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Carl L Williams

CARL L WILLIAMS

  
Nationality:    USA
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A veteran playwright, Carl L. Williams has won numerous playwriting competitions for his full-length and one-act plays. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, and resides in Houston, TX.

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         20-Year Crush, The (formerly Poetic License)         Accused of Comedy         Agatha Christie Tackles Texas         Another Turn of the Scrooge         Authors Anonymous         Bad Blood in the Bookshop, or Her Beauty Spoke Volumes         Boys At IHOP, The         Can't You See We're Acting?         Coming Back to Jersey         Crossing the Bridge         Danger Lurks in Music City, or the Ditty That Saved a City         Final Curtain         Flowers From Our Father         Foster's Hat         Gift Of the Magi: the Untold Story         Girl in the Tutu, or the Villain Kept Her On Her Toes, The         His Critical Condition         In the Trap         Inside Carl's Shorts         Inventor's Daughter, or the Villain Made a Grab for the Lab, The         Jesus At the Rehab         Little Off the Top, A         Magician's Daughter, or the Villain Refused to Disappear, The         Making a Move (formerly Getting a Move On)         Man Who Shot Santa Claus         Members Of the Club         Must the Show Go On         Not-So-Grand Hotel, The         Quick Review, A         Table For Three         Thirties Affair, A         Under A Cowboy Moon         Unleashed         Watchmaker's Daughter, or the Villain Ticked Her Off, The         Well-Diggers Daughter, The or, She Found Herself In Deep Water         What Are Words Worth To A Long Fellow?         When Bullfrogs Sing Opera         Woman on the Cusp, A
20-Year Crush, The (formerly Poetic License)

Synopsis:
Martie's idyllic memories of a poet from her college years rise again when he reappears, willing and able to continue the romance. Her regular-guy husband, who'd rather bowl than read poetry, seems a poor match against the dashing, artistic Brook Oliphant. Martie's best friend Janice, who also knew the suave poet when he was a teaching assistant, is drawn to Brook again as well, especially now that she is recently divorced. Suddenly, their nostalgic used-to-be's contend with the ordinary here-and-now until the women meet one of the professor's current students. they discover that Brook uses the same old poem to romance all his lady friends and students. Will they separate his iambic from his pentameter or, at the very least, have him arrested for the reckless used of a concealed poem? Ultimately Martie realizes the four rhyming lines Tom writes are much sweeter than Brook's poetic license will ever be.

Notes:
Winner of the Fort Bend (TX) theatre New Play Contest.

1st Produced:
Fort Bend Theatre, Stafford Tx     2002

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing Company, FL, USA, 2006   

Music:
-

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Genre:
two act Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Accused of Comedy

Synopsis:
In the near ridiculous future, when comedy has been outlawed, two bottom-of-the-barrel comics face trial for committing comedy, along with their accomplice, a young woman who broke the law by laughing at them.

Notes:
Winner of the Maxim Mazumdar Contest.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers2006   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Agatha Christie Tackles Texas

Synopsis:
When Dame Agatha visits Texas to research a new novel, someone in her rented house turns up murdered. Agatha sets out to find the killer among her weekend houseguests, all of whom had possible (if sometimes implausible) motives.

Notes:
written by Eddie Cope And Carl L Williams

1st Produced:
Country Playhouse Black Box, Houston Tx     2001

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
I.E. Clark Publishing Co., 2002   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Mystery

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Another Turn of the Scrooge

Synopsis:
Dickens' redeemed curmudgeon pays the price for his first good deed when he's accused of poisoning the Cratchit family with a spoiled turkey.

Notes:
Published As part of "Christmas With A Twist," Along with two other short Williams plays related to Christmas.

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing Company, FL, USA (2008)   

Music:
-

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-

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Authors Anonymous

Authors Anonymous
Four writers of different types of fiction (mystery, romance, detective, and literary) gather at the country home of a reclusive and slightly addled heiress to compete for a $100,00 grant.. A timid secretary and a respected literary critic evaluate the writers, leading to the discovery no once present is really who he or she seems to be.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Branch County Community Theatre, Coldwater Michigan     2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Bad Blood in the Bookshop, or Her Beauty Spoke Volumes

Synopsis:
Clarice DeLovely, a beautiful young London actress, arrives in Cactus Junction, Texas, to manage a small bookshop that she inherited from her late father. Little does she know that Sylvester Swineheart (a devious and distant relative) is planning to take over the shop and is in cahoots with crooked Sheriff Hornswoggler, who schemes to put the young mummer six feet under, along with her traveling companion, Winifred Snitwhistle, a grande dame of the British stage. Complicating matters are a charming book-publishing heiress, Fann C. Free, and the shy and studious Chester G. Whilakers, who carries a torch for the lovely DeLovely. With many plot twists and turns the "good guys" fight their way through a tangle of jokes, puns, and show-biz humor while saving the day.

Notes:
written by Eddie Cope And Carl L Williams

1st Produced:
Encore Theatre, Houston Tx     2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers2006   

Music:
-

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Genre:
meloDrama One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Boys At IHOP, The

Synopsis:
Dracula and the Wolfman stop for a midnight snack at IHOP, where the clueless waitress thinks they've been to a costume party.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
NYC     2007

Organisations:
Phare Play Productions

1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers 2009   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten-Minute

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Can't You See We're Acting?

Synopsis:
Three seniors on the front row of a little theater disrupt the play with their incessant comments, questions, noisy candy wrappers, and occasional snoring. How long can an actor take it before he explodes?

Notes:
Winner of multiple contests, produced off-off-Broadway. Published As part of "It's All An Act," Along with two other short Williams plays.

1st Produced:
Main Street Theatre, Houston Tx     1999

Organisations:
Scriptwriters/Houston

1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing Company, FL, USA, 2007   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Coming Back to Jersey

Synopsis:
A middle-aged tailor indulges in daydreams to escape his humdrum existence, but his wife suspects he is fantasizing about a sexy widow friend. Her plan to test his fidelity backfires, leading to an escalation of flirtatious behavior by both man and wife, witnessed by their increasingly scandalized daughter and her boyfriend. A widower gets drawn into the charade while seeking a romance of his own.

Notes:
Winner of multiple play contests, including the Brevard Little theatre New Play Competition. Voted "Audience Favorite" At Dayton FutureFest.

1st Produced:
Brevard Little Theatre, Brevard Nc     01 Jun 2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing Company, FL, USA (2012)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Full-length Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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-

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Crossing the Bridge

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
E-Script and Hard Copy, ArtAge Publications    

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy 10 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  0

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Danger Lurks in Music City, or the Ditty That Saved a City

Synopsis:
Villainous Victor Vomitus runs a music publishing company in 1899 St. Louis and keeps a songwriter chained in his basement, trying to come up with a prize-winning song for the Exposition. A rich young man meets a poor young woman searching for her long-lost father, and they become entangled with Victor, a crooked commissioner and his foolish family, a dancehall girl, and a crazy old river rat named Bessie.

Notes:
written by Eddie Cope And Carl L Williams

1st Produced:
Pasadena Little Theatre, Pasadena Tx     2003

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers2006   

Music:
-

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Genre:
MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Final Curtain

Synopsis:
the estranged family members of a dying Shakespearean actor gather around his bedside and squabble over long-held grievances, prompting the semi-comatose thespian to respond with appropriate lines from the Bard.

Notes:
Published As part of "It's All An Act," Along with two other short Williams plays.

1st Produced:
Theatre Southwest, Houston Tx     1998

Organisations:
Festival of Originals

1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing Company, FL, USA, 2007   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Flowers From Our Father

Synopsis:
Two sisters clash following their father's memorial service, each one carrying different memories of their individual relationships with him.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Country Playhouse, Houston Tx     01 Aug 2010

Organisations:
Scriptwriters/Houston

1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers 2011   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten-Minute

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Foster's Hat

Synopsis:
A man inherits a hat from a mentally challenged friend. Home from the funeral, he shares with his wife a bittersweet reminiscence of what made the friend so very special.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Theatre One, Houston Tx     2006

Organisations:
Scriptwriters/Houston

1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers 2008   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten-Minute

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Gift Of the Magi: the Untold Story

Synopsis:
Reality sets in after the conclusion of O'Henry's short story as husband and wife quarrel over the cutting of her hair and the selling of his watch.

Notes:
Originally performed As part of "Inside Carl's Shorts". Published As part of "Christmas With A Twist," Along with two other short Williams plays related to Christmas.

1st Produced:
Grand Theatre At The Producers Club, New York     22 Sep 2007

Organisations:
Phare Play

1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing Company, FL, USA (2008)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Girl in the Tutu, or the Villain Kept Her On Her Toes, The

Synopsis:
A young showman tries to assemble a dance act to save his parents' failing restaurant in 1899 California. A conman shows up with three dancing girls and a scheme to cheat two old prospectors out of their newly refound lost gold mine.

Notes:
Written by Catl l Williams And Eddie Cope

1st Produced:
Harbor Playhouse, Corpus Christi Tx     2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing Company, FL, USA, 2004   

Music:
-

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Genre:
MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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His Critical Condition

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Originally performed As part of "Inside Carl's Shorts". Winner of the DFAP one-act play competition. A two-character version has been published under the title "A Quick Review."

1st Produced:
Grand Opera House, Dubuque Ia     01 Aug 2004

Organisations:
Dubuque Fine Arts Players

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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In the Trap

In the Trap
A strange man sitting in a sand trap on a golf course ensnares a crooked businessman while reconnecting with the man's wife, a former classmate.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Country Playhouse, Houston Tx     01 Aug 2007

Organisations:
Scriptwriters/Houston

1st Published:
in 2008: the Best Ten-Minute Plays 3 or More Actors, Smith & Kraus, (2009)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Inside Carl's Shorts

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Producer's Club, The Royale Theater, NY     2006

Organisations:
Phare Play Productions

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Inventor's Daughter, or the Villain Made a Grab for the Lab, The

Synopsis:
Adora Winsome, a lovelorn widow, is stuck with a cluttered workshop after the death of her husband, an unsuccessful inventor who left them nothing but a strange "talker box." She and her beautiful daughter Charmaine have sent for a patent application for the apparatus, but they don't know a thing about it. Frankie Fixitt, the lab assistant, lends a helping hand. After all, he is secretly in love with Charmaine. But what good is the patent application if the talker box is in the clutches of greedy landlord Gustav Guttermost and his flirtatious confederate, Ima Foxx? the two villains barge in to collect the rent and steal the valuable invention while they're at it. Of course, their efforts are thwarted when Cashin DeVault, the dashing banker-and Adora's old flame-arrives just in time to catch Ima and Guttermost red-handed. Love and justice prevail, as it should be!

Notes:
written by Eddie Cope And Carl L Williams

1st Produced:
Harbor Playhouse, Corpus Christi Tx     2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Pioneer Drama Service, 2005   

Music:
-

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Genre:
meloDrama One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Jesus At the Rehab

Synopsis:
In a rehabilitation group for various addictions, Jesus (yes, that Jesus) clashes with the psycho-babbling facilitator.

Notes:
Originally performed As part of "Fall Shorts"

1st Produced:
Theatre Southwest, Houston Tx     01 Aug 2001

Organisations:
Phare Play

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Little Off the Top, A

Little Off the Top, A
With the help of a toupee salesman, Steve and Jerry, two lonely balding bachelors, find a perfect toupee with which to attract women. the only problem is that they don't have enough money to buy it. Desperate for hair, they purchase a used toupee that was repossessed from a dead man and decide to time-share the toupee by taking turns wearing it. the new toupee gives Steve and Jerry a confidence boost, and they soon meet two lovely ladies. Romance is in the air until both girlfriends show up at Jerry and Steve's house at the same time. With two bald men and just one toupee, things get a bit hairy for Steve and Jerry.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Pasadena Little Theatre, Pasadena Tx     1998

Organisations:
-

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
90-120 minutes Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Magician's Daughter, or the Villain Refused to Disappear, The

Synopsis:
Here's a fast-moving meloDrama about dastardly doings in a run-down professional theater in Sagebrush, Nevada. the evil theater owner Rance Bottomgard schemes to make ailing magician Alexander the Great disappear so he can steal both his act and his lovely daughter Loverly. He fools the magician's fading-rose assistant Carrie Meebak into helping set up a fatal stage trick. Before all is lost, heroic and love-struck young stage manager Will Powers, aided by dim-witted Nurse Krenk, rush to the rescue.

Notes:
written by Eddie Cope And Carl L Williams

1st Produced:
Harbor Playhouse, Corpus Christi Tx     2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers2007   

Music:
-

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Genre:
MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Making a Move (formerly Getting a Move On)

Synopsis:
A woman conspires with an athletic friend to make her husband jealous as a means of getting him to agree to move to a retirement community.

Notes:
the play was titled "Fit for Love" when originally produced.

1st Produced:
Old Opera House, Charles Town Wv     2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
E-Script, seniortheatre.com    

Music:
-

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Genre:
20 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Man Who Shot Santa Claus

Synopsis:
A man stands trial for shooting Santa. His slick lawyer argues that Santa was a chronic trespasser and predatory home invader who had it coming.

Notes:
Winner of multiple play competitions. Published As part of "Christmas With A Twist," Along with two other short Williams plays related to Christmas.

1st Produced:
Stages Theatre, Houston Tx     01 Aug 2003

Organisations:
Scriptwriters/Houston

1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing Company, FL, USA, 2008   

Music:
-

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-

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Members Of the Club

Synopsis:
A woman serves tea and vengeance to three unsuspecting friends, all of whom had affairs with her husband.

Notes:
Originally performed As part of "Inside Carl's Shorts"

1st Produced:
Theatre Southwest, Houston Tx     01 Aug 2004

Organisations:
Phare Play

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Must the Show Go On

Synopsis:
Everything goes wrong on opening night as four actors persevere despite a drunk in the tech booth, a slipping dress, a gun that doesn't fire, and a sneezing corpse.

Notes:
Winner of multiple contests, produced off-off-Broadway. Published As part of "It's All An Act," Along with two other short Williams plays.

1st Produced:
Stages Theatre, Houston Tx     2002

Organisations:
Scriptwriters/Houston

1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing Company, FL, USA, 2007   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Not-So-Grand Hotel, The

Not-So-Grand Hotel, The
When a mudslide blocks the main highway, the dilapidated Hotel Horace in the town of Swampy Corners gets an unexpected influx of guests, including a British world traveler, a high school teacher and her two students, and a female fugitive, who tries to hide from the local sheriff, who is courting the hotel's widowed owner.

Notes:
written by Eddie Cope And Carl L Williams

1st Produced:
Country Playhouse Black Box, Houston Tx     2002

Organisations:
-

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Quick Review, A

Synopsis:
A sensitive playwright confronts the cynical Drama critic who savaged her new play. While exchanging barbs, writer and critic learn more about each other in the course of a changing relationship.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Brazos Valley Troupe, Bryan Tx     2005

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers2006   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Table For Three

Synopsis:
A lone Diner is suddenly joined by a beautiful woman fleeing her supposedly jealous boyfriend.

Notes:
Winner of multiple competitions

1st Produced:
Lake Shore Players Theatre, White Bear Lake Mn     2005

Organisations:
Phare Play

1st Published:
In 2007: the Best Ten-Minute Plays 3 or More Actors, Smith & Kraus (2008)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Thirties Affair, A

Synopsis:
A woman tries to match up her divorced friend with a friend of her husband's and happily discovers they both like old movies from the 1930's. their romance is complicated by the return of the ex-husband, who wants to reconcile, and by an attractive young actress who just wants to have fun.

Notes:
Winner of the Texas Nonprofit theatres POPS! New Play Project, finalist in multiple others.

1st Produced:
Henderson County Performing Arts Center, Athens Tx     01 Apr 2011

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Two-Act Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Under A Cowboy Moon

Synopsis:
Residents of Spitwhistle, Texas hold a cowboy poetry festival to bring business to their dying town. A PBS crew arrives to film the contest as the young guns aim to beat legendary cowboy poet Boone Hawkins. the outcome determines who stays, who moves on, and who just keeps on dreaming.

Notes:
Winner of the Backdoor theatre New Play Project And the Hill Country Playwriting Festival's People's Choice Award. Produced off-off-Broadway.

1st Produced:
Bac Kdoor Theatre, Wichita Falls Tx     2003

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Norman Maine Publishing, FL, 2007   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  opt extras

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Unleashed

Synopsis:
A small-town judge settles a dispute between a female deputy and the man she ticketed for walking his dog without a leash, revealing their mutual and long-suppressed attraction.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Country Playhouse, Houston Tx     2009

Organisations:
Scriptwriters/Houston

1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers 2010   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten-Minute

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Watchmaker's Daughter, or the Villain Ticked Her Off, The

Synopsis:
the beautiful young heroine's dear mother (the watchmaker's widow and jewelry store owner) is falsely accused of participating in a human- smuggling ring, and what's more, she is accused by the stalwart young hero who is the object of her daughter's desire! the villainous import/export merchant, who keeps importing and exporting the same suspicious grandFather clock, tries to frame the widow and make time with the heroine, only to see his plans upset by his own assistant (a femme fatale with an eye for the hero) and a South American gentleman who makes a surprise appearance, along with two formidable-looking women "customers" who have been casing the store.

Notes:
Winner of the Backdoor theatre New Play Project And the Hill Country Playwriting Festival's People's Choice Award. Produced off-off-Broadway.

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers2007   

Music:
-

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Genre:
meloDrama One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Well-Diggers Daughter, The or, She Found Herself In Deep Water

Synopsis:
Caution: the humor in this play may be a bit dry. Set in Tarantula, TX at the turn of the last century, a humble well-digger, Hardrock Flint, and his soon-to-be son-in-law, Gus, have set out to strike it rich by digging wells, but all they've found so far is a lot of dirt. Meanwhile, the exceptionally evil Sly Snookerall has hatched a heartless scheme to steal the well-digger's homestead, send him to the poorhouse, and then marry his beautiful daughter, Dolly. Hardrock better find a way to dig himself out of this one, or he's going to end up at the Last Roundup Retirement Home!

Notes:
written by Eddie Cope And Carl L Williams

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
MeloDrama, 30 min One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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What Are Words Worth To A Long Fellow?

Synopsis:
An idle young man, intent on living the dissolute life of a struggling poet, faces reality when confronted by his new girlfriend and his older sister.

Notes:
Originally performed As part of "Inside Carl's Shorts"

1st Produced:
Grand Theatre At The Producers Club, New York     22 Sep 2007

Organisations:
Phare Play

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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When Bullfrogs Sing Opera

Synopsis:
Country sister Coreen comes to visit big-city highbrow Millicent on the very night she's entertaining a society couple. To conceal her embarrassing background, Millicent passes Coreen off as an actress immersed in a new role. Conceits and deceits abound before down-home honesty prevails.

Notes:
Winner of the McLaren Memorial Comedy Playwriting Competition in Midland, TX.

1st Produced:
Midland Community Theatre, Midland Tx     2002

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Eldridge Publishing Company, FL, USA, 2004   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Woman on the Cusp, A

Synopsis:
A mentally unstable woman attempts to write her memoirs at her brother's insistence as a form of therapy. But the ghost writer brought in to help her is actually a psychiatrist, hired to certify her as insane so her brother can gain control of their dying father's financial empire. the psychiatrist faces an ethical dilEmma as he tries to discover the nature of the woman's trauma while holding off her brother's impatient demands that he finish the job.

Notes:
New play. Finalist for the Stanley Drama Award in New York And in the Dayton FutureFest.

1st Produced:
Dayton Playhouse, Dayton Oh As Part Of Futurefest     2011

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Full-length Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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