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Oct 2, 2017

Jack And Jill Plays - Part 47 - What Happened?



another short new play.  you must ask my permission if you wish to do anything with it.  Thanks!

What Happened?
by Adam Szymkowicz

JILL
It's the end of an era.

JACK
Is it?

JILL
I remember when.  Before.  Way back.

JACK
Yeah.

JILL
Do you remember?

JACK
I remember some things.

JILL
We were so young.

JACK
Yeah.

JILL
And full of beans.

JACK
Yeah.

JILL
What happened?

JACK
I've been thinking about this and I think . . . now hear me out . .  I think we became who we were supposed to be.

JILL
Huh.  Maybe.  Okay.  Maybe.  But also, maybe not yet.

JACK
Soon?

JILL
Maybe soon.

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Oct 1, 2017

Jack And Jill Plays - Part 46 - Transformation




Play by me.  All rights reserved.  Contact me if you wish to produce or reproduce.

Transformation
by Adam Szymkowicz

(JACK and JILL are wrestling.  It's sort of like WWE.  Ridiculous moves.  Posturing.  It goes on for a while until one of them wins.  You decide who that is based on what makes sense for your actors or whose turn it is or whatever.)

 WINNER
Ha!

LOSER
I know.

WINNER
Ha!  HA!

LOSER
Yeah yeah.  Two out of three?

WINNER
No.  I can't do that again.

LOSER
Then maybe I win.  You default.

WINNER
I won.  We can all agree I won.

LOSER
Whatever.

WINNER
I won.

LOSER
Want to play chess?

WINNER
No.

LOSER
You're afraid to lose?

WINNER
Yeah.  I need this to feel good about myself right now.

LOSER
Okay.  Fine.  I'm going to go eat a cookie.

WINNER
I want a cookie.  Maybe I shouldn't.

LOSER
You shouldn't.

WINNER
I think I'm going to wake up tomorrow a completely new person.

LOSER
Really?

WINNER
Yeah.

LOSER
Me too.

(As they exit.)

 WINNER
Don't take my thing.  You always do that.

LOSER
We can both have a transformation.

WINNER
I guess.
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Sep 30, 2017

Jack And Jill Plays - Part 45 - Lasagna




New short play.  Ask my permission if you want to do anything with it.

Lasagna
by Adma Szymkowicz

(JACK whittling a stick, barefoot.  Enter JILL.)

 JILL
Whatcha doin'?

JACK
Whittlin'.

JILL
Huh.

JACK
Yup.

JILL
The world moves past you and you sit there without any shoes on.

JACK
Yup.

JILL
I could do that.

JACK
Sure.

JILL
But I won't.

JACK
Yeah.

JILL
Wanna hear about my studies?

JACK
Sure.  How are your studies going?

JILL
Good.  I'm moving towards something.  Refining my mind.  Moving forward.

JACK
That's good.  I'm making this stick pointier.

JILL
Are you making dinner?

JACK
I could make dinner but if I'm making dinner, it's lasagna.

JILL
Okay.

JACK
Okay.

(Exit JILL.)

 JACK
Hey!  You still there?  Hey!  You ghost!  Are you still there?  No?  No?

(JACK listens really hard.  Sounds of wind.  Jack looks up.)
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1000 PLAYWRIGHT INTERVIEWS



Update June 24, 2021--  Go here for 100 more interviews.  





1000 Playwright Interviews

The first interview I posted was on June 3, 2009.  It was Jimmy Comtois.  I decided I would start interviewing some of my playwright friends.  It was fun and I had a blog and wanted to do something different and people like getting interviewed.  So I started doing this.  I thought I would stop after 50.  I thought I would stop after 100.  And now I'm at 1000 and I think I'm done for real.  I'm just tired.  It's inspirational but also sometimes it's a lot of work.

This is in no way a definitive list.  There are so many people I didn't interview and some of them I don't know.  And some don't want to do it and some I meant to ask and forgot.  Or I did ask and they forgot.  Or I never asked but I should have.  I'm also really disorganized.  I don't know how this all happened.  This is all to say there are lots of amazing playwrights not on this list.  In fact, there are probably 15-20K playwrights writing in the US today.  Here are 1000 of them.

9/30/17


A
Sean Abley
Rob Ackerman
Liz Duffy Adams
Johnna Adams
Tony Adams
David Adjmi
Keith Josef Adkins
Niccolo Aeed
Nastaran Ahmadi
Derek Ahonen
Kathleen Akerley
W.M. Akers
Ayad Akhtar
Rob Askins
Chiara Atik
Forrest Attaway
David Auburn
Jon Robin Baitz
Hannah Bos
Andy Bragen
Leslie Bramm
Benjamin Brand
Jami Brandli
November Christine
Jennifer Fawcett
Joshua Fardon
Basil Kreimendahl
Carson Kreitzer
Gregg Kreutz
Caitlin Saylor Stephens
Ariel Stess
Vanessa Claire Stewart
Nelle Tankus
Kate Tarker
Jona Tarlin
Judy Tate
Roland Tec
Lucy Teitler
Marina Tempelsman
Cori Thomas




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