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William Orem

WILLIAM OREM

  
Nationality:    USA
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William Orem's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Accidents of Bread         And Clouds Made Of Bones         Cabman         Cabman         Onthological         Rags         Sea Birds         Suspension         Trofimov - A Student

Accidents of Bread

Synopsis:
A young mathematician at her first communion has doubts

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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And Clouds Made Of Bones

Synopsis:
The wife of a successful lawyer thinks he is self-harming

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Cabman

Cabman
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1st Published:
in 2009: the Best 10-Minute Plays for Two or More Actors, Smith & Kraus (December 1, 2009)   978-1575257594

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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  5 or 6 actors

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Cabman

Synopsis:
A lonely cabman taking fares to Capitol Hill

Notes:
Based on the short story "Misery" by Anton Chekhov

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Onthological

Synopsis:
Two seniors studying for a theology final stumble across the solution to a religious puzzle

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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Rags

Synopsis:
A woman tries to persuade her doctor not to drop her from his patient list

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Sea Birds

Synopsis:
In the summer of 1863 during the Civil War a Confederate deserter is washed up on a rocky outpost that only has a lighthouse and a lighthouse keeper

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Genre:
Drama

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Suspension

Suspension
Two teenagers survive an abusive home with a secret. One can turn into rain

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1st Published:
Contained in: Conclave: A Journal of Character 2" published by Wolfsword Press   978-0982126110

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Trofimov - A Student

Trofimov - A Student
A student confronts his professor with a gun

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Now an annual tradition, the Boston theater Marathon utilizes hundreds of actors and dozens of directors to sponsor 50 ten-minute plays in 10 hours (five plays per hour!), each one supported by a different New England theatre company

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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:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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