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Stuart Duckworth

STUART DUCKWORTH

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    New Dramatists  

Born 13 October 1948. Writing in los angeles. Can be reached at 610 brown court, Altadena CA 91001

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

         Beyond Fashion         Big Deal         Dreamhouse         Hard Labor         Joy Solution         Not for Profit         Sisters. . .A Legend         Slo-Pitch         State of the Art         Tearjerkers         Valdez Coho         Valdez Vacation

Beyond Fashion

Synopsis:
Suicidal comedy of Harry Crosby in love with sun, drugs, suicide, money and himself. Full frontal male and female nudity required.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Little Theatre STC Sacramento CA     1984

Organisations:
Sacto Theatre Co

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Dark comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Big Deal

Synopsis:
Unemployed gay male - Bill - residing with Hispanic female friend Lucinda while searching for missing lover Lucy's friend Julie is engaged in amphetamine sale project from Lucinda's home. Lucinda's homophobic ex-husband complicates matters.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Primary Stages NYC     1985

Organisations:
Primary Stages

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Gay, full length black comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  1 preteen male child

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Dreamhouse

Synopsis:
gay postal worker Wanda is tipsy after work party comes home to her new SOCAL home to her angry pregnant girlfriend Marilyn and her excited daughter on unseasonably hot X-mas eve. Wanda's gay co-worker Bob shows up - also tipsy - as does her irritable ex-husband Dennis. Merry X-mas.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Black Swan OSFA     1984

Organisations:
Oregon Shakespeare festival

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Gay, full length comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  1 female child

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Hard Labor

Synopsis:
The beginnings of de-industrialization in the Rust Belt.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Little Theatre - OCC Costa Mesa CA     1985

Organisations:
Orange Coast College

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Black comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Joy Solution

Synopsis:
1970. Failed actor Steve has both his sisters suddenly arrive at his home. One escaping an abusive husband and the other to have an abortion

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Primary Stage, New York     1991

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Not for Profit

Synopsis:
ruckus surrounding american regional theatre's premier season

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa California     1989

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sisters. . .A Legend

Synopsis:
lives of edith piaf and her fave saint therese interwoven

Notes:
original music composed by david deberry. may be obtained from theatre archives

1st Produced:
Sacramento Theatre Company, Sacramento CA     1989

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Slo-Pitch

Synopsis:
political assassin dan white enters his garage to find and clean his jock strap for softball game with father and brother, kills himself instead.

Notes:
1 male, nude throughout the jock strap cycle. Auto required

1st Produced:
Long Beach Garage Theatre     1986

Organisations:
long beach garage theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
athletic death comedy in one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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State of the Art

Synopsis:
1 calendar year in an unnamed CA university art department and the adventures of Helen Hardy as she attempts to sexually integrate the all male staff.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Little Theatre STC Sacramento CA     1985

Organisations:
Sacramento Theatre Co

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Dark comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Tearjerkers

Synopsis:
domestic intelligence enforcers employ torture near fresno ca

Notes:
nudity required at various times for all 3 actors

1st Produced:
Reading Act San Francisco Ca     2009

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
torture comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  robotic snake

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Valdez Coho

Synopsis:
a detroit factory worker wins a salmon fishing trip to alaska on the day of the exxon valdez disaster

Notes:
environmental sticky black comedy

1st Produced:
Primary Stages NYC     1990

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
monologue

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Valdez Vacation

Synopsis:
detroit autoworker wins raffle for fishing trip to alaska to fish for salmon on day of exxon valdez disaster

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Primary Stages NYC     1992

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Environmentalist Comic Monologue

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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