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George Taylor

GEORGE TAYLOR  (1946 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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A professional writer for 30 years, George Taylor only recently turned to playwriting. His first play, Renaissance, was a finalist for the 2008 Oregon Book Awards, and his third, Good Citizen, is a semifinalist for the 2010 National Theatre Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center. He is the recipient of playwriting fellowships from the Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Literary Arts. Taylor is a member of the Dramatists Guild. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Edie.

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

 Good Citizen         Next Train to Moscow         Renaissance         Strange Case of the Miser at Christmas, The

Good Citizen

Synopsis:
On a cold Friday night in March, a young Japanese-American attorney walks the streets of Portland trying to get arrested. "Run along home, sonny boy," says a cop on the beat, "before you get into trouble." This is exactly what the young man wants. Good Citizen is an imaginative look at the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II through the lens of one who did not go quietly. It is a story of perpetrators and victims, of often well-meaning people who have very different opinions on what it means to be a "good citizen."

Notes:
Semifinalist, 2010 National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center; Semifinalist, 2010 Fratti-Newman Political Play contest, Castillo Theatre, New York; Winner, New by Northwest New Play Competition (2010)

1st Produced:
CoHo Productions, Portland (staged reading)    2010

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7-8            Female:  2-3            Other:  Ensemble of 9-11 actors plays 30+ characters

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Next Train to Moscow

Synopsis:
Lacey has decided that her life is too much like that of a Chekhov character. Smack in the middle of mid-life, she and her friends find themselves at the crossroads of Fate and Free Will, trying to deal with existential sameness in the Age of Starbucks. Weird parallels to The Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard keep cropping up. It is, of course, a comedy. (Audience comment: "It makes Chekhov make sense.")

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1st Produced:
Portland TheatreWorks (staged reading)    2009

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Renaissance

Synopsis:
Hollywood might well describe Renaissance as "Leo and Mick's Excellent Adventure" - a philosophical buddy comedy in which Leonardo and Michelangelo travel in time to try to save two abandoned masterpieces that might have changed the course of history. Three problems: 1. Leo and Mick are anything but buddies, 2. they must contend with a determined politician, and 3. alternate realities can be a bitch.

Notes:
Finalist, 2008 Oregon Book Awards (2008); semifinalist, Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition (2007)

1st Produced:
Playwright's Showcase of the Western Region (Denver) (staged reading)    2007

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  1 m or f

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Strange Case of the Miser at Christmas, The

Synopsis:
It is Christmas Eve 1882. The world's greatest detective is without a case at what is normally his busiest season. Fortunately, a miserly businessman engages him to discover the source and meaning of the ghost-filled dreams that have caused him to question his life's course. This reinvention of A Christmas Carol carries on many of the beloved traditions of the original. But it spins them into a fresh work that provokes thought about the season and about our role as human beings.

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The Conan Doyle Estate has granted A license for the use of certain characters in this play.

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama with carols

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  2b 1g; Ensemble of 12 or so actors plays 20+ characters

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