Wayne Harrel

Wayne Harrel

Wayne Harrel is a playwright and lyricist from Portland, Oregon. He loves jazz and blues, food and drink, big trees, and cold oceans.

Plays

  • Jaffa Gate by Wayne Harrel
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: storytelling, Jewish + 8 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, drama, fable/folktale, faith-based, period, verse
    Keyword: storytelling, Jewish, christianity, Muslim, Middle East, Circassian, poetry, Rumi, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, religion
    In 1900 Palestine, three religious pilgrims of diverse faiths tell stories together, Scheherazade-style, in a desperate plea for mercy - and their heads.
  • Buried Fire by Wayne Harrel
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: immersive, musical + 1 more
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    Keyword: blues, cabaret + 7 more
    Genre: immersive, musical, romantic comedy
    Keyword: blues, cabaret, Gospel, piano, oregon, marriage, love, bar, band
    A married blues singer returns home for a benefit gig and meets an old flame, twenty years too late. Or not. Music & Lyrics by Dave Fleschner, and based on his album Where Love Begins.
  • It's Your Funeral by Wayne Harrel
    Cast: 
    3–6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: a marriage in crisis, cancer patient + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, musical, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: a marriage in crisis, cancer patient, tragicomedy, health care, doctor visit, life threatening diseases
    When a middle-aged man is diagnosed with prostate cancer, he and his wife visit multiple care providers, trying to decide which lousy treatment option they can both live with. A 15-minute musical, with music by Dave Fleschner.
    "Hysterical! But I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Maybe that's the point." -Dr. D.A. Ackerman, Urologist