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LISA FERBER
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Lisa Ferber is prolifically creative. Her paintings and illustrations have shown at National arts Club, Location One, Governors Island art Fair, Manhattan Borough President's Office, and other galleries, and have sold to private collectors. She paints and draws whimsical, satirical scenes, influenced by her fascination with humanity. Her plays and songs have been performed at La Mama, The Duplex, The Brick, Theater for the New City, and other venerable locations, and her play "Bonbons for Breakfast" was a New York magazine "notable production." Her play "Lisa Ferber's 'an Evening With Molly Hadafew'" is published in "The Book of Estrogenius 2008." She studied lyric writing with the Tony-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Program, and her film "The Celery Stalker" toured US film festivals. Her stories have been read at Dirty Laundry, Barbes, and she was featured in the KGB evening "People Who Get More Done Than I Do." She appeared in the final film of underground icon Doris Wishman,"Each Time I Kill," featuring cameos by filmmaker John Waters and B-52s vocalist Fred Schneider. She made her singing debut in the musical "Whimsellica's Grand Inheritance," which she wrote with Emmy-nominated composer Robert Firpo-Cappiello. "Whimsellica's Grand Inheritance" was then turned into a film, screenplay by and featuring Ms. Ferber, and was the winner of audience vote and a judges' top-three finalist in the Indie Pix Films "It Came From You" contest. She co-composed the music to match her lyrics on "You Left Me for a Tranny and I'm Still Drinkin'" and "Married Don't Mean Unavailable." She was a guest celebrity on WVOX Radio and was profiled on BroadwayafterDark.com.
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Are Not My Foibles Amusing? Bonbons For Breakfast Dinner At Precisely Eight-Thirteen Either The Cat Goes Evening With Molly Hadafew, An Gurude Awakening Hell-O If Loving Latkes Is A Crime Lulubelle Gets A Makeover Oh, Mister Cadhole! Penny's One Date Return Of Toodles Von Flooz, The She Was A Real Tomato Stop Calling It CinemaAre Not My Foibles Amusing?
Synopsis:
When Rose finds out her coworkers aren't gossiping about her, she is at first relieved. Then she realizes it makes her feel uninteresting, and sets out to get herself gossiped about.
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Under 30 Minutes
1st Produced:
Polaris North 2005
Organisations:
Polaris North
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available as play with 2 songs or as straight play
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Male: - Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageBonbons For Breakfast
Synopsis:
Bon vivant artist Wimbly and his fashionista playwright girlfriend Toots plan an art project to cover New York City's Riverside Park in red licorice. The couple is devastated by the fact that their sommelier, Schmutzy, has run off and left them, and they feel helpless to go on. Little do they know that Schmutzy has been lured away by Wimbly's lovable Society benefactors Merciful and Miniver Dalrymple, who feel they are doing the right thing as they are able to offer a more comfortable lifestyle. Meanwhile, Boz (the art world's It Boy until the sardine fiasco ) feels distraught that his earnest approach to art is overshadowed by the trendsters, and his headstrong wife Margaret launches a march to show the evils of Wimbly's project.
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Champagne Screwball
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Genre:
full length, 50 min Comedy
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageDinner At Precisely Eight-Thirteen
Synopsis:
In this delightful 1930s-style musical screwball comedy, Gramercy Park heiress Kitty La Blintz invites publishing magnate Snerdly Jammybottoms, dance hall girl Rose E. Cheeks, and a variety of other entertaining guests to a dinner and the reading of a will. The surprise visit of an actor masquerading as philosopher Smarmy Von Footnote brings romance, confusion, and even. . . murder into the hilarious mix.
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Genre:
Musical Comedy Comedy
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Male: 3 Female: 4 Other: -
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Top of PageEither The Cat Goes
Synopsis:
When Elizabeth surprises George by bringing a cat into the apartment, George isn't too pleased, and they debate whether a cat is a better companion than a boyfriend
Notes:
Under 30 Minutes
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Organisations:
Champagne Screwball
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageEvening With Molly Hadafew, An
Synopsis:
In this noir-style comedy, been-there-done-that boozer Molly Hadafew tells about her affair with irresistible, duplicitous pickle store owner Irving Peduski. Five comedic songs accompany the story.
Notes:
from 30 to 50 minutes
1st Produced:
- 2006
Organisations:
Champagne Screwball
1st Published:
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Genre:
musical comedy, 50 min Musical
Parts:
Male: - Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageGurude Awakening
Synopsis:
In this clever satire, sisters alice and Shira attend Gurupalooza for some spiritual enlightenment, and encounter comedic scandals and surprises. a diva yoga teacher, a charismatic monk, and a guru who may or may not be who he says he is add to the hilarious high jinx.
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Genre:
full length Comedy
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 3 Other: 1 offstage male
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Top of PageHell-O
Synopsis:
Satan invades the home of Herman and Hannah, an old Jewish couple who deal with him in their own special way.
Notes:
Under 30 Minutes
1st Produced:
Organisations:
Champagne Screwball
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageIf Loving Latkes Is A Crime
Synopsis:
Tony award-winning playwright Toots Feshlugenah is visiting her parents for chanukah. but wait - is toots really a good daughter, or is she just in it for the fried potato pancakes?
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Under 30 Minutes
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageLulubelle Gets A Makeover
Synopsis:
Lulubelle Hortensky is accosted by the hosts of makeover TV show "You Look Like Crap," and after she is turned into a knockout she vows to avenge everyone who humiliated her.
Notes:
Under 30 Minutes
1st Produced:
Shetler Studios 2005
Organisations:
Playwrights/actors Contemporary Theater
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 4 Other: -
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Top of PageOh, Mister Cadhole!
Synopsis:
Screwball comedy noir: Tortured romantic Tripp Cadhole is having affair with wrong-side-of-the-tracks secretary Marilyn Mushroomburger, who may or may not be the long-lost child of showgirl-turned-society-matron Hermione Trufflehead. Comedic scandals throughout at the Trufflehead Paperclip company where Horace Page and Molly Hadafew plot to steal office supplies and sell them on the side.
Notes:
Full Length
1st Produced:
Barrow Group Studios, Reading 2004
Organisations:
Playwrights/actors Contemporary Theater
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Genre:
available as musical or straight play
Parts:
Male: 5 Female: 4 Other: -
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Top of PagePenny's One Date
Synopsis:
When Penny rejects Marla's offer of a second date, she gets talked into attending couple's therapy to work out their "issues."
Notes:
Under 30 Minutes
1st Produced:
Jewel Box Theater 2005
Organisations:
Playwrights/actors Contemporary Theater
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: - Female: 4 Other: -
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Top of PageReturn Of Toodles Von Flooz, The
Synopsis:
Noir style comedy; it's just another drinkin' day at the What's-It-To-Ya in Helluva Town, when in walks a church-going lady intent on rounding up all the sinners. But could she be former dancehall girl Toodles Von Flooz?
Notes:
Under 30 Minutes
1st Produced:
Organisations:
Champagne Screwball
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageShe Was A Real Tomato
Synopsis:
Noir-style comedy in which a private detective interviews Margaret Doesquiteabit about her 4-hour disappearance
Notes:
Under 30 Minutes
1st Produced:
Belly 2005
Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageStop Calling It Cinema
Synopsis:
a feminist film studies student interviews her favorite filmmaker. The filmmaker does her best to convince the student she is not a feminist and is just looking to make a buck.
Notes:
Under 30 Minutes
1st Produced:
Polaris North 2005
Organisations:
Polaris North
1st Published:
- -
Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: - Female: 2 Other: -
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