NEW WORKS FOR THE STAGE BY JOSEPH REED HAYES
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It is a city in the time of social isolation, and life is different now that food arrives at your door. Versions available for live staging or Zoom production.
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A serio-comic look at three generations of women taking a Sunday ride, with the humor, affection and near-demented discord that arises when family is in close proximity for more than ten minutes.
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A contemporary play about Avram, an 84-year-old Russian immigrant, and his great-nephew Harry, and their sometimes turbulent relationship.
A LITTLE CRAZY
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BUCKET BOY
A storyteller returns to her home town to recapture a relationship with the girl she loved in high school ... a relationship that may or may not have ever existed. -
THE BALLAD OF BOBBY ACE
TOM WAITS FOR NO MAN
Bobby Ace, semi-professional third-rate road musician half-way between last call and last chance, playing the songs of Tom Waits in seedy saloons and half-empty roadhouses. -
A play about love, deception, the hardships and joys of the jazz existence and the fabulous, always-changing life of the music itself.
SOLOS
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The illogical logic of relationships and the threat of war in a small Florida citrus town.
IF I HAD MY WAY
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A young woman forms a relationship with a disembodied voice in the night; a veteran late-night radio personality.
DESTINATION MOON
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THE SHORT PLAYS
A worn man reminisces about an almost mythical drinking establishment from his childhood near the West Farms bus depot in the Bronx.
WEST FARMS
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THE SHORT PLAYS
Checking into a swank hotel, Mr. Thompson finds more than your typical amenities, including individual climate control, on-site fitness center, Internet access ... and Ethel, the Pest Elimination Companion.
TELL IT TO THE BIRD
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In PROGRESS
IN FIVE
A woman's life, seen from five different angles. Featuring La Lucha, nu-jazz interpreters of modern jazz standards, with opera singer Marie Mercado and special guests. -
THE SHORT PLAYS
Ancient Lovecraftian gods or the Federal Government ... who is scarier?
A GOD IN ASPECT
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THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF BOBBY ACE
NO SLEEP
Bobby Ace (Tom Waits For No Man) returns ... and he's not very happy. The Band of Bobbys takes the stage to tell tales and reimagine the music of REM in their own jazz-inflected fashion. -
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Ray loves Carly. Carly loves Darryl, but can't remember why. Sandi loves Bill. Bill loves the waitress. James loves his son. Sam hates everyone. Staged reading and workshop, Lake County Repertory Theatre, Lower Lake CA 2004: Brian Williams; Norman Winckler; Frank Perry: Hank Porter; Moira Harris; Frances Leuck; Max Oken. Finalist, "Playing by the Lake" Script Writing Festival 2003
AFTER TWO
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The end of Swing. The birth of Cool. The Old World meets the Jazz Age.
TEMPUS
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In PROGRESS
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THE OPERA PROJECT
In collaboration with Benoit Glazer and the Timucua Arts Foundation. Stay tuned ... -
THE BAND OF DRUNKS
They're young, wild and talented, hard-drinking, hard-living rock stars of their age ... Russia, in 1859. -
THE LITTLE DICKENS
Someone has stolen London's Christmas puddings; it's up to the children of Dickens to solve the mystery.
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THE OPERA PROJECT
