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Armenian Voices
Synopsis:
Armenians in Armenia and America
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance
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Music:
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Blackstone Sessions, The
Synopsis:
an uneducated white housekeeper spends the summer caring for -- and fighting with -- a retired, embittered African American activist poet in present-day New england.
Notes:
Staged Readings At Fountain theater (Second, 2007), Long Beach Playhouse New Works Festival, 2009. First workshopped in 2001 by Playwrights Project
1st Produced:
Staged Reading At Fountain Theater 2006
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 5 Other: 1-3 minor
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Glorious Bride, The
Synopsis:
a mysterious old woman visits a bridal shop with an unusual wedding gown for consignment, which captivates three customers, and the troubled shop owner.
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1st Produced:
Stanford University 1992
Organisations:
Ram's Head
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama One act
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 6 Other: -
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Mother and Child Reunion
Synopsis:
A frazzled young mother is going to her High School Reunion
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1st Produced:
Playwrights Project, San Diego -
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Not What the Doctor Ordered
Synopsis:
a high school senior struggles with major decisions the night before his college applications are due.
Notes:
Second production, produced by Artesia High School, 1989 One Act play
1st Produced:
Gaslamp Quarter Theater, San Diego 1989
Organisations:
Playwrights Project
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama One act
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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On Air
Synopsis:
About How The Pressures Of Life And Career Collide For A Young Literature Professor Teaching At A San Diego College During Vietnam
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one act
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Resurrected, The
Synopsis:
a crossmaker in Galilee comes to terms with his son's new beliefs, when one of the crosses he builds is used for Jesus Christ's crucifixion.
Notes:
April 2011 second production.
1st Produced:
St. John Garabed Armenian Church, San Diego, Ca. Mar 1994
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Genre:
one-act easter play
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Six Views
Synopsis:
Three couples' views on life and love.
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1st Produced:
Staged Reading Dramatists Guild Friday Night Footlights - Los Angeles May 2008
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Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 4 Other: -
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Soul Fire
Synopsis:
the stories of eleven immigrants
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1st Produced:
Weingart Performing Arts Center, San Diego 2004
Organisations:
Playwrights Project
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 5 Female: 5 Other: -
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Switch
Synopsis:
a play about the hardship and hope of the California foster care system, told from multiple points of view.
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1st Produced:
Lyceum Theater, San Diego Apr 2011
Organisations:
Playwrights Project
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: playing multiple roles
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Visitor, The
Synopsis:
When a disillusioned grad student has trouble finishing her Jane austen dissertation, she gets a 'visit' from Jane austen herself, who turns her work, love life and entire campus upside down.
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1st Produced:
Patio Playhouse, Escondido, California 1994
Organisations:
Patio Playhouse
1st Published:
the Laurel Company, 1995 -
Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Fantasy Comedy
Parts:
Male: 3 Female: 3 Other: 4 minor
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Way You Look Tonight, The
Synopsis:
a bride and her mother have a last talk in the bathroom at the wedding reception before the honeymoon.
Notes:
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1st Produced:
La Jolla, Ca 2000
Organisations:
Playwrights Project
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama One act
Parts:
Male: - Female: 2 Other: 1 offstage male voice
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