| Jesse Kellerman received his BA in psychology from Harvard University and a Master's of Fine Arts in playwriting from Brandeis University. His plays have won several awards, including the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Prize for Best New Play (Fafrotskies, 2003), the Princess Grace Foundation Award (Things Beyond Our Control, 2003), and the Best of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Very, Very Small Things, 2001). He recently signed a two-book deal with Putnam/Berkeley; his first novel, Sunstroke, will be published in 2006.
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Comedy
Full-length, 100-120 minutes
1 female, 3 males
$75.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: Each piece in this anthology can be licensed and performed separately.
What happens when a woman with unbelievable beginner's luck ruins her husband's perfectly manly poker game (Poker and the Declaration of the Rights of Man)? Or when a businessman stays at the world's best hotel where the world's most polite bellhop will fetch any possible thing, at any time, instantly (Whatever, Whenever)? Or when a professor assigns her students to interpret the phone book (A Metaphor)? The six short comedies of 3m1w have their way with the Great Pillars of American Life: government, science, literature, fashion, poker, and room service.
To purchase this book of 6 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
Crossed Wires
The Formidable Task of Execution
Poker and the Declaration of the Rights of Man
Whatever, Whenever
A Metaphor
Moda
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| "Knife-edge wit... Jesse Kellerman's dynamic comedy views the lofty tenets of Yankee culture through the wrong end of the telescope. The effect reduces Uncle Sam to dwarf-life proportions and the audience to tears of laughter. Brilliantly executed... slicker than Seinfeld and twice as funny... cultural satire for connoisseurs." |
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$14.95 per book
Discover a monologue book like no other. Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men gives you an extraordinary array of cutting-edge new monologues, from comedic to dramatic and everything in between. Unlike other monologue books, the source of every monologue is easily accessible -- each play is available through one website (www.playscripts.com), where you can read nearly the entire published script online for free. Explore the work of today's most celebrated theatrical voices, including Naomi Iizuka, Mac Wellman, Tanya Barfield, Jordan Harrison, Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang, and many more!
Also in this series:
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
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Crossed Wires
or Observations at the Forefront of the Communications Revolution, or a Butterfly in Asia
by Jesse Kellerman |
 
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Comedy
Short, 10-12 minutes
1 female, 3 males
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called 3m1w.
An elderly man just wants a glass of club soda. Why do his lights keep turning on and off? Why is his wife suddenly speaking Italian? Why is HE suddenly speaking Italian? This play--about the unexpected results of an experiment gone awry--is a rapid-fire and hilarious comment on the scientific method. (Really, it is.)
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play 3m1w.)
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Comedy
Short, 10-15 minutes
1 female, 3 males
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called 3m1w.
Takes place in a government office in charge of...well, young Solomon can't figure out WHAT it is they actually do. But when people start exploding, and they won't let him call the police--because it's not their department--he decides to take matters into his own hands. Will he escape--or will he explode, too?
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play 3m1w.)
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Comedy
Short, 18-21 minutes
1 female, 3 males
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called 3m1w.
Three graduate students jockey for status in the eyes of their sultry--and totally incomprehensible--professor. Her challenge: interpret the phone book, and give it some sexy verve.
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play 3m1w.)
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Comedy
Short, 15-20 minutes
1 female, 3 males
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called 3m1w.
Three newbie fashion designers are at the mercy of their psychotic boss. He wants new, he wants hip, he wants to eat their innards. Today's the day that people get cut, and all their heads are on the chopping block. The winning design? Let's just call it minimalist.
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play 3m1w.)
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comedy
Short, 24-28 minutes
1 female, 3 males
$35.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called 3m1w.
Ray, Chuck, and Phil just want to play poker and enjoy their inalienable rights as red-blooded American men. When Phil's wife, Francie, insists on sitting in on a hand, all hell breaks out. Francie's never played before. So why is she beating their pants off?
(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play 3m1w.)
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Comedy
Short, 25-30 minutes
1 female, 3 males
$35.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called 3m1w.
Welcome to the world's best hotel, where the world's most polite bellhop will fetch you anything you want. At any time. Instantly. Want a new shirt? No problem. How about a waffle? Sure thing. A middle-aged businessman's efforts to stump the staff turn against him, proving that service CAN be too good.(This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play 3m1w.)
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