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Albee Damned
Synopsis:
after a cocktail party college professor Bill and his wife Hilary invite a gay couple back for drinks. the gay couple realise that somehow they have wandered into "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf".
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One act. - - Gay, theme/character, full length
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All the Rest Is Talk
Synopsis:
a young actor from the Mid-West meets a street wise woman
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Awaken the Wolves
Synopsis:
Herschel Grynszpan was a Polish Jewish teenager living in Paris. He assisinated a German offical ernst vom Rath. the offical version was that it was in protest against the treatment of Jews but it later became known that the two men were lovers.
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Raw Space Studio, New York 2002
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Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, historical characters
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Border Of Camelot, The
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Eatfest At Tada Theatre, New York 11 Nov 2009
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Canarsie Line
Synopsis:
Two attorneys, who are also brothers take on a racially motivated case
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1st Produced:
Crescent Theater, Dallas, Texas 1994
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Claymont
1969 and young American men are being sent to Vietnam. Dallas is trying to draft dodge and is hiding in the basement of family friends. their High School son, Neil has produced a "shocking" piece of artwork for a project. Neil also has a big crush on Dallas.
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1st Produced:
Emerging Artists Theater, New York 2004
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United Stages, 978-15978-30003
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Drama Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length
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Close But No Cigar
Synopsis:
Three business men who lost their offices when the World Trade Centre was destroyed try to cope in the aftermath.
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Milagro Theater, New York 2003
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New Village Productions
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Dancing Straight
Synopsis:
1948 and a Broadway dancer arrives in Hollywood contract in hand.
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1st Produced:
Milagro Theater, New York 2003
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New Village Productions
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Heart Of Texas
Synopsis:
a famous playwright and a budding movie star in 1960s Hollywood
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Developmental Stages
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Heart of Texas - Three One act Plays published by United Stages, -
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How Can Love Survive?
Synopsis:
a middle aged man goes home for Christmas and he muses on how much his mother has changed over the years.
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1st Produced:
Emerging Artists Theater, New York 2004
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United Stages, -
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I Came To New York To Dream
Synopsis:
a disollusioned playwright and a dancer.
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The Studio, New York -
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In Flagrante
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part of Spring eaTFest 2010
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emerging Artists Theatre Company
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Living With Dragons
Synopsis:
the 1960s and a housewife has to cope with her terminally ill husband and his wrathful mother
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Pulse Theater, New York 1999
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Morning Sun, The
Synopsis:
a television actor and a slightly retarded young man find out they have things in common
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1st Produced:
West Coast Ensemble, California 1996
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Heart of Texas - Three One act Plays published by United Stages, -
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Genre:
Gay one act
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Male: 2 Female: - Other: -
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Nagasaki
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1st Produced:
Theater Five, Ny 2006
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emerging Artists Theatre
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Northern Boulevard
Synopsis:
a man dreams of success in a Queens delicatessen
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Music by Carleton Carpenter
1st Produced:
Amas Repertory Theater, New York 1985
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Not Even God
Synopsis:
an old time Broadway producer shares a New Year's eve drink with his secretary and laments the passing of the good old days
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Creative Place Theatre, New York 1997
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Sage Theatre Company
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Secrets And Orphans
Synopsis:
an elderly couple try to find out about their deceased son's life
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West Coast Ensemble, California 1996
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Shvesters
Synopsis:
Teenage daughter of a Holocaust victim tries to break away
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1st Produced:
Madison Avenue Theatre, New York 1993
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Heart of Texas - Three One act Plays published by United Stages, -
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Stars
Synopsis:
a disabled teenager wants to be an actor
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1st Produced:
Sage Theater, New York 1991
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New Village Productions
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Strawberry Fields
Synopsis:
after her son is beaten to death because he was gay - edith approaches a TV talk show host to tell his story
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Play One act. - - Gay, one act
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Tom Cruise, Get Off the Couch
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part of emerging Artists theatre presents eaTfest, the fall edition of the company's short play series
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Producers Club, Ny 2007
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emerging Artists Theatre
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Tops And Bottoms
Synopsis:
Brad and Linus are friends. Linus has a new boyfriend, James. James fancies Brad
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- 2004
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Gay, full length
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Uni
Synopsis:
Two Business men try sushi.
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1st Produced:
Raw Space, New York 1999
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Developmental Stages
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When My Love Comes Along
Synopsis:
a Christmas miracle in a bar in the east Village, New York
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The Studio, New York 1998
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