Susan Shafer |
Playwright
TEN-MINUTE PLAYS
These ten-minute plays have the same dramatic structure as one-acts and full-length plays.
The Blind Date
A young Jewish couple is at odds on their first date, until they realize they share an interest in something odd.
• Performance:
3rd Annual Short Play Festival, Jewish Writers Roundtable of the JCC, Encino, CA
A Clean Sweep
A couple on a blind date appear to have little in common until they discover a mutual interest in something unique.
• Itinerant Theatre, Evening of Short Plays, 2019
• Willow Theatre, Boca Raton, Fl, 2019
• Winner, Nantucket Short Play Festival, 2014
• Semi-Finalist, Little Fish Theater Festival, CA, 2015
• Nantucket Short Play Performances, 2015
• Lucky Penny Productions, Napa, CA, 2015, Winner (1 of 8)
• Acme Theater Company, MA, 2014
• Marble Collegiate Church's "The Puzzle" Play Festival, NYC ("Audience Favorite"), 2014
Lou Bitterman, Attorney at Law
A timid young woman consults a personal injury attorney after she's hurt in an accident. Does he give her ethical advice?
• Performances:
Nantucket Short Play Festival
Katharine Cornell Theater, Martha's Vineyard
This Seat Occupied
A passenger on a train gets stuck in the rest room. Will the arrogant conductor help out?
• Performances:
Katharine Cornell Theater, Martha's Vineyard
Baruch Performing Arts Center, NYC
Speak Up, Grayson!
Three editors help their young assistant prepare for an important speech. Will they change his clothes in time?
Performances:
•Acme New Works Winter Festival 2015, Finalist
•Parish Players, VT, 2015, Finalist
Oh, No!
An elderly man and his son disagree about the son's choice of a bride.
Performances:
• Center for Jewish Culture, San Diego, 2015
•Aloha Performing Arts Company, Hawaii, 2013
Other:
1 in 5 Winners, Kauai Shorts Festival, Hawaii
Georgia Makes a Scene
How can artist Georgia O'Keeffe persuade Alfred Stieglitz to take her artwork off his art gallery walls?
Performance:
• 365 Women's Playwriting Festival, Sheen Center, NYC, 2015
The Dance Maker
• Itinerant Theatre, 2019