doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


Lew Holton

LEW HOLTON

  
Nationality:    USA
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    n/a

Lew Holton. Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, Lew lived for a number of years in Brooklyn, but recently moved to the seaside community of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, where he continues to write and to teach part-time at Coastal Carolina University. His plays -- including Hand Jive, the Rapid Decline of Billy Ray Bouton, Gauguin Painting Paradise, Tomato Sandwich Simple, the early Miracle, Reese and Babe, and Beer and Hypotheticals, among others -- have appeared on stages in New York and throughout the wider Theatre world. His plays have been published by Palmetto Play Service, Dramatics magazine, Southern Theatre magazine, and Playscripts, Inc. His play, Portal, won the SeTC 2004 Charles M. Getchell New Play award. Mr. Holton is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.

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

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

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

         Beer And Hypotheticals         Hand Jive         Rapid Decline Of Billy Ray Bouton         Reese And Babe

Beer And Hypotheticals

Synopsis:
Sonny and Dack, two life-long friends, sit in a bar in Newark -- or Staten Island, maybe -- and do what they seem to do best: try to solve every problem in the world except the problem of how two guys communicate. they make a hilarious study in the lengths we go to avoid telling those we care about what we really think. along the way, Sonny and Dack take on academia, art, history, and morality. . .and then it's time for another beer.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Gallery Players (New York, NY, United States)    2001

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
30-40 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  2 males

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Hand Jive

Synopsis:
Taylor armstrong's struggle for identity in the literary world is interrupted by a visit from his recently-deceased novelist Father andy, in whose shadow he has always floundered. andy arranged two special and mysterious bequests before his death: a generous cash gift to his alma mater, and a briefcase full of secrets for his son. andy's spirit guides Taylor through the surprises in the briefcase as he learns that in both literature and life, we live on through what we leave behind.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Clemson University (Clemson, Sc, United States)    1991

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
90-100 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  3 males, 2 females

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Rapid Decline Of Billy Ray Bouton

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Reese And Babe

Synopsis:
Reese has buried his wife Babe's classic 1965 Mustang in the back yard. Why? Call it a panic attack. they both thought that Babe was involved last night in a freakish hit-and-run accident, hitting a child on a dark, foggy stretch of road. Now they've just found out that it was not a child, but a chimpanzee. a Wonder Chimp, actually, from the circus. and suddenly there's a clown at the front door, and the police are on the way. This could get ugly. Or just very, very funny.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Gallery Players (New York, NY, United States)    2001

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
30-40 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1 male, 1 female, 2 either (4 actors possible: 1-3 males, 1-3 females)

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page