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Jack Petersen

JACK PETERSEN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Jack is a member of The Dramatists Guild. For a slew of years he has written a slew of plays for a slew of theatres. Most of 'em were pretty good. Many were award winners. This is your lucky day. Here are the best of the best.

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

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

         64 Squares And The Indian         Another Dumb Ghost Story         Candidate, The         Corie         Disenchanted Frog, The         Elyce Times One         Morgan!         Revenant, The         Rough Draft         Teapot Collector, The

64 Squares And The Indian

Synopsis:
This is a monologue with helps. Chess master Anand Lokesh talks about his early life, and, as he speaks, important characters from his past contribute their own viewpoints.

Notes:
1 Act, about 30 minutes in length. 1980's American and 1940's India costuming. 1 interior setting - a lecture hall.

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwright website   -

Music:
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Genre:
Fictional biography

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Another Dumb Ghost Story

Synopsis:
After a fight with her boyfriend, Mary goes to the Sanderson Inn, with the intent to commit suicide. Before she can even begin to put her plan into action, she meets Ickles, a most unconventional ghost (who alternately dresses like a Mexican bandit, a Scottish bagpiper, and the Sugar Plumb Fairy.) He has no idea why he is there, other than the fact that she had somehow summoned him. With mistaken identity, a classic chase scene, and avoiding the clutches of her landlady's lecherous lover, Mary learns that dealing with the ghost's problems has helped her resolve her own.

Notes:
2 Acts, 2 hours in length. Modern costuming. 2 interior settings, displayed simultaneously.

1st Produced:
Little Theatre Off Broadway, Grove City Ohio    1980

Organisations:
Little Theatre Off Broadway

1st Published:
amazon kindle   -

Music:
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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Candidate, The

Synopsis:
This is what could happen when three men run for (and from) President of The United States. Comedy and drama mix together in a dramatic conclusion.

Notes:
2 Acts, 1 hour, 40 minutes in length. One simple setting, modern costuming.

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1st Published:
Playwright website   -

Music:
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Genre:
Political comedy drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Corie

Synopsis:
A dying man seemingly returns to the town - and woman - he had abandoned 20 years before.

Notes:
2 Acts, 2 hours in length, I interior setting, modern costuming.

1st Produced:
Reality Theatre, Columbus Ohio    1990

Organisations:
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1st Published:
amazon kindle   -

Music:
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Genre:
drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Disenchanted Frog, The

Synopsis:
A salesman, dressed as a frog, is disillusioned because all the people he meets are distorted versions of story-book characters. Then he learns a valuable lesson from Mother Goose herself.

Notes:
1 Act, 45 minutes in length. Storybook costuming, one exterior setting.

1st Produced:
Westerville Arts Festival, Westerville Ohio    1996

Organisations:
Curtain Players

1st Published:
amazon kindle   -

Music:
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Genre:
Children/satire One Act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  7            Other:  All performers may range in age from older child to adult.

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Elyce Times One

Synopsis:
Jack died in a stolen car while eluding the police. Now Max Petrov, the head of an international gang of car thieves, is trying to convince Jack's widow, Elyce, to join the gang and take Jack's place and the man will do anything to convince her.

Notes:
2 Acts, 2 hours in length. Modern costuming. 2 settings, displayed simultaneously. The play ELYCE TIMES ONE is unique, in that it's the first collaboration between playwright Jack Petersen and his wife, novelist J.E. Ocean.

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1st Published:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Morgan!

Synopsis:
This is the biography of King Arthur's half-sister, Morgan le Fay. It begins with her struggle, as a child, simply to survive. The play follows her quest for power and studies of the black arts. As an adult, we see her achieve in all her goals, and her descent into madness. And finally, the work concludes with what she considers her final achievement - the death of Arthur, the loss of her power, and the suggestion that in old age she may finally find the peace that has always eluded her.

Notes:
3 Acts, 2 hours, 15 minutes in length. Period costuming. 1 exterior setting

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
amazon kindle   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  5            Other:  children, servants, and guards.

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Revenant, The

Synopsis:
A young woman is hypnotized as part of a college experiment. Under hypnosis she learns that she may be the reincarnation of a 16th century witch on trial for murder, and her only hope for peace is to now kill the very man who hypnotized her.

Notes:
2 Acts, 2 hours in length. Modern and period costuming. 2 settings, displayed simultaneously.

1st Produced:
Village Little Theatre, Upper Arlington Ohio    1983

Organisations:
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1st Published:
amazon kindle   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Rough Draft

Synopsis:
A writer is having serious problems with the literary characters she has created - they argue with her (and each other), think they can do better at the job of writing than she can, and eventually kill her!

Notes:
1 Act, 1 hour in length. Modern costuming. 1 simple interior setting.

1st Produced:
Shots In The Dark, Columbus, Ohio    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
amazon kindle   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Teapot Collector, The

Synopsis:
Owen Rose collects teapots - and people. Each treasured piece in his collection represents a quality - good or bad - in those who have affected his life.

Notes:
2 Acts, 1 hour, 50 minutes in length. Modern costuming, 1 interior setting. This play was one of three contest award winners at the Ft. Wayne Indiana Civic Theatre in 2014

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
amazon kindle   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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