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Joni Ravenna

JONI RAVENNA

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Neal Stevens & Assoc  

Joni Ravenna's plays have been produced Off-Broadway, in Hollywood, and throughout the Country. Many of her plays have received or been nominated for National awards. She also writes for television and is the editor of the OC Woman Section of Parenting Magazine.

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

         Brush With Fate, A         For Pete's Sake         Jack of Hearts         Phantom of Youth, The or the Green Grocer         Preserving Clancy         Sex, Love and the Premature Evacuation

Brush With Fate, A

Synopsis:
Tonight, commercially successful but critically un-acclaimed artist, Steven Breckenridge, will unveil his masterwork, the one even the critics will love. Only problem is, he's in a coma. So begins A Brush With Fate which the LA Reader called "a very entertaining look at the funny side of the dark side". As an out-of-body bystander, Steven is privy to the motivations and machinations of his cut-throat agent, gay performance artist buddy, angular mistress, beautiful wife and stodgy art critic. Frustrated and hurt that in the midst of his impending death, he is the only one crying, Steven tries to ruin their fun. Faulty electrical wires and each other are blamed for the supernatural disturbances. Act One culminates in the unveiling of a bizarrely positioned, abstract nude.

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1st Produced:
The West Coat Ensemble Theatre, Hollywood    

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Genre:
dark comedy/farce

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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For Pete's Sake

Synopsis:
On the eve of his son's birth, out of luck actor, Peter Thorton, gets plowed down by a semi while merging into the slow lane. A victim of lousy timing his whole life, God allows Peter to decide the fate of his soon to be born son, Pete, Jr. He may live a long, relatively happy life or he may find great fame and fortune and unbearable sorrow. Senior chooses fame for Junior who grows up to be a handsome, spoiled superstar, who pays the ultimate price, begetting yet another choice to be made by Pete Jr, for his son. Inspired by the tragic death of John Kennedy, Jr., For Pete's Sake follows the lives of three generations of Thorton men who all find the grass greener on the other side and poses the question: Given the choice of choosing the destiny of a child, would you choose not to be given the choice in the first place?

Notes:
nominated Best New Play by the OC Weekly. It was A finalist in the Playwrights Circle Int'l. Playwriting Competition And winner of the Palm Springs Writers Guild Award for best play.

1st Produced:
The Chance Theatre, Orange County, Ca    

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1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers, 2005   -

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Genre:
dramedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Jack of Hearts

Synopsis:
Jack is a musician who applies for the music teaching position at the local school so that he can earn enough money to help his ailing grandma with whom he lives. However, it appears he has competition for the job. A smelly old pirate with a huge treasure chest as arrived. What Jack will learn is that the Pirate isn't there for the job but rather to procure the heart of a child, as according to his map that's what is needed to open the cursed chest so that he can find the magic potion which will keep him alive for another 100 years. He also hopes to find inside the chest a map to the next chest which he will need 100 years from now. the men duel on stage, sing, dance, and using a music chart teach multiplication of positive and negative numbers along with other math facts.

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30 min play to teach math through music to elementary students

1st Produced:
Performed For The Palm Springs Unified School District     2008

Organisations:
Originally Commissioned by the Black Rock Center for the Arts

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Genre:
Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Phantom of Youth, The or the Green Grocer

Synopsis:
On the verge of turning 40, Katie embarks on an unusual diet in an attempt to turn back the clock. She is further motivated when she finds romance in the produce section. . .or so she thinks.

Notes:
This play can be produced without Any set requirements At All, so long As the Grocer Is Able to wheel on And off the stage A cart Filled with fruits And vegetables.

1st Produced:
Black Box Theatre/Playwrights Circle Short Play Competition     2003

Organisations:
American Globe Theatre/ NYC

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Genre:
Short play/ comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Preserving Clancy

Synopsis:
the death of a pet allows an aging Irish immigrant and her Jewish neighbor to discover that beneath their seeming hatred of each other, there lurks a latent, forbidden attraction

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Genre:
45 min dramedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sex, Love and the Premature Evacuation

Synopsis:
Ellen is a thirty-something, fatalistic, romance novelist in search of the perfect sperm - one detached from the rest of the male anatomy. Bob is a certifiable genius who's smorgasbord of sexual dysfunctions ranges from the mundane to the truly debilitating. the two meet in the waiting room of a sex clinic. Ellen takes pity on the seemingly pathetic Bob and even offers to help him when she discovers from another female patient that Bob's problems are all a ruse. Apparently this is how he meets women. Bob swears that this is different and that he's been in love with Ellen from afar and has arranged this accidental meeting. Turns out Bob is not a patient, but a sperm donor and the specious specimen Ellen is waiting for might wind up being his. Upon further inspection, Bob seems to have all the right stuff, but with an IQ as high as his sperm count, can he be believed?

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nominated Best New One Act by the DTL. It was Also the winner of "KeepItComing.com" playwriting competition And A finalist in the Strawberry Festival (NYC)

1st Produced:
Black Box In Palm Springs    

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Genre:
30 min comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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