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Alison Pruitt

ALISON PRUITT

  
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Alison is an award-winning playwright and playwriting instructor for the Playwrights Forum in Washington, D.C. Her play, the Trial of Susan B. anthony, won the 2001 Charles M. Getchell New Play Award from the Southeastern Theatre Conference and was published in Southern Theatre magazine. A one-act version of the Trial of Susan B. anthony was the winner of the 1998 Source Theatre Company Literary Prize in Washington, DC. It was produced as the Third Place winner in the Attic Theatre Company's 1999 One-Act Marathon, Hollywood, CA. the one-act comedy, Gendering Chris, was awarded the 2002 H.D. Lewis New Play Prize as part of the 2002 Source Theatre Festival. Alison's children's play, the Princess Wore Sneakers, was published through Drama Source, Inc. Alison has a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature from Rutgers University.

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

         Bride of Halloween, The         Finding Your Inner Superman         Gendering Chris         Princess Wore Sneakers, The         Stick Figures         Trial of Susan B Anthony, The
Bride of Halloween, The

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Juried selection At the Association for theatre in Higher Education conference, August, 2000. Performed At 1999 Source theatre Ten-Minute Play Competition And As part of 2000 Chain Links by Potomac theatre Company.

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Source Theatre Ten-Minute Play Competition     1999

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Finding Your Inner Superman

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Source theatre Ten-Minute Play Competition, 1996. Potomac theatre Company - Chain Links, 1997, Pandoras Box theatre Company, Buffalo, NY - 2001

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Source Theatre Ten-Minute Play Competition     1996

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Gendering Chris

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Gendering Chris is a one-act comedy about gender identity and its importance in our culture. there's a new employee in the office, but no one knows if Chris is a woman or man. the employees go to great - and humorous - lengths to find out. Alex has a different problem; she fears she may be falling in love with Chris without knowing the person's gender. Gendering Chris points out how much gender identity impacts our everyday interactions with each other. the play was the winner of the 2002 H.D. Lewis New Play Prize. Produced at the 2002 Source theatre Festival.

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Source Theatre Festival (Workshop)     01 Jul 2002

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One-act comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  1

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Princess Wore Sneakers, The

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the Princess Wore Sneakers is one-act children's play about Sam, a smart 11-year-old girl who is planning to be a princess for Halloween. However, she lacks the self-confidence to stand up for herself when her friend Brittney makes fun of her. then Sam is magically transported to a fairy tale kingdom where she learns she must become a substitute for a real missing princess, Annabella. Although she enjoys the perks of being a princess, Sam soon learns the role can be very limiting. the King won't allow her to do anything fun and expects her to marry the neighboring Prince. Sam is ready to return to her previously boring life; however, the Fairy Godmother will not send her back unless AnnabElla returns. Sam tries to convince AnnabElla to return, but she is determined to become a knight. then the girls learn that a dragon is attacking the castle; they decide to return and help fight it. the King and the rather dim Prince have comically failed to fight the dragon effectively. So Sam must work with AnnabElla to outsmart the dragon and save the kingdom. She returns home, having acquired the self-confidence to stand up to her difficult friend.

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Drama Source Inc. http://Dramasource.com/itempage.php?script=PWS (Jan 2012)   

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Children's play

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Stick Figures

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Source Theatre Festival (Workshop)     1997

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One-act comedy

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Trial of Susan B Anthony, The

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the Trial of Susan B. Anthony was the winner of the Charles M. Getchell New Play Award from the Southeastern theatre Conference and was published in Southern theatre magazine. It tells the true story of when Susan B. Anthony cast a vote in a presidential election in order to challenge the convention that women didn't vote. She was arrested and put on trial. the play details her voting, her family's reaction, the trial, and her struggles with public opinion - as well as her differences with her well-meaning, but chivalrous lawyer. the story is interspersed with quotes from Anthony and contemporary newspaper accounts of the time. A one-act version of the play (which includes only the trial itself) is also available. the one-act won the 1998 Source theatre Company Literary Prize in Washington, DC. It was also produced and was awarded Third Place in the Attic theatre Company's 1999 One-Act Marathon in Hollywood, CA.

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A one-act version of this play is Also Available.

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Southern Theatre Magazine (Fall 2001   

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Full-length Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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