C.J. Ehrlich
playwright - screenwriter
Plays​: 15-30 min
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-to request any full script and royalty information, contact CJ
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->> Full Lengths and One Acts, here (Plays: longer)
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-->> Ten minute plays and short-shorts here
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15 to 30+ min plays (synopses below)
HOMESPUN WEBS LAB RATS
Cast: 2F, 15min magic realism/comedy Cast: 3F, 15 min, surreal comedy
LIKE MANNA IN THE DESERT STANDING ROOM ONLY
Cast: 4 (2F, 2M, 1 flex), 20m comedy Cast: 3 (1F, 2M), 15m dramedy
LONG TRAIN RUNNING THREE’S A CLOUD
Cast: 2M, 15m dramedy Cast: 3 (2F, 1M) 15m bedroom farce
PICNIC ON THE LAKE TUESDAYS IN THE PARK WITH
Cast: 2 (1F, 1M), 15m horror-drama RIVER APPLE Cast: 5F, 15+m comedy
THE RED & GREEN ROOM WAITING FOR HUGOT
Cast: 4 (1F, 2M, 1 flex), 20m comedy. Cast: 2 (1F, 1M), runs ~10-15 minute
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ROOM CIRCUS WHOM DEATH DOTH S/EEEk
Cast: 3 (2F, 1M), 30m LGBT bedroom farce Cast: 4 (2F, 2M), 15m adult comedy
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SHREW MAN vs. SHREWMAN ZANE TO GATE 69
Cast: 4 (1F, 2M, 1 flex), 20m comedy Cast: 4 (2F, 1M, 1 flex) 35m time travel comedy
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HOMESPUN WEBS: Imagining Louise Bourgeois
(comedy/magical realism, 2F - 15 min)
Drunk and alone, Madeline’s giving up on life after divorce, when she’s interrupted by the spectral presence of renowned "spider artist" Louise Bourgeois, come to talk about new webs.
★Script Sample - Homespun Webs - upon request
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LAB RATS
(surreal comedy, 3F - 15 min)
Two stressed scientists know they're creating the ultimate junk food, but can't remember
how they got trapped in their lab.
★ Script Sample - Lab Rats - upon request
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LIKE MANNA IN THE DESERT
(comedy, 2F, 2M - 12 min)
With Moses up talking to the Big Guy, down in the desert Maya and Yosi ask, “Are we there yet?”
Then they run into old friends with a surprising secret.
”Very clever, good-natured satire with lots of laughs.”
★ Script Sample - Like Manna in the Desert - upon request
LONG TRAIN RUNNING
(2M - 15 min)
Two musicians lose almost everything in a cross-country poker game. Is their friendship next?
★ Script Sample - Long Train Running - upon request
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THE RED & GREEN ROOM
(comic drama, 1F, 2M, 1 either - 15 min)
Three actors drive each other mad in the Green Room while the star hogs all the stage time.
No Exit, meet the Mario Bros.
★ Script Sample - The Red & Green Room - upon request
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ROOM CIRCUS
(adult farce, 2F, 1M, 25 min)
Jake's about to ditch Margot in the bridal suite, when Margot's ex, Sienna, arrives with
a special order of room service.
Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy honeymoon.
Partial nudity welcome.
★ Script Sample - Room Circus - upon request
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SHREW MAN vs. SHREWMAN
(comedy, 1F, 2M, 1F/M - 15-25 min)
The last, the rarest, the only banned Shrewman comic has finally resurfaced.
Now everyone wants to get their claws on it.
“Borders on the insane” - Terry Shea, Motif Magazine, Providence RI
Samuel French OOB Festival, 2014, chosen from over 1400 submissions
★ Script Sample - Shrew Man vs. Shrewman - upon request
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TUESDAYS IN THE PARK WITH RIVER APPLE
(comedy, 5F - 20 min, adult language)
Abby’s new to the city and to full-time motherhood, and just wants to join a playgroup.
Play nice, ladies!
★ Script Sample - Tuesdays in the Park with River Apple - upon request
TUESDAYS excerpt, stand-alone comedy monologue (1F)
ASK ZSUZSANNA: SINGLE MOTHERHOOD AT 50
Zsuzsanna explains how to have it all: love, divorce, career, and the best playgroup in the city.
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WAITING FOR HUGOT
(comedy, 1F, 1M - 10 min)
A frustrated screenwriter ineptly stalks a minor celebrity, hoping to get his ticket out of nowhere.
Fate, and his wife, have other travel plans.
★ Script Sample - Waiting for Hugot - upon request
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WHOM DEATH DOTH S/EEEk
(adult comedy, 2F, 2M - 20 min)
Sexy model Yulia angles for a pair of pricey pumps. Plus-size Stef dares her to charm the sales clerk into
a quickie discount. And mysterious stranger knows way too much about their shopping history.
This dark, sexy comedy will have you quaking in your stilettos and cleaning out your closets!
★ Script Sample - Whom Death Doth S/EEEk - upon request
ZANE TO GATE 69
(sci fi comedy, 2F, 2M - 35-40 min)
Kate Welles, a handler from a dystopian future, comes back to 1972 to brief a bumbling spy on what could be his -- and humanity's -- last mission. But will she be in time?
"Daffy fun"... "Delightfully ridiculous"... "Don't miss it!"
"This show is as entertaining as Zane is clueless." -- Deborah Martin, mysanantonio.com
"You don't see [this] on the circuit very often -- a well written sci fi piece." -- John Jennings, Pop Culture Theatre, Melbourne
★ Script Sample - Zane to Gate 69 - upon request
10-minute and short-shorts here
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