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Aunt Melodious
Synopsis:
the pregnant caretaker of a cemetery and her niece vie for the affections of a mysterious new gravedigger. Meanwhile, the caretaker speaks to her imaginary unborn child.
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1st Produced:
Theatre Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
1990
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Genre:
Play/Drama
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Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Dying Backwards
Synopsis:
A neurotic young priest investigates a death on a train that he suspects was murder. He has a crisis of faith as he becomes involved with several wacky suspects, all in the funeral business.
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Can be played by 4 men And 3 women
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Genre:
Comedy/Mystery
Parts:
Male: 11 Female: 6 Other: -
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Erosion
Synopsis:
Marty and Cassie are getting divorced. She thinks she is leaving him for his best friend, Kev. But when Kev visits them at their beach house on Nantucket, Marty learns that Kev doesn't know that he is the man she is moving in with.
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1st Produced:
Times Square Arts Center
2010
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TSProduction
1st Published:
Best 10-Minute Plays 2013 Plays For Three Or More Actors. Published by Smith and Kraus, Inc. -
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Genre:
Ten min
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Her Eyes
A man confronts the recipient of his dead wife's donated eyes, believing her soul may still live on in the previously blind woman's body.
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1st Produced:
Harold Clurman Theatre, New York
1997
Organisations:
Love Creek Productions
1st Published:
Boston theater Marathon XI - 2009 Anthology - 50 Ten Minute Plays Boston theater Marathon XI - 2009 Anthology - 50 Ten Minute Plays ~ By Kate Snodgrass (ed) - Smith and Kraus, 2010 978-15752577164
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Genre:
One Act
Parts:
Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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Past Grand Knight
Synopsis:
A disgraced doctor is blamed by his Father for the death of his brother, a Catholic priest. When he discovers his brother may have committed suicide, he tries to convince his father, who will not admit the truth until the shattering climax.
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1st Produced:
Mccarter Theatre, Princeton, N.J
1990
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 4 Female: 3 Other: -
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Scapin
Synopsis:
A translation and adaptation of Moliere's farce.
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Original Playwright - Moliere
1st Produced:
The Shell Theatre, NYC
2007
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Genre:
Translation/Adaptation
Parts:
Male: 9 Female: 3 Other: -
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St Johns Wood
Synopsis:
Waiting for a bus in a London suburb, a Cockney boasts of his mistress to an accountant. the accountant turns out to be her husband who may have just murdered her. Or did he?
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1st Produced:
Polaris North, New York
1991
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Genre:
One Act
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: - Other: -
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Swimming Pool
Synopsis:
Four teenagers-two brothers and two sisters-tell the story of the day when the boys' Father saved the lives of the two girls while his son almost drowned, an act that destroys a marriage, relationships, and friendships throughout the neighborhood.
Notes:
10 minute play; teenage Actors
1st Produced:
Times Square Arts Center, NYC
2009
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Genre:
Ten min
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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