Dorf, Jonathan C. (American
playwright, screenwriter, 1971-____), “F-Stop,”
a 10-minute dark comedy
set in a living room, early afternoon, 1997,
1m1f,
© 1997 by Jonathan
C. Dorf; • script/rights available from Jonathan
C. Dorf, 7125 De Longpre Avenue, Apt. 209, Los Angeles, California
90046, U.S.A., e-mail jon@jondorf.com, telephone (home) 323-512-5273.
• Cited by Jon Dorf via e-mail, July 19, 1998; Dorf says,
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Dramatis Personae Perry (m), a photographer; Marla (f), his wife.
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Synopsis “Photographer Perry tries in vain to snap photos of his wife,
Marla, while portions of their house are being carted away to pay off their
debts. Meanwhile, the couple tries to come to terms with the drowning death
of their toddler in a fountain and with their own second-hand lives.”
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Comment Synopses and excerpts of this and other plays by Jonathan
Dorf are available on his website, www.geocities.com/jonplaywright.”
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Themes death, debt, home, loss, marriage, photography.
See also Jon Dorf’s
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"A-Bomb Wedding," a 10-minute comedy in English, set in a twenty-four hour convenience store, late at night, 2001, 2m
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"Beef Junkies," a 25-minute dark comedy in English, set on a suburban road, just before 5:00 p.m., the near future, 2m1f
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"Bookends," an absurd comedy in English, 2m2f, a comedy set in a small university library, March, 1996, 2m2f (1 male can be female; 2f can be doubled)
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"Crash Positions," a 10-minute comedy in English, set in an airplane in the air, 1997, 1m1f
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"From Shakespeare with Love?," a 45-minute comedy in English, set in an airport, various Shakespearean settings, 1:00 a.m., 1999, 2m2f
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"Jesus at the Taco Stand," a 10-minute dark comedy-drama in English, set outside a mental health clinic, Friday evening, 1998, 1m2f
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"Last Right Before the Void," a 10-minute comedy in English, set in a dark highway in Minnesota, or outside a house, U.S.A., late at night, 2000, 2m1f
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"Newt Gingrich Visits a Residential Youth Facility Not Near Omaha," a 10-minute comedy-drama in English, set in a bedroom in a foster care facility, an afternoon, 1995, 2m
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"Play's End," a 25-minute dark comedy in English, set in the Doe family living room, late afternoon, 1996, 2m
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"Ticking," a 25-minute dark comedy in English, set in the Doe family kitchen, morning, 1999, 3m
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"This Magic Moment," a 35-minute comedy in English, set in an apartment living room, late afternoon, 2001, 1m1f
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"The Wash," a 10-minute dark comedy in English, set in the laundry room of a New York apartment building, 9:00 p.m., Friday evening, 1m1f
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"Whatever Happened to Godot?," a 10-minute ironic comedy in English, set in a drab apartment, morning, 2003, 3m
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"The White Pages," a 25-minute comedy in English, set in a used bookstore, two successive mornings, 1996, 2m2f
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"X Marks the Spot," a 10-minute comedy in English, set somewhere in the American midwest or a similar landscape, 2001, 1m1f
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"You're Next," a 17-minute drama in English, set in a storage room off a high school boys locker room, sometime before lunch, 1997, 2m
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