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Doug Brook

DOUG BROOK

  (1972 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Doug Brook's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         Alternate Proposal         Attention Surplus Disorder         Big Fish Story, The         Case Of the Cereal Killer, The         Finding God         Interpersonal Relations         Last Call         Lot In Life         Miles High Club, The         More Than Petticoats         Original Synergy         Retrograde         Self Expression         Two Jews

Alternate Proposal

Synopsis:
alternate Proposal opens with a man and woman at a restaurant table. She has a look on her face as if she's just been proposed to, because she was. the answer is not as simple as yes or no.

Notes:
Finalist in Camino Real Playhouse "ShowOff! International Playwriting Festival" (premiere production, listed Above). Runner Up, eighth Annual Ten-Minute Playwrighting Contest, Actor's theatre, Santa Cruz, Ca (staged readings March-April 2003).

1st Produced:
Camino Real Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano, Ca    2008

Organisations:
Camino Real Playhouse

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Attention Surplus Disorder

Synopsis:
In a world where aDD is the norm, Mitchell seeks treatment because he actually reads entire books and watches complete movies. Dr. Hunter is joined by his colleague Dr. Collier and assistant Ms. Wright as he sporadically investigates Mitchell's symptoms. Mitchell perseveres as they occasionally return to diagnosing his problem, which he fears to be the dreaded attention Surplus Disorder.

Notes:
Staged readings As part of Ross Alternative Works (RaW).

1st Produced:
Ross, California    Jan 2009

Organisations:
Ross Valley Players

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Big Fish Story, The

Synopsis:
Jonah and a friend sit outside his tent watching the big game, when Jonah hears God's voice ordering him to warn the city of Ninevah about their imminent destruction. Pious as Jonah isn't, he instead flees on a ship which is soon beset by stormy seas. Realizing Jonah is the cause, he goes overboard and ends up in the belly of a big fish or three days. after the solitude and smell change his ways, he warns Ninevah who immediately repent and are spared. Jonah hates that Ninevah was spared, so God teaches him an object lesson at the expense of a lovely shade tree.

Notes:
Finalist, 2010 Playwrights Festival, Curtain Players (Westerville, Ohio).

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Case Of the Cereal Killer, The

Synopsis:
It was a Monday like any other Monday, except that it wasn't. Mason makes a bowl of cereal and steps out for the newspaper. When he returns, the cereal is gone and the mystery begins. Mason, in his trenchcoat, fedora, and pajamas, goes through each member of his family to find the culprit, but what he finds is. . . the Case of the Cereal Killer.

Notes:
Winner in the 15th Annual 8 10's @ 8 festival, Actors' theatre (Santa Cruz).

1st Produced:
Santa Cruz, Ca    Jan 2010

Organisations:
actors' Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Finding God

Synopsis:
Molly returns home early from europe. Her parents, happy for her return, are even more delighted to hear that Molly found God while away. . . Until God walks into the living room, changing their lives forever. Or at least for the rest of the play. Or is he really God after all?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pear Slices 2010, Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View, California    40221

Organisations:
Pear avenue Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Interpersonal Relations

Synopsis:
a boy turns sixteen and decides to go for the girl he likes, when he starts being hounded by his Conscience personified who only he can see or hear. His sister and his best friend who's after her both get in the way.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Indian Springs School, Indian Springs, Al    1990

Organisations:
Indian Springs School

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Last Call

Synopsis:
Sally and Bill are finally sorting through her parents' things, years after the night both separately died. When they plug in her mother's antique phone from that night, it - and only it - rings. the call and caller will change their lives forever.

Notes:
Finalist in Stormy Weather Players' 2010 New Plays Festival.

1st Produced:
Cornwall, Ny    Jul 2010

Organisations:
Stormy Weather Players

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Lot In Life

Synopsis:
as a rabbi begins a talk about the biblical story of Lot, Lot's Wife steps out of the story and into debate about what really happened. From her own salty perspective, Lot's Wife reveals the complete story as untold by the Bible. they meet in the desert at the local watering hole, marry, and deal with "crazy Uncle abraham's" new religion that has the neighbors talking. Famine and captivity ensue, catching up to everything Lot's Wife has experienced. Urged by mysterious visitors, the family flees Sodom in the nick of time only to see Lot's Wife meet her infamous end, and she watches powerless as her family meets theirs.

Notes:
Runner Up, 11th Annual Full-Length Playwrighting Contest, Actors' theatre (Santa Cruz). Staged readings. Winner, 2010 Playwrights Festival, Curtain Players (Westerville, Ohio).

1st Produced:
Santa Cruz, California    40057

Organisations:
actors' Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Miles High Club, The

Synopsis:
Kinsey is a NaSa official interviewing astronauts who are married couples as candidates for the first manned Mars mission. NaSa wants to send a couple to study long-term effects of the three year trip, with an eye toward colonization. Jones and Conley's interview becomes less routine as it broaches marital relations, particularly how certain relating would be handled in space. their ambitions for space wrestle with their desire for privacy as more details of their intended mission unfold. Will they put aside their inhibitions in the name of science? Or will they join previous candidates in giving up outer space for their personal space?

Notes:
Winner in the ArtsCenter's 10 By 10 In the Triangle, in 2010.

1st Produced:
Carrboro, North Carolina    Jul 2010

Organisations:
the ArtsCenter

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  2 non-speaking malecameo, 1 m/f

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More Than Petticoats

Synopsis:
the play presents seven women who had significant impact in shaping California history. their stories are interwoven, told chronologically from the 1840s through 1960s. the women include: Dorothea Lange (photojournalist), Jessie Fremont (politician's wife, made original expedition possible), Mary austin (pre-Feminist author, activist), Mary ellen Pleasant (civil rights figure), Tye Leung Schulze (immigration interpreter, first Chinese pre-suffrage voter), Julia Morgan (most prolific architect ever), Toby Winema Riddle (Indian interpreter).

Notes:
Inspired by the eponymous book by erin H. Turner. Originally performed with 3m, 7f, with cast doubling.

1st Produced:
Tabard Theatre Company, San Jose, Ca    2007

Organisations:
Tabard Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Historical Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Original Synergy

Synopsis:
Original Synergy chronicles the actual events behind Creation, as abridged in Genesis. the Big G assembles a committee of his ego, Super ego, Id, Left Brain, Right Brain, and (once woman is created) Feminine Side.

Notes:
Semi-finalist 2007 Artsport New Works Playwriting Contest. Playhouse on the Green (Bridgeport, CT); (as This Week's Agenda:) Finalist Fifth Annual Full-Length Playwrighting Contest Actor's theatre (Santa Cruz, Ca)

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Retrograde

Synopsis:
Two co-workers go from hate to love and back to hate again following the exact same course, in reverse.

Notes:
Published in "eight Tens At 8 Festival: Thirty 10-Minutes Plays from the Santa Cruz Festivals I-VI". Winner, Fourth Annual Ten-Minute Playwrighting Contest (actor's theatre). New York premiere November 13, 2002, theatre Row, by Streetlight Players.

1st Produced:
Actor's Theatre, Santa Cruz, Ca    1999

Organisations:
actor's Theatre

1st Published:
Contained in: "Thirty Ten Minute PlaysFrom the Santa Cruz Festivals 1 to 6" published by Smith and Kraus, 2001   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Self Expression

Synopsis:
Self expression explores its title in two ways. a man struggles to express himself, to propose over dinner. Interspersed are scenes exploring key phases of the course of life: Trial and error (eve on trial for biblical crimes), Retro-Grade (adults in elementary school, taught by a child), Retrograde (two adults go from hate to love, then reverse to hate), Who's Going to Die Tonight? (murder mystery, who's about to die and why?), What Happens Next (a man arrives in what's next).

Notes:
Cast size can vary widely using cast doubling. Honorable Mention, First Annual Full-Length Playwrighting Contest (actor's theatre), staged reading.

1st Produced:
Actor's Theatre, Santa Cruz, Ca    1999

Organisations:
actor's Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Two Jews

Synopsis:
What really happened when two Jews walked into a bar

Notes:
Runner Up, Sixth Annual Ten-Minute Playwrighting Contest (actor's theatre), staged reading.

1st Produced:
Actor's Theatre, Santa Cruz, Ca    2001

Organisations:
actor's Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  2 non speaking males

Further Reference:
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