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Jim Beaver

JIM BEAVER

  (1950 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    House of Representatives  

Jim Beaver's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Jim Beaver's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         As You Like It, Or Anything You Want To, Otherwise Known As Rotterdam And Parmesan Are Dead         Cop And the Anthem, The         Mockingbird         Once Upon A Single Bound         Ox-Bow Incident, The         Pressing Engagements         Semper Fi         Sidekick         Spades         Truth, Justice And the Texican Way         Verdigris

As You Like It, Or Anything You Want To, Otherwise Known As Rotterdam And Parmesan Are Dead

Synopsis:
a bunch of scenes strung together in a Shakespearean pastiche with no particular rhyme or reason

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Mitchell Hall Theatre, University of Central Oklahoma    1975

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry avenue, Suite 102, Studio City Ca 91604-2024,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play One act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Cop And the Anthem, The

Synopsis:
adaptation of O. Henry short story about two panhandlers who decide to turn over a new leaf one Christmas eve

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry avenue, Suite 102, Studio City Ca 91604-2024,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Mockingbird

Synopsis:
a middle-aged actor on location in a small town brings a local girl back to his motel room, but finds himself in a far different relationship than he expected.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre West, Hollywood Ca    2003

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry avenue, Suite 102, Studio City Ca 91604-2024,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Once Upon A Single Bound

Synopsis:
a reporter interviews a derelict who claims to be Clark Kent

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Mitchell Hall Theatre, University of Central Oklahoma.    1974

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry avenue, Suite 102, Studio City Ca 91604-2024,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Ox-Bow Incident, The

Synopsis:
adaptation of the Walter Van Tilburg Clark novel about a mob that sets out to lynch a gang of rustlers without being certain who the rustlers are

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry avenue, Suite 102, Studio City Ca 91604-2024,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  29            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Pressing Engagements

Synopsis:
a New York City street mime searches desperately to find someone to pretend to be her fiance but can only find a German tourist who speaks no english.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre West, Hollywood Ca.    1990

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry avenue, Suite 102, Studio City Ca 91604-2024,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Semper Fi

Synopsis:
at the height of the Vietnam war, a Marine drill instructor takes an invisible platoon through twelve weeks of basic training in forty minutes

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre West, Hollywood Ca    1984

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry avenue, Suite 102, Studio City Ca 91604-2024,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Sidekick

Synopsis:
a man relates his experiences as a supporting actor during the heyday of Western filmmaking, chronicling his work as a "sidekick."

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry avenue, Suite 102, Studio City Ca 91604-2024,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short Play One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Spades

Synopsis:
Two medics playing cards are surprised by the appearance of a soldier who has been pronounced dead

Notes:
part of early Times: A compendium of short plays

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc. in Twenty-Five Ten-Minute Plays from Actors Theatre of Louisville,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
play Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Truth, Justice And the Texican Way

Synopsis:
a kangaroo court populated by clowns tries to railroad a young Latino.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Beverly Hills Playhouse, Beverly Hills Ca    1986

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry avenue, Suite 102, Studio City Ca 91604-2024,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Verdigris

Synopsis:
about Margaret Fielding, a paraplegic whirlwind who maintains her autonomy by sheer force of will, tossing about the lives of her friends, family, and helpers like a juggler.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre West, Hollywood Ca    1985

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contact Nawyecka Productions, 4213 Gentry avenue, Suite 102, Studio City Ca 91604-2024,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
two-act comedy-Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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