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Art Shulman

ART SHULMAN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Art Shulman is a prolific playwright, with many full-length and one-act plays. His plays have been performed all over the United States and other countries. Living in the Los Angeles area, he has been called by a prominent writing guru, "the Neil Simon of the San Fernando Valley". (the San Fernando Valley is an area of Los Angeles which contains over a million people.) Of course, he thinks the attribution should be that Neil Simon is, "the Art Shulman outside the San Fernando Valley".

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         10         $4 Million Giveaway         At Half Time         Bagels         Bagels (the one-act play)         Beggars         Billy Chronicles, The         Boxcar and Eugenia         Career Day         Discussion After the Play Reading         Eternity Of Donald Trump, The         Eternity Of Hugh Hefner, The         Eternity Of Imelda Marcos, The         Eternity Of Jackie Onassis, The         Eternity Of Jacques Cousteau, The         Eternity Of Judy Garland, The         Eternity Of Mahatma Gandhi, The         Eternity Of Marilyn Monroe, The         Eternity Of Michael Moore, The         Eternity Of Mohammed Atta, The         Eternity Of Princess Diana And Mother Theresa, The         Eternity Of Rush Limbaugh, The         Eternity Of the Marquis De Sade, The         Flowers For Adam         God Bring Me A Miracle!         Graveside         Heavens         Hole, The         Joe Carbone's Job         Lemonade Girl, The         Lifeguards         Measuring         Mending         Not One More Foot of Land: Major Ridge and the Trail of Tears         Old Broads Can't Dunk         On a Scale From 1 To 10         Pigeons         Rabbi and the Gravedigger, The         Rabbi and the Shiksa, The         Rehearsal, The         Seeing the Star After the Show         September 10         Sex Is For the Heart         Sex Is Good For You         Spacenapped Santa         Spelling Bee, The         Stung         Toys         Trolls Who Stole the North Pole, The         Unity         Waitress

10

Synopsis:
How people's lives were changed by 9/11

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1st Produced:
Group Rep, North Hollywood    10 Sep 2011

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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$4 Million Giveaway

Synopsis:
A mysterious rich man gives $4 million to his "friends." But there's a catch. Jesse Morgan returns to New York City 18 years after absconding with cash from his employer. Now very rich, he stays in a suite in the luxurious Knickerbocker Arms, and calls together several "friends' from his past, including his ex-wife, his ex-best friend, his former employer, and a street person. He offers $2,000,000 to two of them, but there's a catch. the "friends" have to select which two of them receive the money. And most of them hate each other. the situation is turned topsy turvy when an unexpected person suddenly shows up in the midst of the group deciding who gets the money.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theater, Hollywood    2008

Organisations:
Group Rep

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Music:
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Genre:
Drama, 110 minutes

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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At Half Time

Synopsis:
It's half-time, and the team in the Over 60 Women's Basketball League is losing 59-6 to a team of ancient nuns who have taken a vow of silence.

Notes:
This one-act is the basis of the full-length play, Old Broads Can't Dunk.

1st Produced:
-    2006

Organisations:
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1st Published:
E-Script and Hard Copy, seniortheatre.com    -

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Genre:
20 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  5            Other:  0

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Bagels

Synopsis:
Seniors Jake and Rachel are matched by an internet dating service. She visits his apartment to play Scrabble, but after the game he wants to go to bed with her. She refuses but has to spend the night because of a freak snowstorm. Is he successful to luring her to bed? Did the computer just make a big mistake? Do they end up taking a trip to Hawaii?

Notes:
All characters Are over 60 years old. Based on A one-act play of the same title.

1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:
E-Script and Hard Copy, ArtAge Publications    -

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Genre:
Romantic Comedy, 100 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Bagels (the one-act play)

Synopsis:
Seniors Jake and Rachel are matched by an internet dating service. She visits his apartment to play Scrabble, but after the game he wants to go to bed with her. She refuses but has to spend the night because of a freak snowstorm. Is he successful to luring her to bed? Or did the computer just make a big mistake?

Notes:
Both Actors Are over 60 years old. Setting: A living room. (This play is the basis for the full length play of the same title.)

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Genre:
Romantic Comedy, 20 minutes

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Beggars

Synopsis:
She takes him as being homeless. But he asserts he is a true philosopher, having a graduate degree in philosophy. She refuses to give him money, but gradually they come to know each other better. Finally, she leaves him with her collection pot filled with money, so she can go home and change. Is he still there when she returns?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Group Repertory Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    1996

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Genre:
Drama, 20 minutes

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Billy Chronicles, The

Synopsis:
As Billy works through how to handle the problem of his girlfriend being pregnant, he reflects on events in different years of his life, from age 2 to 16. the play interweaves Billy in the present with Billy in the past, as he remembers events such as his second birthday, or the time he had an imaginary friend named Pumpkin, or when he had painful boils on his butt, or when he got lost at the shopping mall, or when he befriended an old man who wanted Billy to take him places he could not travel to himself.

Notes:
A few Actors play the same role throughout. All other Actors play multiple roles At the discretion of the director.

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Genre:
Comedy, 100 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  4-8

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Boxcar and Eugenia

Synopsis:
Boxcar, a very big man, now a minor actor dressed up as Santa Claus, shows up drunk on the porch of Eugenia, an 82 year old virtually blind widow. She invites him to live with her, much to the chagrin of Susan, the social worker who has befriended Eugenia. Despite conflicts with the two women, Boxcar makes himself useful by doing odd jobs around the house. He finally turns his life around and lands a job at a nursery, and even is cast as Falstaff in a production put on by his theater group.

Notes:
This play has Alternate endings, one powerful And bittersweet, the other merely sweet, but kinder

1st Produced:
Victory Theatre, Burbank, Ca    1998

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Genre:
Dramedy, 110 minutes

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  1

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Career Day

Synopsis:
there's a plastic surgeon, a garbage man, a historian, a homemaker, a French dry cleaner, a hangman, a philosopher, a lifeguard, an orthodontist, and a circus worker. And to add to the Career Day excitement the assistant principal performs her own unusual brand of stand-up comedy, and the school's ditzy cheer coach demonstrates with zeal her cheerleading skills. All this takes place while the mystery of who is tagging the school with graffiti remains unsolved.

Notes:
Career Day utilizes A series of monologues, giving many Actors An opportunity to "take the stage." It is easy to produce And requires only chairs for staging.

1st Produced:
-    2007

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Genre:
Comedy, 75 minutes

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  6 flexible, opt. extras

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Discussion After the Play Reading

Synopsis:
the previous week a play had been read at the theater company, but the play was so long there was no opportunity for discussion. So, it's being held now. But, in addition to the pompous playwright, only two people show up for the discussion- the moderator and the director of the play, whom the playwright doesn't quite recognize.

Notes:
Presented As part of the Misconceptions line-up of one-act plays.

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Genre:
Comedy, 10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  3

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Eternity Of Donald Trump, The

Synopsis:
Peter, the caretaker of heaven, informs Donald Trump that he will be in a room with another person, with one being the master and the other the servant who must do whatever the master wishes. the master will be the one with the most money on earth. Trump eagerly enters the room, but is shocked when he finds out who the other person is.

Notes:
Part of "the Peter Plays" series

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Genre:
Comedy, 5-10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Eternity Of Hugh Hefner, The

Synopsis:
Peter leads Hugh to expect that behind the door in heaven that he chooses he will spend eternity with gorgeous women. How does Hefner react when he finds out who is actually in the room?

Notes:
Part of "the Peter Plays" series

1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy, 5-10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Eternity Of Imelda Marcos, The

Synopsis:
the shoes that Imelda Marcos is assigned in heaven by Peter are not exactly what she bargained for.

Notes:
Part of "the Peter Plays" series

1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy, 5-10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Eternity Of Jackie Onassis, The

Synopsis:
When the seemingly demure Jackie chooses the door in heaven behind which she will spend eternity, is she telling Peter, the caretaker of heaven, that she is much more randy than is generally thought?

Notes:
Part of "the Peter Plays" series

1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Genre:
Comedy, 5-10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Eternity Of Jacques Cousteau, The

Synopsis:
When Jacques Cousteau meets Peter in heaven, and learns there are no sea animals in heaven, he is distraught. But Peter explains that something will happen that will surely satisfy Jacques.

Notes:
Part of "the Peter Plays" series

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Genre:
Comedy, 5-10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Eternity Of Judy Garland, The

Synopsis:
After Judy meets Peter in heaven (on the other side of the rainbow), she doesn't find the audience she so desperately needs.

Notes:
Part of "the Peter Plays" series

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Genre:
Comedy, 5-10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Eternity Of Mahatma Gandhi, The

Synopsis:
Mahatma Gandhi is disappointed after he chooses to spend eternity in a peaceful room, but one where there is no opportunity to passively resist. then, Peter shows him another room where Gandhi attacked by the Marquis de Sade. How does Gandhi handle that?

Notes:
Part of "the Peter Plays" series

1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy, 5-10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Eternity Of Marilyn Monroe, The

Synopsis:
Marilyn tells Peter, the caretaker of heaven, that she doesn't want to be thought of as a dumb blond, but a great actress. She is surprised when behind the door she chooses is a famous director- Michael Moore. She just loves to tousle his hair.

Notes:
Part of "the Peter Plays" series

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Genre:
Comedy, 5-10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Eternity Of Michael Moore, The

Synopsis:
When Michael Moore reaches heaven, he meets Peter, the caretaker, who is recording him with a camera, ambushing him, if you will. Mr. Moore does not like this very much.

Notes:
Part of "the Peter Plays" series

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Genre:
Comedy, 5-10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Eternity Of Mohammed Atta, The

Synopsis:
When Mohammed Atta (the fanatic who piloted a plane into the World Trade Center) reaches heaven he tells Peter, the caretaker, that he expects to spend eternity with the 72 virgins he has been promised. But is he in for a surprise!

Notes:
Part of "the Peter Plays" series

1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy, 5-10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Eternity Of Princess Diana And Mother Theresa, The

Synopsis:
With the assistance of Peter, the caretaker of heaven, Princess Diana and Mother Theresa must each choose which room in heaven they will occupy for eternity. Things get nasty when the two women vie for who will take the humbler room.

Notes:
Part of "the Peter Plays" series

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Genre:
Comedy, 5-10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Eternity Of Rush Limbaugh, The

Synopsis:
When Peter, the caretaker of heaven, has Rush choose which door to enter, behind which he'll spend eternity, Rush is surprised when the political affiliations of the people behind the door he chooses are not quite what he expected.

Notes:
Part of "the Peter Plays" series

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Genre:
Comedy, 5-10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Eternity Of the Marquis De Sade, The

Synopsis:
the Marquis de Sade is excited when he reaches heaven and learns from Peter, the caretaker of heaven, that the room behind the door he chooses is a dungeon-like place, with whips, handcuffs, a rack, and other such things. But then he learns who he will have to use these items on.

Notes:
Part of "the Peter Plays" series

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Genre:
Comedy, 5-10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Flowers For Adam

Synopsis:
Two young women, students in high school or college, show up at the street corner shrine, replete with flowers, where Adam has been killed, hit by a car while he was trying to escort a blind girl across the street. One is a cheerleader, the other more studious. Each woman believes she was Adam's girlfriend.

Notes:
Finalist in the Secret Rose 10-minute Play Contest.

1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    2003

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Genre:
Comedy, 12 minutes

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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God Bring Me A Miracle!

Synopsis:
Al is getting up in age, forgetting things, his body declining. His family must decide whether to place Al in a retirement home. But Al has not lost all his faculties (or his sense of humor), and resists going. Finally, he agrees to go, and we see in the second act how he acclimates to his new "home."

Notes:
This is A semi-autobiographical play

1st Produced:
Group Repertory Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    2000

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Genre:
Dramedy, 110 minutes

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Graveside

Synopsis:
While visiting his mother's grave a man reflects on the poor relationship he had with his father, buried nearby, and ultimately reaches an insight which turns his perspective upside down.

Notes:
Actor is 60 years old. Graveside was performed As part of the Misconceptions program of one-acts.

1st Produced:
Lonny Chapman Theatre At The Group Rep, Los Angeles, Ca    2009

Organisations:
Group Rep

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama, 15 minutes

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Heavens

Synopsis:
In this monologue a religious ew is angry at his God.. He gradually works out his feelings as he begins, unknowingly, to speak in verse.

Notes:
Actor is 35-45 years old. Performed As part of the one-act program, Private People In Public Places, And Also in the Misconceptions line-up.

1st Produced:
Lonny Chapman Theatre At The Group Rep, Los Angeles, Ca    1996

Organisations:
Group Rep

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Dramedy, 12 minutes

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Hole, The

Synopsis:
In this monologue play a woman recalls her abusive childhood where she was beaten by her Father right in this park after she had gotten lost. Earlier in the current day, she had taken her grandniece to this park, and Mindy became lost. Once Mindy has been located the angry grandaunt must now deal with her.

Notes:
Semi-finalist in the Secret Rose 10-minute Play Contest.

1st Produced:
Noho Actors Studio, Los Angeles, Ca    2003

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Genre:
Drama, 12 minutes

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Joe Carbone's Job

Synopsis:
Joe Carbone, the owner of a chicken slaughterhouse, feels guilty about what he does and thinks about changing his profession. To help him decide he takes a job as a waiter at Angie's Coffeehouse, where he meets people in varied occupations and learns what their jobs are like. Meanwhile, he and Angie are strongly attracted to each other, but she is a vegetarian, and he still owns the chicken slaughterhouse.

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Performance Time: Approximately 120 minutes

1st Produced:
Noho Actors Studios, Los Angeles, Ca    1994

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Genre:
Comedy, 100 minutes

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  3

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Lemonade Girl, The

Synopsis:
Two men scavenging trash on a scalding hot day buy homemade lemonade from an 8 year old girl. When they complain about her charging an outlandish price, she calls for her father, a policeman. the policeman sides with his daughter, and the trash guys must decide what to do.

Notes:
the Actress is 8 years old. the Lemonade Girl was Semi-finalist in the Secret Rose 10-minute Play Contest.

1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    2007

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Genre:
Comedy, 12 minutes

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Lifeguards

Synopsis:
A beach lifeguard with a terminal illness meets a bossy mother and her beautiful daughter at the coffeehouse. the three of them get to know each other as they talk. But who does the lifeguard connect with the most? And who is the true guardian of life?

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Genre:
Dramedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Measuring

Synopsis:
A homeless man sleeping on a park bench is awakened by a younger man who wants to measure the bench dimensions because he must find another bench just like it to meet the terms of the will of the man he thinks was his father. But who is his true father?

Notes:
Measuring has been performed several times, once by the American Renegade Company, And As part of the Misconceptions slate of one-act plays, All performances in North Hollywood, California.

1st Produced:
American Renegade Company, Los Angeles, Ca    1999

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Genre:
Drama, 20 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mending

Synopsis:
She tells him that she doesn't feel she's getting enough of his attention and that she knows about his affairs.

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A male who has no lines, is optional.

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Genre:
Drama, 5 minutes

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Not One More Foot of Land: Major Ridge and the Trail of Tears

Synopsis:
This play is currently in development, having had several staged readings. It follows the life of Major Ridge, a Cherokee, from about the period 1790-1840. Was he a traitor to his people or their savior? the Trail of Tears refers to the United States government forcing the Cherokees to move from their ancestral lands in the southeast to territory west of the Mississippi River. Thousands of Cherokees died on the long journey. the forcible eviction was made possible by a treaty arranged for by Major Ridge and others, which many Cherokees considered illegal.

Notes:
A few roles, principally Major Ridge, his wife, their son, And John Ross, Are played throughout by one Actor. All other Actors play multiple roles At the discretion of the director.

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Genre:
Drama, 110 minutes

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Old Broads Can't Dunk

Synopsis:
Based on the author's one-act play, AT HALF TIME (described elsewhere), the best player on the nun's team joins the ladies as their new coach, since she has been kicked out of the order for cursing when she was tripped by one of the ladies during the second half of the game.

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1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    2009

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Genre:
Comedy, 100 minutes

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  7            Other:  -

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On a Scale From 1 To 10

Synopsis:
Both characters are in bed, eyes closed. Finally, Martin rises and delivers a long speech in which he rates both himself and his girlfriend Marlene on physical attractiveness, using a 1 to 10 scale. Finally he returns to bed and closes his eyes. then Marlene rises and comments on what he said. He then gets up and they argue about what each of them said about themselves and each other. Do they ever get back into bed with each other?

Notes:
Both Actors should be "plain" looking. This play was performed As part of Bedroom Secrets, Fire Rose Productions' show of one-act plays, North Hollywood, CA

1st Produced:
Fire Rose Productions, North Hollywood, Ca    2010

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Genre:
Dramedy, 12 minutes

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Pigeons

Synopsis:
When the pigeon lady arrives at the park she realizes that the pigeons that usually frequent the park are gone. the man sitting on the bench says he doesn't know what happened. the detective shows up and tells the two that the pigeons have been killed, poisoned by cyanide. the mystery finally is justly resolved by the end of the play.

Notes:
This play was performed As part of the Misconceptions productions

1st Produced:
Noho Actors Studio    2008

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Genre:
Comedy, 20 minutes

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Rabbi and the Gravedigger, The

Synopsis:
In the first, the gravedigger encounters a rabbi planning to kill himself because he's distraught over the death of Theresa, the non-Jewish woman he loved. the second involves a romance between the gravedigger and Theresa's daughter, who is very odd. the final play involves the marriage of the gravedigger and Theresa's daughter, the ceremony conducted by the rabbi, who has just encountered another strange woman appearing to be homeless.

Notes:
This production consists of three one-act plays, tied together by the characters And the location. the three plays can be performed individually, or in combination.

1st Produced:
Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre, North Hollywood, Ca    2004

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Group Rep

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Genre:
Dramedy, 100 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Rabbi and the Shiksa, The

Synopsis:
the rabbi begins an affair with a non-Jewish woman selling carpet to the temple. the rabbi is already having trouble dealing with conservative members of the temple, who'd like to see him removed. His job is threatened when the romance gets into the open, and his secretary, who has silently harbored her feelings for the rabbi, turns against him.

Notes:
This play has set box office records At each theater it has been performed

1st Produced:
Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre, North Hollywood, Ca    1999

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Genre:
Dramedy, 100 minutes

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Rehearsal, The

Synopsis:
Bill is rehearsing his monolog, about how he never got enough attention from his important father, when an odd woman interrupts him several times. After a while the woman chastises him for talking so badly about his father. It turns out that the woman is his mother, who, later, confesses to him what it was like for her being married to that man.

Notes:
This play was A semi-finalist in the Secret Rose 10-minute Play Contest.

1st Produced:
Los Angeles Theatre Festival, Los Angeles, Ca    1999

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Genre:
Dramedy, 20 minutes

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Seeing the Star After the Show

Synopsis:
When her "friends" come to visit her after the show and comment on her performance, she is oblivious to what they are really saying.

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Genre:
Comedy, 10 minutes

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  5

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September 10

Synopsis:
On September 10, 2001, a wife confesses to her husband that she's had an affair. they begin to argue, but after being interrupted by their son, they agree to hold off further discussion until the next day. When, the next morning, airplanes crash into the World Trade Center, their world is turned around. For the next few weeks they're transfixed by the televised events and we meet various characters affected by the disaster - a man who has lost his son, a fireman who has lost his brother, a Red Cross worker, an evAngelist, a woman who has returned to attending church services, and so on. Later on, a few months later, we encounter many of the same people. Meanwhile, the stories of these people are interwoven with that of the couple whose marriage is at risk.

Notes:
2011 sees the reprise of this play At the Lonny Chapman theatre

1st Produced:
Lonny Chapman Group Repertory Theatre, North Hollywood, Ca    2002

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Genre:
Drama, 100 minutes

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  8-20 (depending on doubling of roles)

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Sex Is For the Heart

Synopsis:
In this one-act comedy Al had a heart attack while making love with his wife. Now he's reluctant to engage in bedroom behavior. Sheila, his eager wife, wants to. Badly!

Notes:
This play was the basis of the Author's full-length play, SEX IS GOOD FOR YOU!

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Genre:
Comedy, 18 minutes

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Sex Is Good For You

Synopsis:
In this full-length comedy Al Golden had a heart attack while making love with his wife. Now he's reluctant to engage in bedroom behavior. Sheila, his attractive and eager wife will do anything (well, almost anything) to get him into the bedroom, including asking a gorgeous younger woman to seduce him.

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Based on the one-act play, SEX IS FOR the HEART!

1st Produced:
Secret Rose Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    2005

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Genre:
Comedy, 100 min

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Spacenapped Santa

Synopsis:
It's Christmas Eve and on the planet Plantania an alien scientist, Gar, has unveiled his newest invention, a giant magnet. But a power-hungry alien, Fisthead, steals the magnet and points it to the sky at the exact time Santa is test-driving his sleigh. Santa becomes caught in the powerful magnetic pull and forced to land on Plantania, where he discovers he has been spacenapped, along with the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. Not only does the selfish Fisthead take all the Easter Bunny's eggs and make them into egg salad, but he steals Santa's toys so that he can be the most popular alien on the planet.

Notes:
This play has been performed several times to mostly children Audiences. Optional extras.

1st Produced:
Lonny Chapman Theatre At The Group Rep, Los Angeles, Ca    1999

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Group Rep

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Genre:
Comedy, 30 minutes

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  3 flexible, optional extras

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Spelling Bee, The

Synopsis:
the regional spelling bee is down to two remaining contestants, both eleven year olds. the judge, a pompous English professor, presents the words the contestants need to spell. One contestant seems to get all simple words, the other gets longer, more obscure words. Who wins?

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Genre:
Comedy, 10 minutes

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  3

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Stung

Synopsis:
Arnold, an awkward ill-dress man is rebuffed trying to pick up Deborah, a very sophisticated attractive woman at the coffeehouse. Linda, an equally nerdy woman, overly meloDramatic, turns up and the two nerds sit down at a nearby table, where Deborah can overhear. Deborah determines that the other two at one time were a couple living together. Linda still has the remnants of a black eye, which Deborah assumes was given to her by Arnold. So, who does Arnold end up with? Or does he end up with anyone?

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1st Produced:
Lake Arrowhead Performing Arts Council, Lake Arrowhead, Ca    1997

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Genre:
Comedy, 20 minutes

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Toys

Synopsis:
A schoolteacher and an owner of a toy company meet at a coffeehouse. Today is the anniversary of her son being killed by a gunshot fired by another student at his school. One of the products the toy company makes is toy guns.

Notes:
Toys was performed As part of the Misconceptions slate of one-act plays, And Also was performed in Lake Arrowhead, California.

1st Produced:
Lake Arrowhead Performing Arts Council, Lake Arrowhead, Ca    1996

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Genre:
Drama, 18 minutes

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Trolls Who Stole the North Pole, The

Synopsis:
Will Santa be able to make toys this year to give to kids around the world? Perhaps not. It's just days until Christmas when two trolls divert a shipment of toy supplies destined for Santa's toy factory at the North Pole to their troll factory at the South Pole. It's all part of the trolls' scheme to manufacture toys and sell them at inflated prices. But when Santa discovers the trolls' devious plan. He sends Mrs. Claus, a reindeer, and two elves to the South Pole to retrieve the stolen toy supplies and bring them back in time to make toys for Christmas.

Notes:
This interactive show is great fun for children And Audience members can get in on the fun by guessing Mrs. Claus's first name.

1st Produced:
Lonny Chapman Theatre At The Group Rep, Los Angeles, Ca    1996

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Group Rep

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Genre:
Comedy, 30 minutes

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  2 flexible

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Unity

Synopsis:
the husband has left cash on a table. the doorbell rings and the husband lets in a sultry woman. She arouses him with an erotic massage as he tells her his wife is away on vacation. they're just getting into it when the front door opens, and we hear another woman's voice announcing, "Home."

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Semi-finalist in the Secret Rose 10-Minute Play Contest. Also, later performed As part of Fire Rose Productions' show, Bedroom Secrets.

1st Produced:
The Secret Rose Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    2005

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Genre:
Drama, 10 minutes

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Waitress

Synopsis:
In this monologue play a former child star, now working as a coffeehouse waitress, reflects on her life, and the possibilities for her return to stardom.

Notes:
Waitress has been performed As part of the Misconceptions slate of one-act plays.

1st Produced:
Noho Actors Studio, Los Angeles, Ca    2008

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Genre:
Drama, 12 minutes

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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