Arnold Margolin

As a tv writer, I co created "Love, American Style" and "A Family for Joe" starring Robert Mitchum. I have written over 40 pilot scripts and numerous episodic scripts. I produced four tv movies and four major studio films. I won a Primetime Emmy.
As a playwright, I have written six full length plays, including two original musicals. I have had one play produced at Elephant Asylum Theatre and Falcon Theatre in L.A. I co-wrote a play that was produced in L.A by Interact Theatre Co. My musical had a workshop productions, by the South Bay Civic Light Opera in Southern California. My other musical was produced by the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in West Virginia.
I currently reside in New York City.

As a tv writer, I co created "Love, American Style" and "A Family for Joe" starring Robert Mitchum. I have written over 40 pilot scripts and numerous episodic scripts. I produced four tv movies and four major studio films. I won a Primetime Emmy.
As a playwright, I have written six full length plays, including two original musicals. I have had one play produced at Elephant Asylum Theatre and Falcon Theatre in L.A. I co-wrote a play that was produced in L.A by Interact Theatre Co. My musical had a workshop productions, by the South Bay Civic Light Opera in Southern California. My other musical was produced by the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in West Virginia.
I currently reside in New York City.

Scripts

13 Heads

by Arnold Margolin

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
docudrama/historic,
period,
political

In this comedic piece of historical fiction, the year is 1783. The setting is London. And these five historical figures, who were actually either in London or close by at this time, come together at the home of General Benedict Arnold. The others present include Ben Franklin; his son, William, former Governor of New Jersey and an English loyalist; Wiliam's son, Temple, who currently works for Ben as his...

In this comedic piece of historical fiction, the year is 1783. The setting is London. And these five historical figures, who were actually either in London or close by at this time, come together at the home of General Benedict Arnold. The others present include Ben Franklin; his son, William, former Governor of New Jersey and an English loyalist; Wiliam's son, Temple, who currently works for Ben as his secretary; and Peggy Arnold, Benedict's wife. There is an additional character, the only fictional one, Henri, a former slave but now freed Black man, who is trying to get to America.
Arnold has convinced Ben to travel to London from the Paris Peace Talks to be warned of a new plan by England and other European powers who are plotting to invade the Colonies and create a blockade of all their ports. Arnold tries to entice Franklin with an enormous land grant to convince him to join in this plot, and at the same time, save the Colonies from being subsumed and being made worse off than they were as a British colony.
The play deals with what it means to be an American, since the US still does not exist as a functioning nation; the friction between William and Ben and their dissolution of their father-son bond over their different loyalties; and Arnold's justification for his act of treason.

Script available upon request.

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Three Wives

by Arnold Margolin

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
drama,
romantic comedy

In this painful comedy, JERRYLEE's late wife, DIANA, now a ghost but free of the dementia that killed her, visits JerryLee and her new wife, KATE, on the eve of their first anniversary. Diana says she has come back to save JerryLee and Kate’s marriage, but what she is really interested in is learning what her life was like during the seven years in which she suffered from dementia, since she has no memory of...

In this painful comedy, JERRYLEE's late wife, DIANA, now a ghost but free of the dementia that killed her, visits JerryLee and her new wife, KATE, on the eve of their first anniversary. Diana says she has come back to save JerryLee and Kate’s marriage, but what she is really interested in is learning what her life was like during the seven years in which she suffered from dementia, since she has no memory of that time, either in life or death. The marriage is saved when Kate realizes that Diana’s influence on JerryLee helped make her the woman Kate fell in love with. With the help of both wives, JerryLee is released from her guilt over not being able to save Diana.

Script available upon request.

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Leap

by Arnold Margolin

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
experimental,
fantasy

A man, Bob Kanicki, has no idea what to do with his life, so he decides to make a perilous leap out the window. Bub, a young man, saves him, but not to truly save him...he wants to buy his soul. A young woman, Anna, tries to convince Bob not to sell his soul. A farce in one room that muses on life, death, and our moral obligations to ourselves.

Script available on request.

A man, Bob Kanicki, has no idea what to do with his life, so he decides to make a perilous leap out the window. Bub, a young man, saves him, but not to truly save him...he wants to buy his soul. A young woman, Anna, tries to convince Bob not to sell his soul. A farce in one room that muses on life, death, and our moral obligations to ourselves.

Script available on request.

Brice Bogard, DDS

by Arnold Margolin

Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

When Brice’s best friend, Mike, dies suddenly, and Mike’s family and his poker game move on, Brice realizes that when he dies, he, too, will soon be forgotten. Brice’s worrying over ways he can achieve immortality becomes an obsession. With no artistic talent or skills, Brice searches for a way to become unforgettable. What he finds is love, tragedy, despair and hope, and that the best part of immortality is...

When Brice’s best friend, Mike, dies suddenly, and Mike’s family and his poker game move on, Brice realizes that when he dies, he, too, will soon be forgotten. Brice’s worrying over ways he can achieve immortality becomes an obsession. With no artistic talent or skills, Brice searches for a way to become unforgettable. What he finds is love, tragedy, despair and hope, and that the best part of immortality is that one can live without it.

Script available on request.

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