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John Franceschini

JOHN FRANCESCHINI

  
Nationality:    USA
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John Franceschini turned to playwriting following a career as a Pharmacist. His plays have been produced in: CT, FL, IL, MD, MI, TX, UT, VA, WA and at various venues in CA. John's play, It's Only A Minute A Guy was published in Applause Theatrebooks' Best American Short Plays 2010-2011. John is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Orange County Playwrights Alliance and New Voices Playwrights Theatre.

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

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

         Billy Bob For Congress         Case Of Maxie Stine, The         Christmas Exchange         Christmas Parole         Herman's Wedding         High Roller         Hooking Up         Hooray For Bixby!         In Search Of Memory         It's Only A Minute A Guy         Look Who's Having A Baby!         Mom's Coming For Christmas         Murder With Absolution         This Life Or the Next

Billy Bob For Congress

Synopsis:
Stumpville, Alabama 1918. the corrupt mayor plans to rig the congressional elections. But a school marm and a farm boy stand in his way

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed Reading At Newport Theatre Arts Center, Newport Beach, California    -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Case Of Maxie Stine, The

Synopsis:
A tough female Broadway producer has died and is in the afterlife. She must pay for all her past misdeeds. She tries to negotiate a better deal

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Christmas Exchange

Synopsis:
A snobbish socialite is asked to have a foreign exchange student. She rejects the student because she is not of high enough standing. the socialite demands a high ranking UN diplomat but it is a case be careful what you wish for

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Part of Holiday Voices

1st Produced:
Stagestheatre, Fullerton, California    26 Nov 2011

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Christmas Parole

Synopsis:
A cynical Afro-American High School dropout has a second chance with the help of a white man who has a hidden agenda

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Herman's Wedding

Synopsis:
A daughter tells her mother that her grandson is gay and wants to marry another man. the elderly woman misunderstands

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Genre:
Gay, one act

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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High Roller

Synopsis:
An ageing shoeshiner at a Las Vegas casino remembers when he was a high flying successful gambler

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Originally performed with seven other short plays under the overall title "Eightudes"

1st Produced:
Empire Theatre, Santa Ana, Ca    24 Aug 2010

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Hooking Up

Synopsis:
A secretary is going on a blind date with someone she has been chatting to on the internet. She unexpectedly gets given overtime. She cannot get in touch with the man so asks a colleague to meet him

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Part of New Voices Summer Voices 2012

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Genre:
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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Hooray For Bixby!

Synopsis:
Copywriter Bixby wants to marry co-worker Anne but will need a promotion to afford it. But office politics and shenanigans get it the way

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Fullerton College 21St Annual Playwrights Festival    -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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In Search Of Memory

Synopsis:
A female scientist has a theory that she can remove the memory brain cells from one person and give them to someone else. She experiments with herself

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Genre:
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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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It's Only A Minute A Guy

It's Only A Minute A Guy
A recently divorced woman attends a speed dating event

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Contained in: "the Best American Short Plays 2010 - 2011" published by Applause Theatre Book Publications 2012   978-1557838360

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Look Who's Having A Baby!

Synopsis:
the lifelong lesbian friend of a gay man wants him to be a sperm donor so that she and her partner can have a baby. His partner is dubious about all this. But then their parents hear about this and they go into overdrive - they want to name the baby. video the birth and pick the school for their grandchild

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1st Produced:
Staged Reading At Tales From 2 Coasts, Empire Theatre, Santa Ana, Ca    -

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Genre:
Gay, one act

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Mom's Coming For Christmas

Synopsis:
A son-in-law dreads the Christmas visit from his recently widowed mother-in-law as they do not get on at all. But then he learns that a friend plans to con her out of some of the insurance money she got. A dilEmma to let him or tell mother-in-law

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Genre:
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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Murder With Absolution

Synopsis:
Lady Eleanor Prescott-Thornton wants revenge for the murder of her daughter and she is fending of a hostile take-over bid for the family company

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Ohio State New Play Contest    -

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Genre:
Thriller

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Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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This Life Or the Next

Synopsis:
A man wants to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge but a chatty woman who wants to do the same keeps stopping him

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Part of New Voices Spring Show 2011

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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