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Naomi Westerman

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imdb.com/name/nm1120017 Tortoise Dark comedic drama about three women who have been Sectioned (forcibly detailed under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act), and are living together in a psychiatric hospital ward. Awards: Arcola Theatre Playwrought, Leslie Scalapino Award (shortlisted). “Tortoise … Continue reading →

Edward Crosby Wells

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3 Guys in Drag Selling Their Stuff A comedy that features three drag queeens, Diva, Lillian, and Tink, who have a yard sale to raise funds for a Faberge egg in which they hope to place the ashes of Diva’s … Continue reading →

Tom Wilson Weinberg

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Tom’s song “Lesbian Seagull,” was used in the film “Beavis and Butt-head Do America”               and in the platinum-selling film’s soundtrack. Tom wrote “The Teachings of Chairman Rick”               for Philly Fringe 2005, and “After Guantánamo,” for Philly … Continue reading →

Bruce Ward

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brucewardnyc.com               For more information on all plays, please visit website. Fabulous Ride into the Unknown 80-minute solo monologue that chronicles the lives of 10 men as they experience the emergence of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Accompanied … Continue reading →

Scot Walker

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Walker is author of “Winston Churchill’s American Cousin and Other Tales”               and “These Forty Years Have Flown So Fast: Poetry by Scot Walker.” Available at iuniverse.com Eternal Bliss Because he had sex outside the relationship, a gay man … Continue reading →

Scott Patrick Wagner

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Dissociated States Set against a backdrop of two opposing Americas, a man with multiple personalities affects the lives of a gay minister and his partner, and a straight minister with an ugly secret. Actors appearing in multiple roles underscores the … Continue reading →

Jeffrey Vause

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Aloha Oy! Actor Joey Lange just moved to New York City from Hawaii, when his agent got him the audition of the year: a new Broadway play about an actor from Hawaii who has moved to New York. Perfect casting? … Continue reading →

Michael Van Kerckhove

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Whatever Notions Evelyn is a former child beauty queen who longs to be Miss America. Her husband, Victor, is a butcher who hunts for Communists and Nazis in the backyard. Evelyn’s younger sister, Rue, is a third grade teacher who … Continue reading →

John Patrick Trapper

Purple Circuit

The Cell Phone Funeral A farce about a gay man who dies in Los Angeles, and his dysfunctional family must finalize his affairs using only his cell phone to puzzle together the pieces of his life — pieces which they … Continue reading →

Michael Thomas Tower

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Full text of the following plays are available upon request. Fall Seasons James struggles not to be pulled back into the disastrous world of booze by his former lover, Ken. James’ current partner, Daniel, reveals a hidden past, which complicates … Continue reading →

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