Curt Strickland

Curt Strickland

I HAVE BEEN WRITING PLAYS FOR OVER TEN YEARS AND I RECENTLY GRADUATED WITH A MASTERS DEGREE IN PLAYWRITING AT LESLEY UNIVERSITY. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING TEN PLAYS ABOUT AMERICA, ONE FOR TEN DECADES--JUST FINISHED THE FORTH. I BELIEVE, AND I WRITE WITH THE IDEA THAT PLAYS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. I SEEK TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

Plays

  • The Look of Love in Five Acts by Curt Strickland
    Cast: 
    8
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Lesbian, gay + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Lesbian, gay, reveal, LGBTQ, closet, parents, love, sexual orientation, coming out
    Five love sotires, each with it's own unique characters and story. Senior citizens, 40 something married couples, lesbian partners, and a fifty year marraige cut short by cancer.
  • FAMILY DINNER by Curt Strickland
    Cast: 
    8
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: war, vietnam + 7 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, melodrama, political, tragedy
    Keyword: war, vietnam, A Family drama, emotional trauma, generations, agent orange, lies, Bush, CHENEY
    THREE GENERATIONS OF SOLDIERS--WORLD WAR II, VIETNAM, AND IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN--COME TOGETHER FOR A FAMILY DINNER. IT IS A STORY ABOUT HOW EACH DEALS WITH THE TRAUMA OF WAR AND THE TRAUMA OF THE FAMILY HISTORY. IT IS ALSO A STORY ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT PUT SOLDIERS IN WARS BASED ON LIES.
  • 1968 by Curt Strickland
    Cast: 
    9
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: racism, 1968 + 8 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: racism, 1968, Kennedy, Martin Luther King, factories, nigger, polution, cancer cluster, Labor and Unions, love
    The year is 1968, a year of turmoil and change: race riots, Vietnam War protests, assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, the moon landing, assertion for gay rights and woman’s rights, school integration, etc. With this backdrop, 1968 is the story on one town, and four families, propped up by one factory, that is being squeezed by both the factory and the fact the town is a cancer cluster that...
    The year is 1968, a year of turmoil and change: race riots, Vietnam War protests, assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, the moon landing, assertion for gay rights and woman’s rights, school integration, etc. With this backdrop, 1968 is the story on one town, and four families, propped up by one factory, that is being squeezed by both the factory and the fact the town is a cancer cluster that is slowly killing its citizens. The town and the families must choose between jobs and the health of its community. It must also fight to overcome the ravages of racism that further divides the town.
  • The Last Entrepreneur by Curt Strickland
    Cast: 
    12
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: business, out-sourcing + 5 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, political, tragedy
    Keyword: business, out-sourcing, Race, sales, drama, pollution, payroll
    This is the story of a small business owner trying to save his company in the throes of the great recession, 2009. It is a story of his battle to fight out-sourcing, gentrification. It is a story about racism, father and sons and their legacies. Stan, the main character, is the embodiment of an entrepreneur, both its courage and its flaws.
  • Trump's Press Conference by Curt Strickland
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 1 more
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    Keyword: Trump, trading card + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, farce, satire
    Keyword: Trump, trading card, Farce, Politics, American fascist, lie, lying, Reporter, j
    Donald Trump holds a press conference for the purpose of promoting a rollout of a 2nd trading card edition. He is confronted by a reporter who asks him tough questions, while sparing with him
  • Landscaping by Curt Strickland
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, political + 1 more
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    Keyword: elite, Historic + 5 more
    Genre: drama, political, tragedy
    Keyword: elite, Historic, white privilege, racism, landscaping, housing, short play collection
    A Hispanic teenager, a student at an exclusive prep school, goes over to a classmate’s house to work on a school project. At his classmate’s house, he encounters full blown white privilege and must decide between joining the elite class, or upholding his family’s integrity.
  • A Good One by Curt Strickland
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2–7
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: comedy, short play + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, farce
    Keyword: comedy, short play, senior citizens, aging, love, kindness, sexual prowess, funny, loss, loss of loved one
    Two senior citizens meet at a speed dating event at the local Holiday Inn. The first 80% of the play is extremely funny banter, and it then moves into a tender, heartwarming ending. This is a short play, around 15 minutes