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John Paul Porter

JOHN PAUL PORTER

  (1952 - )
Nationality:    USA
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aka J. Paul Porter. Born and raised in Kansas. Spent many years on both East and West coast. Now lives in Dutchess County, New York. Married twice, both times to the same woman. Great gardener, fine cook, rated chess player. Jeopardy contestant. Lost. Couldn't get the timing of the buzzer. Damn. After a thirty year lay off began playing the piano again. Father of two sons. Twice a Drama Logue Award winner, four times published, an O'Neill Playwright

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         All God's Children Got Equipment         Clan of the Quillins, The         Day at the Office, A         How Cool Is That         Madman King         Manhattan Story         Men and Women Talking Love and Sex         Men Talking Women Talking Men         Mother MacQuillin         Othaniel Day Jones, a tragedy         Thirty Years in Sixty Seconds         Three Days in Late Summer         Trilogy Blue         Women of a Certain Age

All God's Children Got Equipment

Synopsis:
A gay man and black woman meet in an emergency room, fall into a violent argument, then suddenly, unexpectedly, touch

Notes:
Other productions At Nat Horne theater, New York (1994), Herbert Mark Newman theater, New York (1998); A short film exists of this play And is Available upon request.

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Organisations:
West Coast Ensemble

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Genre:
Ten Min. - - Gay, one act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Clan of the Quillins, The

Synopsis:
An epic tale in twelve scenes with no scenery, set in Scotland, Ireland and the New World of the 17th Century, based on a legend in the author's family. A grant of land, a broken romance, a blood feud, a grand adventure, and fate -- which always makes certain each of us will have to shoulder at least one unique burden in life -- the one most difficult for each of us to bear. No set.

Notes:
A larger cast may be used if desired. Cast At the O'Neill included such fine Actors As Mason Adams, Kevin Geer, Keith Szarabajka, Marcus Giamatti, Anthony Ward, Sloane Shelton, David Marguilies, Tom McGowan, Alice Haining And Brian Clark. While At the O'Neill, August Wilson told people it was his "favorite play done here this year."

1st Produced:
45th Street Theatre, New York, Ny    02 Mar 2012

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Day at the Office, A

Synopsis:
A day in the life of a big city law firm; a study in envy, ego, back biting bitchiness, ambition, and barely repressed insanity; a Samuel Beckett world where everyone wants to leave, but no one can. Simple set

Notes:
Readings And workshops At Barrow Group, New York (1997), the Writers Group, New York (1996), West Coast Ensemble, Los Angeles (1991), Manhattan Punch Line, New York (1987)

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Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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How Cool Is That

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1st Produced:
Metropolitan Playhouse, New York, Ny    2013

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Madman King

Synopsis:
A once prominent politician - now fallen to the level of street person - is visited by people from his past, who try to talk him out of his delusion that the President of the United States is coming to town to give him a job. A play about how posturing leads to ruin. Single unit set.

Notes:
written by John Paul Porter And Joe Paradise. Readings At West Coast Ensemble (1990); Playwrights Preview, New York (1988); Lambs Club, New York (1983); Tyson theater, New York (1982)

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Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Manhattan Story

Synopsis:
Six people are swindled into renting the same studio apartment in a city we all know and love. Chief among them is an over weight and homely dress designer, who will find love for the first time. A romantic comedy about keeping faith in the face of hopeless odds. Single unit set.

Notes:
Workshop At Playwrights Preview Productions, New York (1988); reading At Tiffany theatre, Los Angeles (1991); ): For A few years Ricki Lake badly wanted to star in this play. Unfortunately, it never happened.

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Genre:
comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Men and Women Talking Love and Sex

Synopsis:
A relationship is followed from its giddy beginning to its unhappy end, replete with a running commentary from Peanut Gallery of friends, examining the different expectations of the sexes, the sexual nitty gritty, the how and why it all goes wonderful and then goes to smash, all done in a wildly exuberant theatrical style.

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Men Talking Women Talking Men

Synopsis:
A relationship is followed from its giddy beginning to its bitter end, replete with a running commentary from a peanut gallery of friends, examining the different expectations of the sexes, the sexual nitty gritty, the how and why it all goes wonderful and then goes bad, all done in a wildly exuberant theatrical style. Simple set.

Notes:
Productions And readings include Sanford Meisner Playhouse, New York (2000), Illyria theater, New York, 2000, Quintero theater, New York (2000); Victory Gardens theater, Chicago (1996); Manhattan Class Company, New York (1994, 1995); Mojo theater Ensemble, Los Angeles (1994-95) (w/Michael Imperioli); the Joint theater Company, Los Angeles (1995); West Coast Ensemble, Los Angeles, (1992);

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Organisations:
West Coast Ensemble

1st Published:
Palmetto Plays, 1996   -

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Genre:
comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Mother MacQuillin

Synopsis:
A mother and her four daughters on a top of a hill in northwestern Georgia, 1863. A major Civil War battle breaks out about twenty miles away, a battle in which they have a husband, brother and son fighting. That night a wounded Yankee cavalry captain stumbles into their yard and they capture and chain him to a log. His presence, as well as the outcome of the battle, brings all their conflicts and fears to a boil. A play about the will to survive after life not only pushes you down, but insults you as well. Single unit set.

Notes:
Readings of Mother MacQuillin have been held At Lamplight theater, New Jersey (2004); Ilyria theater, New York (2002); Musical theater Workshop, New York (1999, 2002)

1st Produced:
45th Street Theatre (formerly Phil Bosakowski theatre)
354 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036    08 Mar 2012

Organisations:
Michael Chekhov Theatre Company

1st Published:
Palmetto Plays, 1996   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Othaniel Day Jones, a tragedy

Synopsis:
A telling in a Greek tragic style the O.J. Simpson story. On the day he returns home from being declared not guilty his cousin tries to convince him he must confess and atone in order to regain his stature, while his best friend insists he not. That night he is visited by the ghost of his murdered wife, who drives him mad with remorse. A play about the regaining of honor in a world that knows no shame, told in strict tragic form, with high key dialogue approaching verse. Simple set.

Notes:
Reading Cap 21 Studio, New York (2000)

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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  3 BM 1 WM; 2 BF 1 WF

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Thirty Years in Sixty Seconds

Synopsis:
the 1960's meet the 1970's meet the 1980's simultaneously in a theatrical piece of cubism about truth being a matter of perspective

Notes:
Other productions: West Coast Ensemble, Los Angeles (7 Drama Logue Awards for cast And director) (1986); Attic theater, Los Angeles (1988)

1st Produced:
Playwrights Preview Productions, New York, Ny    1985

Organisations:
Playwrights Preview Productions, New York, NY

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Three Days in Late Summer

Synopsis:
A wealthy family in a small Kansas town is followed over a period of twenty-five years, each act taking place on one full day in summer during each of the last three tumultuous decades of the 20th century, reflecting major moods in the contemporary landscape. A tale of how prosperity can lead to a peculiar kind of ruin, and what we most fear and try to hide leads to our destruction. Unit set.

Notes:
Reading At Manhattan theatre Club (2005); developed At the Writers Group, New York

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Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Trilogy Blue

Synopsis:
Three one acts. MISSISSIPPI JADE - a white rock and roller meets up with the gate keeper of Hell, an old black bluesman; AUGIE ABRAMS - a man steals a truck and tries to change his life and his luck in Las Vegas; and SAINT GEORGE - a lonesome man and a ravaged hooker meet on a street in Hollywood at two a.m., trying to connect. Three plays about loneliness and ambition. Simple sets..

Notes:
Drama Logue Award for Playwriting (1978); other productions (Saint George) - West Bank Cafe, New York (Lewis Black producing) (1987).

1st Produced:
Los Angeles Actors Theatre, Ca    1978

Organisations:
Los Angeles Actors Theatre

1st Published:
West Coast Plays, Volume III (Saint George), 1978   -

Music:
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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Women of a Certain Age

Synopsis:
Three inter-connected one acts about two women trying to come to terms with a world they hardly recognize. In Funeral for a Friend plans are made to mate the husband of a recently deceased friend. In A Night on the Moon a hired male escort comes between two old friends during a night on the town. In the Poison Party a botox get together goes seriously awry when jealousy and alcohol fuel accusations and recriminations. Women of a Certain Age is about two people trying to find a place in a world that no longer values them. Simple sets.

Notes:
Funeral for A Friend was produced for the Samuel French One-Act Festival (2005), A Night on the Moon was produced for the Samuel French One-Act Festival (2004); A reading of Women of A Certain Age held At Manhattan theatre Club (2004) with Mia Dillon.

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Organisations:
Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY

1st Published:
Smith & Kraus (monologue, 2006   -

Music:
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Genre:
comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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