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Stephen Ludwig

STEPHEN LUDWIG  

 Nationality:    USA
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Stephen Ludwig has a Bachelor's Degree in English and a Master's in Comparative Literature. He has been an adult education tutor and college administrator and now runs the campus bookshop at Golden West College. He only started writing plays in his fifties after taking classes. He wrote his first play "accidental Dancers" after being challenged by the teacher of the writing course to "write from a real and personal perspective". He founded the New Voices Playwrights Workshop of Orange County (California) and is on the Board of the Rude Guerrilla Theater Company.

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

 Accidental Dancers         Bearing Witness         Big Al At The Beach         Duet         Gift Of The Beast         Jack's Christmas         Joycom         Last Night Club         Mother Of Memory         No More Angels         Twice Told Tales         Vacation Escape

Accidental Dancers

Synopsis:
a chance encounter leads a married novelist to discover that coming out of the closet is only the beginning. Breaking free of the past has surprising consequences in the present for himself and his loved ones.

Notes:
OC Weekly Best New Play Award

1st Produced:
Long Beach Playhouse (California)    2000

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

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Bearing Witness

Synopsis:
Murderer on death row talks about his crime

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1st Produced:
-    2001

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Genre:
Dramatic monologue

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Big Al At The Beach

Synopsis:
al likes the sound of his own voice and thinks he has a way with women. But his monosyllabic friend ends up with the girl.

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1st Produced:
-    2000

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Genre:
play One act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Duet

Synopsis:
Two people fall in and out of love

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1st Produced:
-    1998

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

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Gift Of The Beast

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1st Produced:
-    1999

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Jack's Christmas

Synopsis:
Many years before Jack's parents disowned him when he told them he was gay. Now he and his partner have invited them over for Christmas

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1st Produced:
-    1997

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Genre:
play One act. - - Gay, one act

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Joycom

Synopsis:
a lonely man tries to find happiness surfing the net

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1st Produced:
-    1998

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Genre:
play One act

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Last Night Club

Synopsis:
Janis Joplin and Juliet Capulet meet in the hereafter

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1st Produced:
-    2000

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Genre:
play One act

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Mother Of Memory

Synopsis:
a brother and sister must decide whether to switch off their mother's life support machine

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1st Produced:
-    2001

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Genre:
play One act

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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No More Angels

Synopsis:
a collection of short plays, various styles and subjects

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Genre:
Collection of Short Plays

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Twice Told Tales

Synopsis:
a married couple attend the funeral of the wife's twin sister. But the twin's ghost lingers on with a secret to reveal

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1st Produced:
-    1997

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Genre:
play One act

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Vacation Escape

Synopsis:
a holidaying businessman has his identity stolen by the hotel receptionist

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1st Produced:
-    1998

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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