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Ian McWethy

IAN MCWETHY

  
Nationality:    USA
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Ian McWethy is an actor/writer living in Washington Heights. His previous plays include Moral Values: A Grand Farce or Me No Likey the Homo Touch-Touch,which received a production at the Village Gate Theatre, and Actors Are F*ing Stupid which was performed in 2008 at the Wild Project with Push Productions. He has also written a number of screenplays, sitcom pilots, and skits.

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         12 Incompetent Jurors         12 Incompetent Men (And Women!)         13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview         14 More Ways To Screw Up Your College Interview         15 Minutes of Youtube Fame         21 Guaranteed Ways To Get Detention (Even When Your Principal Doesn't Want To Give You One)         9 Worst Breakups Of All Time, The         Actors Are F*@ing Stupid         Bad Auditions by Bad Actors         Bad Auditions By Bad Actors         Customer Is Always Wrong, The         Every Novel You Read In High School (In 25 Minutes Or Less)         Every U.S. Election Ever!         Facebook Ruins Everything!         Good Cop, Bad Cop         Graduation For Dummies!         Gray Area         Harold P. Truthington Presents the Absolutely True Story of Robin Hood AKA Rob Hat Guy         High School Reunion: A Journey of Awkward Meetings Through Time         Internet Is Distract&OH LOOK A KITTEN!         Last Day Of School         Moral Values: A Grand Farce or Me No Likey the Homo Touch-Touch         Most Likely To. . .         Orientation         Pass It On, or the First Period Note That Almost Destroyed the World         Rejection! Or Will Date For Food         Santa Man         Superheroes         When Bad Things Happen To Good Actors

12 Incompetent Jurors

Synopsis:
A man has stood trial for stealing cats. It appears to be an open and shut case but one juror says he is not guilty

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Comedy

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Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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12 Incompetent Men (And Women!)

Synopsis:
When a man is accused of abducting half a dozen cats, it's a simple open-and-shut case. And yet, Juror 8, a wannabe lawyer, insists that the "Cat Burglar" is innocent. Will he be able to sway the other jury members?

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1st Produced:
The Soho Playhouse     14 Aug 2010

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1h 30m Local New York, NY

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13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview

13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview
When two college recruiters at a prestigious university need to fill one last spot to keep their jobs, thirteen eccentric, dimwitted and slightly-insane high school seniors are eager to come in for an interview. What seems like a simple task turns into a nightmare when the applicants turn out to be a reality TV star, a practicing vampire, an amateur magician, and others that are much, much worse. Each applicant's interview hilariously illustrates what NOT to do at a college interview.

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Cabrini High School (Allen Park, Mi, United States)     2009

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25-35 min Comedy

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Male:  6            Female:  7            Other:   3 either (4-16 actors possible: 0-16 males, 0-16 females)

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14 More Ways To Screw Up Your College Interview

Synopsis:
When the Dean orders two college recruiters to find one more student to fill out next year's class, they find themselves revisiting the dreaded Wait List. Packed with wacky characters from a beat poet to an amateur bodybuilder, a super hero to a wanted criminal, this sequel to 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview is a comedic ride through the college application process as two recruiters sort through the crazies in hope of finding one sane candidate.

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Genre:
30-40 min Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  6 either

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15 Minutes of Youtube Fame

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A boy falls over and the video goes viral

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One act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  10-30 either sex

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21 Guaranteed Ways To Get Detention (Even When Your Principal Doesn't Want To Give You One)

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McKinley Grove High School has been given a yearly quota for detentions of twenty hours. The student body has other ideas

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  13            Female:  11            Other:  3 either sex

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9 Worst Breakups Of All Time, The

Synopsis:
Eve Tonsil of the "Relationships For A Better Tomorrow" takes us on tour of break ups from pre-history to the present

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Comedy

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Male:  13            Female:  12            Other:  1 either sex

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Actors Are F*@ing Stupid

Synopsis:
Actors Are F*@ing Stupid is a dark comedy-an unapologetic look at a few super-hot young actors who will do anything to get cast. It is set during the final callbacks for an MTV-produced feature film, in which four actors do anything in order to assure getting cast. the action goes back and forth between the waiting room and the auditioning room, until every monologue has been emoted, every lie has been revealed, and every shred of dignity has been given. Casting couch? Check. Back-stabbing? Check. Pretentious actor warm-ups in the downward-facing-dog position? Check. This play lovingly takes a look at all the worst elements of the business.
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1st Produced:
Wild Project, NY     2008

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Push Productions

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Genre:
dark comedy Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Bad Auditions by Bad Actors

Synopsis:
A casting director has one day to find the leads for a community theater production of Romeo and Juliet. But what seems like a simple task proves impossible when the pool of actors includes extreme method actors, performers who just don't know what to do with their hands, and one particular woman who may or may not think she's a cat. This hilarious comedy will bring you to the last place you'd ever want to be. . .behind the doors of a casting session.

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1st Produced:
Monarch Theatre, Papillion, Ne     2011

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Playscripts, Inc (2010)   -

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Genre:
comedy One Act

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Male:  4            Female:  7            Other:  3

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Bad Auditions By Bad Actors

Bad Auditions By Bad Actors
The actors auditioning for a play give the director grief

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Full length version

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Oneida High School, Oneida, NY     14 Nov 2014

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  10            Female:  12            Other:  2 either sex

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Customer Is Always Wrong, The

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Four teens start their first jobs. Waiting tables, baby sitter, working in a cinema and giving out flyers. They find that the customer is not always right

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Comedy

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Male:  6            Female:  8            Other:  4 either sex

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Every Novel You Read In High School (In 25 Minutes Or Less)

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A theatre group tries to put on every book read at High School

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Every U.S. Election Ever!

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Every U.S. presidential election - all the dirty tricks and underhand tricks

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Facebook Ruins Everything!

Synopsis:
When tech-paranoid playwright Ian McWethy finds two teenagers "Facebooking" on his lawn, he boldly makes a stand by taking their phones away. . .and making them perform a series of theatrical vignettes about the evils of Facebook. these fast-paced, hilarious shorts culminate in a Catfish that even Ian couldn't see coming. . .and he wrote it. Darn you Facebook!!!

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Genre:
30 min comedy

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Male:  8            Female:  5            Other:  10 either (8-20 possible: 2-15 f, 5-18 m)

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Good Cop, Bad Cop

Synopsis:
A large number of suspects - none of whom seem to have done it. How do Good Cop, Bad Cop sort it all out?

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Written by Jason Pizzarello and Ian McWethy

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  5 either sex

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Graduation For Dummies!

Synopsis:
The Principal decides to hold a rehearsal for Graduation Day

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  5            Other:  17 either sex

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Gray Area

Synopsis:
Jessa is cyber bullied after putting her science project on how we see colour online

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Male:  8            Female:  4            Other:  19 either sex

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Harold P. Truthington Presents the Absolutely True Story of Robin Hood AKA Rob Hat Guy

Synopsis:
Prince John is a well-intentioned sovereign levying taxes for public welfare. Robin Hood is a troubled teen robbing the rich to feed his own vanity. the Merrie Men aren't really merrie at all! these and other myths will be shattered when self-proclaimed "fact expert" Harold P. Truthington lays waste to the classic Robin Hood tale and presents the version Hollywood doesn't want you to see.

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1st Produced:
Gresham High School (Gresham, Or, United States)     2009

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
25-35 min Comedy

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Male:  13            Female:  2            Other:  13 males, 2 females, 15 either (9-35 actors possible: 0-35 males, 0-35 females)

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High School Reunion: A Journey of Awkward Meetings Through Time

Synopsis:
After spending a fateful night together at their senior prom, five "frenemies" reunite at their 10th, 25th, and 65th high school reunions. the prom king and queen, the party guy, the shy girl, and the weirdo find themselves linked through the decades, each one always hoping to prove to the others that they've made it to the proverbial "top." This comedy proves that while high school may only last four years, for some, the desire to outdo their high school buddies never fades away.

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1st Produced:
Magnus Theatre, Thunder Bay, On, Canada     29 May 2012

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Genre:
25 min comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  1either

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Internet Is Distract&OH LOOK A KITTEN!

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Micah has only twenty minutes to finish her paper on "The Great Gatsby". There is something she needs to check on the internet. She gets distracted by kittens and pig throwing and Facebook lurkers

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  12 either sex

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Last Day Of School

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On the last day of school a student proposes everyone do something bold or stupid or unexpected

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Moral Values: A Grand Farce or Me No Likey the Homo Touch-Touch

Synopsis:
Gay marriage has been legalized. For John Smith, husband and father, this is worse than the end of Reagan's second term. Ensuing events cause the Smith family to confront their moral shortcomings such as adultery, arson, steroid use and internet fornication.
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70 min Comedy. - - Gay, full length

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Most Likely To. . .

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Yara and Zawn have to edit the superlatives page of the class year book. They are driven mad by their classmates who want certain superlatives

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Comedy

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Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  4 either sex

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Orientation

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Two resident advisors have to match up the new freshmen as room mates

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Pass It On, or the First Period Note That Almost Destroyed the World

Synopsis:
Jenna has given Mark a simple task: pass a note to John Stenson. It should have been easy. But when Mark confuses John with Shawn, another student confuses Shawn spelled with a "W" and Shaun with a "U", and so on and so on. . .it sets off a chain of miscommunications that could lead to World War III. Or not. Probably not. But a series of mishaps and "Who's on First"-esque silliness ensues in a comedy that asks. . .wait. . .what was the question again?

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Brilliant Summer, Richmond, Va     02 Jul 2013

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Genre:
30 min comedy

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  3 either (12-16 possible: 4-7 f, 5-9 m)

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Rejection! Or Will Date For Food

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Their parents threaten to stop feeding them if they don't get dates for the prom

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  12            Female:  13            Other:  -

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Santa Man

Synopsis:
In this fast-paced, action-packed yet intelligent comedy, Santa Claus is bullied by powerful Executives (with Ninja skills) into commercializing Christmas. Santa retaliates by quickly learning Kung Fu, from none other than Mr. Chuck Norris, and fights off the Ninja Executives. Unsatisfied by his victory, he sets out to battle the villains from all of the classic Christmas stories, including Ebenezer Scrooge, Mr. Potter fromIt's a Wonderful Life, and a certain Green Meanie. But will Santa's Kung Fu tirade lead to a happy ending?

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Genre:
25-35 min Comedy

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Male:  8            Female:  7            Other:  8 males, 7 females, 10 either (4-25 actors possible: 0-25 males, 0-25 females)

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Superheroes

Synopsis:
When not fighting crimes superheroes have it tough finding something to do. Batman goes stir crazy with no criminals to battle. The Hulk does his tax returns

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  11            Female:  12            Other:  10 either sex

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When Bad Things Happen To Good Actors

Synopsis:
Everything goes wrong during a production of "The Wizard Of Oz". Forgotten lines, missed cues and the sound effects man will only play dinosaur noises

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Written by Ian McWethy and Jason Pizzarello

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One act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  10-30 either sex

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