Sherry Bokser

Sherry Bokser

Sherry Bokser studied at NYU, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the Dramatists Guild Institute, HB Studios, ESPA at Primary Stages, and as an invited artist to the Kennedy Center. Her full length work has been developed at the Kenyon Playwrights Conference, the Great Plains Theatre Conference, 360 Repco, and DGPG at The Players. Sherry's plays include REASSEMBLING SIOBHAN (Finalist, Bechdel Group’s...
Sherry Bokser studied at NYU, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the Dramatists Guild Institute, HB Studios, ESPA at Primary Stages, and as an invited artist to the Kennedy Center. Her full length work has been developed at the Kenyon Playwrights Conference, the Great Plains Theatre Conference, 360 Repco, and DGPG at The Players. Sherry's plays include REASSEMBLING SIOBHAN (Finalist, Bechdel Group’s Annual Staged Reading), Я/EVOLUTION (Characters Ink.), THE PULSE PROJECT (Steppenwolf; Judson Memorial Church); MARVELOUS COUNTRY (National Comedy Theatre [Araoz, director]; Odyssey Theatre; Great Plains Theatre Conference; Whittier College; Finalist, Mario Fratti–Fred Newman Political Play Contest; Semi-finalist, Reverie Production’s Next Generation Playwrights Contest; U.S. delegate, Women Playwrights International Conference); SEVERED TIES (Finalist, Queens Theatre’s Theatre for All); and DYSTOPIAN LOVE STORY #1 (Goats Theatre’s Play the Goat Podcast, Series 1 Episode 3). Sherry’s short plays have received staged readings at NYC’s Plays and Pizza, DGPG’s Nights of Shorts, and Whore Presents at Muchmores. Sherry is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the International Centre for Women Playwrights and a founding member of the DGPG Writers and Whore Presents Playwrights Collective.

Plays

  • With Friends Like ... by Sherry Bokser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: adult women best friends, women of a certain age + 4 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: adult women best friends, women of a certain age, Italian American, Jewish-American, unexamined prejudice, Anti-Semitism
    Loretta and Ellie have been friends for nearly 30 years, and now Loretta's daughter, Margot, is getting married. So where is Ellie's invitation?
  • The Pulse Project by Sherry Bokser
    Cast: 
    15
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Pulse, LGBTQ + 5 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Pulse, LGBTQ, gun violence, shooting, dance, Orlando, gun control
    A full-length play comprised of monologues inspired by people who died in, lived through, and are moving on from the Pulse shootings of June 2016.
    (Created by Sherry Bokser, Thom Fogarty, Alyson Mead & Amy Merrill)
  • Severed Ties by Sherry Bokser
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: immigration, Indian + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: immigration, Indian, florida, child abuse, disabled persons, upper-limb amputee
    Told in reverse chronology, Severed Ties explores the life of Saurav, a one-armed Indian immigrant dishwasher in an Orlando diner, as he's befriended by Digger, a local reporter.
  • Dystopian Love Story #1 by Sherry Bokser
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: Arab, Muslim + 4 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: Arab, Muslim, future, love story, Dystopia, genocide
    On a late afternoon in the not-too-distant future, an air raid siren wails incessantly. Aniqya (Annie) Noor runs to assigned shelter, but is denied entry by her former lover, Captain Sengard Jackson, because she doesn't have the requisite certified chip (attesting to her identity). Will a rejected lover's resentment result in Aniqya's death? Or can love transcend the political realities that...
    On a late afternoon in the not-too-distant future, an air raid siren wails incessantly. Aniqya (Annie) Noor runs to assigned shelter, but is denied entry by her former lover, Captain Sengard Jackson, because she doesn't have the requisite certified chip (attesting to her identity). Will a rejected lover's resentment result in Aniqya's death? Or can love transcend the political realities that forbid love between Brown and White citizens?