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FULL LENGTH. Miami hospice nurse, Marina Johnson, wakes one day to find a stranger in her apartment, telling her she has been tapped to be God's climate change prophet. A comedy for a species on the brink of self-destruction.
Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Virginia-born and Chicago-based (though temporarily living in Singapore), Lisa is an award-winning playwright, a member of the Dramatists Guild, and President of the Board of Arts For All, a NYC-based nonprofit bringing accessible artistic opportunities to children who face barriers to exploring the arts. She has a BFA in Film & TV from NYU and two kids who are disappointed that she doesn't write plays...
Virginia-born and Chicago-based (though temporarily living in Singapore), Lisa is an award-winning playwright, a member of the Dramatists Guild, and President of the Board of Arts For All, a NYC-based nonprofit bringing accessible artistic opportunities to children who face barriers to exploring the arts. She has a BFA in Film & TV from NYU and two kids who are disappointed that she doesn't write plays about dinosaurs. www.arts-for-all.org
Plays
Abort: The Mission by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 9··Cast:7Genre: comedy, farce + 1 more·Keyword: abortion, Reproductive Rights + 2 moreGenre: comedy, farce, politicalKeyword: abortion, Reproductive Rights, reproductive freedom, Women over 60FULL LENGTH. Three Baby Boomer women take matters into their own hands as they fight (for the second time) to secure access to safe, legal abortions. A comedy about things that aren't funny.Bandera, Texas by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 12··Cast:4Genre: comedy, drama·Keyword: full length, dramedy + 7 moreGenre: comedy, dramaKeyword: full length, dramedy, New York City, Texas, life changes, pregnancy, marriage, family, Magic RealismFULL LENGTH. A dramedy about marriage, motherhood, and the women who came before us and paved our way. Liz, a native New Yorker, is forced to relocate to the Texas Hill Country for her husband’s job. She is visited by her long-dead grandmothers, who help her adapt to her new life and remind her that an uprooted woman can grow wherever she is replanted when she knows who she is and carries the people and places she loves inside her.James of Nazareth by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 16··Cast:8Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more·Keyword: dramedy, family + 5 moreGenre: comedy, drama, faith-based, period, politicalKeyword: dramedy, family, Politics, full length, christianity, Jesus, female playwrightFULL LENGTH. A retelling of the Jesus story from the point of view of his younger brother, James, who is left trying to hold the family together and keep everyone out of trouble while Jesus is off preaching radical civil disobedience and a new world order.The Shady Lady: A Robust Blend of Privilege, Influence, and White Collar Crime by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 7··Cast:9Genre: comedy, farce·Keyword: full length, financial abuse + 3 moreGenre: comedy, farceKeyword: full length, financial abuse, comedy, Farce, female playwrightFULL LENGTH. The executive director of an environmental nonprofit has used the nonprofit’s money to buy himself a yacht, unbeknownst to his staff. Now Ronan Farrow is coming by the office at noon for an interview, and he and his staff must scramble to cover up the evidence of his embezzlement before they all end up in federal prison. (Co-written with Kara Poe Atnip)Queen Mari's Castle: Live! by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 5··Cast:4Genre: comedy·Keyword: comedy, children's television + 4 moreGenre: comedyKeyword: comedy, children's television, theater, female playwright, unfulfilled dreams, demonsFULL LENGTH. It's day one of the North American tour of "Queen Mari's Castle: Live!", the live stage adaptation of a popular children's television show. As the cast and crew work their way through their first 4-matinee day, they realize that they just might be in hell. A comedy about the dreams we can't shake, the souls that we sell, and what it means to be an artist.She Tunes the Violin: The Life of Martha Jefferson by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 12··Cast:7–10Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 1 more·Keyword: 365 Women A Year Playwriting Project, 18th century history + 8 moreGenre: biography, docudrama/historic, dramaKeyword: 365 Women A Year Playwriting Project, 18th century history, biography, historical drama, 365 Women a Year, American history, American Revolution, female playwright, American slavery, Thomas JeffersonFULL LENGTH. Written for 365 Women a Year, "She Tunes the Violin" follows Martha Jefferson and those closest to her from her first marriage at age 18 to her death at 33, as she struggles to find her way and her power in a society built by and for white men.Jacob Romano by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 5··Cast:5Genre: comedy, romantic comedy·Keyword: good roles for women, childhood sweethearts + 1 moreGenre: comedy, romantic comedyKeyword: good roles for women, childhood sweethearts, quirkyFULL LENGTH. A romantic comedy about people who aren't good at romance, "Jacob Romano" follows Jenny through the rise and fall of her relationship with Mike at 25, juxtaposing it with the rise and fall of her almost-relationship with Jacob Romano, the boy she had a crush on in elementary school. Jenny believes her mistakes with Jacob Romano have somehow jinxed her love life, and she is determined to break the curse.Heist! by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 13··Cast:2Genre: comedy·Keyword: Hope Diamond, theft + 1 moreGenre: comedyKeyword: Hope Diamond, theft, 10 minute comedy10 MIN. A pair of thieves try to steal the Hope Diamond out of the Smithsonian, and it doesn't go great.The Ballad of Leslie by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 24··Cast:2Genre: comedy·Keyword: Greek chorus, female playwrightGenre: comedyKeyword: Greek chorus, female playwright10 MIN. Leslie suddenly finds herself vacationing alone when her friend bails on their girls’ weekend - but then a professional chorus arrives to narrate Leslie’s life and brighten her day.The Early Flight by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 26··Cast:3–4Genre: comedy, parody/spoof·Keyword: movie tropes, air travel + 2 moreGenre: comedy, parody/spoofKeyword: movie tropes, air travel, jealousy, female playwright10 MIN. A man takes an earlier-than-planned flight home from his business trip in the hope of catching his wife having an affair.To The Moon! by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 29··Cast:3Genre: comedy·Keyword: astronauts, NASA + 4 moreGenre: comedyKeyword: astronauts, NASA, phobias, Moon Landing, air and space, moon10 MIN. Joe has won an all expense paid trip to the moon! He's not happy about it.We Are Cranston by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 16··Cast:4–5Genre: comedy, dark comedy·Keyword: dark comedy, high school football + 1 moreGenre: comedy, dark comedyKeyword: dark comedy, high school football, plane crash10 MIN. A high school football team about to play The Big Game is given some bad news, causing a crisis of conscience.Beast by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 13··Cast:2–4Genre: comedy, fable/folktale·Keyword: Beauty and the Beast, Based on a Fairy taleGenre: comedy, fable/folktaleKeyword: Beauty and the Beast, Based on a Fairy tale10 MIN. The Old Beggar Woman returns to the palace of Belle and the former Beast to correct a mistake.Reconnaissance by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 3··Cast:3Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more·Keyword: climate change, aliens + 3 moreGenre: comedy, dark comedy, politicalKeyword: climate change, aliens, angel, ugly American, earth10 MIN. An angel and an alien talk to a human about the state of Earth. A short comedy about climate change.20 by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 17··Cast:1Genre: drama·Keyword: monologue, 9/11Genre: dramaKeyword: monologue, 9/11MONOLOGUE. A 40-year-old playwright who was a 20-year-old NYU student on 9/11 was feeling sad on the 20th anniversary, so she wrote a monologue.The People You Meet in Heaven by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Recommendations: 40··Cast:4Genre: comedy·Keyword: one minute play, Abraham Lincoln + 3 moreGenre: comedyKeyword: one minute play, Abraham Lincoln, Marcel Proust, Mahatma Gandhi, heaven1 MIN. Recently-deceased Beth is greeted by the three people she said she most wanted to meet in Heaven. Everyone is disappointed.