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STAGE PLAYS
SHADOW HOUR
Courtroom Drama (4 men, 8 women, unit set)
A young woman has accused a United States senator of sexual assault. A jury of eight women and four men must decide his fate. But as they deliberate the evidence, it becomes clear that each member of the jury is interpreting what they heard in the courtroom through his or her own experience. Flashbacks to the events that lead to the trial show that the witnesses also interpret what they saw through their own experience. The truth, it seems is not black and white, but lost in shadows.
Available through Samuel French at: www.samuelfrench.com
IMPRESSION: SUNRISE
Contemporary Romance (2 men, 2 women, unit set)
Terry, a fashion design student, meets Simon in the bar. He's a photographer, and she needs pictures for her portfolio. Simon walks her home, they make love and Terry becomes pregnant. Much to his own surprise, the prospect delights Simon. But when Terry is offered an internship in New York, she aborts the pregnancy without telling him. The internship turns out to be a disappointment, and Terry moves back home. She tries to renew her relationship with Simon, but as time passes, it becomes clear that Terry doesn't need Simon as much she needs forgiveness, both from Simon and herself.
Available from the playwright:
rtropf@earthlink.net
THE HOURGLASS
Drama (3 men, 2 women, one set)
Molly, a newly-single mother, takes a job in an all night diner to make ends meet. But the only customer is a crazy old man in the corner, and the owner is a hard bitten old crone who hopes to sell the place as soon as she can. Enter Richard, a man who can remember the future but forgets the past. He knows things about Molly's future, and desperately wants to help Molly escape her destiny. But as the night wears on he gradually forgets who she is and why he came. And it turns out the crazy old man in the corner is more than he seems at first, and knows things that he shouldn't.
Available from the playwright:
rtropf@earthlink.net
SCREENPLAYS
THE ORCHID AND THE CROSS
Historical Drama
In the 9th century AD, a woman dressed as a monk rises through the ranks in the Church and is eventually elected Pope. Based on a legend that has endured for centuries, despite Catholicism's insistence that it has no basis in fact.
Semi-finalist, Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting
SHADOW HOUR
Courtroom Drama
A jury is challenged to find the truth when a young woman accuses a United States senator of sexual assault. Based on the author's successful stage play.
SUMMER OF CHANGES
Romance
A teenage girl leaves her jock boyfriend behind and has her first sexual experience with a man she meets in a summer resort.
GRADUATION NIGHT
Thriller
The most successful female rock singer in the world has gone insane, and plays a riddle game with young men she meets where the losers literally lose their heads.
ONE ACTS
DEEP IN THE BLACK FOREST
(1 Woman, 2 Men)
What happened between Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs when she was still living with them.
THE SHOE
(2 men, 2 women) 15 minutes
Charlie Knuckles is a private dick who can handle anything from a classy dame to a slug from at .45. But when the Prince of Wall Street hires him to find the girl who lost her shoe at a charity ball, he just might have bitten off more than he can swallow.
SQUID AND FELICITY
(2 men, 2 women) 50 minutes
Squid and Felicity, a couple of punk kids, are trying to run a used-clothing store. But Felicity is pregnant, and neither of them know quite how to deal with it. Enter an apparently homeless man, who solves their problems in the most unexpected way.
PUBLIC SERVICE
(1 women, 1 non-gender specific) 10 minutes
An old woman who lives in a shoe applies for welfare.
21st CENTURY ROMANCE
(1 man, 1 woman) 10 minutes
Two people meet, date, fall in love, plan to marry and break up all over their answering machines.
THROUGH HELEN'S EYES
(1 woman) 30 minutes
The story of the Trojan War from Helen's point of view; a one-woman show.
THE AWESOME CONCERT
(2 men plus incidental characters) 10 minutes
Clyde and Diggory wait on line to buy tickets for a rock concert, but they're so stoned they can't remember who's playing.
THE REQUEST
(1 man, 1 woman, 1 incidental character, non-gender specific) 5 minutes
As their mother lies dying, a brother and sister with diverse religious views grapple with reconciliation.
IN AN ORANGE GROVE
(1 man, 1 woman) 5 minutes
A woman goes back in time to meet D.W. Griffith, who is obsessed with how history will remember him after his financially successful but critically panned film, Birth of a Nation.
VACUUMS SUCK
(1 man, 1 woman) 10 minutes
An out of work window repairman is swindled by a vacuum cleaner saleswoman.
LAYING THE BOOGIE WOOGIE
(1 man, 2 women)
Two young women, after a wild weekend of booze and sex with Elvis Presley, come to the realization that he may be an imposter.
THE ABDUCTION OF HELEN
(1 man, 1 woman)
Paris, a want to be rock star, meets Helen, a valley girl married to an older man, and carries her off on his motorcycle.
SHORT SUBJECTS
THE SHOE
screenplay for a 15 minute film
Film noir parody
Charlie Knuckles is a private dick who can handle anything from a classy dame to a slug from at .45. But when the Prince of Wall Street hires him to find the girl who lost her shoe at a charity ball, he just might have bitten off more than he can swallow.
AMUSEMENT PARK
screenplay for a 30 minute film
Teen Romance
A girl who works in a run-down amusement park has a crush on a boy, and finds the courage to kiss him after she's forced to wear a horrid pink bunny suit.
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