Braddon Mendelson

Braddon Mendelson is the author of thirteen full-length plays, including "Rembrandt Perfected" (an historical farce), winner of Best New Play at the Long Beach Playhouse New Works Festival. It received its world premiere under his direction at The MAIN. His work ranges from "Provenance," centered on an 18th‑century French game table that carries the imprint of its owners across generations, to "Gallows Falls," a Vermont ghost story and finalist in the 2023 Vintage Theatre New Works Festival, to "Resisted Living," a farcical dark-comedy about aging parents, adult children, and some very questionable choices.

An alumnus of California State University, Northridge, and the Warner Brothers Writers Workshop, Braddon lives in Stevenson Ranch, California.

Braddon Mendelson is the author of thirteen full-length plays, including "Rembrandt Perfected" (an historical farce), winner of Best New Play at the Long Beach Playhouse New Works Festival. It received its world premiere under his direction at The MAIN. His work ranges from "Provenance," centered on an 18th‑century French game table that carries the imprint of its owners across generations, to "Gallows Falls," a Vermont ghost story and finalist in the 2023 Vintage Theatre New Works Festival, to "Resisted Living," a farcical dark-comedy about aging parents, adult children, and some very questionable choices.

An alumnus of California State University, Northridge, and the Warner Brothers Writers Workshop, Braddon lives in Stevenson Ranch, California.

Scripts

Rembrandt Perfected

by Braddon Mendelson

Synopsis

A comedy loosely based on historical events — very loosely.

In the spring of 1839, scenic artist Louis Daguerre and American inventor Samuel Morse meet for the first time in Daguerre’s Paris studio, each eager to demonstrate his groundbreaking invention. When they notice a mysterious silhouetted figure in one of Daguerre’s images, the two men embark on an outlandish quest to identify the person -- first human...

A comedy loosely based on historical events — very loosely.

In the spring of 1839, scenic artist Louis Daguerre and American inventor Samuel Morse meet for the first time in Daguerre’s Paris studio, each eager to demonstrate his groundbreaking invention. When they notice a mysterious silhouetted figure in one of Daguerre’s images, the two men embark on an outlandish quest to identify the person -- first human ever captured in a photograph.

Resisted Living

by Braddon Mendelson

Synopsis

ROBERT and MARGE DUDEK have lived in the same house since they married seventy years ago. Now in their 90s and contending with age-related malaise, they attempt to conceal their feebleness from their children, who Robert is convinced are conspiring to send them to a nursing home.

When ex-con middle-child SCOTTY learns his father has squandered the family fortune, he ropes his reluctant sisters into a...

ROBERT and MARGE DUDEK have lived in the same house since they married seventy years ago. Now in their 90s and contending with age-related malaise, they attempt to conceal their feebleness from their children, who Robert is convinced are conspiring to send them to a nursing home.

When ex-con middle-child SCOTTY learns his father has squandered the family fortune, he ropes his reluctant sisters into a harebrained scheme to wrest control of what’s left of their parents’ estate.

A shady car dealer and a mysterious caregiver add to the chaos, as the conspiracy comes to a head, pitting family against family in this wild and darkly comedic play.

Website: https://resistedliving.com/

Provenance

by Braddon Mendelson

Synopsis

This intriguing play brings to life centuries-old tales imbued in the essence of an antique Louis XV handcrafted game table, as we trace its journey backwards through time, across the ages, revealing profound connections to those whose paths it crossed.

When two roommates learn the identity of the artisan who crafted an 18th century French game table, we travel backward through time to experience the stories of...

This intriguing play brings to life centuries-old tales imbued in the essence of an antique Louis XV handcrafted game table, as we trace its journey backwards through time, across the ages, revealing profound connections to those whose paths it crossed.

When two roommates learn the identity of the artisan who crafted an 18th century French game table, we travel backward through time to experience the stories of those who possessed it. From ordinary citizens to the rich and powerful, from presidents to prime ministers, their very essences coalesce into this arcane objet d’art.

https://provenancetheplay.com/