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As they are In Bed a Dream Gobbles Her Head
Synopsis:
A short version of the Killing Jar. Ava struggles to arrest an invasive recurring dream before her lover IRIS walks out the door
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quick monoDrama, 15 min
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Box, The
Synopsis:
Through performance art-style language and image, Lorraine and her mother reveal the horrid secret that they have contained in an old magician's box, and that has been keeping them contained inside their city apartment. No longer able to endure each other or their seclusion, the two struggle and compete for a way out.
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50 min One Act
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Male: - Female: 3 Other: or 2f 1m
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China Moon
Synopsis:
A black comedy satirizing conventional gender/marriage roles as well as 19th century Dramatic techniques. the action centers around an anniversary party turned bizarre as a wealthy maniac inventor develops the unbreakable egg and plots the downfall of his wife's lesbian lover
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Black Comedy, 90 min Comedy
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Male: 3 Female: 4 Other: -
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Heeling
Synopsis:
A 5-minute play encapsulating an encounter between Discalced (barefoot) Carmelite nuns and high-heeled exotic dancers. During a rainstorm, the women commiserate about foot pain, sacrifice, and suffering as the dancers provide the traveling nuns with dry refuge in their dressing-rooms
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5 min play One Act
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Killing Jar, The
Synopsis:
In order to save her rapidly disintegrating relationship with Iris, Ava confronts a recurring dream that has come to rule their bed, disturbing their sleep and depriving their sexual _expression. She begins to discover the culprit in a past riddled with paradoxical Catholic imagery, simultaneously erotic and intolerant.
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80 min Play/Drama
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Male: 1 Female: 4 Other: -
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Whiter by Far than an Egg
Synopsis:
Flora Agnes, an aspiring young soprano, slips into an illusory world where two companions, Mavis and Gussie, help her recover from an abusive relationship with her husband, a famed opera singer
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45 min One Act
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Male: 1 Female: 3 Other: -
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