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Bruce Post

BRUCE POST

  (1955 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Bruce Post has been writing plays since 1983. His first play enjoyed a staged reading, and that's been the case ever since. His second play, Ashey's Bar and Grill, was produced at the Malachi's Dinner Theatre in Columbia, Missouri. His third play, Sloth, is published by Broadway Play Publishing. His fourth play, the Whipping Boys, won the UMKC National Playwriting Contest Award and was produced in Kansas City, Missouri in 1985. Subsequent productions include Bang, produced on Theatre Row in 1995, and Car Broke Down, Produced at the Washington Theatre Festival in 1996. In 2003, Post's play, Size Matters, was the winner of the annual John Gassner Playwriting Award. Another play, Jumpers and Spinners, was published by Dramatic Publishing Company in 2005. Academic productions include the Whipping Boys, in 1993, and Somebody Mighty Like You, in 1996, both by Sarah Lawrence College, and Creature From the Black Lagoon, A Love Story, and Dead Revolting, in 2003 and 2004 by the Alternative Players at the Milford Alternative High School in Connecticut. His first original musical, Role Play, was produced by WAMS in 2006 and his second musical effort, the theory of Relativity, was produced at WAMS in May 0f 2009. Post is also the Executive Director of the Maxwell Anderson Playwrights Series and the Producer of the Annual Young Connecticut Playwrights Festival. He has taught playwriting at several dozen schools around Connecticut and was the Playwriting teacher at the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven for five years. Currently, he is a Drama and playwriting teacher at the Waterbury Arts Magnet School, a full time public Arts school in Waterbury, Connecticut.

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

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

         Car Broke Down         Creature From the Black Lagoon, A Love Story, The         Dead Revolting         Feeding the Mummies         Man Who Lost His Car, The         Master Race, The         No Pep         Role Play         Size Matters         Sloth         theory of Relativity, The         To Missouri         Whipping Boys, The         Would Ya?
Car Broke Down

Synopsis:
Tom and Betty are on their way to a crucial meeting. Unfortunately, they have a flat tire and neither knows how to fix it. As they wait for help, it becomes clear that if they don't get to the office they may lose a great deal of money. It also becomes clear that the money isn't theirs. It belongs to the public. As the clock clicks down and the deadline nears, it also becomes clear that their marriage is ending. Car Broke Down is a fast paced Drama about sex, greed, miscommunication and a gender bending love triangle. there are three characters, two male, one female, and one set.

Notes:
This play was A winner of the Gettysburg College One-Act Playwriting Contest And was produced there in 2004.

1st Produced:
Washington Theatre Festival     1997

Organisations:
Gettysburg College

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Music:
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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Creature From the Black Lagoon, A Love Story, The

Synopsis:
the Creature, now known as Carl, leaves his Black Lagoon to follow Kay to New York, where he plans to woo her in a more traditional style. In the process he gets his fish head turned by the big city, as well as by a hot little fish girl named Bonita, and before he knows it, he's drinking like a fish and on the wrong path. Still, he has made an impression on Kay, and just before he auctions himself off at a fish market, she appears to declare her love. Little creatures are the result. This is a multimedia play, with video, puppetry and shadow sequences.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Alternative Playhouse     2003

Organisations:
Alternative Players, Milford, CT

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
TYA - full length play with music

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  male/female shadow dancers

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Dead Revolting

Synopsis:
In 2015, scientists discovered how to reanimate the dead. For some strange reason, once they were reanimated, they acted like natives of the Caribbean. Seeing a unique opportunity to relive their past, humans immediately enslaved them. the dead now served the living. But what to do with them? Industry seemed to have no place for them. they did, however, make excellent domestic servants. Rodney, Morgan and Ruth are reanimated zombies, serving Horace and his children, Junior and Liza at their Desenex Plantation. While Junior conducts ghastly experiments on the help, Morgan dreams of making love to Liza. But the dead can't make love to the living, can they? After an unfortunate accident where Liza dies by choking on her food, Morgan panics and reanimates her - without telling her. Meanwhile, Rodney dreams of revolution, ending the zombies' enslavement. As Rodney plots his revolt, Morgan plots his seduction of the now dead Liza, much to the chagrin of Ruth, who is in love with Morgan. Will Rodney see the dead revolt? Will Morgan realize his dreams of love? Will Junior survive any of this? A zombie comedy with Caribbean music is the only way to work it out.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Alternative Playhouse     2004

Organisations:
Alternative Players, Milford, CT

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
TYA - play with music

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  zombies

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Feeding the Mummies

Synopsis:
In ancient Peru during the time of the Incas, a young Incan prince, Amaru, falls in love with the new wife, Cusi, of his father. Reasoning that his Father has many wives, Amaru decides to make Cusi his own. the Mamacona, or keeper of the wives, hears of his plan and forbids it. But Amaru will not be deterred. He concocts a plot to masquerade as one of the honored Incan mummies (kept as if they were living) and demand Cusi be brought to him. His plan works - almost.

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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  non speaking parts

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Man Who Lost His Car, The

Synopsis:
Sam can't remember where in Manhattan he parked his car, and in losing his car he seems to be losing his way. As his life unravels and his uncertainty increases, he finds help from some unusual sources of comfort. Is Sam's life about to end, or is it already over? He is a man with everything, yet he feels like a man with nothing. This play is a poem to a victim of the Trade Tower collapse, to what he had and what he lost. A full length play, minimal sets, seven characters

Notes:
This play was Awarded An individual Artist grant by the Connecticut Department of Culture And Tourism. Winner of the 2012 Playwrights First Award presented by the National Arts Club

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Master Race, The

Synopsis:
the Galaxy Insurance Company, led by founder Cosmo Galaxy, has a plan to create a master race of insurance policy holders, ones who never have any accidents and never make any claims. they can achieve this by denying coverage. their two crack underwriters, Alvin and Bill, are charged with the task. But they have to watch out for Carol, who has just been promoted and has it out for them. And there's the takeover threat, from a Midwestern evangelical couple with a mega church empire. they are coming for lunch. Bill decides to switch sides and Carol has a sexual harassment lawsuit crafted and ready to go. Alvin isn't having any of it and plans to tell the boss, just as soon as Cosmo finishes boinking the secretary. Whomever is left standing after the lunch meeting will determine the future of Galaxy Insurance and perhaps, all of us.

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Genre:
full length Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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No Pep

Synopsis:
the Athensville football team, as a prank, papers the Spartansburg Football field. A heavy rainfall follows, resulting in clogged storm drains and a flooded field. One girl from the Athensville cheerleading squad, Lisa, objects and decides to take action. She gathers cheerleaders from her own squad and those from surrounding towns and confronts them about the prank. Lisa and the girls are sick of the rivalry, but are even more frustrated by the glorification of ignorance. It's now cool to be dumb. the girls reluctantly agree to withhold all cheering until the war of the pranks is ended. A teenage version of Lysistrata, No Pep examines the war of the sexes in a modern American high school.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Apron Stage Theatre     2005

Organisations:
Academic production, Waterbury Arts Magnet School

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
TYA - musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  8            Other:  male/female chorus

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Role Play

Synopsis:
In the rough and tumble world of Heiper High School, Foster is pretty happy to stay in the background. He's a dweeb. But after dropping his lunch on her feet, he meets Sally. Sally is nice to Foster and he is instantly smitten. What's a dweeb to do? While playing his favorite video game, Doomslayer, during a storm, Foster's house is struck by lightning. In the resulting power surge, a demon, Fenster, is ripped from the game and made into flesh. Now Foster has his very own demon to do his bidding. Or does he? Fenster agrees to help Foster swoon Sally by "enhancing" Foster's abilities. And swoon her he does. In the process, Foster also attracts the attention of Simone, the most popular girl in school. Bad for Foster but good for Fenster. Trapped in a teenaged Faustian tale, Foster must decide between having power and doing the right thing, and to do the right thing means he must defeat the demon. Role Play is a multimedia production with music, unit sets and a cast of 28.

Notes:
This play was A semifinalist At the Bonderman Playwriting for Youth Symposium in 2009.

1st Produced:
Apron Stage Theatre     2007

Organisations:
Academic production, Waterbury Arts Magnet School

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
TYA - musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  10            Other:  male/female chorus

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Size Matters

Synopsis:
Steph has a unique method of predicting her fortunes. It's the size of her breasts. She doesn't find this either unusual or sordid; sexuality has nothing to do with it. Her father, Dick, has used the size of his penis to predict his fortunes for years. Steph may have inherited the talent. When Dick finds out, he is threatened enough to use any strategy to destroy her confidence, including reinventing her history. the family battle that results is down and dirty. This play is a study of family relationships, dynamics, and both male and female myths. Both funny and tragic, Size Matters is a play about modern attitudes with a family that hides its dysfunction behind best intentions. Two men, two women, with simple sets.

Notes:
Winner of the John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award, NETC - 2004

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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sloth

Synopsis:
If only Harvey would stop burning down the homes of the summer people he might be saved from himself.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Women With Guns", Broadway Play Publishing, New York,    

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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theory of Relativity, The

Synopsis:
Hope is hopelessly in love with Flash, who has just dumped her. Flash is determined to be the first teen in space. When Flash dumps her, Hope goes into a deep catatonia. She lies in bed, eyes wide open, motionless, for over a week. But Hope is not completely inert. Her consciousness is traveling at the speed of light, across the universe. At the beginning of her journey she meets Einstein, and Lumina, or Light. they determine that Hope is the Universal Observer, and that she should travel to the Event Horizon, where she will observe what it is she really wants. With the help of Casey Jones and the Quantum Mechanics, Hope takes the Quantum Express to the Event Horizon, where, among others, she meets the Singularity. With his help, Hope discovers that all she really needs, is herself. While Flash is off approaching the speed of light as the first teen in space, Hope learns to live without him, and to return to her corporeal self, full of appreciation for all that her life, and the physical universe has to offer.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Apron Stage Theatre     2009

Organisations:
Academic production, Waterbury Arts Magnet School

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
TYA - musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  male/female chorus

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To Missouri

Synopsis:
Ben sits in a rural courthouse with a Missouri State Trooper awaiting the arrival of the judge to accept payment of his fine for a speeding ticket. the courthouse is fifty miles south of the Interstate where Ben was ticketed. He must pay cash. He has the cash but doesn't want to use it because he just moved out from his young wife, who asked him to leave, and if he uses the cash he will have to go back to the house to get more. Ben doesn't want to face his wife again. He is already an emotional wreck. Carl, the trooper, is barely sympathetic. Wendy, the judge, is more so. But Carl thinks there may be more going on here than Ben will admit, and Carl is determined to find out the truth. Is Ben guilty of more than just going eighty-five in a sixty-five mph zone? One set, three characters: two male, one female.

Notes:
This play was A winner of the Gettysburg College One-Act Playwriting Contest And was produced there in 2006.

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
Gettysburg College

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Whipping Boys, The

Synopsis:
the years is 1971. the Vietnam War is winding down, but it will be four more years before the U.S. will pull out. Meanwhile the draft is still alive. Today is the day that Smitty gets his draft notice. Should he go? Run to Canada? He's already lost friends to the war and seen the devastating effects on others. He gathers with friends, including Gunner, who has just returned from the war, in his Dad's horse barn and holds a forum on his options. the boys decide the only way to really decide is to drop some acid. In a hallucinogenic haze, Smitty has to decide what course he will take.

Notes:
This play was the winner of the UMKC National Playwriting Contest in 1986.

1st Produced:
University Of Missouri Kansas City     1986

Organisations:
Academic productions - Sarah Lawrence College, Westchester Community College

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Would Ya?

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of International CringeFest '10

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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