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1,000 Miles
Albert Einstein's Brain
American Son
Baby, The
Basket
Beer Fairy, The
Bridge, The
Coyote
Deal, The
Entranced
Equation, The
First Half
Glasses, The
Hamlet Cows
Homeland
Intervention
Last Egg, The
Leaving Lily Bell
Love Machine
Meeting Matt Damon
Mona Lisa
My Robs
Operation Midnight Climax
Orgasm
Origin Story of Lewis Hackett, The
Possethsion, The
Rebecca's Broken Less Than Sign Number Three
Romeo and Jules
Santa-Tude
Swollen
Terminal
Three Elves Sitting Around Playing Poker
Two Night Stand
Wild Geese
Zombie Speed Dating
1,000 Miles
Synopsis:
1860. Two married slaves, William and ellen Craft, make a bid for freedom. ellen dresses and pretends to be a white man and William acts as her slave.
Notes:
Based on the book "Running a Thousand Miles For Freedom" by ellen and William Craft
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2010
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Albert Einstein's Brain
Synopsis:
A woman is appalled when her husband buys Albert einstein's brain on e-Bay
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1st Produced:
Over Our Heads Players, Racine, Wisconsin
01 Feb 2013
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Ten minute play
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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American Son
Synopsis:
A man claims that he is Rob's father. Rob's mother has never told him the truth about his parentage
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1st Produced:
Rehearsed Reading At Rise Up Theatre, North Hollywood
26/2012
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Baby, The
A couple have a major falling out
Notes:
part of 16th Annual New York City 15 Minute Play Festival
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Turnip Theatre Company and American Globe Theatre
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in the Best Ten-Minute Plays 2011, Smith & Kraus; (June 1, 2012)
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15 Min
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Basket
Synopsis:
Finding love over a basket of groceries
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1st Produced:
Spare Change Theatre, New York
19/2010
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Beer Fairy, The
Synopsis:
the Beer Fairy looks after hopeless drunks
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1st Produced:
Viaduct Theatre, Halifax
12 Jun 2011
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Bridge, The
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Rehearsed Reading At The Playwrights Ppen, Los Angeles
06 Oct 2012
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Drama
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Male: 2 Female: 3 Other: -
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Coyote
Synopsis:
Jerry gets a call from his friend Richard. Jerry's wife has passed out and can he come and get her. When Jerry arrives they cannot find the wife
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1st Produced:
Plummer Park Community Park, West Hollywood
23 Oct 2010
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Deal, The
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Entranced
Synopsis:
a Zombie tries to find love
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Notes:
part of Vignettes for the Apocalypse V, the 5th Annual edition of New York's oldest And largest Sci-fi/Horror themed theater festival
1st Produced:
Vignettes For The Apocalypse V At Kraine Theatre, New York
09 Jun 2011
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endTimes Productions
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Short play
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Equation, The
Synopsis:
A physicist discovers an equation that proves the World should not exist
Notes:
in "Madthematics" Ten Minute Play Competition
1st Produced:
Bellarmine University, Louisville, Ky
29 Mar 2012
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10 min
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Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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First Half
Synopsis:
Chris and Judy want to have a baby but Chris cannot have children. How do they ask friend Andy to help?
Notes:
Part of 8 Minute Madness. eighteen new provocative And engaging plays will be presented in groups A And B of 9 plays each. the plays, directed by innovative directors, Are produced by A select team of New York's finest designers. Attending industry members will vote for who will win the coveted Award of 8 Minute Madness Playwright of 2011. the participating Audience will Also vote on the best performance by An Actor And best over-all show. the plays Are: . . .Last And Always by Allan Baker, First Half by Ron Burch, the Intervention by Ron Burch, Last Words by Jeff Carter, the Family That Plays Together by Gigi eng, Magnolia Day by SD Graubert, Bottom of the Ninth by Rand Higbee, the Wedding Ring by Tony Howarth, Duet in Platinum by Allston James, A Change of Plans by Dennis Jones, Mammaries by Joanne Koch, Bona Fide by Nina Mansfield, It's the Jews by John Minigan, Out of Time by Barbara And Carlton Molette, Dead Body by Barry M. Putt, Jr., Short Division by Fred Sahner, Zero Point by Jeff Schwamberger, And Slipping into Anarchy by Jeffrey Wolf.
1st Produced:
Shell Theatre, New York
22 Jan 2011
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Short play
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Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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Glasses, The
Synopsis:
A real estate agent buys a new pair of glasses and finds that he is able to see what his co-workers are thinking
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1st Produced:
High Point University, High Point, Nc
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Genre:
comedy
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Male: 5 Female: 2 Other: doubling
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Hamlet Cows
Synopsis:
A couple go to see a production of "Hamlet" put on by a farmer's herd of cows
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1st Produced:
Future Ten Minute Play Festival, Pittsburg
2012
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Ten minute play
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Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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Homeland
Synopsis:
A man is being investigated by the government
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1st Produced:
Attic Theatre, Los Angeles
16 Sep 2011
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Drama
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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Intervention
Synopsis:
Rob visits his parents for a Sunday night meal
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Part of 8 Minute Madness. eighteen new provocative And engaging plays will be presented in groups A And B of 9 plays each. the plays, directed by innovative directors, Are produced by A select team of New York's finest designers. Attending industry members will vote for who will win the coveted Award of 8 Minute Madness Playwright of 2011. the participating Audience will Also vote on the best performance by An Actor And best over-all show. the plays Are: . . .Last And Always by Allan Baker, First Half by Ron Burch, the Intervention by Ron Burch, Last Words by Jeff Carter, the Family That Plays Together by Gigi eng, Magnolia Day by SD Graubert, Bottom of the Ninth by Rand Higbee, the Wedding Ring by Tony Howarth, Duet in Platinum by Allston James, A Change of Plans by Dennis Jones, Mammaries by Joanne Koch, Bona Fide by Nina Mansfield, It's the Jews by John Minigan, Out of Time by Barbara And Carlton Molette, Dead Body by Barry M. Putt, Jr., Short Division by Fred Sahner, Zero Point by Jeff Schwamberger, And Slipping into Anarchy by Jeffrey Wolf.
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Shell Theatre, New York
22 Jan 2011
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Short play
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Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Last Egg, The
Synopsis:
the last sperm tries to make it with the last egg
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1st Produced:
9th Annual Ten Minute Play Festival, Secret Rose Theatre, Noho, California
25 Aug 2011
Organisations:
Fine Rose Production
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Ten minute play
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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Leaving Lily Bell
Synopsis:
Lily Bell is a fading movie star but is kept going by her young P.A. but the P.A. wants to leave
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1st Produced:
6th Annual Long Island City One Act Festival At The Secret Theatre, New York
12 Jan 2011
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One act
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Male: - Female: 2 Other: -
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Love Machine
Synopsis:
A relationship from start to finish in ten minutes
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1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theatre, North Hollywood
02 Dec 2010
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Ten minute play
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: 1 either sex
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Meeting Matt Damon
Synopsis:
Hilary has always wanted to meet Matt Damon and here he is - perhaps
Notes:
Part of "Whistling With Slush In My Shoes" 2015
1st Produced:
Pear Theatre, Mountain View, CA
2015
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Short play
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Mona Lisa
Synopsis:
Leonardo and Mona
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1st Produced:
Rehearsed Reading At Playa Vista Branch Library, Los Angeles
2009
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My Robs
Synopsis:
Catherine discovers that she has four husbands
Notes:
Luna theater's "10-Minute Play Festival" At the Playground
1st Produced:
The Adrienne, Philadelphia, Pa
35/2012
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10 min
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Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Operation Midnight Climax
Synopsis:
A man goes to a brothel and finds himself as part of the CIA's mind control experiments
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1st Produced:
Fertile Grounds New Works Festival, Portland, Or
19 Jan 2012
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Short play
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Orgasm
Synopsis:
How a man can fake an orgasm
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1st Produced:
Eff Space, Hancock, Portland, Or
01 Dec 2011
Organisations:
Working Theatre Collective
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Origin Story of Lewis Hackett, The
Synopsis:
the office workers act out how Lewis Hackett got his promotion
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1st Produced:
Obsidian Arts Space, Houston, Texas
06 Dec 2012
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Short play
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Possethsion, The
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1st Produced:
Alley Theatre, Louisville, Ky
04 Apr 2013
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Rebecca's Broken Less Than Sign Number Three
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Indie Boots theatre Festival
1st Produced:
Theatre Wit, Chicago, Il
25/2013
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Romeo and Jules
Synopsis:
Romeo goes to the wrong balcony - but still becomes a "star crossed lover"
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1st Produced:
Zephyr Theatre, Los Angeles
11 Feb 2013
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Short play
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Santa-Tude
Synopsis:
Santa has a new marketing team
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1st Produced:
Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis
01 Dec 2011
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Short play
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Male: 3 Female: 2 Other: -
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Swollen
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1st Produced:
Lark Play Development Center, New York
1994
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Terminal
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1st Produced:
8X10 Festival Of Ten Minute Plays, Napa, Ca
2012
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Ten minute play
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Three Elves Sitting Around Playing Poker
Synopsis:
Some elves play poker
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1st Produced:
Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis, In
29 Nov 2012
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Short play
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Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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Two Night Stand
Synopsis:
Jenny wakes up in a strange apartment with a strange man
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1st Produced:
Longwood University, Farmville, Va
33/2011
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Wild Geese
Synopsis:
When the matriarch of the family dies the rest of the family have to decide what to do with the 300 year old family house
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1st Produced:
Katselas Theatre, Los Angeles
18/2012
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Genre:
Drama
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Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Zombie Speed Dating
Synopsis:
A zombie is looking for love
Notes:
A shorter version of "entranced"
1st Produced:
Tiffany Room, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
17 Jun 2011
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