Lindsay Harris-Friel
Plays
Full-Length:
TRAVELING LIGHT (1F, 3M, full-length)
1967 London's not so swinging when you're trying to kill yourself. Brian Epstein can't evade Joe Orton and his script for the Beatles. They can't evade the police. A week later there was no question what crushed Joe's skull and a month after that there was nothing but questions about what stopped Brian's heart. But in the meantime, there was something to risk and something to save.
WOULD YOU BE MINE(4F, 3M, 110 min.)
Hal comes home from Alaska for his father's funeral. His stepmother, Adriana, has a seductive but life-threatening proposition for him. Reaching out to the love of his life, Aricia, is a little difficult since she's an incarcerated arsonist. When his father, Felix, comes home alive, some will drown and some will burn up. Readings and development at The Brick Playhouse.
One-Act:
HANGING (2F, 1M, 20 min.)
Maya and Theo had an artistic relationship that lit up the sky. Their marriage is over, except for a few loose ends. At the hanging for their shared gallery show, as Maya starts exhibiting again, and Theo begins a new relationship with Eris, they have to curate and cut. Presented by The Surface Tension Project in MOUNTED AND FRAMED, Philly Fringe Festival, 2004, read in the Great Plains Theatre Conference 2007 by Shelterbelt Theatre Company.
SEVEN MARGARITAS (1F, 1M, 15 min.)
Vanessa is at work on her final drinking binge. Gabe returns out of nowhere to take her home. Is he who she thinks he is? Where does he plan to take her, and why? Presented by XX in MIXED DRINKS, Philly Fringe Festival, 2003.
Shorts:
LIGHT AND FROSTY (2F, 10 min.)
Zora's got magic cake that solves her monthly problems. Alice wants to get the job done. In three different audience-chosen incarnations, these two must either guide the plane safely across the Grand Canyon, diffuse a bomb in the Mall of America, or install a new artificial heart in a dying patient. Presented by The Brick Playhouse in FLIP THE SCRIPT, Philly Fringe Festival, 2006.
A COMMUNIST CHRISTMAS CAROL (1F, 3W, 5 min.)
Scrooge wakes on his famous Christmas morning with radically changed ideas about wealth. With the help of Marley, Mrs. Dilber and a boy with a little red book, he hatches some explosive Nativity celebrations. Presented by American Concert Theatre in HOLIDAY TALES '06, 2006.
JULIET BALCONY (1F, 1W, 3 min.)
A young lady on her balcony in springtime meets a young man below with an urgent need, over the sanctity of a bicycle and Von Hayes' Hall of Fame home runs. Presented by The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2006.
THE PROPHET (1F, 1M, 5 min.)
And in those days it came to pass that a young woman learned her purpose in life, and her place in the saving of the universe: to be the Eternal Rebound Girl. Presented by The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2006.
BAD CURTAIN CALLS (9 any gender, 1 min. each, runner sketch)
Some bows shouldn't be taken. Presented by The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2006.
JUGHANDLE (2m, 5 min.)
Golan explains to Jim that neither of them is gay, but sometimes, if you want to get to the mall, you have to turn right to go left. Presented by The Waitstaff, 2004.
CAR AND DRIVER (2 of either gender, 3 min.)
Yes, we know you've got to get to work, but how does your car really feel? Presented at The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2004.
THE EMPRESS AND THE FOOL (1F, 1M, 5 min.)
Weedy's tried that scam to get a few dollars from Rose on the street one time too many. Presented at The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2004.
CLEANING UP THE BACK YARD (1F, 2M, 4 min.)
Her new demonstration plant for a technology that can make crude oil from anything carbon-based finds funders from some South Philly businessmen. They can provide her with plenty of money, and raw materials, as long as she asks no questions. Presented by The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2004.
LET'S CALL HIM MATT (1M, 1 min.)
A father's love is not always best expressed by videotaping one's infant while carrying him on the chest while walking. Presented by The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2004.
NOT WITHOUT MY PUMPKIN (2F, 3 MIN.)
Just because it's Shakespeare doesn't mean you should bring your infant to see it. Presented by The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2003.
Send me e-mail at lyharris @ gmail. com.
TRAVELING LIGHT (1F, 3M, full-length)
1967 London's not so swinging when you're trying to kill yourself. Brian Epstein can't evade Joe Orton and his script for the Beatles. They can't evade the police. A week later there was no question what crushed Joe's skull and a month after that there was nothing but questions about what stopped Brian's heart. But in the meantime, there was something to risk and something to save.
WOULD YOU BE MINE(4F, 3M, 110 min.)
Hal comes home from Alaska for his father's funeral. His stepmother, Adriana, has a seductive but life-threatening proposition for him. Reaching out to the love of his life, Aricia, is a little difficult since she's an incarcerated arsonist. When his father, Felix, comes home alive, some will drown and some will burn up. Readings and development at The Brick Playhouse.
One-Act:
HANGING (2F, 1M, 20 min.)
Maya and Theo had an artistic relationship that lit up the sky. Their marriage is over, except for a few loose ends. At the hanging for their shared gallery show, as Maya starts exhibiting again, and Theo begins a new relationship with Eris, they have to curate and cut. Presented by The Surface Tension Project in MOUNTED AND FRAMED, Philly Fringe Festival, 2004, read in the Great Plains Theatre Conference 2007 by Shelterbelt Theatre Company.
SEVEN MARGARITAS (1F, 1M, 15 min.)
Vanessa is at work on her final drinking binge. Gabe returns out of nowhere to take her home. Is he who she thinks he is? Where does he plan to take her, and why? Presented by XX in MIXED DRINKS, Philly Fringe Festival, 2003.
Shorts:
LIGHT AND FROSTY (2F, 10 min.)
Zora's got magic cake that solves her monthly problems. Alice wants to get the job done. In three different audience-chosen incarnations, these two must either guide the plane safely across the Grand Canyon, diffuse a bomb in the Mall of America, or install a new artificial heart in a dying patient. Presented by The Brick Playhouse in FLIP THE SCRIPT, Philly Fringe Festival, 2006.
A COMMUNIST CHRISTMAS CAROL (1F, 3W, 5 min.)
Scrooge wakes on his famous Christmas morning with radically changed ideas about wealth. With the help of Marley, Mrs. Dilber and a boy with a little red book, he hatches some explosive Nativity celebrations. Presented by American Concert Theatre in HOLIDAY TALES '06, 2006.
JULIET BALCONY (1F, 1W, 3 min.)
A young lady on her balcony in springtime meets a young man below with an urgent need, over the sanctity of a bicycle and Von Hayes' Hall of Fame home runs. Presented by The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2006.
THE PROPHET (1F, 1M, 5 min.)
And in those days it came to pass that a young woman learned her purpose in life, and her place in the saving of the universe: to be the Eternal Rebound Girl. Presented by The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2006.
BAD CURTAIN CALLS (9 any gender, 1 min. each, runner sketch)
Some bows shouldn't be taken. Presented by The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2006.
JUGHANDLE (2m, 5 min.)
Golan explains to Jim that neither of them is gay, but sometimes, if you want to get to the mall, you have to turn right to go left. Presented by The Waitstaff, 2004.
CAR AND DRIVER (2 of either gender, 3 min.)
Yes, we know you've got to get to work, but how does your car really feel? Presented at The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2004.
THE EMPRESS AND THE FOOL (1F, 1M, 5 min.)
Weedy's tried that scam to get a few dollars from Rose on the street one time too many. Presented at The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2004.
CLEANING UP THE BACK YARD (1F, 2M, 4 min.)
Her new demonstration plant for a technology that can make crude oil from anything carbon-based finds funders from some South Philly businessmen. They can provide her with plenty of money, and raw materials, as long as she asks no questions. Presented by The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2004.
LET'S CALL HIM MATT (1M, 1 min.)
A father's love is not always best expressed by videotaping one's infant while carrying him on the chest while walking. Presented by The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2004.
NOT WITHOUT MY PUMPKIN (2F, 3 MIN.)
Just because it's Shakespeare doesn't mean you should bring your infant to see it. Presented by The Brick Playhouse, NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS, 2003.
Send me e-mail at lyharris @ gmail. com.