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CUTTINGS by Thomas M. Atkinson
Comedy/Drama
Cast Size: 1 W
Interior: potting shed
THE STORY: One woman’s humorous circuitous recounting of a childhood accident and the long shadow it has cast on her life, and a gentle and unsentimental exploration of our difficulty in dealing with difference.
AWARDS: Finalist Theatre Conspiracy New Play Contest. Productions at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, Theatre Conspiracy and Cultural Park Theatre
REVIEWS: “An astounding theatrical gift…Cuttings is the kind of play that critics and theatre audiences live for and hope for…a tour de force that belongs Off-Broadway or on Broadway…a must see play.” Naples Daily News
“Haunting work…an encore is in order.” Cincinnati CityBeat
“A daring and deftly written play…There’s note a maudlin or depressing note in the script…To call it straight drama would give short shrift to the genuine and organic flashes of humor…cutting-edge entertainment.” Ft. Myers News-Press
“The language is beautiful and extremely sensitive. Atkinson has a remarkable gift for writing in a woman’s voice…This is an intimate play and one to be cherished…” Island Sun
“In a word ‘beautiful’…a first-rate cutting-edge theatre experience…” Sanibel /Captiva Islander
CONTACT: Thomas Atkinson at
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LESBIAN’S LAST PIZZA by Jeff Goode
Comedy/Drama
Cast Size: 1F Minimal
Interior:
THE STORY: A young woman, dying of AIDS, tries to order a
delivery from a homophobic pizzeria.
CONTACT: www.jeffgoode.com
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ROMANTIC FOOLS by Rich Orloff
Comedy
Cast Size: 1 M, 1 W
Interior: Simple set.
THE STORY: A collection of 12 sketches about love, lust, romance and relationships – all designed to show off the talents of two skilled comic actors
AWARDS: Produced so far at the Key West Theatre Festival; Theatre Conspiracy in Ft. Myers, Florida; Shadowland Theatre in the Catskills; and the Foolish Theatre Company in New York City.
Individual sketches from ROMANTIC FOOLS have been produced across the country at such theaters as Shadowbox Cabaret in Ohio, Venture Theater in Montana, and several colleges.
REVIEWS: “A side-splitting new comedy. You’ll ache from non-stop laughing.” Show Business Weekly
“Rich Orloff’s script abounds with side-splitting humor that had Thursday’s audience literally convulsing with laughter.” Fort Myers Beach Observer
“Hilarious sketches that cover most situations in the world of relationships. ROMANTIC FOOLS is a lot of fun and a lot of laughs.” Island Sun
“A very funny pastiche of comedy blackouts, this delightful entertainment featured interrelated mini-comedies, thematically clustered around the eternal war between the sexes.” Celebrate Key West
“A delightful laugh-a-minute comedy. Boisterously entertaining sketches examining the widely divergent expectations - sexual, emotional and otherwise - between the genders, strung together by a very talented comedy writer with an ear attuned to the single scene.” The Islander
“The most audience-friendly attraction of this year’s (Key West) festival.” South Florida Sun-Sentinel
CONTACT: Rich Orloff at www.richorloff.com
*ROMANTIC FOOLS is scheduled to be published in August 2005 by Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)
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SIGNS OF LIFE by Deborah Brevoort
Comedy
Cast Size: 1 M, 1 W
STORY: On a magical night in New Jersey, the stars talk to Abe, Sal gets a magic tattoo and a journey begins. Abe and Sal take off across the country, following the stars and looking for Birth and Life. Signs of Life is loosely based on the Sarah and Abraham story from the Old Testament–spun out of the Holy Land and onto the Interstate Highways of the American West. The play is a comic meditation on faith, doubt, fertility and spirituality.
AWARDS: 2002 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award; Gold Medallist, 2004 Pinter Review Prize for Drama; Winner, 2004 Theatre Conspiracy playwriting contest; 2nd place, 2003 Hanover College/Lily Foundation International Playwriting competition; Rockefeller Foundation playwriting grant. A scene and monologue from the play were published in two acting/audition anthologies: Scenes & Monologues from the Best New Plays and More Monologues By Women, For Women; Produced in February 2005 at Theatre Conspiracy, Ft. Myers, Florida. Production of earlier draft at Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska and Company One in Hartford, CT.
REVIEWS: “You’ll laugh all the way through it…The dialogue is rich…I’m going back a second time” Islander
CONTACT: Deborah Brevoort at
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EXITING HAPPY by P’nenah Goldstein
Comedy
Cast Size: 2F (80 yrs & 20yrs ) 1M (Mid 20s)
Interior: Happy Treadmont’s Apartment
THE STORY: Happy Treadmont, an aged southern belle and one-time Rockette hopeful, was contemplating leaving her adopted Manhattan home in the wake of September 11th and the death of her longtime maid. However, she decides to discard her conventional upbringing by taking in a young male roommate whom she discovers to be her true soul mate.
AWARDS: Opened Florida Studio Theatres National Playwrights Festival, Finalist Theatre Conspiracy Annual New Play Contest. This play was given a reading with Shirley Knight as Happy Treadmont at the Colony Theatre in Los Angeles.
REVIEWS: “”Exiting Happy” is a cleverly written play about two engaging characters facing life transitions. It’s a story leavened with heart and humor that explores existential questions. In not quite Harold and Maude fashion, the two bond and share the uncertainty of figuring out their next turn in life’s journey“. The News Press
“Playwright, P’nenah Goldstein has written highly original and lovable characters who keep us interested right to the end. The outcome of the story is a cleverly-tailored surprise–one that leaves the audience with a real feeling of closure.” Fort Myers Beach Observer
“It’s not often that a play centers around an 80-year old woman who is vibrant, full of life, non-complaining and a bit eccentric. “Exiting Happy” is full of hope and humor and clever dialogue. It may make it to the big-time.” Island Sun
CONTACT: Selma Luttinger @ The Robert Freedman Dramatic Agency 1501 Broadway, Suite 2310 New York, NY 10036
(212) 840-5760
Royalties to be discussed with Ms. Luttinger
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VIRGIN TEARS ON WYOMING AVENUE by Mary Miller
Comedy/Drama
Cast Size: 3 W, 1 M
Interior/Exterior: largely suggested
THE STORY: When Mattie summons her older sister Chandler to come home because their oldest sister Adele has seen the statue of the Holy Virgin Mary crying real tears in their backyard, Chandler returns to Wyoming Avenue to find she must face the hopes, the dreams, the fears and the failures she thought she had left behind two years ago when she abruptly left town moments before their father’s funeral. The reunion between these three sisters is anything but “holy”.
AWARDS: World Premiere: Theatre Conspiracy, Ft. Myers, FL, New Plays in Process, Hertz Stage at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA., Finalist Theatre Conspiracy Annual New Play Contest, Women Playwrights’ Initiative, Orlando, FL – Runner-Up, Women at the Door Theatre Competition, Chicago, IL., Finalist, Southeast Playwrights Project Lab, Emory University, Atlanta, GA., Percolating Play Reading Series, Theatre in the Square, Marietta, GA
REVIEWS: “To call a play brilliant could be going out on a limb, however, I feel Virgin Tears deserves this praise“. Island Sun
“Miller’s story is engaging…her dialogue is cleverly written…[she] adds spiraling dramatic subtexts to the sibling story“. The News-Press
“[Virgin tears is] worth seeing for a variety of reasons…there are thought-provoking lines and scenes, and various approaches to faith that will instigate post-play discussions.” Naples Daily News
“A classic in the making” Marietta Daily Journal
CONTACT: Mary Miller at www.marymillerwriter.com
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NO PLACE LIKE HOME by Peter Morris
Comedy
Cast Size: 2 M, 2 W
Interior: basement
THE STORY: No Place Like Home is a dark comedy about a woman who kidnaps a young man in order to make him a part of her unusual family, which includes a son who writes musicals in collaboration with a sock puppet and a daughter who believes she is the heroine of a Jane Austin novel. Beneath the farce and lunacy is a play that deals with fear and loneliness in contemporary society.
AWARDS: 2004 Trustus Festival Award. Produced at Trustus Theatre, August, 2004.
REVIEWS: "Each August for the past decade, Trustus Theatre has done the first full-scale production of a new play. Some have been some so-so, some have been terrible, some great. This year’s offering, No Place Like Home, by Peter Morris of New York, falls into the third category. [It is] well honed writing…great fun." --The Columbia State
THE AUTHOR: Peter Morris’ works include Howard Crabtree’s Whoop-Dee-Doo, winner of the 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Revue; Frankly, Scarlett, co-authored with Phillip George (Kingshead Theatre, London); Escape From Pterodactyl Island (203 NY International Fringe Festival); The Rose and the Ring (Hen and Chickens, London); and Funny Business, co-authored with Hollye Levin (Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles). He served as script consultant for My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, which was performed at NY’s City Center and subsequently aired on PBS. He is a member of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop.
CONTACT: Peter Morris at
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