Greg Paul

Greg Paul

Some of Greg's plays include: WAIT (2008 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference); The Point of Deviance (Macaulay Honors College’s International Symposium on Surveillance Societies); Goblin Universe, (The Alley Theatre/Louisville KY and semi-finalist for the 2011 Eugene O’Neill National Playwright’s Conference); The Lady’s Child with composer Lisa Dove (NYU/Playwrights Horizons Theatre School); The Amazing...
Some of Greg's plays include: WAIT (2008 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference); The Point of Deviance (Macaulay Honors College’s International Symposium on Surveillance Societies); Goblin Universe, (The Alley Theatre/Louisville KY and semi-finalist for the 2011 Eugene O’Neill National Playwright’s Conference); The Lady’s Child with composer Lisa Dove (NYU/Playwrights Horizons Theatre School); The Amazing True Adventures of Buckbean Bushytail with composer Lisa Dove (Jalopy Music Theatre, Special Music School); Wetiko (2014 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference and finalist for 2015 Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference). He is a founding member of Juggernaut Theatre Company and The Northern Light Opera Company in Park Rapids MN, which has produced a number of his plays for children. Greg is also a member of the Project Y Playwrights Group and The Playwrights/Directors Unit at The Actors Studio. He holds a BFA in Acting/Directing from Baylor University and an MFA in Acting from Ohio University.

Plays

  • A Day to be Someone Else by Greg Paul
    Cast: 
    6–10
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    Genre: comedy, movement/physical + 1 more
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    Keyword: comedy, stage combat + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, movement/physical, romantic comedy
    Keyword: comedy, stage combat, Multiracial
    A Day to be Someone Else is a comedy that centers around Dom and Nyaja, two aspiring young fighters at the Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park. They might just figure out just how they feel about each other if they could just lay their weapons down. There’s laughs, fights (literally), tears and romance in this roller-coaster, coming-of-age-story.
  • Goblin Universe by Greg Paul
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    8–13
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: monster, pornography
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, horror
    Keyword: monster, pornography
    Howard Phillips is a crypto-zoologist who has spent all his adult life hunting monsters and as a result, he is a complete failure. He spends his days avoiding his landlord while enduring the constant reminder of wasted years in the form of an imaginary bipedal frog. His fortunes change, however, when he encounters a creature he never expected and the door to the Goblin Universe is opened.
  • Wetiko by Greg Paul
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: drama, experimental
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    Keyword: dog fighting, PTSD + 3 more
    Genre: drama, experimental
    Keyword: dog fighting, PTSD, redemption, sacrifice, betrayal

    Russ, an ex-marine struggling with adjusting to civilian life, finds an injured fighting dog
    and resolves to rehabilitate the animal. Finding the dog’s injuries to be beyond his help
    and in desperation, Russ seeks out the help of his neighbor, Marni, a widowed nurse.
    After initial reservations, Marni decides to help Russ with the dog.
    Unknown to Russ however, Bead, the dog’s...

    Russ, an ex-marine struggling with adjusting to civilian life, finds an injured fighting dog
    and resolves to rehabilitate the animal. Finding the dog’s injuries to be beyond his help
    and in desperation, Russ seeks out the help of his neighbor, Marni, a widowed nurse.
    After initial reservations, Marni decides to help Russ with the dog.
    Unknown to Russ however, Bead, the dog’s former owner has every intention of
    recovering his prize possession, while Marni’s sister Felice, has set her eye on Russ.
    The play moves to a climax, as a battle is waged between the forces of
    predation and the forces of mercy, laying bare the troubled histories of all the characters.
  • Stand Up For Bastards by Greg Paul
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: jealousy, friendship + 2 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: jealousy, friendship, show business, Shakespeare
    Script Synopsis

    (Time - The present. 7 simple locations . )

    MONTGOMERY and RALPH are young actors trying to make it. But when RALPH gets a summer job the Plum Valley Shakespeare Festival and MONTGOMERY doesn’t, their dysfunctional friendship is laid bare, and a runaway train of rivalry and revenge results.

    Character breakdown

    RALPH - Male....
    Script Synopsis

    (Time - The present. 7 simple locations . )

    MONTGOMERY and RALPH are young actors trying to make it. But when RALPH gets a summer job the Plum Valley Shakespeare Festival and MONTGOMERY doesn’t, their dysfunctional friendship is laid bare, and a runaway train of rivalry and revenge results.

    Character breakdown

    RALPH - Male. Struggling actor. Late 20's to early 30's. Narcissistic. Demanding. Emotionally honest. Any ethnicity.

    MONTGOMERY - Male. Struggling actor. Late 20's to early 30's. Self -sacrificing. Passive/aggressive. Closeted. Any ethnicity.

    TRACEY - Female. Overworked stage manager. Early to mid 30's. Harried.Diligent. No nonsense. Seeking some relief from a grueling life. Any ethnicity.