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TRISH JOHNSON
Nationality: USA
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Trish Johnson's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates
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Art Of Self Defense, The Butterfly, Marguerite, Norma. . . & Irma Jean Second Prize: Two Months In LennigradArt Of Self Defense, The
Synopsis:
the play unfolds in a series of scenes in and around a health club. Five women, from a variety of widely differing backgrounds, meet in a T'ai Chi class. the male instructor is unseen, a voice from the wings. He introduces them to T'ai Chi, which is a mixture of meditation and self-defense. Over a period of time the women, among them a young mother, a personnel director and a corporate lawyer, discover the strength that friendship among women can provide. But even this knowledge can prevent one of them, a meek but modestly ambitious office worker who is encouraged and supported by her fellows, from a failure of courage at the crucial moment. the play ends Dramatically, with a recognition that each woman is responsible for the quality of her own life.
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Dramatists Play Service, NY, -
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comedy One act
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Male: - Female: 5 Other: -
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Top of PageButterfly, Marguerite, Norma. . . & Irma Jean
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a character study of a woman who stands through hundreds of performances at the Metropolitan Opera House each season
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Short Play One act
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Top of PageSecond Prize: Two Months In Lennigrad
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the place is a dormitory room in Leningrad, the time, the "cold war" era of the 1970s. a group of young American exchange students, on hand to study the Russian language and culture, find themselves involved in escapades which, much to the distress of their proctor, bring them in closer contact with the average Soviet citizen (and the K.G.B.) than the authorities desire. While high spirits and cheerful American irreverence predominate, there are also some tense moments when a romantically inclined student decides he wants to marry a Russian girl and bring her back to the States, and when the wimp of the group, fortified by vodka, defaces a statue of Lenin. When their time is up the students are more than ready to head for home, but they are also aware that, along with the Russian language, they have also learned much both about the differences which separate our two peoples and the underlying similarities which, in time, might just make it possible to bridge the gap between us.
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Dramatists Play Service, NY, -
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Comedy/Dram, full length Comedy
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Male: 6 Female: 4 Other: -
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