C.J. EHRLICH
playwright
PRODUCTIONS 2012
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OCCUPY THIS!
Everyone’s favorite 99 percent movement sets the scene for satire,
and dialogue, as an entrepreneurial homeless man tries to convince a businesswoman to invest in his lunch.
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(two ten-minute plays;
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6 chars/2 chars)
The (First Ever) Republican Theatre Festival
produced by Cara Blouin
dir Allison Heishman
Philadelphia, PA. Nov 2012.
THE LILAC TICKET
An elderly couple face two crises
in their marriage, one today, in the
doctor’s office, the other, a 40-year old secret.
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(10m dramedy, 1F, 1M)
Jewish Women’s Theatre Salon series
Los Angeles, CA May 27-31 2012
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The Arsenal Theatre for
dir Bridget O’Leary
Boston, MA May 2012
FOUR EPICS AND A CRITIC
More play than should be allowed on one page!
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(1p comedy, cast of six: 2F, 2M, 2 either)
Gi60 (Gone in 60 Seconds) 2012
Screaming Media Productions
Brooklyn, NY Jun 8/9 2012
THE RED & GREEN ROOM
Love, lust, jealousy and existential angst
behind the scenes in a video arcade.
“No Exit” - meet the Mario Bros.
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(15m melodrama, 1F, 2M, 1 either)
Manhattan Theatre Source “Ingenius 2012”
dir Margaret Stockton
New York, NY May 7-22 2012
2 + 1 = MURDER
Private dick Blaze Pascal will solve this case -
by the numbers. A noirish tribute to Math 101.
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(10m comedy, 1F, 2M, 1F/M)
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*Overall Festival Winner *
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*Audience Choice Award *
Bellarmine University Theatre
International MADthematics Festival
dir Nelson Lopez
Louisville, KY March 2012
IT SKIPS A GENERATION
..an ultra-Orthodox teen in 1980s Brooklyn rediscovers
her estranged grandfather over an album of yellowed
newspaper clippings. (10 min dramedy, 1F, 1M).
Theatre Ariel
The Stranger in Our Midst salon series
Philadelphia, PA, June 2012
THREE’S A CROWD
Margot’s fuming when Jake wants to leave the bridal
suite for the office. Then Sienna bangs on the door.
Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy honeymoon!
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(10m farce, 2F, 1M)
Flush Ink Productions - She Speaks 2012
dir Terre Chartrand
Kitchener, ON Mar 2012
THE CUPCAKE CONSPIRACY
(co-written with Philip J. Kaplan)
...Terrorism is Easy. Marriage is Complicated.
(Four principals: 2F, 2M, and six roles played by two actors)
* Finalist*, Mountain Playhouse International Comedy
Playwriting competition
Jennerstown, PA June 2012
Friends of the Chappaqua Library - a Benefit Reading
Chappaqua NY March 2012
Incoming Tide Productions at the PAC House Theatre
New Rochelle NY March 2012
Friday Night Footlights at the Dramatists Guild
New York NY January 2011
STANDING ROOM ONLY
He wants - a seat. He gets - an earful.
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(10m drama, 1F, 2M)
Between Us Productions - “Notes Between Us”
dir Samantha Lee Manas
New York, NY Jan 2012
PACKAGE DEAL
A couple bump up against the darker side of
bargain travel, and each other (10m dark comedy, 2F, 1M)
North American New Play Festival
dir Jerome Maywald
Milwaukee, WI Jan 2012
OOH, BABY, LET’S GO FOR IT
A man with a gun works to convince
his girlfriend she should adopt a baby.
(one minute political satire, 1F, 1M).
* Audience Choice award *
Not a Box New Play Fest & One Page Play Experiment
Boston, MA Dec 2011
THREE’S A CLOUD
When her old flame storms into the honeymoon suite, Margot
realizes today’s raincloud could be tomorrow’s tornado.
Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy
honeymoon! (10 min screwball dramedy, 2F, 1M).
The Women’s Theatre Project
2011 Girl Play Lesbian Theatre Fest
Fort Lauderdale, FL June 2011
ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND SCIENCE
Two dads discover it’s a high stakes game, the
elementary school science fair (10 min comedy, 2M).
Testogenius Festival - * Audience Choice Winner *
and Testo Twist Fest
dir Margaret Stockton
New York, NY, June 15-July 3, 2011
THIS TIME WE’LL MAKE IT WORK
An excerpt from this full length comedy about the great
divide - geek v. Fundamentalist, Blue v. Red, Mars v. Venus
(full-length comedy/satire, 4F, 3M).
“We’re Causing a Scene”: 8 scenes from 8 plays
dir Ben Campana
Chicago, IL, June 12-26, 2011
IT SKIPS A GENERATION
(10 min dramedy, 1F, 1M).
“The Stranger in Our Midst”
Philadelphia, PA, June 2011 (first reading)
THE LILAC TICKET
Fourth Annual One Act Play Festival
A “Best Production” winner
dir Charlotte Fields
Fredericksburg, VA, May 2011
ONE SMART COOKIE
Sometimes the fortune cookie just... knows. (1M, 1F).
Spare Change Theatre
In a New York Minute playfest
New York, NY, April 2011
PACKAGE DEAL
“She Speaks” Festival (staged reading)
simultaneously with She Speaks, Grand Forks, North Dakota
& She Speaks, Albury-Wogonga, Australia
to benefit the International Center for Women Playwrights
dir David Antscherl, produced by Paddy Gillard-Bentley
Kitchener, Ontario, March 2011
IT SKIPS A GENERATION (1M - 70s, 1F - teens - 10 m)
The College of Brockport
7th Annual Biennial Festival of Ten
dir P. Gibson Ralph
Brockport, NY February/March 2011
Michael Bordwell & Dennis Brito
Patrick Walsh, Eddie Furth, Eric Robertson, Stephanie Masucci as Yoshi, Luigi, Mario and Princess Peach.
Kippy Goldfarb & Stephen Benson in The Lilac Ticket
SPARE SOME CHANGE
An entrepreneurial homeless man tries to convince a banker to invest in his lunch.
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(10m comedy, 1F, 1M)
Aurin Squire’s Decision 2012 Play Fest
New York, NY Finalist
