Jennifer O'Grady

Jennifer O'Grady

Jennifer’s plays have won awards and been produced throughout the U.S. and internationally. Her plays are included in multiple editions of the annual Best Ten-Minute Plays, Best New Ten-Minute Plays and Best Women's Stage Monologues among other anthologies. Also a widely published and award-winning poet and the author of two poetry books, she holds an MFA in Writing from Columbia University and a BA from...
Jennifer’s plays have won awards and been produced throughout the U.S. and internationally. Her plays are included in multiple editions of the annual Best Ten-Minute Plays, Best New Ten-Minute Plays and Best Women's Stage Monologues among other anthologies. Also a widely published and award-winning poet and the author of two poetry books, she holds an MFA in Writing from Columbia University and a BA from Vassar and lives with her family near New York City. (www.jenniferogrady.net)

SELECTED RECENT AWARDS/HONORS:
2024 Audience Choice Award, Authenticity Theater's Authentic 10 Showcase (Sugar)
2024 Round the Bend Theatre Reading Series Selection (still small voice)
2024 Hudson Valley Theatre Festival Selection (Charlotte's Letters)
2024 WATERWORKS Finalist (Ellery)
2024, 2022, 2017, 2014 BEST WOMEN’S STAGE MONOLOGUES
2023 Phillips’ Mill Emerging Playwrights Award (We Were Happy)
2023, 2021, 2017 & 2016 BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS
2023 Little Fish Theatre’s “Pick of the Vine” Selection (Sugar)
2023, 2022, 2021 & 2019 Gi60 Selections (Happy; Invisible; Closet Cat; New Kitten; Out)
2023 & 2019 Winner, Stage It! 10-Minute Play Contest (Sugar; Pre-War)
2023 Finalist, Moxie Arts Incubator (still small voice)
2023 Finalist, Gary Garrison Playwriting Award for 10-Minute Plays (Sugar)
2022 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival Selection (Chem Class)
2022 & 2016 Semifinalist, O’Neill Playwrights Conference (Fertile Ground; Charlotte's Letters)
2022 Semifinalist, Prince Grace Award/Fellowship at New Dramatists (Fertile Ground)
2022 Lakeshore Players 10-Minute Play Festival Selection (Sugar)
2022 & 2019 Weathervane Playhouse 8x10 Theatrefest Selection (Waiting; Listening--Audience Choice Award)
2022 Semifinalist, Prince Grace Award/Fellowship at New Dramatists (Fertile Ground)
2021 & 2019 BEST NEW TEN-MINUTE PLAYS (Applause) (Most Wonderful; Persephone)
2021 Short + Sweet Sydney Selection (Expectations)
2021 Short + Sweet Perth Selection (Fridge)
2020 Rising Artists Playwriting Award (Charlotte's Letters)
2020 Audience Choice Award, Kairos International Theatre Festival (Fridge)
2020 Finalist, Southwest Theatre Productions New Play Contest (Juggling with Mr. Fields)
2019 Bechdel Group Reading/Workshop Selection (Ellery)
2019 Honorable Mention, Panndora's Box New Works Festival (Paranormal Love)
2018 1st Place Henley Rose Award (Charlotte's Letters)
2018 AWP's Writer2Writer Award (Charlotte's Letters)
2018 Heartland Theatre Co's 10-Minute Play Festival Selection (Persephone)
(and more)

Plays

  • CHARLOTTE'S LETTERS by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 18
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: biography, dark comedy + 8 more
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    Keyword: Brontë, women's history + 7 more
    Genre: biography, dark comedy, drama, experimental, fantasy, immersive, mystery/thriller, period, political, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Brontë, women's history, Jane Eyre, love, teaching, feminism, features great roles for women, award winner, school
    2024 Hudson Valley Theatre Fest Selection / Rising Artists Award / 1st Place Henley Rose Award / NEWvember Festival Dublin / O'Neill Semifinalist/ Irish Rep's New Works Readings Series / Writer2Writer Award / Top 25 Plays, Panndora's Box / BETC Generations Shortlist / AFF Second-Rounder / BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2022 and other honors

    (Full length) A fresh, theatrical...
    2024 Hudson Valley Theatre Fest Selection / Rising Artists Award / 1st Place Henley Rose Award / NEWvember Festival Dublin / O'Neill Semifinalist/ Irish Rep's New Works Readings Series / Writer2Writer Award / Top 25 Plays, Panndora's Box / BETC Generations Shortlist / AFF Second-Rounder / BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2022 and other honors

    (Full length) A fresh, theatrical take on the Brontë sisters, intertwining Charlotte Brontë's two years as an unpublished young woman at a Belgian school--where she becomes close to her married tutor/employer, Monsieur Heger--with biographer Mrs. Gaskell's struggle to salvage Charlotte's posthumous reputation and trailblazing novels. In Victorian England, the novels of recently deceased author Charlotte Brontë are now widely banned for being too passionate. Gaskell intends to prove that Charlotte was innocent and her reclusive life, blameless--but when an alarming letter arrives from Brussels, Gaskell feels forced to investigate just how much of Charlotte's novels--including the bestselling but scandalous JANE EYRE--was based on her own life. A play about love, friendship and the making of art and identity.
  • FERTILE GROUND by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 12
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: motherhood, filicide + 8 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: motherhood, filicide, women, biological clock, infertility, marriage, Academia, writing, women's lives, novelist
    2022 Semifinalist for the O'Neill Conference, Princess Grace Award/New Dramatists Fellowship and Panndora's Box

    (Full length) Novelist Leigh wants a baby but struggles with unexplained miscarriages. Her younger sister Olivia, a parent and psychologist on the tenure track, is having trouble finishing her new study of maternal filicide due to one of her subjects, whose motivations are...
    2022 Semifinalist for the O'Neill Conference, Princess Grace Award/New Dramatists Fellowship and Panndora's Box

    (Full length) Novelist Leigh wants a baby but struggles with unexplained miscarriages. Her younger sister Olivia, a parent and psychologist on the tenure track, is having trouble finishing her new study of maternal filicide due to one of her subjects, whose motivations are disturbingly unclear. Leigh's husband Max wants to be done with fertility treatments so that he and Leigh can move on. As Olivia and Max begin leaning on each other for support, Leigh begins writing a novel about filicide, and fact and fiction begin to collide and will have devastating consequences. A new play about motherhood, including its darker side.
  • PARANORMAL LOVE by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: ghosts, love + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, immersive, romantic comedy, science fiction
    Keyword: ghosts, love, coping with grief, adult friendships, after life, centers LGBTQ characters, coming to terms with loss
    MTWorks Newborn Award / NEWvember Finalist/ Panndora's Box Honorable Mention, other honors

    (Full length) Kevin and David were a loving couple, but now Kevin is dead and stuck in a boring afterlife with little to do but eat popcorn and watch the living. When David decides to marry Lila, a woman, Kevin seizes the chance to wrap up unfinished business--making sure David is happy, and reuniting...
    MTWorks Newborn Award / NEWvember Finalist/ Panndora's Box Honorable Mention, other honors

    (Full length) Kevin and David were a loving couple, but now Kevin is dead and stuck in a boring afterlife with little to do but eat popcorn and watch the living. When David decides to marry Lila, a woman, Kevin seizes the chance to wrap up unfinished business--making sure David is happy, and reuniting two living friends now mysteriously estranged--which Kevin attempts with the aid of two dead friends, until things begin to go wrong. A dark comedy about love, loss and the power of memory. (Play 1 in The Ghost Trilogy of standalone plays)
  • JUGGLING WITH MR. FIELDS by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: W.C. FIelds, classic movies + 8 more
    Genre: biography, comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, period
    Keyword: W.C. FIelds, classic movies, 1940s Hollywood, fame, family, celebrity, History, alcoholism, fathers & sons, love
    Finalist, Southwest Theatre Productions New Play Contest

    (Full length) In 1940s Hollywood aging, irreverent, nearly-alcoholic movie star W. C. Fields--shunned by film studios and eager for work--grudgingly hires a young English manservant to get his life in order, while Fields' live-in girlfriend Carlotta and rising-actor friend Anthony Quinn vie for his attentions. But new servant Rodney...
    Finalist, Southwest Theatre Productions New Play Contest

    (Full length) In 1940s Hollywood aging, irreverent, nearly-alcoholic movie star W. C. Fields--shunned by film studios and eager for work--grudgingly hires a young English manservant to get his life in order, while Fields' live-in girlfriend Carlotta and rising-actor friend Anthony Quinn vie for his attentions. But new servant Rodney brings a secret, unwanted link to the past, in this imagined look at the hidden side of an iconic film star, and new play about longing and belong.
  • still small voice by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: two-hander, drama for two women + 6 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: two-hander, drama for two women, senior woman, different generations, dark thriller, Psychopath, NYC, perception
    2024 Round the Bend Reading Series Selection / 2023 Moxie Incubator Finalist

    (Full length in development—draft upon request) Janie is an older woman living alone in her New York City apartment. When Lizbeth, an old friend's granddaughter, arrives for what's supposed to be a short stay, it soon becomes apparent that Lizbeth has other, unsettling ideas--and that perhaps Janie does too. A...
    2024 Round the Bend Reading Series Selection / 2023 Moxie Incubator Finalist

    (Full length in development—draft upon request) Janie is an older woman living alone in her New York City apartment. When Lizbeth, an old friend's granddaughter, arrives for what's supposed to be a short stay, it soon becomes apparent that Lizbeth has other, unsettling ideas--and that perhaps Janie does too. A play about how we see, or don't see, women.
  • ELLERY by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: ghost, psychic + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, horror, immersive, mystery/thriller, science fiction
    Keyword: ghost, psychic, features great roles for women, women 50+, fitting in, betrayal, mystery/thriller, being different, motherdaughter
    2024 WATERWORKS Finalist/ Bechdel Group Selection / Included in THE BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES

    (Full length) Becca hates her psychic abilities and is being haunted by her dead but still-critical mother and dead grandmother, for reasons none of them understands. When a dead young woman appears and pleads confusingly for help, Becca turns away, but unwittingly gives her best friend the...
    2024 WATERWORKS Finalist/ Bechdel Group Selection / Included in THE BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES

    (Full length) Becca hates her psychic abilities and is being haunted by her dead but still-critical mother and dead grandmother, for reasons none of them understands. When a dead young woman appears and pleads confusingly for help, Becca turns away, but unwittingly gives her best friend the chance to pursue a dangerous course that could harm Becca and another living woman. Mom Linda and Grandma Ida see all and try coming to the rescue, but can ghosts help? A play about living responsibly and being different. (Play 2 in The Ghost Trilogy of standalone plays.)
  • QUASARS by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: faith, marriage + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, immersive
    Keyword: faith, marriage, art, illness, family, grief, altruism, sculpting, love, religion
    Included in THE BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES and BEST CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN 18-35

    (Full length) When sculptor Josh's wife becomes seriously ill but won't slow down, Josh takes secretive measures to keep Erin at home. But their nine-year-old daughter witnesses his ploys, bringing unwanted scrutiny from an uncertain Catholic priest. As Erin's illness worsens, Josh...
    Included in THE BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES and BEST CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN 18-35

    (Full length) When sculptor Josh's wife becomes seriously ill but won't slow down, Josh takes secretive measures to keep Erin at home. But their nine-year-old daughter witnesses his ploys, bringing unwanted scrutiny from an uncertain Catholic priest. As Erin's illness worsens, Josh must learn to let go with help from a troubled priest and a strange young woman with piercings. A new and theatrical play exploring our need for human connection and the uncertain comforts of faith and art.
  • SLANTED LIGHT by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: ghost, psychics + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, science fiction
    Keyword: ghost, psychics, poetry, mother-daughter, love, teenagers, grief, loneliness and isolation, women40+, older actors
    Bechdel Group Shortlist

    (Full length) Joanna is a struggling poet and single parent working part-time in a funeral home--an odd choice, considering that Joanna can see dead people. When a dead teenager follows her home and himself in her attic, Joanna and her teenage daughter Miranda must learn some hard truths about living and dying. (Play 3 in The Ghost Trilogy of standalone plays)
  • Persephone by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 35
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: motherhood, grief + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, fable/folktale, science fiction, tragedy
    Keyword: motherhood, grief, love, death, ghosts, myth, family, friendship, marriage, mother-daughter
    Selected for Heartland Theatre Co's 10-Minute Play Festival and other productions
    Published in THE BEST NEW TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2019 (Applause)

    (10 Min) A modern riff on the myth of Persephone, forced to leave her family behind forever. This Persephone returns to give her small child an unusual gift--a new mom.
  • Sugar by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 27
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: domestic violence, domestic abuse + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: domestic violence, domestic abuse, altruism, two-hander, women, sugar
    Selected for LFT's "Pick of the Vine," Lakeshore Players' 10-Minute Play Festival and other productions
    Published in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2023 (Smith and Kraus) and STAGE IT! 7

    (10 Min) Lilia is startled when her new neighbor Jaden knocks on her door and asks to borrow sugar. But Jaden has an urgent ulterior motive that has nothing to do with sugar, and everything to do with Lilia.
  • Fridge by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 33
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 10 more
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    Keyword: fridge, refrigerator + 7 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, immersive, radio drama, science fiction, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: fridge, refrigerator, kitchen appliances, failure, Hope, Relationships, comedy, repair, acceptance
    Audience-choice award in KIT's International Women in Comedy Festival and other productions
    Published in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2021 (Smith and Kraus)

    (10 Min) A woman and her fridge. A play about failure and acceptance.
  • Expectations by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 18
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 6 more
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    Keyword: Charles Dickens, women + 8 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, immersive, period, political, radio drama, zoom
    Keyword: Charles Dickens, women, love, History, marriage, identity, patriarchy, motherhood, 365 Women, Relationships
    Selected for Short+Sweet Sydney and other productions

    (Short) Novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Kate Dickens speak about the legal separation Dickens initiated after twenty-two years of marriage and nine children—narratives that differ substantially from each other. A play about power and women's lives. (Written for 365 Women a Year)
  • Most Wonderful by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 15
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: actors, comedy + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, holiday
    Keyword: actors, comedy, roommates, friendship, Relationships, unemployed, alternative Christmas, christmas, holiday
    Selected for OnStage Atlanta's Merry Little Holiday Shorts and other productions
    Published in THE BEST NEW TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2021 (Applause)

    (10 Min) Two unemployed roommates learn the meaning of Christmas with help from a can of beans and some dental floss.
  • Chem Class by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 11
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: audiodrama, Highschool + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, political, radio drama, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: audiodrama, Highschool, LGBQT+, coming out, friendship, high school athletes, walking, college age actors, teen actors
    Selected for The Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival and other productions
    Published in THE LANFORD WILSON NEW AMERICAN PLAY FESTIVAL 2022: THE SHORT PLAYS (SEMO Press)

    (10 Min) On their morning walk to school, Alex asks his friend Sofia to their Junior Prom. But Sofia's reaction isn't what Alex had hoped for--or so he thought. A play about taking risks and being ourselves.
  • Pre-War by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 16
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: stillbirth, refugee + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: stillbirth, refugee, NYC, holocaust survivor, senior woman, Immigrants, pregnancy, death, 365 Women, women
    Selected for Stage It! 10-Minute Play Festival and other productions
    Published in STAGE IT! 3

    (10 Min) Traumatized by a recent loss, Elena finds it hard to leave her NYC apartment until she meets Clara, her older Czechoslovakian neighbor, and the women discover they have more in common than they realized.
  • Listening by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 10
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: lp records, divorce + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, immersive, radio drama, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: lp records, divorce, singing, music, teenager, Ella Fitzgerald, intergenerational, family, teenage girls
    Audience-choice Award in Weathervane Playhouse's 8x10 Theatrefest, and other productions

    (10 Min--A Hailey Play, #1) Stuck for the weekend at her preoccupied, divorced dad's house (and never mind having to deal with Dad's new girlfriend, Sandra), sixteen-year-old Hailey learns that listening to old-people music can actually be life-altering.
  • The Bookstore by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 12
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: books, bookstore + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, horror, parody/spoof, science fiction, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: books, bookstore, poetry, pop culture, jealousy, comedy, boredom, young adult
    Produced by NextStage, The Playhouse at White Lake and others

    (10 Min) When a popular YA action novel appears on the shelves, a bored poetry book decides to make a little mischief.
  • The Great Gaffe by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 15
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: 1920s Paris, F. Scott Fitzgerald + 7 more
    Genre: biography, comedy, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, period, tragedy
    Keyword: 1920s Paris, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Edith Wharton, History, alcoholism, 365 Women, American Literature, classic novels
    Selected for Monster Box Theatre's 365 Festival and other productions
    Published in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2016 (Smith and Kraus)

    (10 Min) Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edith Wharton gives a tea party for F. Scott Fitzgerald, struggling young author of THE GREAT GATSBY, with disastrous results. (Written for 365 Women a Year)
  • A Blessing by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: religion, faith + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: religion, faith, mother-daughter, military, deployment, love, two-hander, women, family
    Selected for SCC Theatre's Short Play Festival 2024

    (10 Min) On the day of her big departure, Lil and her mom Carly spar over their differing ideas of religion and what constitutes "comfort" for those who remain behind.
  • First Day in Trade by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: Jacqueline Kennedy, celebrity + 6 more
    Genre: biography, comedy, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, political
    Keyword: Jacqueline Kennedy, celebrity, women, women's history, publishing, 365 Women A Year Playwriting Project, middle-age woman, President
    Published in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2017 (Smith and Kraus)

    (10 Min) At a New York publishing house, an impoverished assistant learns that one of the world's wealthiest women--editor Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis--might want to bum cigarettes from her. (Inspired by a true incident; written for 365 Women a Year)
  • Emily's Room by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: poetry, women + 6 more
    Genre: biography, comedy, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, period
    Keyword: poetry, women, Emily Dickinson, History, women's history, friendship, 365 Women, women40+
    Produced by Rover Dramawerks

    (15 Min) 54-year-old recluse Emily Dickinson and her 44-year-old Irish maid reach an unspoken understanding that, unknown to them, will alter the course of American literature. (Written for 365 Women a Year)
  • Menopause Play by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    4–6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 7 more
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    Keyword: menopause, peri-menopause + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, farce, immersive, political, radio drama, satire, zoom
    Keyword: menopause, peri-menopause, theater, middle age women, women, feminism, women's lives
    Selected for THE BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2024 (Smith and Kraus)

    (10 Min) Fed up with having her menopausal symptoms unacknowledged and ignored, a playwright decides to write about it. This is her play and you'd better listen.
  • A Split Second by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 15
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller + 2 more
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    Keyword: opioids, opioid crisis + 8 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller, political, tragedy
    Keyword: opioids, opioid crisis, police, family, motherhood, love, death, missing child, addiction, trauma
    Selected for Plays for Us by The Actors Center

    (10 Min) In two different places two unrelated women--a parent with a missing child, and a traumatized driver--speak about recent events that, unknown to them, are tragically connected.
  • The Gorilla by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: gorilla, gun control + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, fantasy, farce, political, science fiction
    Keyword: gorilla, gun control, conservation, zoo, wildlife, women, love, transformation, Relationships
    Produced by Primal Theatre, London

    (10 Min) When a gorilla at the zoo takes a surprising interest in Myra, she finds her life transforming--but for better or worse?
  • This Isn't Who I Am by Jennifer O'Grady
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: College-aged roles, 20s actors + 8 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: College-aged roles, 20s actors, workplace, first job, suicide, mental illness, Hope, friendship, love, family
    Selected for the New Threads Theatre Co/Redlands Theatre Festival Short Play Festival 2024

    (10 Min) At his first real job after college, Gavin struggles to tell colleagues and potential new friends about a recent traumatic loss. But how do you do that when you're sure no one wants to hear it?
  • Domestic Service by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 5 more
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    Keyword: racism, 1940s Hollywood + 6 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, holiday, period, political, tragedy
    Keyword: racism, 1940s Hollywood, Louise Beavers, History, classic movies, 365 Women a Year, Los Angeles, holiday
    Produced by White Mouse Theater

    (10 Min) When Oscar-nominated Black actress Louise Beavers is cast as yet another maid in another Hollywood movie but this one has a very shocking twist, she finds herself forced to make a difficult decision. (Written for 365 Women a Year)
  • Dishwasher by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 7 more
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    Keyword: dishwasher, alternative relationships + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, fantasy, parody/spoof, satire, science fiction, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: dishwasher, alternative relationships, kindness, LGBTQ, dysfunction, repair, kitchen appliances
    (10 Min) Alan’s dishwasher has been acting up. Carter, a repairman, visits and discovers that even household appliances might require some kindness. A play about dysfunctional relationships and repairs. (One of several plays about household appliances.)
  • Lucy Tries Again by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: teenager, mother-daughter + 6 more
    Genre: biography, comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, period, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: teenager, mother-daughter, Lucille Ball, acting, 365 Women a Year, persistence, great roles for teens or young adults, teen girl
    Selected for Crafton Hills College's New Works Festival

    (10 Min) 16-year-old Lucy Ball has just been kicked out of her NYC drama school for being too shy and having insufficient talent. Back home with her mom, Lucy tries to figure out what if anything to do next. (Based on the life of iconic TV star Lucille Ball and written for 365 Women a Year)
  • Microwave by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: basketball, teenage + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, fantasy, radio drama, science fiction, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: basketball, teenage, aging, microwave oven, negotiation, ageism, kitchen appliances, two-hander, great roles for teens or young adults, 50+ female lead
    Produced by PlayZoomers

    (10 Min) Teenager Ethan needs to defrost a meal before basketball practice, but Mike, an aging microwave, refuses to open her door--forever. A play about give and take with a common household appliance.
  • A Midsummer Night's Script by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 7 more
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    Keyword: Shakespeare, comedy + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, farce, parody/spoof, period, satire, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: Shakespeare, comedy, theater, actors, Elizabethan England, London, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Edward de Vere
    Selected for Funny Shorts Live and Caravan Theatre

    (10 Min) London, 1595--The Lord Chamberlain's Men are having trouble with their newest play, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. (A Will, Kempe & Ed Play--#2)
  • Greed (or the alligator play) by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: environment, alligator + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, political, satire
    Keyword: environment, alligator, animals, greed, picnic, nature, danger, Endangered Species, wildlife, conservation
    (10 Min) Corey questions reality when an alligator appears at the picnic and eats up all the guac. A play about environmental encroachment, with a talking alligator.
  • The Puzzle by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: puzzle, words + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, parody/spoof, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: puzzle, words, alphabet, encouragement, coaching, friendship
    (10 Min) Everyone needs a purpose. Sometimes, even alphabet letters.
  • The Mysterious Affair at the Christies by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: biography, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: Agatha Christie, World War I + 7 more
    Genre: biography, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, mystery/thriller, period, zoom
    Keyword: Agatha Christie, World War I, Hercule Poirot, History, classic mystery, marriage, writing, novel, 365 Women
    Produced by Rover Dramawerks and SIHF Productions

    (10 Min) An imagined glimpse into Agatha Christie's troubled first marriage and the roots of her long career as a novelist. (Written for 365 Women a Year)
  • Cupcakes by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: food insecurity, privilege + 5 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: food insecurity, privilege, Supermarket, Parenting, mother, wealth disparity, women's health
    (10 Min) A woman must choose between buying cupcakes for her children and tampons for herself.
  • We Were Happy by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 7 more
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    Keyword: immigration, women + 8 more
    Genre: biography, comedy, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, experimental, immersive, science fiction, zoom
    Keyword: immigration, women, women's history, memory, aging, family, Sisters, NYC, Lower East Side history, 365 Women
    Winner, Phillips' Mill Emerging Playwrights Competition 2023

    (10-15 Min) Two Italian-American sisters remember growing up on New York's lower Eastside and find that their memories differ. But they were happy there. Maybe.
  • Shelved by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: library, books + 8 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, drama, fantasy, farce, mystery/thriller, young audiences
    Keyword: library, books, aging, literature, older actors, theft, grief, French, loneliness, French literature
    Selected by NextStage and others

    (10 Min) Two bickering older French books stuck in the basement stacks of a library (and subjected to the inexplicable glares of the librarian) find themselves uniting when forced to foil a robbery plan.
  • The Baby by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2–3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: baby, motherhood + 7 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, horror
    Keyword: baby, motherhood, working mothers, comedy horror, Parenting, dark comedy, women, women40+, halloween
    (10 Min Horror) Anna is frightened when she hears a disturbing and inexplicable sound in her house.
  • The Grift of the Magi by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 14
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: Three Wise Men, theater + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, holiday, parody/spoof, satire
    Keyword: Three Wise Men, theater, holiday, the nativity, Ten-Minute Play festival, a short comedy, theft, christmas
    (10 Min) Christmas is approaching and the three Wise Men of the Nativity would like to tell their personal story on stage. What they don't know is that the theater they've selected is running a new play festival that doesn't quite follow "best practices" guidelines.
  • Mending by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 4 more
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    Keyword: slavery, motherhood + 8 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, period, political, tragedy
    Keyword: slavery, motherhood, History, women, Sally Hemings, patriarchy, women40+, 365 Women, Thomas Jefferson, oppression
    (10 Min) At Monticello the day after Thomas Jefferson's death, a 53-year-old enslaved woman, Sally Hemings, and her 21-year-old enslaved son by Jefferson wait to hear their fate. (Written for 365 Women a Year)
  • Nativity Scene by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: holiday, christmas + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, holiday, young audiences
    Keyword: holiday, christmas, high-school, popularity, fitting in, theft, moral choices, teen girl, right vs wrong
    (10 Min) Hannah learns a lesson from five unlikely sources--the life-sized figures of a Nativity scene.
  • Waiting by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: engagement, diamond ring + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, farce, immersive, satire, young audiences
    Keyword: engagement, diamond ring, Fathers and Daughters, biological clock, family, children of divorce, teenage girl, great roles for teens
    Selected for Weathervane Playhouse's 2022 8x10 Theatrefest

    (10 Min--A Hailey Play, #2) It's a new year and teenager Hailey's dad is getting married to his girlfriend Sandra--except that Sandra doesn't actually know it yet. When Dad tries to surprise Sandra with an engagement ring but things go terribly wrong, Hailey comes to the rescue and proves once again that adults aren't always observant.
  • On 9th Street by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: women, Abstract Expressionism + 8 more
    Genre: biography, comedy, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, period, political, zoom
    Keyword: women, Abstract Expressionism, art, 365 Women, History, feminism, 1950s, women's history, NYC, friendship
    Selected for The New Deal Creative Arts Center's 2022 10x10

    (!0 Min) Four Abstract Expressionist women artists await the opening of their group exhibition in a condemned building in lower Manhattan. A play about the women of the 9th Street Show. (Written for 365 Women a Year)
  • Walkies by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: dog, women40+ + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: dog, women40+, divorce, winter, grief, anger, loneliness, Snow
    Selected for Caravan Theatre

    (10 Min) An unexpected loss forges an unexpected connection. (CW: Pet loss)
  • Much Ado About Ed (A Will, Kempe & Ed Play) by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, docudrama/historic + 3 more
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    Keyword: Shakespeare, Edward de Vere + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, period, satire
    Keyword: Shakespeare, Edward de Vere, Elizabethan theatre, theater, actors, Much Ado About Nothing
    (10 Min) London, 1596 - The Lord Chamberlain’s Men are having trouble with their new and shockingly unfunny comedy, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. (A Will, Kempe & Ed Play--#3)
  • Romeo and Richard (A Will, Kempe & Ed Play) by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: Shakespeare, Edward de Vere + 6 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, period, satire
    Keyword: Shakespeare, Edward de Vere, Elizabethan theatre, theater, actors, Richard Burbage, LGBTQ, Romeo & Juliet
    (10 Min) London, 1597 - The Lord Chamberlain's Men have trouble with their latest play, ROMEO AND JULIET, when Will becomes jealous. (A Will, Kempe & Ed Play--#4)
  • Shakespeare's Dilemma (A Will, Kempe & Ed Play) by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 4 more
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    Keyword: Shakespeare, London + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, farce, parody/spoof, period, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: Shakespeare, London, Elizabethan England, theater, actors, Edward de Vere, Julius Caesar
    Selected for Caravan Theatre
    Finalist, SCC Short Play Festival

    (10 Min) London, 1593 - The Lord Chamberlain's Men are having trouble with their plans for JULIUS CAESAR--and with their new and unwanted playwright. (A Will, Kempe & Ed Play--#1)
  • To Be or Not to Be Shakespeare (A Will, Kempe & Ed Play) by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, docudrama/historic + 3 more
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    Keyword: Shakespeare, Edward de Vere + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, docudrama/historic, parody/spoof, period, satire
    Keyword: Shakespeare, Edward de Vere, Elizabethan theatre, theater, actors, Hamlet
    (10 Min) London, 1598 - The Lord Chamberlain’s Men have trouble when their new play HAMLET is a huge success and Ed becomes resentful. (A Will, Kempe & Ed Play--#5)
  • We Three Kings (and One Good-for-Nothing Son) by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: christmas, holiday + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, holiday
    Keyword: christmas, holiday, three kings, fathers & sons, the nativity
    (10 Min) Three kings--Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, along with the unhappy son of one of them--meet up in the desert, intending to proceed to Bethlehem where a new king has been born. When Balthazar displays the gold he has brought, his son hatches a plan to gain his father's attention--or land himself in prison. A Christmas play about fathers and sons.
  • Admiral Grace Hopper Revisits by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 8 more
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    Keyword: navy, women + 7 more
    Genre: biography, comedy, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, immersive, political, radio drama, science fiction, zoom
    Keyword: navy, women, women's history, senior woman, History, technology, Computer, science, 365 Women a Year
    Produced by Rover Dramawerks and 6th Street Playhouse

    (One Act/Solo) 85-year-old, former U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and computer pioneer Grace Hopper speaks about life, computer compilers, and kicking some ass in this short solo play about perseverance and passion.
  • Abundance by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 5 more
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    Keyword: coronavirus, Covid-19 + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, mystery/thriller, radio drama, science fiction, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: coronavirus, Covid-19, virus, pandemic, 2020, Viral Outbreak
    Selected for Dramatic Question Theatre's DQTini Series

    (1 Min) No one--and nothing--likes to be alone. A pandemic play for any two performers.
  • Happy by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: dementia, adult child with aging parent + 6 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: dementia, adult child with aging parent, graduation, care giving, grief, one-minute play, one-minute two hander, senior woman
    Selected for Gi60 US (2023)

    (1 Min) A tiny play about love and grief.
  • New Kitten by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: cats, kitten + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: cats, kitten, transformation, youth, aging, teaching, pets, envy, jealousy, sibling rivalry
    Selected for Gi60 US (2024 and 2019)

    (1 Min) Max the cat is seriously pissed off--a new kitten has moved in and expects Max to share everything, including the litter box. A tiny play about jealousy and transformation.
  • Cage by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: pets, isolation + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, immersive, radio drama, science fiction, zoom
    Keyword: pets, isolation, rabbit, cages, animals, fear, monologue
    Produced by Primal Theatre

    (Monologue) Thumper the pet rabbit describes their habit for the audience.
  • Only Human by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 17
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, faith-based + 4 more
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    Keyword: gun control, Catholic priest + 7 more
    Genre: drama, faith-based, immersive, radio drama, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: gun control, Catholic priest, faith, mass shooting, trauma, death, friendship, code red playwrights, gun violence
    Selected for St. Paul's Arts Council's Short New Play Festival, The Factory Theater at Greenville U's New Play Festival and by other theaters around the country

    (Monologue) A Catholic priest remembers a tragedy in his past.
  • Circumnavigation by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 11
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: fish, pets + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, immersive, radio drama, science fiction, zoom
    Keyword: fish, pets, fear, isolation, goldfish, monologue, Hope, animals
    Selected for Stage Left Theater's Fast & Furious

    (Monologue) Flash, a young goldfish, loves their new home. Really.
  • Closet Cat by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 10
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: dark comedy, immersive + 2 more
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    Keyword: cats, pets + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, immersive, radio drama, zoom
    Keyword: cats, pets, closet, pandemic, hiding, isolation, 2020, comedy, Covid-19, fear
    Selected for Gi60 US (2021) / Published in some scripts literary magazine Issue 4

    (Monologue) Sometimes the best place to be is your owner's closet.
  • Egypt by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 2 more
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    Keyword: domestic abuse, domestic violence + 5 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, immersive, political
    Keyword: domestic abuse, domestic violence, motherhood, pregnancy, murder, grief, abuse of women
    Selected for Mind the Gap Theatre's Housebound Series / Published in some scripts literary magazine #5

    (Monologue) The six-month-old fetus of a murdered woman speaks. (CW: domestic violence; murder)
  • Belle, ex-wife of a Beast by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 12
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: princess, Disney + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, fable/folktale, immersive, radio drama, satire, zoom
    Keyword: princess, Disney, fairy tale, feminism, women, comedy, metoo
    Selected for The Writers Block Radio Hour

    (Monologue) A former princess speaks.
  • I'm Not Malala by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, immersive + 4 more
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    Keyword: gun control, school shooting + 6 more
    Genre: drama, immersive, political, radio drama, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: gun control, school shooting, high school, middle school, teenagers, fear, teenage girls, gun violence
    Selected for The PlayGround Experiment's Faces of America Festival #1

    (Monologue) Julia isn't Malala. But maybe Malala can help?
  • Like Knives by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: aging, male gaze + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, immersive, radio drama, zoom
    Keyword: aging, male gaze, bar, revenge, feminism, ageism, feminism ageism, female empowerment
    Written by invitation for Brave New World Rep's "Over and Above" and performed by Laura San Giacomo

    (Monologue) A middle-aged bar owner has some words for her ageist male customer--after she locks the door.
  • Out by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 9
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 1 more
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    Keyword: dogs, pets + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, farce, young audiences
    Keyword: dogs, pets, frustration, one-minute comedy
    Selected for Gi60 UK (2019)

    (1 Min) A tiny play about the frustrations of dog-ownership.
  • Bars by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 8 more
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    Keyword: pets, birds + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, fantasy, immersive, political, radio drama, science fiction, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: pets, birds, cages, parakeet, comedy, animal rights, isolation, loneliness, monologue
    Produced by Primal Theatre

    (Monologue) Sky, a pet parakeet, has a request. Or three.
  • Cops by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, immersive + 3 more
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    Keyword: police, cops + 5 more
    Genre: drama, immersive, political, radio drama, zoom
    Keyword: police, cops, Driving, fear, murder, American Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement
    (3 Min Dualogue) Two adults describe their different encounters with the police.
  • Invasion by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: pandemic, Covid-19 + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, fantasy, zoom
    Keyword: pandemic, Covid-19, 2020, coronavirus, goats, man and nature, animals, virus, Quarantine
    (1 Min) Where are all the people? Who cares? There's grass! (A pandemic play with goats.)
  • In Memory of Maria Mercader by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 6 more
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    Keyword: COVID, COVID 19 + 8 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, immersive, political, radio drama, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: COVID, COVID 19, friendship, loss, grief, 2020, monologue, Asian American, CBS, journalist
    Performed and published in The COVID Monologues by Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble

    (Monologue) CBS news producer and my high-school friend Maria Mercader died during the COVID pandemic in New York. This was written to celebrate Maria and her life.
  • Nest by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, immersive + 1 more
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    Keyword: memory, dementia + 7 more
    Genre: drama, immersive, tragedy
    Keyword: memory, dementia, early onset dementia, grief, motherhood, baseball, birds, monologue, senior woman
    Forthcoming in Venus Theatre's Frozen Women/Flowing Thoughts Anthology

    (Monologue) A woman struggles to remember the son now lost to her.
  • Invisible (one-minute version) by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: culture of fear, fear + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, horror, immersive, satire, science fiction
    Keyword: culture of fear, fear, dog, pets, isolation, border, animal
    Selected for Gi60 US (2022)

    (Monologue) Scout the dog explains the new invisible fence to a potential playmate.
  • Invisible (3-minute version) by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: dogs, pets + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, immersive, radio drama, zoom
    Keyword: dogs, pets, animals, border, culture of fear, monologue, fear
    Selected for "Natural Distancing" at Civic Theater of Greater Lafayette

    (Monologue) Scout the dog explains the new invisible fence to a potential playmate.
  • Playgroup by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: motherhood, feminism + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, immersive, radio drama, zoom
    Keyword: motherhood, feminism, baby, hypocrisy, contemporary parenting, Birth, confession
    Selected for The Mother-logues by Red Herring Productions and Empower Her Voice U.K.

    (Monologue) At a weekly gathering for moms and babies, Lauren makes an unexpected confession.
  • Ready by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, immersive
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    Keyword: Army, military + 7 more
    Genre: drama, immersive
    Keyword: Army, military, teenager, loss, mothers, deployment, college actors, high school actors, mothers and sons
    Finalist for PGE’s Faces of America Monologue Festival #5

    (Monologue) Nineteen-year-old Anthony speaks about his readiness for the military.
  • January by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, immersive + 2 more
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    Keyword: middle school, differences + 6 more
    Genre: drama, immersive, radio drama, young audiences
    Keyword: middle school, differences, friendship, girl monologue, acceptance, preteen girls, preteens, inclusion
    (Monologue) Bella, age twelve, ponders her mom’s reaction to Bella's interest in hanging out with the new girl at school, who isn’t like everyone else.
  • Kitty by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: cats, stray cats + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, horror, science fiction
    Keyword: cats, stray cats, animal, hook-up, Dark and Stormy, comedy horror, comedy/horror play, vengeance, halloween
    (5/6 Min) Things with Kitty don't work out quite the way Tyler expected. (Or: a stray cat seeks vengeance)
  • Matthew Weaver Finds Me by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: Matthew Weaver, birthday + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, experimental, farce, parody/spoof
    Keyword: Matthew Weaver, birthday, Unicorn, playwriting, collaboration, friendship, theater, imagination
    (5 Min) Frustrated by the play she's writing for Matthew Weaver's birthday, Jennifer brainstorms with Matthew. A unicorn might appear. (Included in 40ish Short Plays About Matthew Weaver compiled by playwright Matthew Weaver)
  • Seek by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, tragedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: gun violence, code red playwrights + 5 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: gun violence, code red playwrights, daughter-father relationship, hide and seek, grief, love, mass shooting
    (5 Min) A father's love spans twenty years in five minutes; a daughter's love survives an unthinkable tragedy. (Written for CodeRedPlaywrights)
  • Tomorrow or Next Year by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: gun control, high school + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: gun control, high school, school shooting, gun violence, PTSD, teenagers
    Published in Feels Blind Literary

    (5 Min) Mackenzie wants to help; Caroline wants to forget. A play about growing up in today's United States.
  • What I Love by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: code red playwrights, gun violence + 6 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, immersive, tragedy
    Keyword: code red playwrights, gun violence, school shooting, baseball, love, grief, child, child loss
    (5 Min) A 10-year-old's love of baseball, and the man he will never become due to a life cut short by gun violence. (Written for CodeRedPlaywrights)
  • Street by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, immersive + 1 more
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    Keyword: monologue, Black Lives Matters + 3 more
    Genre: drama, immersive, tragedy
    Keyword: monologue, Black Lives Matters, George Floyd, Minneapolis, inanimate objects
    (Monologue) A street outside Cup Foods, Minneapolis, speaks to us.
  • Theoni V. Aldredge, Costume Designer, Speaks by Jennifer O'Grady
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 3 more
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    Keyword: costumes, theater + 7 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, immersive, radio drama
    Keyword: costumes, theater, film, historical women, Greek-American, Immigrants, monologue, feminism, 365 Women a Year
    Produced by Tutti Bravi Productions

    (Monologue) Award-winning Greek-American costume designer Theoni V. Aldredge speaks about what women and immigrants can do.