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PLAYS
*All works available to read on New Play Exchange! GUSHER! (4W) Full-length A storm of biblical proportions, and a woman who won't stop bleeding. GUSHER! is an unapologetic play about what happens when we're are allowed to be messy. O'Neill Finalist 2020 Development: The Tank NYC JANIE WANTS A DOG (6W) Full-length In the wake of an act of terrorism, a lesbian couple throws a slumber party for their young daughter with PTSD...the night goes less than planned. A play about girls being forced to grow up. Development: The Cherry Lane, The Lark NEVER HAVE I EVER (2 M, 4 W, 1 T) Full-length A college student faces a forced medical leave when rumors that she has relapsed in her Eating Disorder spread. Callie is fighting hard to for her recovery...so who's the one that's really struggling? A LITTLE PIECE OF YOU (3M, 2 W) Full-length A monstrous play about the people we choose, the people we protect, and the people we consume. Readings: Barefoot Theater Company, Planet Connections O'Neill Conference semi-finalist HOW TO DESTROY AN AMERICAN GIRL DOLL (3W, 1M) Full-length Gen teaches Vee how to do it when they're 12. And through drunken sleepovers, graduation parties, and lonely college dorm rooms, they're both still doing it. A dark comedy about addiction, asexuality, and monsters. O'Neill Conference Semi-Finalist Playwrights Realm Writing Fellow Semi-Finalist The Last Frontier Conference (attendee) WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU (2M, 4W) Full-length Mae and Caden are your average Generation Z teens: heavily medicated since day one, terrified of school shootings, and addicted to social media. Adults have failed them and left them to inherit a world of chaos and chronic disconnection. So they decide to stir things up with a little online game-it's just harmless fun. That is, until people start getting hurt in real life. O'Neill Conference Semi-Finalist Stella Adler Playwright in Residence THE DISCARDED (1M, 2F) One-Act A ventriloquist dummy, a cabbage patch kid, and a furby have been dumped inside a clothing donations bin. They are bruised and broken, but they are not trash. Reading: Vertigo Theater Company |
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