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Celebrity Death Watch
Synopsis:
Why do celebrities always die in groups of three
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Ten minute play
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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https://twitter.com/romwatson
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Have You Taken the Test?
Synopsis:
Steven has a test for Charlie to see if he is gay
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Ten minute play. - - Gay, one act
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Male: 2 Female: - Other: -
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Image And Likeness
Synopsis:
Journalist Charlie Doth is convinced that a recent suicide was in fact murder. He is also interviewing religious leaders. The spirit of Albert Einstein helps
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1st Produced:
Rehearsed Reading At Celebration Theatre, Hollywood
02 Jun 2010
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ALAP/West Hollywood Gay Play Festival
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Genre:
Drama. - - Gay, full length
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Male: 6 Female: 2 Other: doubling
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Imaginary Line
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Genre:
Thriller
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Importance of Being Norma, The
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After six years in jail Norma Douglas is released. Now she must find a job
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Part of the "Norma Conquests" trilogy
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One act
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Lying Beneath The Surface
Synopsis:
Los Angeles the future. Half the population have mutated into monsters. A monster prostitute has been murdered and human detective Andrew Bell is investigating. He questions the murdered woman's sister - also a monster. To his surprise he starts to have feelings for her
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SciFi
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Manifesto of Silence
Synopsis:
Hollywood star Dane Stafford never gives interviews. He is fed up with his current life and decides to go back to the stage. He goes for an audition but is kidnapped by Mead and Stu. They plan to get an interview out of him and sell it to the tabloids. But Dane refuses to speak. Tied to a chair and blindfolded he has an imaginary talk with his ex-wife and decides to do the interview.
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Genre:
Play/Drama
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Male: 5 Female: 2 Other: doubling
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Mead And Stu At The Airport
Synopsis:
Mead and Stu are cleaners at the airport. Whilst cleaning Mead finds a brochure for SeaWorld. After reading it he is convinced he is half dolphin
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Also known as "Mead and Stu at SeaWorld"
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Ten minute play
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Male: 2 Female: - Other: -
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Mead And Stu Go Carolling
Synopsis:
Stu and Mead argue over which carols to sing
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Ten minute play
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Male: 2 Female: - Other: -
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Mr Cuddles and the Pet Sitter
Synopsis:
Dave and Miriam go to her grandmother to ask for money. They meet her new pet
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1st Produced:
Actors Workout Studio, North Hollywood
25 Mar 2017
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Genre:
Short play
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Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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My Fair Norma
Synopsis:
After six years in jail Norma Douglas is released. Now she must find a job
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Part of the "Norma Conquests" trilogy
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One act
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Norma Gets The Axe
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As part of the prison's work release scheme Norma is sent to film director William Castle
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Ten minute play
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Male: 1 Female: 2 Other: -
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Performance Anxiety
Synopsis:
A psychiatrist and his new patient help each other
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Genre:
Ten minute play
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Male: 2 Female: - Other: -
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Pickle Juice
Synopsis:
Dottie Mae MacKnots invites her domineering boss for a meal in the hopes of convincing him to stop developing some toxic land. However her other guests fail to turn up. She has to convince a complete stranger to pretend to be someone from Environmental Protection Agency
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: 4 Female: 4 Other: -
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Pinocchio In The Bronx
Synopsis:
"I am a marionette - you got a problem with that?"
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Genre:
Drama
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Male: 4 Female: 1 Other: 1-7 puppets
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Randall And Ward Attend The Theatre
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Ward meets Randal outside a theatre before they go in to see a show. Randall says that it was four years ago they met outside the same theatre
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Zoom
20 Jun 2020
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Genre:
Gay ten minute play
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Male: 2 Female: - Other: -
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Tea With Satan
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One act
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Test, The
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Unsure of his sexuality Charlie asks college classmate Stephen for advice. Stephen says to determine one way or the other he must take a written test
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Gay ten min play
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Male: 2 Female: - Other: -
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Thing On The Doorstep
Synopsis:
A man kills his best friend at the very last moment the friend swaps bodies so it is the killer who is walled up in the cellar - dead but still conscious
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Inspired by "The Thing On The Doorstep" by H P Lovecraft
1st Produced:
Sacred Fools Second Stage, Los Angeles
05 Oct 2016
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Offending Shadows Theatre Company
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One act
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Male: 3 Female: 1 Other: -
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Three Faces of Norma
Synopsis:
After six years in jail Norma Douglas is released. Now she must find a job
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Part of the "Norma Conquests" trilogy
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One act
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Three Syllables Of Shame
Synopsis:
Angela is pregnant. She and husband Charlie play a game as to who can come up with the worst ever name for the baby.
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Luna Playhouse, Glendale, California
23 Aug 2010
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Genre:
Ten minute play
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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