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Keith J. Powell
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  • A Cold Day in Hell
  • Jimmy the Antichrist
  • Odds Are
  • Reluctant Prophets
  • Keith J. Powell is a recent graduate of Bowling Green State University, and has been published by Dramatics magazine, Harcourt Textbooks, and Playscripts, Inc. In addition to being a winner of The Blank Theater's 2001 Young Playwrights Festival and the 2000 Thespian Playworks program, he has been produced professionally in both New York City and Los Angeles, as well as in high schools across the United States and Canada. Though firmly Midwestern at heart, Keith currently lives and works in Seoul, South Korea.
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    A Cold Day in Hell by Keith J. Powell   More Info Add to Cart
    Comedy
    Short, 30-40 minutes
    3 females, 4 males (7 actors possible: 3-5 females, 4-6 males)
    $40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book

    Have you ever felt like the world was out to get you? Well, it wasn't the world -- it was just these guys. Check out the offices of Hell, where the newest Hellraiser, Steve Lynd, leads a risky rebellion against the Devil herself. It's a battle of wits among the world's first lawyer, a politician, a mom, a telemarketer, a high school math teacher, and the Queen of Darkness.
    "A Cold Day in Hell" by Keith J. Powell. A Cold Day in Hell, Dublin Jerome High School, Dublin, Ohio (2007). Photo: Mary Torch.


    Jimmy the Antichrist by Keith J. Powell   More Info Add to Cart
    Comedy/Satire
    Short, 20-35 minutes
    3 females, 3 males
    $40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book

    Thanksgiving at the Bailey household takes a twist when Jimmy and his new friend Colin return home from their first semester of college. Jimmy reluctantly "outs" himself and reveals that he is, in fact, the Antichrist. The news does not go over well with the rest of the family, who refuse to accept their son's alternative lifestyle.
    "Jimmy the Antichrist" by Keith J. Powell. Jimmy the Antichrist, Kingswood Regional High School, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (2008).


    Odds Are by Keith J. Powell   More Info Add to Cart
    Comedy
    Short, 30-40 minutes
    5 females, 5 males, 1 either (5-11 actors possible: 2-6 females, 2-6 males)
    $40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book

    After a heated argument, long-time couple James and Molly opt to go their separate ways. Trying to get back into the swing of things, they each embark on a series of disastrous dates -- including one with a girl currently participating in a reality show, and another with a guy who holds an alarmingly strong connection to his mother -- which leaves the pair questioning the odds of ever finding true love.


    Reluctant Prophets by Keith J. Powell   More Info Add to Cart
    Comedy
    Short, 30-40 minutes
    2 females, 5 males, 3 either
    (5-10 actors possible: 2-5 females, 3-8 males)
    $35.00 per performance; $7.49 per book
    Special 17% book discount!

    After an embarrassing confrontation with God over a certain scandalous piercing, an immortal named Artimis is sent to Earth to earn back God's favor. Charged with recruiting a new prophet, Artimis quickly learns how hard it is to find someone willing to take a thankless, low-paying, less-than-glamorous job -- especially when it comes complete with a painful death clause...
    "Reluctant Prophets" by Keith J. Powell. Joseph Leota in the staged reading of Reluctant Prophets at the 2000 International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska (Photo: Guy Fromage)
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