sherwood, Or    2001

Organisations:
Robin Hood Youth Players

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
childrens One act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  8            Other:  May be more dancers and some parts may be shared.

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Red Cat Of Chiang Mai, The

Red Cat Of Chiang Mai, The
a greedy businessman from Bangkok buys an ordinary village cat.

Notes:
Part of A trilogy of Thai plays, which was semi-finalist At Beverly Hills theatre Guild Marilyn Hall Award. Dedicated to Ajaan Lumpoon Montan At Charlermkwan Satree School.

1st Produced:
Cross Cultural Learning. The Play Has Been Produced At Many High Schools As A Reading.    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Folk-style One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Someone To Love

Synopsis:
eighty-year-old Harry oversees the local sidewalk cafe and gives advice on romance to all.

Notes:
Two simultaneous sets: Fred's Apartment And A sidewalk cafe. Winner Jewel Box theatre Contest, New Works theatre Contest, And 2008 Spirit of Moondance for Stage Plays At Moondance Film Festival. Finalist At the Paul Green Award And the American Renegade theatre Competition.

1st Produced:
Jewel Box Theatre Playwriting Contest In Oklahoma City    2006

Organisations:
Jewel Box Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Romantic comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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