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Lynn-Steven Johanson

LYNN-STEVEN JOHANSON

  (1950 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Lynn-Steven Johanson holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and works at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. He is a past winner of the Nantucket Short Play Festival, the east Valley Children's Theatre Playwriting Contest, and the Snowdance Comedy Festival. He is also a recipient of an ariZoni Theatre award of excEllence for Best Original Play. He is a Network Playwright with Chicago Dramatists, and holds memberships with the Dramatists Guild, and the Mid-America Theatre Conference.

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

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below is a list of Lynn-Steven Johanson's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Aging Grace         Angel Cream         As You Like It '69         Buford And Leroy         Crucifixion Of Moe And Ira, The         Dogs and Cats Living Together         Gross Encounter         Joanna On My Mind         Let Angels Prostrate Fall         Missing And Unaccounted For         Past Present Tense         Power Of Darkness, The         Serendipity         Shooting Pool With A Rope         Something from Nothing         Tale From the North Woods, The         Trailer Park Tango         Twisted         Uncle Vanya         Writer And the Thief, The

Aging Grace

Synopsis:
Lainie and Suzanne, dysfunctional sisters, return to their childhood home to address what to do about their mother's increasing dementia. as they deliberate their mother's deteriorating mental state and explore available options, their personalities clash, and hinder their ability to reach a consensus.

Notes:
Finalist, CaST Players National One-act Play Competition 2012

1st Produced:
Cast Players, Beaumont, Ca    22 Jun 2012

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in Past Present Tense, Heartland Plays, Inc. (Dec 2012)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Angel Cream

Synopsis:
a casual meeting between a young man and a young woman seems innocent enough but things take a sinister twist when the man turns out to be serial killer Ted Bundy.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Turnip Theatre Company (Off-Broadway), Production, New York City    1997

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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As You Like It '69

Synopsis:
a modern interpretation of William Shakespeare's comedy set in California in 1969

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Department Of Theatre, Buena Vista University    1988

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Interpretation

Parts:
Male:  15            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Buford And Leroy

Synopsis:
Buford and Leroy, two redneck buddies, meet in the city park to hash over why Leroy cannot attend the Monster Truck Challenge that evening. This one-act play was the basis for the full-length play, Trailer Park Tango

Notes:
Winner of the 1998 Nantucket Short Play Contest.

1st Produced:
The Nantucket Short Play Festival, Nantucket, Massachusetts    1998

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in Past Present Tense, Heartland Plays, Inc. (Dec 2012)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Crucifixion Of Moe And Ira, The

Synopsis:
On a sunny morning in Judea in the year 30 a.D., Moe, a clown, and Ira, a Samaritan, have been condemned to death. as they hang from their crosses awaiting their deaths, they discuss their crimes and perhaps find a way to avoid some of the suffering and agony that await them

Notes:
Winner of the 2008 Snowdance Play Festival, Racine, Wisconsin, USA.

1st Produced:
Makor Theatre, New York, NY    2005

Organisations:
Makor Ten-Minute Play Festival

1st Published:
Poems & Plays, Middle Tennessee University, Spring, 2010   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Black Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dogs and Cats Living Together

Synopsis:
This short play is a humorous take on a dog and a cat coexisting within the same environment. Lucky's and Miss Kitty's discordant personalities test their abilities to maintain detente.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Oxford, U.K.    Oct 2013

Organisations:
Random Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten Minute Play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Gross Encounter

Synopsis:
A bizarre encounter between a young man and a young woman begins with a grotesque misunderstanding but ends with the possibility of a new friendship based on their mutual affection for candy.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
18th Annual One Acts Festival, Paw Paw, Michigan    Feb 2015

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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-

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Joanna On My Mind

Synopsis:
Once they were high school sweethearts. But when circumstances separated them after graduation, their lives developed separately. Now, after forty-two years, Bill and Pearl meet again and sense the spark between them continues to glow. But revelations about the past threaten to drive a wedge between them, and only time will tell whether there is any hope for a future together.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Love Creek Annual Short Play Festival Series, New York City    2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in Past Present Tense, Heartland Plays, Inc. (Dec 2012)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Let Angels Prostrate Fall

Synopsis:
a humorous, semi-autobiographical about growing up in rural Iowa.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Atlantis Playmakers, Lowell, Ma    -

Organisations:
Short attention Span PlayFeST

1st Published:
InterJaCtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, JAC Publishing, 2010   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
monologue Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Missing And Unaccounted For

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Staged reading At Chicago Dramatists As part of its Saturday Series.

1st Produced:
Chicago, Il    2007

Organisations:
Chicago Dramatists

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Past Present Tense

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Plays include: Aging Grace, Buford and Leroy, Joanna on my Mind, and Shooting Pool with a Rope.

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Heartland Plays, Inc. (Dec 2012)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Four One-Act Plays

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  1 teen boy

Further Reference:
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Power Of Darkness, The

Synopsis:
a new english language version of Leo Tolstoy's tragic play of moral disintegration that ultimately leads a man to murder his own baby

Notes:
Original Playwright - Leo Tolstoy

1st Produced:
-    2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
www.lulu.com   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  10            Other:  extras

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Serendipity

Synopsis:
When James is shown into the hospital's waiting room, he assumes he is there for some preparatory work prior to donating an organ to his twin brother. But when Gisele enters, his day veers off in a direction he could not have imagined. She is also there for some preparatory work for her upcoming breast augmentation surgery. At first the seemingly bizarre young woman takes him aback. But as they wait to be called in for their respective appointments, the two strike up a conversation and find they are mutually attracted to one another.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Thespis Festival, New York, NY    Aug 2015

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Shooting Pool With A Rope

Synopsis:
a meeting in a park between a sixteen-year-old boy and a sixty-eight-year-old man sets the stage for an experience that will change the direction of their lives. the boy's anger and the man's guilt collide as the two attempt to deal with a new-found reality.

Notes:
Winner, 10th Annual New Voice Play Festival, Old Opera House theatre, Charles Town, WV, 2010; Winner, 1st Annual One-act Play Festival, Pend Oreille Playhouse, Newport, Wa, 2010.

1st Produced:
Palm Springs International Play Festival, Palm Springs, Ca    2007

Organisations:
Playwrights Circle

1st Published:
in Past Present Tense, Heartland Plays, Inc. (Dec 2012)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Something from Nothing

Synopsis:
A shaft of light illuminates a small space with two large bags lying on the floor. After a moment, a man and a woman emerge from their respective bags and find they are in some bizarre, black void with no walls, doors or windows. Unable to determine where they are or how they got there, the two individuals discover their memories have somehow been erased. They don't even know their own names. During this short snippet of time, they try to discover the nature of this strange reality and why they are there.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
San Diego, California    Oct 2012

Organisations:
North Park Playwrights Festival

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten-Minute Play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Tale From the North Woods, The

Synopsis:
When a forest fire drives the gnomes from their homes, they are forced to live close to the land of the trolls, their sworn enemies. But when a gnome girl and a troll girl meet and become friends, the bigotry of their parents threatens to destroy their friendship. With the help of an elf wizard, the girls prove to their parents that long established prejudices are based on false assumptions and exaggerated stories from the past.

Notes:
revised 1997. Winner of the 2006 Playwriting Contest, east Vallley Children's theatre, Mesa, AZ. Winner of A 2007 AriZoni Award for Best Original Script

1st Produced:
Regional Touring Theatre Company    1993

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Youth Plays at www.youthplays.com   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
play for young audiences

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  7            Other:  extras

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Trailer Park Tango

Synopsis:
Set in a mobile home court in a small Illinois town, Trailer Park Tango exposes the comic eccentricities of life in redneck America. Buford Koontz and Leroy Funt have been friends since grade school. But when Leroy's minister brother is arrested for soliciting prostitution, his friendship with Buford is put to the test. add to the mix Leroy's overbearing mother and his new girlfriend, and events lead to an uproarious state of affairs.

Notes:
aka Buford And Leroy. Runner-up Award, Festival of Firsts Playwriting Competition, 2000; Finalist in American Renegade's Playwriting Contest, 2000; And Finalist in theatre Conspiracy's New Play Contest, 2000.

1st Produced:
Festival Of Firsts Playwriting Competition, Carmel-By-The-Sea, Ca    2000

Organisations:
City of Carmel-by-the-Sea

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Twisted

Synopsis:
Phil Haldeen, a real estate agent, meets with Doug Terrill who is interested in purchasing a house that Phil has on the market. Seeking a historically significant house to restore, Doug is drawn to the home's Queen anne Victorian architecture and the quality craftsmanship that went into building the home. Phil and Doug develop an easy rapport with one another, but before an actual agreement transpires, Phil's wife, Sharon, arrives. Concerned because he has not answered his cell phone, she has driven out to the house to check on his wellbeing. But things are not as they appear to be, and when a handgun is produced, the easy rapport turns sinister and unveils a carefully orchestrated plot for revenge. Surprise twists and character revelations expose a lurid tale of deception, betrayal, and murder, and only one of the three will walk away.

Notes:
Winner of the 2011 Tallahassee Writers Association Project Stagelight's Best Play Award.

1st Produced:
New York City    40575

Organisations:
Midwinter Madness Festival

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Uncle Vanya

Synopsis:
a new english language version of anton Chekhov's play of love, frustration, and imploding lives in Czarist Russia.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov

1st Produced:
University Theatre, Western Illinois University    1991

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
www.lulu.com   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Writer And the Thief, The

Synopsis:
It is the early nineteenth century, and two middle-aged men are incarcerated in a French prison cell, enduring torture for their crimes. Gustave, a well-spoken writer, and emile, a swindler, pass the time discussing their torture, disagreeing about good taste, and arguing about the nature of literary ownership. But in the end, a surprise revelation changes their predicament and provides hope for the future of life on the outside.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
John Chatterton's Short Play Lab, NYC    2010

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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