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Sandra Hosking

SANDRA HOSKING

  (1969 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Sandra Hosking is Co-Playwright-in-Residence at Spokane Civic Theatre. Her plays have been performed in New York City, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Canada, and elsewhere. She also writes a column for InSight for Playwrights, for which she has interviewed Beth Henley, Horton and Daisy Foote, Steven Dietz, Jeffrey Sweet, and others. Hosking is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and the International Centre for Women Playwrights. She holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from eastern Washington University.

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

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

         Bemused         Con-Science         Detours         Dressing in the Dark         Fast Track, The         Fortune's Fool         Insured, The         Jacob's Shoe         Naming Of Things, The         Ocean For the Trees         Romeo & Juliet: Part Ii         See the Moon         Sexy Greenspan         Three Shades         Trademark

Bemused

Synopsis:
a demon poses as a muse to help (and use) a troubled writer.

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1st Produced:
Spokane Civic Theatre, Wash.    Jun 2001

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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Con-Science

Synopsis:
an obnoxious angel and a suave devil vie for the attentions of a mortal.

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1st Produced:
Spokane Civic Theatre, Wash.    Jun 2008

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comedy One act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Detours

Synopsis:
Life is a highway. Jules Hamilton, a high-powered businesswoman, is at the top of her game when she loses the big account, gets canned, and gets stranded by the side of the road where she encounters a group of offbeat characters and highway robbery.

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1st Produced:
Buffalo Laboratory Theatre, Hamburg, NY    Nov 2008

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Genre:
full length Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Dressing in the Dark

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Notes:
for Hit & Run VII, a staged reading of new comedic plays

1st Produced:
[Staged Reading] Spokane Stage Left, Washington Dc    27 Sep 2013

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Fast Track, The

Synopsis:
Billy arrives in Limbo and joins the line for death. While he is looking forward to the afterlife, others are not quite ready.

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1st Produced:
Las Vegas Little Theatre    Nov 2005

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Fortune's Fool

Synopsis:
after the bar closes, Jack enters a palm reader's shop hoping to get some insight into why his girlfriend stood him up. He meets Selena, a medium who may or may not be a charlatan.

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1st Produced:
Theatre In The Raw    Nov 2001

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Genre:
Romantic comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Insured, The

Synopsis:
a couple tries desperately to obtain health insurance.

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1st Produced:
Actors' Theatre Of Santa Cruz, Calif.    Jan 2008

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Genre:
Comedy, 15 minute

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Jacob's Shoe

Synopsis:
a woman in a Nazi labor camp during World War II finds her husband's shoe.

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1st Produced:
Actors' Theatre Of Santa Cruz    Jan 2003

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Genre:
Drama Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  extras optional

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Naming Of Things, The

Synopsis:
a mother and Father to be debate the nature and names of things.

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1st Produced:
Radiant Theatre, Portland, Ore.    Jun 2006

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Genre:
comedy One act

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Ocean For the Trees

Synopsis:
Two women meet on a path and block each other's way.

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1st Produced:
Northwest Playwrights Alliance, Tacoma, Wash.    May 2009

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Genre:
absurd Drama Ten Min

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Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Romeo & Juliet: Part Ii

Synopsis:
theme - Does love survive the test of time? In other words, if Romeo and Juliet had lived, would they have stayed together?

Notes:
Palladium theater 2003 play-reading festival, St. Petersburg, Fla. Winner; Samuel French Off-Off Broadway one-act festival 2002; Spokane Civic theatre's Playwrights' Forum Festival 2000, Spokane, Wash. Winner of "Best of Fest" Award;

1st Produced:
Spokane Civic Theatre's Playwrights' Forum Festival, Spokane, Wash    2000

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1st Published:
2000 Best Women's Stage Monologues and 2000 Best Stage Scenes, Smith & Kraus, 2000   -

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Genre:
Short Play 25 MIN One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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See the Moon

Synopsis:
Lizzie, a pregnant woman, wrestles with the forces of the universe-a vampire and the moon-on the eve of her first child's birth.

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sexy Greenspan

Synopsis:
a group of office workers discuss their love lives over the lunch break. Chaz is having a fight with his other half Barry

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Genre:
One act. - - Gay, theme/character one act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Three Shades

Synopsis:
On behalf of her boss (and lover), Chris Madison travels to a remote estate on Whidbey Island in Washington's Puget Sound in order to inspect the property for future development. When a severe rainstorm hits, she is trapped there with the estate's eccentric owner and her reclusive son. . .and help is coming no time soon.

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1st Published:
JAC Publishing & Promotions, 2007   978-1933159804

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Trademark

Synopsis:
Bob is sued by a major corporation because his name violates its trademark.

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1st Produced:
American Globe Theatre's Short Play Festival    Spring 2008

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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