A SHORT HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION in One Act
Morning. A residential side street in Manhattan. The front step and arch-covered entrance to a padlocked derelict brownstone church. A homeless tribe of young Millenniums is about to expand their territory--and experience a lesson in tribal politics and the power of a Starbucks frappuccino.
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Project Type:Stage Play
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Number of Pages:20
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Country of Origin:United States
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Language:English
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First-time Screenwriter:No
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Student Project:No
CHARLES LEIPART (Playwright) 2016 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, 1st Prize One-Act for Cream Cakes in Munich. 2015 Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation LGBT Playwrighting Award for A Kind of Marriage. His original portrait of Pamela Harriman, Swimming at the Ritz, developed with award-winning BBC director David Giles, began a UK National Tour in March 2011 supported by the Arts Council England; American premiere at New Jersey Rep Company, Jan 2015. Charles’ adaptation of Helene Hanff’s comic memoir, Underfoot in Show Business, received its world premiere at the Devonshire Park Theatre in Eastbourne, UK, May 2008, directed by David Giles. Awards: The Kleban Foundation Award for Librettist 2001. Finalist for the Fred Ebb Award in Songwriting 2005, 2006 & 2008. Winner of the Global Search for New Musicals, Cardiff, Wales, 2005 (Frog Kiss). Musicals include: Pickwick’s Haunted Christmas, Me and Miss Monroe, Frog Kiss, The Showgirl of 52nd Street. Charles is a former Fellow of the Edward F. Albee Foundation and a graduate of Northwestern University. www.charlesleipart.com