Happy Birthday, Leonard

by Walter Thinnes

Eleanor has got quite the present for Leonard on his 70th Birthday. But the fun only starts when the clock strikes midnight.

Type Reading, Organization 13th Annual Ten Minute Play Festival; Actor's Theatre of Santa Cruz CA (Honorable Mention), Year 2008
Type Reading, Organization Winter Holiday Reading Fundraiser; NYC Playwrights; New York, NY, Year 2008
Type Reading, Organization Second Annual Ten Minute Play Contest; Magnolia Arts Center; Greenville NC, Year 2007

Type University, Organization New Writing Showcase; Rebound Productions; Hen & Chicken Theatre; London England, Year 2023
Type Professional, Organization Seventeenth Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival; Odyssey Theatre; Sarasota FL, Year 2022
Type Professional, Organization Tenth Annual 10x10 Festival; Streamed Production; Barrington Stage; Pittstown MA, Year 2021
Type Professional, Organization The Player's Theatre Short Play and Musical Festival; New York, NY, Year 2017
Type Workshop, Organization Plays & Prestidigitation #7 The Politically Incorrect Edition; Polaris North Theatre Cooperative; New York NY, Year 2017
Type Professional, Organization Broadcast; Spokane Radio Theatre; KYRS 92.3FM, 88.1FM; Spokane WA, Year 2012
Type Community Theater, Organization New Works Festival; Acme Theater Productions; Maynard MA, Year 2009
Type Community Theater, Organization Third Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival; The Parish Players; Thetford Hills VT, Year 2009
Type Professional, Organization Pick of the Vine Festival; Little Fish Theatre; San Pedro CA, Year 2009
Type Workshop, Organization Playwrights Workshop; Polaris North Theatre Cooperative; New York NY, Year 2009
Type Fringe, Organization Fifth Annual Future Ten Festival; Future Tenants; Pittsburgh PA, Year 2008

Genre

comedy

Subject Matter Keywords

birthday,

female bonding,

prostitution

Length

ten minutes

Cast Size

Age of Intended Audience

ages 18 and up

Narrative Attributes

Centers Female Characters

The Berkshire Eagle

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Seeming opposites ... make (a) connection in the smartly played and written 'Happy Birthday, Leonard' by Walter Thinnes. [Jeffrey Borak]
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www.stagehappenings.com

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Happy Birthday, Leonard - a delightful charade by Walter Thinnes ... (is a) rousing crowd-pleaser ... [Shirle Gottlieb]
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Long Beach Press-Telegram

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Pick of the Vine: Season 7, from Little Fish Theatre, goes way above and beyond typical theatre festival hopes by staging nine out of nine winners. It's a pleasant quandary picking the strongest entry. The nod goes to the second act opener, 'Happy Birthday, Leonard' by Walter Thinnes [Jeff Favre]
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