Larry Herold

Larry Herold

Larry Herold is from Texas. He lives in Chicago.

Plays

  • CRISIS by Larry Herold
    Cast: 
    5–6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: Crisis expert, crisis communications + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, parody/spoof, political, satire
    Keyword: Crisis expert, crisis communications, business, CEO, Youtube, dictatorship, feminism, corporations
    Margot is a crisis expert with a pair of desperate clients. One is an American CEO caught on video in a Russian steam bath. *Nothing to see here!* The other is the dictator of a small island nation who has struck oil in the midst of revolution. Russian mobsters, a secret stash of gold bars and a counterfeit U.S. Senator. Can Margot sort them all out? Spoiler alert: yes! That's her job and she's the best there is.
  • THE SPORTS PAGE by Larry Herold
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: football, sportswriter + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, period
    Keyword: football, sportswriter, Dallas Cowboys, scribe, 1966, training camp, Newspaper
    Dallas Cowboys training camp. 1966. A young man arrives, eager to join the pantheon of big-time sportswriters. But when he encounters a pair of crusty scribes, a glamorous female TV reporter, a wily P.R. man and a star player refusing to speak to the press, life takes an unexpected turn. (Semifinalist, O'Neill National Playwrights Conference)
  • PREACHEROSITY by Larry Herold
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, faith-based
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    Keyword: Preacher, Baptist + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, faith-based
    Keyword: Preacher, Baptist, Texas, small town, ensemble, church, hymns, salvation
    A small Baptist church in Texas is desperate for a new preacher. The Search Committee fails. Prayer doesn't help. When a qualified applicant shows up, out of the blue, the congregation is thrilled, until they get a whole lot more than they bargained for. (Winner, NAAA Play Festival, London, UK)
  • AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS by Larry Herold
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: christmas, Santa + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, holiday, parody/spoof, political, satire
    Keyword: christmas, Santa, Elf, children, stocking, comic, resistance, Trump, gifts, President
    SEVEN-MINUTE PLAY: Deep in a North Pole coal mine, an elf wields a pickaxe, mining coal for Santa to put into the stockings of naughty children. But when he discovers that Santa has been co-opted by Trump and his promise to "bring back the coal industry," he and a new friend hatch a plot to save America. *Trigger warnings: an elf gets coal dust on his elf suit, the world's children are called...
    SEVEN-MINUTE PLAY: Deep in a North Pole coal mine, an elf wields a pickaxe, mining coal for Santa to put into the stockings of naughty children. But when he discovers that Santa has been co-opted by Trump and his promise to "bring back the coal industry," he and a new friend hatch a plot to save America. *Trigger warnings: an elf gets coal dust on his elf suit, the world's children are called "Nice. Ish.", and the president of the United States is held up to ridicule.