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Glen Berger launched his playwriting career in earnest as a member of Annex Theatre in Seattle. He spent a decade in New York and now lives in the Hudson Valley with his wife and two children. He is a fifth-year member of New Dramatists. His plays include: Underneath the Lintel (Over 450 performances Off-Broadway, 2001 Ovation Award (Los Angeles) and 2003 Sterling Award (Edmonton) for Best Play, and one of Time Out New York's Ten Best Plays of 2001, productions in over 55 cities in 8 countries), The Wooden Breeks (nominated for Best Writing by the L.A. Weekly, 2001), O Lovely Glowworm (2005 Portland Drammy Award Winner for Best Script; 2002 BugNBub Primary Stages Award), the musical A Night In The Old Marketplace, (Loewe Award), Great Men Of Science, Nos. 21 & 22 (1998 Ovation Award and 1998 L.A. Weekly Award for Best Play), I Will Go...I Will Go (published in Applause Book's 2001 Best Short Plays Anthology), and On Words And Onwards (Manhattan Theatre Club/Sloan Foundation Fellowship). Mr. Berger has received commissions from the Children's Theatre of Minneapolis and the Lookingglass Theatre, was selected for the 2003 Old Vic/New Voices program, participated in the 2001 A.S.K. Playwrights Retreat, and was playwright-in-residence at New York Stage & Film. He has written several episodes for the PBS children's series Arthur, (for which he was nominated for two Emmys), its spin-off Postcards From Buster (Emmy nomination), Time Warp Trio (NBC), Peep (The Learning Channel), and is the head writer for Fetch (PBS). |
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Comedy
Short, 5-10 minutes
1 male
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Trepidation Nation.
An assistant stage manager, stricken with stage fright, is thrust into the spotlight to deliver a ghastly tale of disembowelment and worse.
This piece is part of Trepidation Nation, an anthology of short plays. To perform this piece independently, click "Order this play" above. To perform this piece as part of the full-length collection, go to Trepidation Nation.
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Trepidation Nation
a phobic anthology
by Keith Josef Adkins, Stephen Belber, Hilary Bell, Glen Berger, et al. |
 
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Drama/Comedy
Full-length, 80-100 minutes
12 females, 11 males (4-23 actors possible)
$75.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: Each piece in this anthology can be licensed and performed separately.
We all have instinctive fears -- but what if a fear becomes inexplicable, illogical, and just plain weird? Then you're dealing with a phobia, one of those most extreme and fascinating of terrors. Actors Theatre of Louisville asked 16 frighteningly creative playwrights to find inspiration in real phobias, and the resulting collection of pieces might prove that not only is fear humankind's oldest emotion, but it's also one of our silliest, most serious, and stage-worthy.
To perform the entire collection, click "Order this play" above. To perform an individual piece independently, click on its title below:
The Gallows Monologue from Sidney Ryan's 'Gunpowder and Blood' by Glen Berger
The Message by Hilary Bell
Down to Sleep by Victoria Stewart
Cobra Neck by Keith Josef Adkins
Seal Skin by Erik Ehn
I Am Not Alone by Richard Dresser
The Joys of Childhood by Kirsten Greenidge
Octophobia by James Still
Hold This by Sheila Callaghan
Naked Lunch by Michael Hollinger
Normal by Cusi Cram
Euxious by Bridget Carpenter
I'm Here for You by Warren Leight
Safe by Gina Gionfriddo
Phobophobia by Julie Marie Myatt
Yes by Stephen Belber
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