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Harvey Soolman

HARVEY SOOLMAN  (1949 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Harvey Soolman is an American playwright and novelist born in Brookline, Massachusetts, usa, and who lives in the Boston areA. He has a journalism and business administration education and is a graduate of Northeastern University (Boston). He is also very active in local baseball. His writing is generally along the serio-comedy genre and depicts realism and slice of life events that are easily related to by a large segment of the population.

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

         Ballplayer         Flossie, Queen of Spades         Peter Van         Promise Haunt Rewrite, The

Ballplayer

Synopsis:
An aging amateur baseball player refuses to give up the sport, despite risking his health and family life, because playing baseball is the one thing that he has always done since he was a kid. It defines him and it keeps him from feeling old.

Notes:
In four Acts. Three take place in the family kitchen. A fourth is A dream sequence And requires A small Amount of baseball sound effects. Set in recent times And contains some profanity And baseball references.

1st Produced:
Charlestown Working theater    2003

Organisations:
Harvey Soolman, Producer

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Flossie, Queen of Spades

Synopsis:
Four middle-age siblings gather to discuss how they will be able to care for their elderly, cantankerous mother, who is running out of money; and the three oldest conspire to stick the youngest into taking her in by offering to make it financially worth his while.

Notes:
Two settings, both living rooms. Set in the present. No special effects or unusual props or lighting.

1st Produced:
Players Ring, Portsmouth, New Hampshire    2000

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Peter Van

Synopsis:
the story of Peter Pan and Wendy adapted to modern times, set in Boston and attempting to explain what is truly happening in the famed tale. Peter is an unemployed beneficiary of his family trust fund, and Hook is determined to put him away on trumped up charges of child molestation so that Peter's politically-connected aunt and uncle will bestow a judgeship for him on the state Supreme Judicial Court.

Notes:
there is no physical flying. Sets included outside A courthouse, Wendy's bedroom, judge's chambers And A courtroom. Some social issues, such As gays And same sex marriage, Alcoholism And incest Are touched upon.

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Promise Haunt Rewrite, The

Synopsis:
A brother breaks his promise to his dying sister not to reveal her astonishing lifelong secret after she dies leading her to come back and haunt him as promised. So, as a writer, he concocts an even more outlandish secret to "reveal."

Notes:
Scenes take place first in Marianne's living room And then Herb's. the use of A telephone And outgoing voice message is needed. there needs to be A breeze passing through the room, And lighting And effects to depict A ghost entering And exiting. Both Herb And Marianne change in Appearance over time, looking progressively worse.

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  flexible extras

Further Reference:
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