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HUNGRY HEARTS
(Original Script 2006)
This adaptation by
Katherine Burkman of the novel by Francine
Prose is about the
Yiddish theatre in the 1920s, and their tour of South America with a production of Ansky’s
THE DYBBUK. The leading lady gets invaded by a real dybbuk! Performed at the Roth/Resler
Theatre, The Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community
Center of Greater Columbus.
Contact info:
Phone
(614) 457-6580 or email (see
address below).
Request
script:
Katherine
H. Burkman, burkman.2@osu.edu
WOMAN IN A YELLOW DRESS (Original Script 2005)
This work is a
site-specific drama written by WOMEN AT PLAY. It centers around
a poetry-writing group and their quest for the woman in the yellow dress
who has been stealing their most prized photographs, which they had planned
to use for their poetry reading about family. Performed at a Bexley Home, at the Columbus Museum of Art, and at the Riffe
Gallery.
Contact info:
Phone
(614) 457-6580 or email (see
address below).
Request
script:
Katherine
H. Burkman, burkman.2@osu.edu
DOUBLETALK: LOVE AND MARRIAGE (Original Script 2005) - Doubletalk explores the
communications challenges of three couples who are in therapy to learn what
each other needs and how to bridge disconnections. Their therapist is an
innovative practitioner whose unorthodox approaches include shopping,
dancing, and gardening. With the institution of marriage much in the news
with the debate raging about gay partnerships, the play offers both a
comedic and serious look at some of the issues. One of the hallmarks of
Women at Play is their site specific work. Doubletalk Was set at the Jung Haus in the Columbus, Ohio artistic area knowen as theShort North.
Jung Haus is home to Jungian analysts and
analysts in training. It also features an intriguing art gallery. Visit
their web site at www.jungcentralohio.org
Contact info:
Phone
(614) 457-6580 or email (see
address below).
Request
script:
Katherine
H. Burkman, burkman.2@osu.edu
IT’S ACADEMIC (Original
Script 2004)
Performed in an
office building large meeting room, this original drama is a play that
takes place at an academic conference, having as its theme the initiation
of the young into the politics of university life.
Contact info:
Phone
(614) 457-6580 or email (see
address below).
Request
script:
Katherine
H. Burkman, burkman.2@osu.edu
OPEN HOUSE (Original
Script, 2003)
This play
was performed in an individual’s home and the audience moved from room to
room and met some of the zany people who had come to explore the
possibility of owning the house. The advertisement for the play, posted on
the front lawn, actually drew people seriously interested in buying.
Contact info:
Phone
(614) 457-6580 or email (see
address below).
Request
script:
Katherine
H. Burkman, burkman.2@osu.edu
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