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Jim Dalglish

JIM DALGLISH

  (1961 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Jim Dalglish is a playwright who lives, writes and works on Cape Cod. He has had the good fortune to see many of his plays performed by Theaters in a wide range of locations: Massachusetts, New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska and alaskA. these works have included shorts, one acts, and full-length plays. Several have won awards. the Black eye was awarded Best Short Play at the 2001 Edward albee Last Frontier Theater Festival. Daughter of the Regiment was given the Panelistīs Choice award at the same festival a year later. His one-act play, edge, was a finalist in the Tennessee Williams National One act Play Contest. the Shaving Lesson was named Best Short Play at the Tidewater Play Contest. He is a member of Chuck Maryan's Play Lab at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. He is also a "life member" of the Provincetown Playwright's Lab. He is currently employed as the Managing Director of Wellfleet Harbor actors Theater (WHaT.)

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

         Agnus Dei         Black Eye, The         Brave , The         Cavalier         Consequences And their Side Affects         Daughter Of the Regiment         Double D         Edge         Frozen         Like Father Like Son         Like Father Like Son         Lines In The Sand         Little Off the Top And Sides, A         Love & Death & IsabElla Stewart Gardner         Magnetism         Mia         Mr Blandingsburg         Predators         Professionals         Rosa Rugosa         S-4         Shaving Lesson, The         Starkweather         Super-Lubricated         Talented Woman, A         Three Pillows         Truman         Unsafe

Agnus Dei

Synopsis:
It's Christmas and Tim has decided to do something about his clandestine affair with a man he's actually never met -- outside of the confessional of his local Catholic church. Tim: "even though you've never kissed me, or held me, or even touched me. . . I've known for a long time that you love me too. I can feel it when you preach. . . I can sense it right now as you sit there behind the screen, alone in the dark, clutching your rosary to your chest."

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Organisations:
Wellfleet Harbor actors' Theatre

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Genre:
Gay, ten min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Black Eye, The

Synopsis:
When an aging gay man asks a street-wise kid if he needs a lift home, is he prepared to go where the dangerous young man is about to take him? "He's seeing himself for the first time. Look at him. Nothing on this earth is more beautiful." - Narrator

Notes:
Named Best Short Play; edward Albee Last Frontier Festival, 2000.

1st Produced:
Narrowland Arts Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts,     2003

Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Brave , The

Synopsis:
the telling of an Indian legend helps two men express their love for each other as they face a terminal illness. Jack: "the brave was the only one in the hunting party who saw the white buffalo."

Notes:
Chosen for the 2000 Boston theater Marathon

1st Produced:
The Provincetown Theater, Provincetown, Ma     2000

Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
in Boston Theatre Marathon of Ten Minute Plays Volume 2, Bakers Plays,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Cavalier

Synopsis:
a blizzard, a pregnancy, and an emotionally fragile high school quarterback take a small North Dakota town by storm. Billy: "It was like something wild came over me and made me strong, and brave, and invincible. I was wild and couldn't be stopped. . . not by anyone."

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Genre:
Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Consequences And their Side Affects

Synopsis:
Could a relationship that begins in the shower room of an ivy-league gym have any chance of succeeding? Jack: "That evening I felt like I had peered over the edge and into something immense. Something real. I had never felt that in my entire life."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Narrowlands Art Center, Provincetown     2003

Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Daughter Of the Regiment

Synopsis:
Its Billy's first day at a new school - a private military academy. Now if only his mother could get him out of the limousine. "Ritalin. But you don't have to tell that to your new friends. Just say it's a special vitamin." - Mother

Notes:
Panelists Choice Award, edward Albee Last Frontier theater Festival, 2002

1st Produced:
Narrowland Arts Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts,     2002

Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short play / monolog One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Double D

Double D
Mary is on her way to her impossibly thin step-sister's engagement party, when she has a shoe emergency. Where the hell will she be able to find a pair of 12 Double e pumps at this time of night? Nigel: "Feel the power? the thrill of 3-inch spikes. there's a reason they're called spikes, Mary. Because they're weapons. Like two 45 Caliber pistols strapped to each ankle. Power, Mary. Power."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Globe Theater, New York     2006

Organisations:
Turnip Theater Festival

1st Published:
Contained in: "Best Ten Minute Plays for Two Actors" published by Smith and Kraus 2006   978-15755255637

Music:
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Genre:
Short play One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Edge

Synopsis:
Mark and Tom live alone on a remote farm on the windswept plains of North Dakota. then one day a rapacious traveling saleswoman drives up the gravel road in a pink Continental. abbey: "Honey, if this isn't the edge of the world, bet sure as hell you can see it from here. . . Bet sure as hell."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Leeds Theater, Brown University, Providence, Ri     1986

Organisations:
Brown University

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Frozen

Synopsis:
It's Christmas eve and Pete, the family patriarch, has gone missing. Why would anyone not want to be with their loving family during such an important time of the year? aunt Velvet: "I haven't spoken to him since your mother's funeral when I gave him that pamphlet on the Hemlock Society. It seemed to calm him down."

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1st Produced:
The Provincetown Theater, Provincetown, Ma     2004

Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Like Father Like Son

Synopsis:
Louis is taking his Father to his first Gay Pride Parade. But will he be proud when he discovers what's really on his dad's mind? Louis: "and look at this. Poppers! Poppers, Dad, poppers! My old man uses poppers!"

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Provincetown Theater, Provincetown, Ma     2003

Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Like Father Like Son

Synopsis:
Full length version of "Like Father Like Son" the names of the Father and son have been changed to Ted and Teddy. Ted is coming out of the closet. He has quit his job to wait tables in a gay restaurant and he has a partner whose husband has left him and their adopted son. Teddy was the founder and only member of his High School's Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual and Transgender Group

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Genre:
Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lines In The Sand

Synopsis:
Middle aged Tom who hangs around public conveniences rescues a fifteen year old boy from a gang of bullies. Should the boy get into Tom's car?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Boston Accomplices     2015

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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Little Off the Top And Sides, A

Synopsis:
When an eight-year-old brat, a middle-aged man, and a retired professor visit an old-fashioned barber shop in Harvard Square, they get more than just haircuts. George: "If you and your friends stick together, you'll beat David Osowski no matter how scared of him you are."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Narrowland Arts Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts,     2000

Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Love & Death & IsabElla Stewart Gardner

Synopsis:
Three former college roommates are re-united in this romantic comedy about a museum tour gone terribly and hilariously astray. alex: "each year at za stroke von midnight on za anniversary of St. Isabellas death. . . You can hear za moans and groans from deep within zeez werry valls. . ."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Narrowlands Art Center, Provincetown     2001

Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Magnetism

Synopsis:
Midnight. Two people strolling hand-in-hand down the street. Two people on a first date. Two people who are the opposite in almost every way. Yet somehow the evening has been almost perfect. . . and then the streetlight goes out. "For the first time in my life I can fee that magnetic charge -- that wild electric current -- just by holding your hand. It's like we're opposites, that somehow attract."? actor / actress 2

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One way to perform this play is to cast two different Actors - male And one female - for each role. This would give you four Actors who would perform every other time the play is produced. In this way, the play could be performed on four consecutive nights in the following way: 1. Male (1) And Female (2) - straight, Awkward female. 2. Male (1) And Male (2) - gay men. 3. Female (1) And Male (2) - straight, Awkward male. 4. Female (1) And Female (2) - lesbians.

1st Produced:
The Provincetown Theater, Provincetown, Ma     2004

Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Mia

Synopsis:
The dog run in Central Park. A young woman new to New York is having trouble with her dog

Notes:
Part of "Bark Park: Life from Both Sides of the Lead"

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mr Blandingsburg

Synopsis:
Rose has a lot on her mind. Surviving the eighth grade, taking care of her brother, Robby, and her regular job baby sitting the world's worst behaved identical twins. She still manages to find time to think entirely too much about the man of her dreams: the twin's incredibly handsome and dashing Father -- Mr. Blandingsburg.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short film

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Predators

Synopsis:
Dan's shift is almost over and he is going to Chucky Cheese to celebrate his son's second birthday. then the telephone rings. It is a call from Pakistan

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Provincetown Theater's 24 Hour Play Festival     26 Jan 2013

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Professionals

Synopsis:
Billions of dollars are at stake and Victoria's job is on the line. But is that more important than an inconvenient fire on the 60th floor of a rather tall office building in downtown Manhattan? Victoria: "the mission of this company is bigger than us . . . much, much bigger than us."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Narrowlands Art Center, Provincetown     2002

Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Short play One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Rosa Rugosa

Synopsis:
What could be so difficult about pulling off a last-minute wedding in a quaint Portuguese fishing village on the tip of Cape Cod? especially if you're a Texan beauty pageant winner with an MBa in time management. Krissi: "I want something very unique. So unique it's never been seen before. Because that's what our love is. Unique."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Uu Church     2004

Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Short play One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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S-4

Synopsis:
On December 17, 1927 the USS Paulding rammed the USS S-4 Submarine a quarter mile off Woods end Light near Provincetown, Massachusetts. the submarine sank to the ocean floor in 100 feet of water. Of the 42 mean on board, 6 fled into the torpedo room and managed to survive for four days as emergency crews tried to rescue them. This is the story of the last hours of the S-4.

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1st Produced:
Culture Park, New Bedford, Ma     2005

Organisations:
Culture Park

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Shaving Lesson, The

Synopsis:
an emotionally damaged Father teaches his son the art of shaving. Father: "You don't want me to start that. . . Some old boring war story . . . That was 10 years ago. No one wants to hear those stories now. . . no one ever did."

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1st Produced:
Narrowlands Art Center, Provincetown     2002

Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
monolog Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Starkweather

Synopsis:
Forced out of his childhood home by a rapacious traveling saleswoman, a young man is torn between returning to the man who betrayed him and settling for life in a dying town on the wind-swept plays of North Dakota. "Nothing's more dangerous than a man with nowhere to go and an eternity to get there." - Mrs. Cook

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Genre:
Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Super-Lubricated

Synopsis:
A clerk and a widow working the graveyard shift think they have discovered the secret of life

Notes:
Written by Jim Dalglish and Lynda Stumer

1st Produced:
Great Plains Theatre Conference     2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Genre:
Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Talented Woman, A

Synopsis:
When Maxie's husband dies she finds that she is destitute. Her daughter tells she must make sacrifices if she is to get by

Notes:
Written by Jim Dalglish and Lynda Stumer

1st Produced:
Gertrude Lawrence Stage, Dennis Ma     2013

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Genre:
Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Three Pillows

Synopsis:
Howard's very non-traditional wedding is just a week away. everything is ready. . . except the bed. Veronica: "I believe in equal rights on this earth. the after-life is a different story, though."

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Provincetown Theater, Provincetown, Ma     2003

Organisations:
Provincetown Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Truman

Synopsis:
Truman one of the dogs in the dog walk park of Central Park

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Unsafe

Synopsis:
as a heavy mid-winter blizzard blankets Union Square under three feet of snow, Lisa, a talented musician who lost her husband when the north tower collapsed, is celebrating her fortieth birthday. She's not as enthusiastic about the party as her doting father, eight-year-old daughter and the cardiologist she's been seeing for the last few months. But that doesn't stop her fun-loving mother from trying to throw a party no one will ever forget. Which is what happens when Will, Lisa's troubled twenty-year-old stepson, crashes the celebration. Half-frozen and strung-out on crystal meth, ?Will has nowhere to go. as night passes and snow piles high on the abandoned streets, Lisa begins to see this troubled boy with chameleon charm as her last chance to recover all that she's lost.

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Genre:
Two-act play Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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