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"The Fast Track," a 10-minute comedy in English, set in Limbo, or something like it, anytime, 2m2f or 3m1f Bill is nearly dead and excited to get to . . . well, you know. But, before he can begin his journey, he finds he has to wait in line. |
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The Fast Track |
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"Fortune’s Fool," a 10-minute or 25-minute comedy in English, set in a palm reader's shop, about 3 a.m., 2000, 1m1f Jack enters the palm-reader’s shop one night after the bars close. Selena is up late playing cards and offers to read his palm. He is skeptical of fortune telling and fortune tellers. Each takes a turn making assumptions about the other, finding that generalizations about people are never right. Or, are they? |
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Fortune’s Fool |
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"The Glabrous Four,” a 20-minute bare-stage absurd comedy in English, set in a society completely comprised of bald people, day, 3m1f ( flexible gender casting) Four bald people in a society completely comprised of bald people contemplate their social order and their fascination with the illegal substance—hair. |
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The Glabrous Four |
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"Jessica's Last Day,” a 25-minute comedy, set in an office, the present (2004), 2m2f Jessica comes to work on her last day and finds she's been replaced by a wart. |
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Jessica’s Last Day |
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“Object Lesson,” a 35-minute drama in English, set in area staging, 1998, 2m1f Katherine, married to a psychiatrist, is having an affair with a math teacher. She wants to end it, but her lover, Doug, is not quite ready to let go. |
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Object Lesson |
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“Romeo & Juliet: Part II,” a 25-minute farce in English, set in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Montague, Verona, Italy, 14 years after the tomb, about 1609 (17th century), 2m1f Romeo and Juliet survived and stayed together. Fourteen years after the tomb encounter, Juliet is about to bear her 13th child, Romeo is unemployed, and Friar Lawrence, now a drunk, comes to dinner. |
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Romeo & Juliet: Part II |
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“Scribbledoodle,” a 20-minute absurd comedy in English, set in a room in a house, any time of day, 2000, 1m3f—Woman doodles on paper while she flirtatiously talks on the phone to a man. Scribble and Doodle create her drawings physically while developing their own romantic relationship. Red enters and tries to entice Scribble, thereby forming a love triangle. |
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Scribbledoodle |
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"Sexy Greenspan," a 30-minute comedy in English, set a company lunchroom, lunchtime, early 1997, 1m2f—Three friends eat lunch in the company lunchroom and discuss what's hot and what's not and give each other advice on their respective relationships (or obsessions as the case may be). |
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Sexy Greenspan |
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“Twilight Nutcracker,” a 20-minute comedy-drama in English, set on a front porch, late afternoon, 2002, 1m3f—Evie's longtime friend, Flo, is moving away to be closer to her son. Flo visits Evie in order to unload some of her belongings. Evie rejects them and has an even harder time saying good-bye.” |
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Twilight Nutcracker |
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Sandra Hosking, M.F.A. |
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Playwright, journalist, teacher |
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Bemused a 30-minute comedy, set in an apartment, 2001, 2m1f - Matthew Packard wakes up one morning with a hangover and discovers Damon, a muse, sitting on his chest. Damon convinces Packard, a writer, that he needs help getting his career in gear and convinces him to sign a six-month contract. Damon’s ‘inspirational’ style is more like a dictator than a coach, and Packard resists him. Finally, Calliope, the head muse steps in to reveal that Damon is an imposter. |
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Bemused |
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One-Act Plays |
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“Detention,” a 25-minute black comedy in English, set in a classroom, 1997, 1m1f Miss Fiddler, a young high school English teacher, tries to control an unruly male student, Mitch. Through a series of power plays, Mitch gets her to reveal an incident in her past involving a former student. |
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Detention |
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"Detours,” a 25-minute comedy in English, set on a highway, mid-morning, 2002, 2m2f A group of travelers get more than they bargain for during a construction delay—including highway robbery. |
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Detours |
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“The Naming of Things,” a 25-minute comedy in English, set in a nursery, 2005, 1m 2f—A couple debates the meaning of the names of objects as they prepare for the birth of their first child. |
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The Naming of Things |
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“Con Science,” a 25-minute comedy in English, set in a garage, the present, 2m 1f—An angel and demon fight over a human. |
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Con Science |