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Roger Karshner

ROGER KARSHNER

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Samuel French Inc  

Roger Karshner's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Clothes Encounters         Don't Say Goodbye, I'm Not Leaving         Dream Crust, The         Hot Turkey At Midnight         Love On the Cusp         Man With the Plastic Sandwich, The         Monkey's Uncle         To Live At the Pitch         Where there's A Will there's A Relative         Who Killed the Sausage King?

Clothes Encounters

Synopsis:
When Alan Masters, a real estate broker, shows a property to Betty Parker, she is inadvertently soaked by a misdirected shower requiring her to disrobe. Unbeknown to alan, his wife, Kathy, also a broker, arrives to show the property to Betty's husband, Ralph, who also falls victim to the goofy shower. Betty and Ralph, scantily clad in the homeowners' clothing, must be kept out of each otheršs way by the artful, ridiculous machinations of Alan and Betty. the farce is a mixture of double meanings, mistaken identities and sexual innuendo whose plot is further intensified by the presence of Heinz, a well-meaning but bumbling handyman. the situation is a riotous whirlwind that resolves itself to the satisfaction of all.

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Genre:
Farce

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Don't Say Goodbye, I'm Not Leaving

Synopsis:
Herb has just been admitted to the hospital with a non-specific illness where his wife, edna, confronts him regarding a will, his options, and insists he see her brother, Bruce, a high-powered attorney. Herb is reluctant, but agrees to see Bruce who, during the confrontational visit, passes out and lapses into a coma. Bruce is now hospitalized and Herb appoints himself as his watch-dog to assure the medical "idiots" don't pull the plug. Herb and edna invite Bruce's wife, Blanche, to move in with them during Brucešs confinement, all agreeing to take round-the-clock shifts with Bruce. after a month, Bruce's condition remains static and the situation becomes stressful, leading to humorous conflict. a human lesson regarding mortality and the inability to change.

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Dream Crust, The

Synopsis:
man would be happy to do nothing but tend his farm and reap whatever profit it might generate, but the lure of big money in the factory is too great to ignore

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selected by Burns Mantle As one of America's best.

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Samuel French, NY, 1982   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hot Turkey At Midnight

Synopsis:
couple finally can't stand one another's foibles any more, wife moves out but both regret the move

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Samuel French, NY,    -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Love On the Cusp

Synopsis:
difficulties for man as his wife, an astrologer nut, informs him they can't have sex for thirty days because her planet is in retrograde

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Samuel French, NY, 1979   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Man With the Plastic Sandwich, The

Synopsis:
fired after 20 years, man encounters three provocative characters while contemplating his options on a park bench

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Samuel French, NY, 1982   -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Monkey's Uncle

Synopsis:
a whirlwind of apes, leaves, worms, ant farms, blackmail, misunderstandings and madness

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Samuel French, NY, 1975   -

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Genre:
Farce

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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To Live At the Pitch

Synopsis:
adamdong Klosterhagen, a lovable eccentric and self-proclaimed scientist, has a goal of resuscitating one of his frozen animals. assisted in his endeavors by his sex-obsessed companion, Ophelia Rass, and wacky dentist friend, Jackson P. Langworthy, he brings to life a squirrel who manifests itself as life-size species named Pascal Dillday, a world-wise character in one of his many reincarnations. Throw into this dizzy mix a live-in cheerleader and an IRS agent who comes to collect back taxes and you have a madcap romp of outrageous proportions.

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Where there's A Will there's A Relative

Where there's A Will there's A Relative
Sam Price, a wealthy entrepreneur, has just recently passed away and, at his request, has been laid out in his townhouse. With the corpse in the bedroom, his immediate family-sister, brother, nephew and niece-have gathered to discuss their inheritance, a meeting that descends into acrimony over the division of property. Much to their chagrin, they learn that Sam has left his entire estate to the church, a discovery that results in them reluctantly seeking the advice of a person they deem to be of unsavory moral character. His advice seemingly solves their dilEmma until they realize that the solution involves compromise. Many reversals drive a story that comically reveals avarice, mistrust and chicanery.

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Samuel French, Inc - New York >>>, 2007   978-0573663932

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Who Killed the Sausage King?

Who Killed the Sausage King?
the police are baffled after Wilbur Smith, the Sausage King, is strangled with a roll of his own sausage. after several months, the authorities, unable to unscramble the dilEmma, call in the services of Farlow Cranston, ace private investigator and renowned solver or arcane cases. Cranston, with unflappable grandiloquence and fractured logic, unravels the mystery via a farcical route that leads to its conclusion. expect the unexpected in this delightful melange.

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Samuel French, Inc - New York >>>, 2007   978-0573696077

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Genre:
murder mystery farce

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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