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Michael J Grady

MICHAEL J GRADY  (1970 - )

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below is a list of Michael J Grady's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

Empiricism         Eralset Or Scrabble In Babel         Gun From Act I, The (Originally Titled Chekhovian Lampoon)         Memories Of Light         Open House         Sur La Maison         Unnatural Selection



Empiricism

Synopsis:
In an infinite universe, every point within it is the center. as a missionary goes from the first world to the third, he starts to look at the whole world differently and begins to preach a different gospel.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Emerson College's Cabaret Theatre    2004

Organisations:
The Space Project in association with Mercutio

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Solo performance piece

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Eralset Or Scrabble In Babel

Synopsis:
Skipper and Gabe are caught on a desert island with nothing to do but play Scrabble. all language devolves into gibberish as the two play on and on without a dictionary.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Stanford Calderwood Pavilion Theatre at the Boston Center for the arts    2005

Organisations:
TheatreZone in association with the Boston Playwright's Theatre

1st Published:
Pitkin Review, Fall 2007   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  1 (voice - unspecified gender.)

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Gun From Act I, The (Originally Titled Chekhovian Lampoon)

Synopsis:
a Chekhovian Farce

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Circle Theatre    1993

Organisations:
Emerson Stage

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Memories Of Light

Synopsis:
Toma and Drita have had many happy years together. Drita is dying and wants Toma to move on. Toma just wants to go back.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Pitkin Review, 2008   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Open House

Michael J Grady
Jayk Lesser is a real estate agent working on commission. all he has to do to collect his money is sell a dream house ( . . . with a man-eating monster in the living room.)

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Wimberly Theatre, Boston, Ma    2008

Organisations:
Our Place Theatre Project in association with the Boston Playwright's Theatre

1st Published:
in 2009: The Best 10-Minute Plays for Two or More actors, Smith & Kraus (December 1, 2009)   978-1575257594

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  1 monster

Further Reference:
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Sur La Maison

Michael J Grady
Now an annual tradition, The Boston Theater Marathon utilizes hundreds of actors and dozens of directors to sponsor 50 ten-minute plays in 10 hours (five plays per hour!), each one supported by a different New England theatre company

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Boston Theater Marathon XI - 2009 anthology - 50 Ten Minute Plays Boston Theater Marathon XI - 2009 anthology - 50 Ten Minute Plays ~ By Kate Snodgrass (ed) - Smith and Kraus, 2010   978-15752577164

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Unnatural Selection

Synopsis:
Dr. William Beckles may be the least lucky psychiatrist on earth, until he meets a patient who he believes could be a financial windfall.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
amherst Regional High School    2005

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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