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A 2012 interview between documentary film director Ryan Sturgis and screenwriter Tom David Barna. The interview focuses on the development of the story line and process for development of a documentary film based on the current events of Bradley (Chelsea) Manning. |
SYNOPSIS OF FULL-LENGTH PLAYS
List is not all inclusive. These works are available for production and/or collaboration upon request. For further information and additional titles visit www.NewPlayExchange.org or contact playwright.
Elevator
(Full Length) (One Act)
Synopsis: City dwellers are accustomed to getting on and off elevators. The doors open, you board the elevator car, a button is pushed, the doors close and you are delivered to a desired floor. Some are going up while others are going down. On this particular morning, in this very nondescript elevator car, something is very different and unbeknownst to them, our passengers are in for the ride of their life. Please check to make sure you have all your personal items with you before exiting. Thank you.
Cast: 5 Male and 3 Female
Assumption of Hope; A New Dystopia
Full Length Drama (1 Act)
Synopsis: The Mendez family struggle to survive in New York City during a pandemic-apocalypse. As the government falls, street gangs fill the vacuum killing anyone who gets in their way. Living day to day in a small efficiency, the end appears inevitable, not only for the Mendez family but for the entire world. And yet, something about this day seems oddly familiar. Maybe, just maybe...
Cast: 4 Male and 2 Female and 1 other .
PRECEDENT, PRESIDENTS & PASSION
Full Length-Comedy (2 Act)
Synopsis: Can you imagine a weekend at Camp David with President Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, former President George Bush, Congresswoman Monica Lewinski, Russian Czar V. Putin and former Vice President Al Gore? I know...we couldn't either. But, it really happened, albeit in an alternate universe. Be the fly on the wall as a cast of many attempt to prevent a world war without killing each other. Making peace has never been this much fun when girls just wanna have fun? And Fox News covers it all from beginning to end.
Cast: 3 Female and 4 Male
JUST ANOTHER FAMILY
Full Length-Comedy (2 Act)
Synopsis: The two love struck guys, the two at odds gals, the Jewish mom and her awkward boyfriend, the Italian father and his ditzy girlfriend, the peculiar neighbor and the clueless priest all come together for a day of family lies, hateful banter and epiphany. And, oh yeah….a wedding proposal. What could go wrong?
Cast: 5 Male and 5 Female
THE ORIGINAL DICHOTOMY
Full Length-Drama (2 Act)
Synopsis:There were times in his life when American Andrew Daniel Stevenson’s struggle with childhood abuse, war and suicide were no different than the next man. He was one razor blade away from never making it to the second act. We may never fully understand what happened in the years that passed, but Stevenson is now only one vote away from becoming the next Pope in a world desperate to find a different path. The question is whether Stevenson has it within him to take on the world.
Cast: 8 Male and 1 Female
EVERYDAY PEOPLE (Their Story)
Full Length Musical (2 Acts)
Synopsis: The musical journey of a young man and his soon to be teen aged bride in a world of hate, war, occupation and crucifixion. A miracle is an event not explicable by natural or scientific laws. Such an event may be attributed to a supernatural being (especially a deity), magic, a miracle worker, a saint, or a religious leader. – Wikipedia Sometimes miracles happen to everyday people. – author
Cast: Large
Three Days of Nubia
Full Length-Dramedy (1 Act)
Synopsis: In a three day span, a plus sized girl learns of love, sadness, grief, joy and most importantly she learns the value of hope.
Cast: 3 Female
Inherent Within Us
Full Length-Drama (2 Act)
Synopsis: A thousand years ago (or so it seems) American GI's commit an atrocity in the jungles of Viet Nam and half of us don't blame them while the other half grieves and despises the world that allows such things.
Cast: Large cast
Manning; An American Legacy
Full Length-Drama (2 Act)
Synopsis: An unexpected and fully gripping interview between the most notorious American traitor of the 21st century and the world’s most famous television interviewer.
Cast: 2 Male and 1 Female and 3 either or
NYC Apartment
Full Length-Drama Fantasy (2 Act)
Synopsis: Five strangers suddenly find themselves in an unknown NYC apartment; each having walked through separate doors. One is a flight attendant, one a pilot, another is a family man, one a former priest and one is a terrorist. Their only connection to the outside world is a television; that damn television. Only one thing is certain, not everyone leaves the NYC Apartment alive.
Cast: 5 Male and 1 Female
The Matriarchy
Full Length Drama (2 Act)
Synopsis: At the death of the patriarch the family comes together to discover a world hidden from them for all the wrong reasons.
Cast: 6 Female
The Korean Scenario
Full Length Drama-Fantasy (2 Act)
Synopsis: Faced with a world on the brink, the American President flees to Camp David and encounters some of history’s most influential.
Cast: 10 Male and 5 Female
It’s Not What It Seems
Full Length Comedy (2 Act)
Synopsis: The life of a female impersonator is never easy, never dull and never what it seems.
Cast: 10 Male and 4 Female
Dream A Little Dream
Full Length-Horror Comedy (1 Act)
Synopsis: What goes bump in the night might actually damage more than your psyche. Just stay awake and everything will be alright.
Cast: 3-6 Male or Female
Before They Were
Full Length-Drama (2 Act)
Synopsis: It's the story we never really heard. A young man prepares to marry the love of his life until she reveals her pregnancy and the fact that he is not the father. He struggles with either walking away quietly or demanding his rights in a way that will not bring shame upon their families, their community and their religious beliefs. How does a love so simple and pure become a turning point in all mankind?
Cast: 5-8 Male and 5-8 Female
Helen’s Inner Circle
Full Length Comedy (2 Acts)
Synopsis: An everyday housewife takes on the world in her own way with a little help of a couple 70’s sitcoms.
Cast: 4 Male and 2 Female
The Genesis of Joseph
Full Length Drama (3 Acts)
Synopsis: The re-imagined telling of Joseph, the son of Jacob and by all accounts, this is not exactly the story you’ve come to know.
Cast: 10 Male and 4 Female
Tribulation
Full Length Drama (3 Acts)
Synopsis: Friendship is never easy. Marriage is never what it should be. Life is a trap waiting to happen. Looking for hope in all the worst places is probably the best we can come to expect. And then comes an intervention from most high...
Cast: 7 Male and 3 Female
The Cardinals
Full Length-Drama (1 Act)
Synopsis:Cardinal Daniel Stevenson is passionate about his faith and extremely committed to bringing the world’s largest religion in step with the times. Upon ending up surprisingly on the short list as a candidate for Pope, the American is doing all he can to withdraw quietly without bringing any unwanted attention. Stevenson has secrets he’d rather keep to himself.
Cast: Six male.
Please Don’t Kill Us!
Full Length Drama Fantasy (1 Act)
Synopsis: Madness breaks out one night in a Minnesota bar. Some will live, some won’t and some come back again and again.
Cast: 11 Male and 3 Female
The Bunker (Drama)
Synopsis:THE BUNKER is a one afternoon snapshot in the life of combat veteran Andrew Daniel Stevenson as he meets with yet another psychiatrist looking for ways to bring Andrew 'home' once and for all. It's what you expect and not at all what you thought it would be. War and life are too complicated to simply understand.
Cast: 2 Male and 1 Female
Full Length-Horror Comedy (1 Act)
Synopsis: What goes bump in the night might actually damage more than your psyche. Just stay awake and everything will be alright.
Cast: 3-6 Male or Female
Before They Were
Full Length-Drama (2 Act)
Synopsis: It's the story we never really heard. A young man prepares to marry the love of his life until she reveals her pregnancy and the fact that he is not the father. He struggles with either walking away quietly or demanding his rights in a way that will not bring shame upon their families, their community and their religious beliefs. How does a love so simple and pure become a turning point in all mankind?
Cast: 5-8 Male and 5-8 Female
Helen’s Inner Circle
Full Length Comedy (2 Acts)
Synopsis: An everyday housewife takes on the world in her own way with a little help of a couple 70’s sitcoms.
Cast: 4 Male and 2 Female
The Genesis of Joseph
Full Length Drama (3 Acts)
Synopsis: The re-imagined telling of Joseph, the son of Jacob and by all accounts, this is not exactly the story you’ve come to know.
Cast: 10 Male and 4 Female
Tribulation
Full Length Drama (3 Acts)
Synopsis: Friendship is never easy. Marriage is never what it should be. Life is a trap waiting to happen. Looking for hope in all the worst places is probably the best we can come to expect. And then comes an intervention from most high...
Cast: 7 Male and 3 Female
The Cardinals
Full Length-Drama (1 Act)
Synopsis:Cardinal Daniel Stevenson is passionate about his faith and extremely committed to bringing the world’s largest religion in step with the times. Upon ending up surprisingly on the short list as a candidate for Pope, the American is doing all he can to withdraw quietly without bringing any unwanted attention. Stevenson has secrets he’d rather keep to himself.
Cast: Six male.
Please Don’t Kill Us!
Full Length Drama Fantasy (1 Act)
Synopsis: Madness breaks out one night in a Minnesota bar. Some will live, some won’t and some come back again and again.
Cast: 11 Male and 3 Female
The Bunker (Drama)
Synopsis:THE BUNKER is a one afternoon snapshot in the life of combat veteran Andrew Daniel Stevenson as he meets with yet another psychiatrist looking for ways to bring Andrew 'home' once and for all. It's what you expect and not at all what you thought it would be. War and life are too complicated to simply understand.
Cast: 2 Male and 1 Female
Short Plays Knock Knock (Drama-Fantasy) The Appearance Of Truth (Drama) If It Walks Like A Duck (Comedy) Lights Down (Drama) The 4th Law (Drama, SF) The Blessed Boy (Drama), The Grass Is Always Greener (Horror), Dreaming Of Olivia (Drama), Doppelganger (Drama), On The Home Front (Drama), Wild Side Bar (Drama), Stand In (Drama), Carousel Parallel (Drama), Radio Theater MAKA (13 Episodes, Drama) co-written with Mitch DeDeyn |
Short Plays
Satan Sheets (Drama), Mama’s Call (Drama), Do They Serve Coffee In Hell? (Drama), That’s What Friends Are For (The Horror Of It All) (Drama), A Day In The Life (Drama), Zombie Brother’s Café (Comedy) A Zombie Brother's Christmas (Comedy) Big Girls Don’t Cry (Drama), Now Its Judy’s Turn To Cry (Drama) |