doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


Ed Malin

ED MALIN

  
Nationality:    USA
email:    Click here to contact     Website:    Click here

Literary Agent:    n/a

Ed Malin is a playwright interested in language and history. After interning at The Women's Project in the 90s, Ed has enjoyed the diverse theater scene of New York and beyond. Japanese theater is another favorite. In 2010, Ed was the MC of No Shame at The Tank. Plays include The Inconstant Infection, Film Noix, Presumed Retarded, Dog Spelled Backwards Is Krishna, The Pithecanthropist, Vandalusia-A Louvre Story, Bolivar luvs San Martin, L'aardvarcchio, Le Chakra du Printemps, I Shall Not Be Suede, Judge Yuri & Executioner, Sexy Monk, Inversion of the Baby Snatchers, The Addicts, Mesculun-Feminine, The Troubadour Struck by Lightning, and Girl = Mass x Anorexia. His work has been performed at FringeNYC ('97, '05, '06, '09), The Samuel French Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source, the Brecht Forum, Galapagos, the Wicked Ren Faire and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Ed edited the Spontaneous Combustion anthology for Manhattan Theatre Source and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

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

         Addicts, The         Adventure of Barry Sachs, The         American Jataka Tales         Color Brunette, The         Film Noix         Generic Magic Realism         Hermaphroditism Through the Ages         I Shall Not Be Suede         Inconstant Infection, The         Judge, Yuri And Executione         Oscar Tango-Bravo         Presumed Retarded         Sexy Monk         Trains, The         Troubadour Struck By Lightning, The
Addicts, The

Synopsis:
The Jewish Supporters of Christ realize they have no black people, and start knocking on different doors. A Minister and a Jew of Color figure out that they knew, and loved, each other in the past. Meanwhile, Canada becomes a belligerent superpower while the U.S.A. chills out and learns how to love. Why do we make radical life changes, and does anything change?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-addicts   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
dark comedy 90 min

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Adventure of Barry Sachs, The

Synopsis:
In a Midwestern town, Private Detective Barry Sachs solves a murder related to hypnosis.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Manhattan Theatre Source's InGenus Showcase

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-adventure-of-barry-sachs   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
one act 25 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

American Jataka Tales

Synopsis:
the Buddha takes a trip down south. To be reincarnated as something better, you need to learn something in this lifetime. No challenge is too great for this bunch of Americans! the classic Indian Buddhist stories retold for your amusement.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Studio @ Cherry Lane Theatre, New York International Fringe Festival     2009

Organisations:
Temerity Theatre

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/american-jataka-tales   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
comedy 60 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Color Brunette, The

Synopsis:
Short comic scenes on the theme of color, both regarding racial discrimination and "difference" in general, and scientific discussion of optics.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-color-brunette   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
one act 60 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Film Noix

Synopsis:
Deadly spy women, jaded aristrocrats, mobsters and astronomers vie for world supremacy.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Temerity Theatre

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/film-noix   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
one act 50 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Generic Magic Realism

Synopsis:
What happens when the magical world of your average South American person is transplanted to a more northern, less magical, more real location?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Frigid New York     21 Feb 2013

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/generic-magic-realism   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
60 min one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Hermaphroditism Through the Ages

Synopsis:
about three couples from three different ages, exploring the mysteries of each other, clashing with the world, the gods, and their own identities.
- ny theatre.com

Notes:
written by ed Malin, Peter Dizozza And Maria Michelespart of Oh Happy Three

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Musical One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

I Shall Not Be Suede

Synopsis:
Dangerous disabled criminals are tracking a runaway from a clown family. Who will be the first to cross the finish line?
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
part of Oh Happy Three

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/i-shall-not-be-suede   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act 25 min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Inconstant Infection, The

Synopsis:
Love tends to go away and come back. So does herpes. explore the connection in "the Inconstant Infection", a lost play from 1699, in its 1985 world premiere. Sponsored by Sexy Kitten Magazine. It's the show that straddles two worlds.

Notes:
Venue 18: 13th Street Repertory Company

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Temerity Theatre

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-inconstant-infection   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy Drama, 110 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Judge, Yuri And Executione

Synopsis:
89 years old, a masochist who likes older woman, and recently dumped. Nothing is too weird if it's what you want from life.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
part of Oh Happy Three

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/judge-yuri--executioner   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act 45 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Oscar Tango-Bravo

Synopsis:
A comic look at conspiracy theories and the people who believe in them, in light of 20th Century events like the Cuban Sandwich Crisis. Do you have what it takes to be a would-be revolutionary? Senor Oscar Tango-Bravo runs the world his way.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
rigid New York Festival 2014

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/oscar-tango-bravo   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
one act 50 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Presumed Retarded

Synopsis:
actor Terence had married to hide the fact he was gay. there was a child born to the marriage who was deemed retarded and put in a home.

Notes:
Music by Dan evans

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Temerity Productions

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

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

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Sexy Monk

Synopsis:
Monks are the sexiest, according to one poll.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
part of Confronting Chekhov, eleven new short one-acts by inspired by the work of Anton Chekhov

1st Produced:
Various Locations In Brooklyn And Manhattan, NY     2008

Organisations:
Brooklyn Playwrights Collective

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Trains, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Presented As part of the InGenius Short Play Festival. Race, the economy, And death Are the prevalent themes in the 2010 InGenius short play Festival At Manhattan theatre Source. Funny, poignant, melancholy And never longer than 20 minutes, the plays capture the New York zeitgeist As the noughties draw to A close

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Troubadour Struck By Lightning, The

Synopsis:
A story about the musicians, poets, heretics, Catholic inquisitors, Muslims, and homosexuals who brought about what we call the love song.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page