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only let me—if you would only tell me your plans—give me a share
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in your work—-treat me as something more than the amusement ofCharacter:
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an idle hour. Oh Leonard, Leonard, you've never given me a chance:
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indeed you haven't. I'll take pains; I'll read; I'll try to think; I'll conquer
I want to stop. I really do. I’m trying. I really am. But I don’t think you under- shoot, Cat
my jealousy; I'll—
stand. A fire is the most beautiful thing ever created. I dare you to show Genre:Owners
me a work of art breaks
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down, five alarm
rocking her fire.
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hisYou justand Comedy
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couldn’t. And I like art as much as the next person but I wonder always
writhing.) Mr. Taylor, 'The
when I see a Van Gogh or a Rembrant--I imagine, as I’m sure you do, what it Lady In The
Gender:
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Elise explains her firestarting to her therapist. Category:
Cleo, 'A Mist
Play Synopsis: Contemporary
Upon The
Elise is a pyromaniac fire chief who falls in love with Jake, the detective in- Window'
Themes:
vestigating her fires. Carrie, Elise’s therapist, is trying to get her to stop
Feelings, Secrets,
lighting fires and Carrie’s husband, Gary, is leading the life of a somewhat Actors, 'Unfailing
Broken Promises,
ineffective corporate spy. Love'

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Mercy (Orville) Character:

Orville
(ORVILLE talking to the baby who is in a bassinet or carrier)
It's a good idea, they say, to talk to you, even though you don't know what Genre:
I'm saying. I wish you would cry. It's not right. People tell me I'm lucky that Drama
you're not crying all night and all day, but still, it's not natural not to cry at
all. The doctors say there's nothing wrong with you but I don't trust doc- Gender:
tors anymore and you shouldn't either. Male
You could say something. Tell me when you're wet or hungry. Just say,
‚ÄúHey!‚Äù Can… Age Range:
more 25-54

Scene Synopsis:
Category:
The beginning of the play. Orville speaks to his infant daughter.
Contemporary
Play Synopsis:
Themes:
Orville is trying to get on with his life after his wife was killed in a car acci-
Love, Loss, Mercy,
dent. His father is mostly taking care of his still unnamed infant daughter
while his boss as work is aggressively trying to comfort him. Everything
changes when he sees the man responsible for his wife's death. Is some-
one in this much pain capable of forgiveness?
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For the Love of (or, the Roller Derby Character:

Hot Flash
Play) (Hot Flash)
Genre:
Yo, Ronnie! You'll never guess what Linda just told me -- Linda, Linda --
Drama
yeah, Lazy Eye Linda from the choir, right, so you know Linda, she's around
our age and her and her husband aren't together no more -- I forget, I
Gender:
think he cheated on her -- I know, right, whoever did it's gotta be pretty
Female
desperate, it's not like he's got money -- anyway, she's on one of those dat-
ing sites, for the old people, and she's gonna meet this guy for coffee, at
Age Range:
the Starbucks. So she goes, she's waiting and he do…
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Hot Flash is at home, folding socks. Contemporary

Play Synopsis: Themes:

When Joy gets on the Brooklyn Scallywags and meets the star, Lizzie Light- Relationships, Humor,
ning, she and her long term partner Michelle find their lives turned upside Home,
down. For The Love Of asks how much you're willing to sacrifice — or lose
— in order to follow your heart.
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Elsewhere (Celia) Character:

Celia
It's best, I think, to just assume that everything you do will work out. If you
think too much about details, it'll only make things more complicated. Just Genre:
do what you do. Everything can be justified if you think hard enough. And Comedy
once you have your justification, well, you can just hold onto it. It's yours.
It's there to help you. Who cares if it's true? As long as it makes you feel Gender:
better. I feel the same way about love. Don't you? Female
Well, I'll tell you something. Consider it a parting gift. Lov…
more Age Range:
20-59
Scene Synopsis:
Celia tells Teddy what love is before killing him. Category:
Play Synopsis: Contemporary

When Teddy comes to Celia's house to deliver a package, he doesn't ex-

Themes:
pect to be invited for dinner. When he comes to dinner, he doesn't expect
Love, Murder,
to be invited to live with her. When he starts to live with her, he doesn't ex-
Justification,
pect to fall in love with her sister Amanda. And he definitely doesn't expect
to be drugged ... or buried alive.
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Local Story (Betsy) Character:

Betsy
(The sound of a highway, a warm red desert sunset, heat and dust. BETSY
speaks from a great distance. BETSY is transparent.) Genre:
This field is endless. In every direction. It swallows me. Gulp. It swallows me Comedy
whole. Doesn't even bother to chew.
One year the water stopped. There was a drought and all the melons died. Gender:
That was when Jimmy was here. Now it's just me. If there were trees I'd Female
watch them change ó there are not so I watch the melons grow. I've been
growing too. Getting bigger. I think I wan… Age Range:
more 24-33

Scene Synopsis:
Category:
Betsy's hitch-hiking across country to find the boy she loves.
Contemporary
Play Synopsis:
Themes:
D'Lady returns home after years of wandering and expects everyone to
Love, Youth, Leaving
greet her with open arms. Instead her arrival is met with closed doors and
Home,
accusations, and she must figure out where she fits in the new landscape.

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Alcott (Violet) Character:

Violet
Your instincts are right. I can't wait for when you fall on your face. I hate
you so much. So so much. So so so much. I've done everything. I cut my Genre:
hair. She doesn't notice. I dye my hair, I dye it back, shave it off, grow it Comedy
back. Nothing. Change my eye shadow. Change my lipstick. I put on my
good bra and the tight dress and glitter but nothing. Nothing. You wear Gender:
that and have that face and don't write a fucking word and she's all over Female
you drooling like Prague shouldn't drool.
more Age Range:
20-29
Scene Synopsis:
Violet expresses her frustrations. Category:
Play Synopsis: Contemporary

At a woman's college, 10 years ago Erin was writing a play for Prague to di-
Themes:
rect. And there was an uneasy love triangle with Erin's roommate, Jessie. In
Love, Jealousy, Anger,
the present, Prague and Erin meet up to talk about a play of Erin's Prague
might direct. Jessie and Erin live together now and are talking about a
baby. Or, wait. Was everything we saw in the first act actually the play Erin
wrote? Why is there a sword fight right now? Why does Violet insist every-
one call her Elizabeth?
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ubu (ubu) Character:

ubu
My childhood was very unhappy but it was also lonely. All I had was a pet
dead cat and my nightmares to keep me company in my tiny locked closet. Genre:
I don't want to blame anybody but it was probably my mother's fault. I'm Comedy
not saying she was a terrible mother, but she definitely was.
I'm not complaining. Look at me. I'm the most successful man ever. (He Gender:
thinks about this for a minute. Sad.) Ever. Male
Don't look at me like that. Is that pity? I am not a man to be pitied! Not like
you. There on the bot… Age Range:
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Scene Synopsis:
Category:
Ubu does not want your pity
Contemporary
Play Synopsis:
Themes:
A solo play loosely based on Ubu Roi.
Capitalism, Poverty,
Pity,

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A Thing Of Beauty (Amy) Character:

Amy
We don't make art. Art makes itself through us. But we have to be open to
let the muse in. I mean the state of being where it's not just us doing it. Genre:
Time passes and you don't notice. It's like you're in a trance. You come out Drama
and you feel like you were led on by forces beyond you and just touched
God. It doesn't happen every time. For some people almost never. But it's Gender:
the reason to make something. It's the dirty secret of why people are really Female
artists. It's the chance you get to commune. That…
more Age Range:
27-36
Scene Synopsis:
Amy explains artmaking to Arthur Category:
Play Synopsis: Contemporary

A much despised art critic who is slowly going blind falls under the spell of
Themes:
a painter with an agenda of her own.
Art, God, Inspiration,

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His Luck (Jean) Character:

Jean
Over in London there are half a dozen men and women who caught a
glimpse of Paul as he really was. In Munich there are half a dozen more. He Genre:
was at his best in a studio among friends with a congenial atmosphere. Drama
They knew... but what is that? I tell you, Vera, the only way I can explain it
all is by seeing two forces, two moralities; the morality of God and the Gender:
morality of nature. Perhaps in some people they both work together for Female
the same end, but they don't always.... In the sight of heaven, …
more Age Range:
30-49
Scene Synopsis:
Jean explains that Paul was working on a song and staying up late, catching Category:
a cold was his downfall. While trying to write, he was finding his passion
Contemporary
again.

Play Synopsis: Themes:

Attention, Reality,
Jean, in mourning, and Vera, her friend, are talking over tea. Jean's hus-
Loss,
band is a musician and artist. Very tempestuous, Paul seemed to look for
an opportunity not to play. After his death, Jean finds solace in their room,
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The Philanderer (Julia) Character:

Julia
But why? We could be so happy. You love me—I know you love me—I feel
it. You say "My dear" to me: you have said it several times this evening. I Genre:
know I have been wicked, odious, bad. I say nothing in defence of myself. Drama
But don't be hard on me. I was distracted by the thought of losing you. I
can't face life without you Leonard. I was happy when I met you: I had nev- Gender:
er loved anyone; and if you had only let me alone I could have gone on Female
contentedly by myself. But I can't now. I must ha…
more Age Range:
30-49
Scene Synopsis:
Julia begins a fight with Grace, trying to assert her control over Charteris. Category:
He explains that he is done with her.
Contemporary
Play Synopsis:
Themes:
Leonard Charteris is a dashing philanderer. He's having a current affair with
Love, Loss, Rejection,
Grace and continuing an affiar with Julia. The two women come to blows
over the dashing rogue. While each one tries to ensnare him, Charteris has
his own plans. View Details 

Gettysburg (Link) Character:

Link
The Bloody Sundown! God, that crazy sun:
she set a dozen times that afternoon, Genre:
red-yeller as a punkin jack-o'-lantern, Drama
rairin' and pitchin' through the roarin' smoke
till she clean busted, like the other bombs, Gender:
behind the hills. Scart? Wall, I wonder! Male
Chick, look a-thar: them little stripes and stars.
I heerd a feller onct, down to the store,-- Age Range:
a dressy mister, span-new from the city-- 60-89
layin' the law down: "All this stars and stripes,"
says he, "and red and white and blue is rubbish, Category:
mere sentimental rot,… Contemporary
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Themes:
Scene Synopsis:
Change, Entitlement,
Link goes back into a story from his war days.
Attention,
Play Synopsis:
Link is a soldier, having fought during the battle at Gettysburg. He talks
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On the High Road (Merik) Character:

Merik
Aaa... greybeard! You skeleton! You needn't go to the churchyard to see
ghosts, when they get up from under the floor to give advice to their rela- Genre:
tions.... A sin!... Don't you teach people your silly notions! You're an igno- Drama
rant lot of people living in darkness.... My father was peasant and used to
be fond of teaching people. One night he stole a sack of apples from the Gender:
village priest, and he brings them along and tells us, "Look, children, mind Male
you don't eat any apples before Easter, it's a sin…
more Age Range:
30-49
Scene Synopsis:
Merik is settling down for the night. He begins to talk of ghosts and Category:
demons.
Contemporary
Play Synopsis:
Themes:
Set in an inn, the characters seek shelter from the elements. A love torn
Feelings, Acceptance,
gentleman deals with being jilted at the alter. As he settles down for the
Power,
night, his bride enters the scene.

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