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Writing·Jomiyan

Cupcake

TWIG — frail, self-conscious, careful in her movements. Wears a loose white dress.BUCK — large, extravagant, magnetic. Wears loose black layers.SETTING: Scene One: A party, in memory — smoke, chatter, half-light. Scene Two: TWIG’s…

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Writing·Barys Paulau

A UNIVERSE FOR TWO

ELENA (40s) — A translator and writer. She has spent years living in the margins of someone…TOMASZ (50s) — A poet who once had a career. He now has a reputation. He drinks to keep the…THE WAITRESS (30s) — She is always there. She never explains herself. She moves through the…

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Writing·Daniel A. Rabuzzi

Jack-in-his-Kitchen

Setting: A broad kitchen under a low ceiling, flush with roseate light; bundles of sage,…The AUDITORNosy knifey Jack pulls in a clabber of secrets.

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Writing·Allison Whittenberg

Permission

CHRISTIAN: Male. Maybe short or tall, physically taut. Clean-shaven. His movements are…SETTING: a humble, lived in walk up apartment.(CHRISTIAN and ARTURO enter. CHRISTIAN takes off his jacket. ARTURO removes his shoes.)

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Writing·Thomas J. Misuraca

Button

by Thomas J. MisuracaPERSON ONE PERSON TWOAn office.

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Writing·Gary Beck

Funeral Strains

Scene 1(Pre-show. Offstage. Blaring sounds of anti-gay, anti-military protest, by a radical church…

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Writing·L. Shapley Bassen

“Upon a Time … Ever After”

"Upon a Time..." was inspired by the 1979 Manhattan kidnapping of Etan Patz - his story never…Scene iLate afternoon, the day after Thanksgiving, sunset, 1995. The living room of apartment 14E.…

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Writing·Ioana Cosma

Take It or Believe It

A pre-electoral TV show in contemporary Romania. Two guests are present: Mr Orchid, a…TV anchorWe are gathered here tonight to discuss the upcoming el….

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