James Meneses

James Meneses

James Meneses is a Spanish Chinese American writer, and a member of the Greenhouse Ensemble and Dramatists Guild. His plays Dream Fragmentation, Cross From Rome and While you Wait have been developed and produced by the Greenhouse Ensemble. After studying architectural technology at Alfred State College and training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he studied playwriting with Kim Sharp, Julie McKee and...
James Meneses is a Spanish Chinese American writer, and a member of the Greenhouse Ensemble and Dramatists Guild. His plays Dream Fragmentation, Cross From Rome and While you Wait have been developed and produced by the Greenhouse Ensemble. After studying architectural technology at Alfred State College and training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he studied playwriting with Kim Sharp, Julie McKee and Lia Romeo. He lives in Brooklyn, by Prospect Park, with his girlfriend Gabrielle and dog Archie. www.jamesmeneses.com

Plays

  • Cross From Rome by James Meneses
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Relationships, Italian + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, faith-based
    Keyword: Relationships, Italian, church, Catholic, cross-cultural relationship, clash over religious beliefs, finding religion, anarchist, agnosticism, relationships break-up
    This Summer, Lucia plans on introducing her American boyfriend George, to her devout Roman Catholic family in Italy . . . there’s just one problem, George is an agnostic.  After a religious joke goes wrong at a dinner party, George agrees to take classes on Catholicism, but the line between just supporting Lucia’s faith and adhering to it himself becomes slippery.
  • Dream Fragmentation by James Meneses
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 1 more
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    Keyword: dreams, coping with suicide + 5 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, fantasy
    Keyword: dreams, coping with suicide, son-father relationship, mental health issues, life after death, tsunami, alternate timelines
     A son copes with the grief of his father’s suicide by slowly understanding him through dreams, but the time to reconcile their past begins to run out as a Tsunami wave draws nearer.
  • Ghost Recording by James Meneses
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    Genre: drama, horror + 1 more
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    Keyword: ghost hunter, reality tv + 5 more
    Genre: drama, horror, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: ghost hunter, reality tv, pandemic COVID 19, remembrance, ghost, haunted places, being haunted
    During the Covid Pandemic, Paulie, an unemployed construction worker, becomes an actor on a low budget ghost reality TV show. A non-believer of the paranormal world, Paulie pretends and "acts scared," but tonight in an abandoned Middle School, he witnesses something unimaginable yet real.
  • Gig at the U by James Meneses
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: halloween, comedian + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, political
    Keyword: halloween, comedian, first amendment, Popeye's, joke gone wrong, satire
    On Halloween, Ryan, a comedian is kicked off a prestigious University’s stage for an unacceptable joke. Him and his boyfriend Evan, discuss how to respond to the vitriol on social media, and whether throwing in the towel on an early standup career is the best option.

  • Purgatory Train by James Meneses
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    Genre: drama, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: purgatory, life after death + 5 more
    Genre: drama, fantasy, radio drama
    Keyword: purgatory, life after death, American college students, best friends, car accident, dealing with guilt, train
    Two best friends are stuck in limbo on an old diesel train. Gabe wants to stay for their graduation ceremony and an unfinished game of poker, while Dave wants to start the train and leave, unsure where the tracks will take them.