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Phillip W Weiss

PHILLIP W WEISS

  
Nationality:    USA
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Phillip W. Weiss was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Brooklyn College, Phil embarked on a career in public service; at the same he pursued his interest in artistic expression, both as a writer and photographer. As a writer, Phil has authored numerous plays, books, essays and poems. As a photographer, Phil's work has been displayed at several venues in the New York City areA. Phil has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe and maintains an avid interest in sports, movies, history and other cultural activities. In addition to his literary and photography work, Phil has also performed on the stage and is an accomplished singer. Phil is the founder of Phil's Literary Works LLC which produces staged readings of original plays. For more information contact Phil at pwnycny@aol.com or visit his websites, www.philsliteraryworks.com and www.philsphotographs.com.

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         Blacks and Whites         Brothers         Captain Dingleman's Great Adventure         Clemenceau         Cleve Laubinger Story, The         Discharge Planning Blues         Echoes From the Abyss - Confessions Of A Nazi War Criminal         Ernie Levine, Dodger Fan         Hasidic Jones         In-Sanity or the irrationality of the human psyche         Kapo, The         Larry the Angry Turtle         Lesson for Life         Let Justice Prevail         Lisa Ann Shekofsky Story, The         Love and War, a Political Love Story or what happens when Enemies fall in love         Maggie and the Professor or conflict resolution, American style         Meet the Birnbaums         Moishe and Mohammed         Neville and Adolf in Munich - a One Act Musical Event         Noble Act, A         Redemption or when love conquered hate         Sandra the Angry Turtle         Spear, The         Teacher Who Really Mattered, The         Triumph and Tragedy or what happens when expediency and morality collide         Truth and Contradictions - Inside the Mind of Ralph Gorolinski
Blacks and Whites

Synopsis:
Four persons, two black and two white, discuss the status of race relations in the United States.

Notes:
To buy this play, contact Author At pwnycny@aol.com. the play includes one original song.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Brothers

Synopsis:
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Notes:
To buy this play, contact the Author At pwnycny@aol.com. This play includes two original songs.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Captain Dingleman's Great Adventure

Synopsis:
A vindictive U. S. Army colonel orders an unpopular captain to go on a dangerous mission, accompanied by a squad of malcontents who are considered expendable. Complicating matters is the fact that the captain is harboring a secret that could destroy unit morale and jeopardize the entire operation. Will the mission succeed? And what will happen if the captain's secret is revealed?

Notes:
To buy this play, contact Author At pwnycny@aol.com. the play includes four original songs.

1st Produced:
Staged Reading Pearl Studios, New York City     01 Mar 2011

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Clemenceau

Synopsis:
After the cessation of fighting in World War One, the Premier of France leads the effort to restore peace to Europe. Does he do right by his nation and the world?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC, 2018   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Cleve Laubinger Story, The

Synopsis:
An ex-professional football player is experiencing progressive loss of mental functioning. Who is responsible for his care?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. (2016) Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Discharge Planning Blues

Synopsis:
In a large public hospital, conflict erupts between the members of a multidisciplinary treatment team as they struggle to develop a discharge plan for a high-risk patient.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pearl Studios, New York, NY     07 Apr 2013

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. (2013) Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Echoes From the Abyss - Confessions Of A Nazi War Criminal

Synopsis:
Interrogation of Rudolf Hoess, Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, extracted from actual historical sources. Hoess discusses his duties as commandant and his role in the Holocaust.

Notes:
Staged reading

1st Produced:
Demos, 220 Fifth AVenue, New York, NY 10001     01 Nov 2009

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Ernie Levine, Dodger Fan

Synopsis:
During World War Two, a young man from Brooklyn is drafted into the United States Army, tearing him away from his one true love, the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pearl Studios, New York, NY     19 Jun 2016

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. (2016) Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Hasidic Jones

Synopsis:
A young man, torn between two cultures, has to decide where his loyalty lays, with the family who raised him or with the mother who bore him.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pearl Studios, New York, NY     03 Aug 2014

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. (2014) Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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In-Sanity or the irrationality of the human psyche

Synopsis:
A man commits murder, driven by motives that reveal the murkier recesses of the human mind.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pearl Studios, New York, NY     17 Nov 2013

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. (2013) Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Kapo, The

Synopsis:
Initially set in a Nazi concentration camp in Europe during World War Two, a Jewish inmate is placed in charge of a barrack, abuses his authority and later is charged with war crimes. Is he a villain or a victim?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pearl Studios     30 Oct 2010

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Larry the Angry Turtle

Synopsis:
A sea turtle with a messianic complex vows to return to the place where he hatched and protect other baby sea turtles from harm.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Short Story

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Lesson for Life

Synopsis:
A young man learns about life. . .the hard way. A young ambitious prizefighter, consumed by greed, agrees to throw a fight for money. Believing that the situation is under control, he soon finds out that his problems have just begun, forcing him to make difficult choices and in the process learn about life.

Notes:
Staged reading

1st Produced:
June Havoc Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, 1St Floor, New York, NY 10018     2009

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
120 minutes Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Let Justice Prevail

Synopsis:
A poor but ambitious man attempts to use the legal system to achieve his aims.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pearl Studios, New York, NY     23 Mar 2014

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. (2014) Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Lisa Ann Shekofsky Story, The

Synopsis:
A female race horse trainer becomes the leading trainer at the track. The other trainers are not pleased.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC, 2018   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Love and War, a Political Love Story or what happens when Enemies fall in love

Synopsis:
Under the most improbable circumstances, an angry Israeli soldier and a beautiful Palestinian woman meet and fall in love.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Maggie and the Professor or conflict resolution, American style

Synopsis:
A dispute over a grade on a term paper escalates into a legal war.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. (2015) Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Meet the Birnbaums

Synopsis:
Set in New York City in 1964, the sitcom is about the Birnbaums: Jerry and Ettie and their three children, Dickie, Mickie and Vickie.

Notes:
Pilot script for a sitcom. Episode 1 - Dickie wants to go to a baseball game.

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. (2014) Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Moishe and Mohammed

Synopsis:
An Israeli Jew and Palestinian Arab engage in a lively and candid discussion of the Arab-Israeli conflict, assisted by a third person known only as the Baboon.

Notes:
Moishe And Mohammed was broadcast on May 31 And June 8, 2010 on public Access television in New York City.

1st Produced:
June Havoc Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, 1St Floor, New York, NY 10018     01 Jul 2008

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Neville and Adolf in Munich - a One Act Musical Event

Synopsis:
Sparks fly as Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler have a candid and often abrasive discussion about Czechoslovakia. When agitated Chamberlain talks in rhyme to make his point. Fiction loosely based on the Munich Conference.

Notes:
Staged reading

1st Produced:
Demos, 220 Fifth AVenue, New York, NY 10001     01 Jan 2009

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama/Parody

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Noble Act, A

Synopsis:
A community long divided by race and at the brink of disintegrating earns a reprieve in a most unexpected manner.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pearl Studios, New York, NY     15 Nov 2015

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Redemption or when love conquered hate

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
To buy this play, contact Author At pwnycny@aol.com.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Sandra the Angry Turtle

Synopsis:
This time the heroine is a female turtle named Sandra who vows to protect other baby turtles on the beach from harm.

Notes:
Staged reading

1st Produced:
Demos, 220 Fifth AVenue, New York, NY 10001     01 Apr 2009

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Short story

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Spear, The

Synopsis:
Set in the year 44,753 B.C., a caveman makes a discovery that changes the course of human development.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pearl Studios, New York, NY     16 Nov 2014

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. (2014) Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Teacher Who Really Mattered, The

Synopsis:
A teacher in an inner city school is losing faith in whether his presence is making a difference in the lives of his students.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC, 2018   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Triumph and Tragedy or what happens when expediency and morality collide

Synopsis:
To end a long and brutal war, an American president has to decide whether to use a weapon of mass destruction. Based on an actual event.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pearl Studios, New York, NY     11 Aug 2013

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Truth and Contradictions - Inside the Mind of Ralph Gorolinski

Synopsis:
In the throes of despair, a man is losing his sense of identity and slipping into psychosis. As his defenses break down, conflicting thoughts, feelings and painful memories emerge challenging his will to live.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pearl Studios, New York, NY     26 Jul 2015

Organisations:
Phil's Literary Works LLC

1st Published:
Phil's Literary Works LLC. (2015) Online @ www.philsliteraryworks.com   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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