Michael D. Jackson
- Coffeehouse
In late 1999, a lesbian coffeehouse owner struggles to keep her little business going as chain coffeehouses open all around her. The coffeehouse is the meeting place of an assortment of regulars who rally to help keep the establishment open. Conflicts become apparent — older versus younger generation, bisexuals versus gay, men versus women, drag queens versus each other — revealing a true, gay community-themed play.
First produced by the Lambda Players, Sacramento, Calif. October 1999.
Two-Act: 2 hours – one set
5M: 19, 21, elder, and unspecified
5F: 40s, and unspecified
- People Like Us
The gay son of a prominent, 50s Hollywood family, fights to save his relationship under impossible social intolerance. The Black civil rights campaign serves as his inspiration to stand up for his own rights.
Two-Act: 2 interiors
5M: 20s-50s
3F: 30s-50s (one black 40s)
- A Taste of Heaven
Two university men explore and intimate relationship in Victorian New York. Based on the diary of F.S. Ryman (c. 1885).
Winner of the “Excellence in Playwriting” honor at FringeNYC 2003.
One-Act: one simple set
2M: early 20s
- Old Soul
A gay, Columbia University student in the 20s meets his reincarnated self from the present day. He is given a chance to get his relationships, career, and self-confidence back on track in a second life.
One-Act – simple park bench set
3M: 20s – one man plays the love interest in both eras
- A Marriage Act
A contemporary gay couple negotiates romance and the right to marry. Companion play to “A Taste of Heaven.”
One-Act: one simple set
2M:
- Armistice
A newlywed couple devises a way to manage their gay affairs under one roof. The play follows the emergence of New York gay life during the dramatic political and social changes following WWI. Two acts, 2 men, 2 women, one set.
Two-Act: one set
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- Chorus Boy
Written in the style of a 30s comedy, a band of chorus boys on a musical comedy tour share one dressing room, which turns out to be a haven for showing their true colors.
Two-Act: one unit set
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1F:
- The WAC
A pair of gay siblings enter the U.S. Army in the middle of WWII. As the brother is persecuted for being gay, his sister fights the Army’s discriminatory policy. After the war, the two reside in San Francisco, where an emerging gay community is developed by the gay veterans of WWII.
Two-Act: one simple set
5M:
3F:
- Revolution
Docu-drama about the events leading up to the Stonewall riots of 1969 as they happened in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
One-Act: 1 hr. 30 min. – one simple set
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3F:
1F or M who plays Judy Garland
- San Francisco Days
A lesbian couple and their gay roommate help Harvey Milk become City Supervisor. This comedy/drama, set in the 70s Castro district, explores parent relations and religious issues when the roommates help a young, Mormon man to come out.
Two-Act: one simple set
3M:
3F
- Happy Hour
This serio-comic play investigates a group of friends created in the gay bar culture of the mid 80s. All are devoured by the AIDS crisis. They reconnect in limbo and explore their contributions to society and friendships as moderated by the eclectic Florence Flemming before she assigns the group to their new “jobs” in the universe.
Two-Act: two simple sets
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