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Ammo
Synopsis:
Ammo tells the story of ten lives caught in the crossfire of an American culture awash in guns. Each vignette is layered in content, circumstance and time, mirroring the randomness of gun violence itself - their only link that of GUN as protagonist
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1st Produced:
He Lounge Theatre, 6201 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood.
05 Jun 2014
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Hollywood Fringe Festival. Produced by Fierce Backbone
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Banana Intervention
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Two men are concerned about a third who is obsessed with bananas - or are they worried about the impure thoughts they have when eating the phallic fruit
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Hollywood Fringe Festival
09 Jun 2012
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Short play
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Car Play: She And Him
Synopsis:
Jill has sent her psychologist over the edge. Greg has hit the bottle
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Originally performed with "Ledge, Ledger And the Legend" by Paul elliott in A programme entitled "Takin' It To the Streets"
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Lounge Theatre, Hollywood
13 Jan 2012
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One act
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Existential Magic Eight Ball
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A hit man is sent to get rid of a homeless man
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Black Comedy
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Few Good Pb&Js, A
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1st Produced:
Plummer Park Community Center, West Hollywood
15 Oct 2011
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13th annual allience Of Los Angeles Play Reading Festival
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God Help Us
Synopsis:
God returns from a 2,000 year meeting and is not happy with the way things are on earth. He decides that as an assessment of his work is coming up that the best thing to do is wipe it out. However an obscure Da Vinci clause and the faith of one woman changes his mind. He sends Jesus , who has been whiling away his time appearing in water stains and tortillas and Saint Peter back to earth to put the human race straight
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God Help Us was selected by the eclectic Company theater As part of the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights' New Works Lab series.
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Reading At The Eclectic Company Theatre, 5312 Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hollywood, Calif
15 Apr 2012
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Comedy
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Idea Man
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Killing Russell Crowe
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a greetings card verse writer goes into a bar. He asks the barman if he could kill anyone who would it be and the answer is Russell Crowe as he never pays for his drinks.
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apparently Russell Crowe was less than happy About this play And issued A press statement to say he Always paid his way.
1st Produced:
Lonny Chapman Repertory Theatre, Burbank California
2005
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Let's Dance For a Little While
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A fallen Father forgoes forgiveness after using his gun as a microphone for his message. Directed by Paul Messinger
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part of its One Man Talking evening
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Emerging Artists Theatre. New York, NY
06 Jun 2015
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Movin' On Up
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This absurdist comedy pits a Watchman with a worthless watch against a chatterboxing, handcuffed man and a know-it-all woman in bandaged hands to see who earns the right to move on up.
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1st Produced:
Wow Cafe Theatre. New York, NY
13 Aug 2016
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Pitch Me
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TADA Theatre; 15. W. 28th Street. New York, NY 10011
10 Oct 2014
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Ready, Aim, You're Fired
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Shamamonica
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A man has had his soul ripped out by the evil town crier of of Santa Monica and now he wants it back
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1st Produced:
Son of Semele Theater, Los Angeles
13 Jul 2017
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Drama
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Son Room
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Willy Loman ("Death of a Salesman") is married to film star Gloria Swanson. They both long for their glory days. Their son drifts towards the future. Grandfather waits for his Social Security cheque
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1st Produced:
[Staged Reading] The Other Space Theater At The Actors Company (916 N. Formose Ave.; West Hollywood, Ca)
19 Sep 2013
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Black Comedy
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Male: 3 Female: 1 Other: -
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Steppin' Out
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Jeremy Kehoe's satirical comedy peels back the veneer of four characters forced to face two tough questions - which is a life more worth living: one filled with happiness or one teeming with meaning?
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1st Produced:
Fierce Backbone. Los Angeles, CA
22 Apr 2016
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satirical comedy
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Unplug Grandma
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Unable to afford so many old people Government teams are sent out to eliminate any that are not productive
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1st Produced:
Studio Stage Theatre, Los Angeles
17 Feb 2012
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Urban Wash Eat
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produced by Emerging Artists Theatre as part of its One Man Talking evening in its New Works Series in New York, NY
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Tada Theatre, 15 W. 28th Street, NYC
21 Mar 2014
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ten min play
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Water Board, The
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