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Michael Kearns

MICHAEL KEARNS  (1950 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Michael Kearns's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Attachments         Barriers         Blessings         Complications         Homeless         Intimacies         Look Who's Here         Mijo         More Intimacies         Myron, A Fairy Tale In Black And White         Off         Queen Of Angels, The         Robert's Memorial         Rock         T-Cells And Sympathy         Tell-Tale Kisses         Torch         Truth Is Bad Enough, The         Who's Afraid Of Edward Albee?

Attachments

Attachments
Gay Man wants to adopt a child

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1st Published:
Contained in: "O Solo Homo" published by Grove Press 1998   978-0802135704

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Genre:
Monologue play one actt. - - Gay, one act

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Barriers

Synopsis:
Life on Skid Row

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Blessings

Synopsis:
Life on Skid Row

Notes:
Written with Darien Martus

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Complications

Synopsis:
Nine people in Los Angeles exchanging their troubled histories and sex

Notes:
Based on "La Ronde" by Schnitzler

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  8            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Homeless

Synopsis:
Homeless people try to stay alive on the Streets of San Francisco

Notes:
Written with Darien Martus

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  chorus

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Intimacies

Intimacies
a cross section of people all suffering from HIV/aIDS tell the story of how they contracted the infection. Denny in his forties suffering from dementia Big Red a female prostitute Patrick into body beautiful and cheating on his boyfriend. Rusty a teenage

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1st Produced:
Highways SAnta Monica California    1989

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1st Published:
Gay & Lesbian Plays Today Heinemann (US), 1993   978-0435086183

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Genre:
Monologue Play/Drama. - - AIDS, full length

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Look Who's Here

Synopsis:
From a MidWestern boy to Hollwood writer, actor and director

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1st Produced:
Spirit Studio, Los Angeles, California    05 Jan 2014

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mijo

Synopsis:
a man makes a surprise middle of the night visit to his regular sex partner only to find that he has just died in his mother's arms

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Genre:
One act. - - Gay, one act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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More Intimacies

More Intimacies
a cross section of people all suffering from HIV/aIDS tell the stories of how they contracted the infection. Fernando a flamenco dancer who when his wife was pregnant his father in law told him to find a boy to dally with. Jesse a lesbian drug addict Fath

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1st Produced:
Los Angeles Theater Center Los Angeles California    1990

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1st Published:
Gay & Lesbian Plays Today Heinemann (US), 1993   978-0435086183

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Genre:
Monologue Play/Drama. - - AIDS, full length

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Myron, A Fairy Tale In Black And White

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1st Produced:
Circle Theatre, Chicago    1994

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1st Published:
in "Jones, therese (ed.), Sharing the Delirium: Second Generation aids Plays and Performances" Heinemann, London, 1994   -

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Genre:
AIDS, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Off

Synopsis:
People who have killed tell their stories

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Queen Of Angels, The

Synopsis:
Star crossed lovers in the age of aIDS

Notes:
Written by Michael Kearns And James Carroll Pickett

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

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Male:  8            Female:  -            Other:  chorus

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Robert's Memorial

Synopsis:
the memorial service and testimonials from Robert's father, nurse and friends

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Rock

Synopsis:
the life of Rock Hudson - the gossip, the facts and Marilyn Monroe

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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian, historical characters

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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T-Cells And Sympathy

T-Cells And Sympathy
Monologues In the age Of aIDS

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Heinemann 1995   978-0435086763

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Genre:
AIDS, full length

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Tell-Tale Kisses

Synopsis:
Three men and their struggle with aIDS

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Genre:
Monologue play. - - AIDS, full length

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Torch

Synopsis:
ageing and sensuality

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1st Produced:
Skylight Theatre, Los Angeles    30 Nov 2011

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Genre:
Monologue play

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Truth Is Bad Enough, The

Synopsis:
an actor in Hollywood has fallen from grace after a hoax

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Genre:
Monologue play

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Who's Afraid Of Edward Albee?

Synopsis:
When they were casting for the first production of Edward albee's "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?" it was to be with an all male cast. Richard Burton as Martha; Henry Fonda as George; Jon Voight as Honey and Warren Beatty as Nick. However, when albee discovered what was going on he said that it must never be played with an all male cast. the action of this play takes place backstage of an illegal all male production of "Who's afraid. . ."

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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