{"id":118,"date":"2014-11-28T17:41:35","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T22:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2014-11-28T20:18:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T01:18:51","slug":"one-act-plays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/?page_id=118","title":{"rendered":"One-Act Plays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"attachment_70\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Incident-Report-bloody-men.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70\" src=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Incident-Report-bloody-men-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Incident Report, featuring Michael Shutt and Peter James Smith, at the Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Incident-Report-bloody-men-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Incident-Report-bloody-men.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Incident Report, featuring Michael Shutt and Peter James Smith, at the Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">One-Act plays by EM Lewis have been featured in festivals and at theaters across the country. \u00a0&#8220;The Incident Report,&#8221; was a finalist in the Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival. \u00a0&#8220;Talking to Westfield&#8221; was commissioned by Premiere Stages in New Jersey for their first annual &#8220;Liberty Live&#8221; celebration of American history. \u00a0&#8220;The Half-Wife Variations&#8221; had a reading at the Last Frontier Theater Conference in Alaska. \u00a0&#8220;The War Museum&#8221; and &#8220;I, Human&#8221; were written for Flux Theater Ensemble&#8217;s &#8220;Four-Play&#8221; events in New York City. \u00a0And &#8220;Back to the Dollhouse&#8221; was adapted for a theater group in Virginia, and performed in London.<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"entry-content\">One-Act Plays<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Back to the Doll House<\/strong> (adaptation) \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0(large, variable cast) \u00a0A wedding brings back family memories for\u00a0two sisters, who must wrestle with the past if they are to find their future.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friends, You Drank Some Darkness<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0(1W\/2M) \u00a0A military officer interviews two hostages in the wake of their release.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Half-Wife Variations<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0(2M\/1W) \u00a0One table. \u00a0Two chairs. \u00a0Three actors. \u00a0Five variation on marital\u2026 something.<\/li>\n<li><strong>I, Human<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0(4 actors) \u00a0The rebellion begins with two robots and their creator. \u00a0Can they change the course of history? \u00a0(Science fiction!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Incident Report<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0(3 actors) \u00a0When someone is killed\u00a0onboard a plane, Connor must find out who is responsible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seismology<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0(6M\/2W) \u00a0A play about the war. \u00a0Yeah, that one.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Talking to Westfield<\/strong> (commission) \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0(3M\/1F) \u00a0The history of Westfield, New Jersey comes to life during Trevor&#8217;s visit to the museum with his dad.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The War Museum<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0(4 actors) \u00a0Two young homeworlders visit the War Museum. \u00a0Exhibit, begin. \u00a0(Science fiction!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_123\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gancsos_121207_5631.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123\" class=\"wp-image-123 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gancsos_121207_5631-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Talking to Westfield&quot; at Premiere Stages -- a Liberty Live commission.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gancsos_121207_5631-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gancsos_121207_5631-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/gancsos_121207_5631-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Talking to Westfield&#8221; at Premiere Stages &#8212; a Liberty Live commission.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-Act plays by EM Lewis have been featured in festivals and at theaters across the country. \u00a0&#8220;The Incident Report,&#8221; was a finalist in the Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival. \u00a0&#8220;Talking to Westfield&#8221; was commissioned by Premiere Stages in New Jersey for their first annual &#8220;Liberty Live&#8221; celebration of American history. \u00a0&#8220;The Half-Wife Variations&#8221; had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emlewisplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}