| J. Holtham plays include: January 2nd, Creative Writing, Lovers to Bed, 11th Hour, Race Music, Household Name, Splendid, and Daylight Savings (What Happens Now). His work has been seen and developed at the Ensemble Studio Theatre (Posterity, Thicker Than Water 2001), BE Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Magic Theatre (San Francisco), Clubbed Thumb, the Vital Theatre, New Dramatists, Broken Watch Theater Company, the 24Seven Lab and others. His play, Manifesto, was commissioned by Time Warner and Second Stage Theatre. Several of his plays are published by Playscripts, Inc. He has worked as a teaching artist for TDF, Vital Theatre, and MCC. He writes the theatre and culture blog, 99 Seats (http://99seats.blogspot.com). He is a member of E.S.T. and an alumnus of Youngblood. M.F.A.: The Actors Studio Drama School/New School for Social Research. He is a proud product of the New York and New Jersey public education systems. He lives in New York City. |
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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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Drama
Short, 15-20 minutes
2 females, 1 male
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Great Short Plays: Volume 4.
A man is torn between the life he's chosen and the life he turned away. Over the course of a dinner date with his glamorous, career-minded girlfriend, he relives a similar meeting with the sad but loving young woman he left behind. Both encounters merge in a painful, vivid climax of memory and regret.
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Comedy/Drama
Various durations
Various cast requirements
$9.99 per book
NOTE: This book contains 10 plays. To perform any of the plays, each must be licensed separately.
With a diverse blend of themes, styles, and cast requirements, Great Short Plays: Volume 1 contains ten extraordinary comedies and dramas. From two actors confusing their roles with their actual lives (Big Ole Washing Machine by Stephen Belber), to the inner thoughts of two terror-stricken subway riders in New York City (Moving Shortly by Sheri Wilner), to a marriage reconciled with puppet therapy (The Rebirth of Beautiful by John Walch), these collections deliver a little bit of everything in half the time.
To purchase this book of 10 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
Big Ole Washing Machine
Bloody Thanksgiving
Christmas Breaks
Good Night, Valsetz
Here and Now
Margo at Sea
Moving Shortly
Patriot Act
The Rebirth of Beautiful
Two Guys Moving Heavy Stuff
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Comedy/Drama
Various durations
Various cast requirements
$9.99 per book
NOTE: This book contains 10 plays. To perform any of the plays, each must be licensed separately.
With a diverse blend of themes, styles, and cast requirements, Great Short Plays: Volume 3 contains ten extraordinary comedies and dramas. From a Chanukah miracle at a North Dakota airport (The First Night of Chanukah by Sheri Wilner), to a couple living their entire marriage during a ten-minute drive (The Yellow Line by Kira Obolensky), to a day in the life of an all-American family on a top-secret Army base (School of the Americas by J. Holtham), these collections deliver a little bit of everything in half the time.
To purchase this book of 10 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
A Backward Glance
The Concorde Fallacy
The First Night of Chanukah
Information
School of the Americas
Sovereignty
White Trash
Wildlife
The Yellow Line
A Young Housewife
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Comedy/Drama
Various durations
Various cast requirements
$9.99 per book
NOTE: This book contains 10 plays. To perform any of the plays, each must be licensed separately.
With a diverse blend of themes, styles, and cast requirements, Great Short Plays: Volume 4 contains ten extraordinary comedies and dramas. From an American innocent's confrontation with government wiretapping (Listeners by Jane Martin), to an iconic detective's night dressed as Santa Claus (A Holmes Family Christmas by Judy GeBauer), to a woman interviewing applicants for the position of full-time lover (Passive Belligerence by Stephen Belber), these collections deliver a little bit of everything in half the time.
To purchase this book of 10 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
Double Date
Forward Motion
Hell and Back
A Holmes Family Christmas
Lights Out
Listeners
Oh, the Humanity
Passive Belligerence
Photographs from S-21
Temptation
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Comedy/Drama
Various durations
Various cast requirements
$9.99 per book
NOTE: This book contains 10 plays. To perform any of the plays, each must be licensed separately.
With a diverse blend of themes, styles, and cast requirements, Great Short Plays: Volume 5 contains ten extraordinary comedies and dramas. From the ultimate pick-up line (Men Suck by J. Holtham), to a Restoration-style comedy about Aphra Behn (Aphra Does Antwerp by Liz Duffy Adams), to a summit of ex-wives at an open-casket funeral of their nearly-naked ex-hippie ex-husband (Invitation to a Funeral by Julie McKee), these collections deliver a little bit of everything in half the time.
To purchase this book of 10 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
Aphra Does Antwerp
The Beauty Inside (one-act)
Doppelganger
Everything Else
Going Out
Invitation to a Funeral
Joan of Arkansas
Letting Billy
Love
Men Suck
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$12.99 per book
Hot Blooded is a collection of 76 monologues, fresh out of the fire: A young couple sleeps through the millennium. A lonely man recounts his first lap dance. A down-and-out clown spills his guts to the kids. This book contains material for men and women of all ages, with quirky and moving characters who endure messy breakups, remember dead pets, drive the big rigs, and more.
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| "There may be hope for the theatre yet. Just when it seems that no one under thirty can be trusted to cherish drama, cultivate the spoken word, or see any picture bigger than the screen of a video game, along come the writers of Youngblood." |
| --Lawrence Van Gelder, The New York Times |
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Comedy
Short, 20-30 minutes
1 female, 2 males
$35.00 per performance; $5.99 per book
Special 33% book discount!
A bar, a passed-out playwright, and a despondent director: the morning after a truly disastrous opening night on Broadway. With nothing better to do and nobody returning their phone calls, the director tries to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend, while the playwright dreams of what they'll put on his tombstone...
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Drama
Short, 15-20 minutes
1 female, 1 male
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Great Short Plays: Volume 1.
A young woman struggles to choose between her self-consciously struggling photographer boyfriend and the possibility of a new, more glamorous life. Margo at Sea captures the fragility and sadness of a relationship nearing its breaking point.
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Comedy
Short, 3-5 minutes
1 female, 1 male
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Great Short Plays: Volume 5.
The ultimate pick up line...
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Drama
Short, 30-45 minutes
3 females, 3 males
$35.00 per performance; $5.99 per book
Special 33% book discount!
An interracial couple throws a party that immediately gets really, really hairy. They invited their exes (for various unwise reasons), who each have problems with the new relationship -- and also invited their boss, who proceeds to get drunk, high, and in everyone's business. As the night wears on, cruel words are spoken and taboos are broken, leaving every relationship in peril.
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Comedy
Short, 10-15 minutes
2 females, 2 males
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Great Short Plays: Volume 3.
Mom's assembling an M-16, Dad's in trouble with the Generals, Tad is missing, and Missy is packing heat -- a day in the life of an all-American family on a top-secret Army base.
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Drama
Short, 30-40 minutes
2 females, 1 male
$35.00 per performance; $5.99 per book
Special 33% book discount!
Ben's ex-girlfriend Danna shows up on his doorstep in the middle of the night, wanting to make an enigmatic business call to South Africa. They play a strained game of catch-up until the arrival of Ben's current girlfriend, who uncovers the questionable ethics of Danna's phone call. Accusations fly on all sides, as Ben tries to navigate the choppy waters between politics, trust, and betrayal.
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