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Frank Strausser

FRANK STRAUSSER  

 Nationality:    USA
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Frank Strausser is a Los Angeles-based writer of plays, screenplays,and novels. His first produced play The Powder Room starred Academy Award Best Actress nominee Sally Kirkland. His second play The Split premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is being prepped for a London run. A film adaptation of his novel Plastic is in development. Park Avenue Cat is also being adapted for film.

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 Park Avenue Cat         Powder Room, The         Psycho Therapy         Split, The         Valentine Triage         Wishing Well

Park Avenue Cat

Frank Strausser
When does a twosome become a threesome? A very confused Los Angeles therapist finds out when one beautiful woman and two alpha males meet for couples therapy in Straussers frenetic new comedy.

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1st Published:
Oberon Books (2011) >>>    978-1849431767

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  3 f phone callers

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Powder Room, The

Synopsis:
He wants to take the Women's Journey, but they want a room of their own. . . A situational drama set in a woman's study class inspired by a reverse gender-bias incident at the UCLA Writer's Conference.

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1st Produced:
The Court Theatre, Los Angeles    Jan 2000

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Play/Drama

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Psycho Therapy

Synopsis:
It's simple really. . .. Couples counseling for three! When Lily decided to do couples counseling, she had every intention of going with her boyfriend. But when she didn't think he'd go, there was someone else. . . because there always is. Which is to say, it was a twosome before it became a threesome.

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1st Produced:
June Havoc Theatre, NY (Midtown International Theatre Festival)    2009

Organisations:
Mindful Media LLC

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Genre:
90 minutes

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Split, The

Frank Strausser
For one Los Angeles family the fault line ran through everything. All he asked for was a divorce. Old Chinese proverb; beware what you want.

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Genre:
Dark comic drama

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Valentine Triage

Synopsis:
If love has its casualties, is it any wonder that two couples should find themselves in an emergency room on Valentine's Day?

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1st Produced:
readin Egyptian Arena Theatre, Los Angeles    06 Feb 2008

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Wishing Well

Synopsis:
When a wedding and a funeral get double-booked, realities collide and some very dark comic drama ensues.

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Genre:
comic drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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