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Scripts About Laws and Lawyers

Our newest featured list comes from playwright Jonathan O'Neill: "From the Eumenides and Saint Genesius to The Merchant of Venice and Legally Blonde, the performing arts have long enjoyed a deep kinship with the law, and it's easy to see why. The law shares major qualities with theater. They both involve performance, particularly in our courtrooms, but also in legislatures, public spaces, and client meetings. They both vocalize and codify a community's values. They also share a common ancestor -- the Greeks! -- and both institutions remain intensely interested in history. Here are just a few scripts that scrutinize the legal-theatrical connection. I hope you'll enjoy them!"

Digna by Patricia Davis
French Pig by David Jacobi
The Bloodless Jungle by Peter Lawson Jones
Killing Me Softly by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
The Barbarians by Jerry Lieblich
The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington by James Ijames
Strange Men by Will Snider
Infallibility by Matt Barbot
The Perfect World by Joel Fishbane
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Lou Bitterman, Attorney at Law by Susan Shafer
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The NPX Index

  • Scripts tagged with the keyword phrases "Roe v. Wade," "abortion," "abortion access," and "abortion rights": 208
  • Scripts tagged with the keywords "justice" and "American justice system": 138
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword phrases "Supreme Court" and "U.S. Supreme Court": 20
  • Scripts tagged with the keyword phrase "Black Lives Matter": 259