Tom White
IF YOU'RE IN OR AROUND TEXAS, May 21 - June 15, 2004 GO SEE TOM WHITE'S UNIQUE PLAY:
The Misses Overbeck by Tom White
stage by Different Stages at The Auditorium on Waller Creek, 4100 Red River, Austen, Texas.
A shattered vase, a woman who restores it, and the Overbeck sisters, art potters from the early twentieth century, collide, blend and emerge in this drama about the paths taken and not taken in life. Written by Austin playwright, Tom White. Directed by Norman Blumensaadt.
for Different Stages to to <http://www.main.org/diffstages/upcoming.html>
for a view ofTom White's complete works. <http://members.aol.com/tarrytown8>
Tom White is quickly gaining a reputation for being one of the best playwrights in Texas, on the Third Coast, in the South.
PLAYS BY TOM WHITE AVAILABLE FROM ARAN PRESS
TYLER ROSE
by Tom White
Cast: 1 man and 1 woman. One act. Set: lawnchair and umbrella.
Fowler is a good-looking young man who sells roses in the park. He hates
his job and is looking for another one. Daisy is a frail, timid hemophiliac
who has fallen in love with Fowler, while observing him through a telescope
from her fourteenth floor apartment window. She leaves the apartment to
visit Fowler. Fowler couldn't care less about Daisy. He can only think of
getting her to watch the flowers while he goes off to call about another
job. Swinko, Daisy's nurse, comes looking for her. Swinko doesn't care about
Daisy. She is only concerned about losing her job if she can't find the
"little bitch." Daisy's mother is president of a bank and has
no time for her daughter. One actor plays Fowler, Swinko and Boss; one actress
plays Boss and Daisy. Book $2.50. Royalty - $15 - $10.
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COLONEL MUSTARD
by Tom White
Cast: 2 men and 1 woman. Five scenes. Comedy. Area staging.
Hubert and Carolyn are trying to salvage their marriage, but wind up trying
to salvage their lives when they consult an ex-Marine turned therapist
who believes in a military approach to making marriages work. Winner of
the Austin Circle of Theatres' B. Iden Payne Award for Best New Play, COLONEL
MUSTARD is an easy to produce comedy with more than a grain of wisdom
at its heart. "very entertaining a zany delight this is an inventive
playwright to be watched, " John Bustin, KLBJ-FM Radio. "I enjoyed
the play it's so refreshing to see anything that attempts to deal intelligently
with grown-up themes," Ernest Sharpe, Associate Editor, Third Coast
Magazine. "Tom White is an increasingly impressive local playwright
whose COLONEL MUSTARD was one of the unexpected delights of the spring
season" Austin Homes and Gardens. "COLONEL MUSTARD
is truly rich almost nonstop merriment refreshingly original and deliciously
funny. It is a play of good ideas, " Patrick Taggart, Austin American-Statesman.
Book $5.00. Royalty $30-$20.
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THE SILO STUD
by Tom White
Cast: 5 men and 4 women. Two acts. Drama. Set: area staging.
"Compelling Makes a moving case for the working man of the American
heartland sold a ticket to nowhere," Marilyn Stasio, New York Post
. "Absorbing exciting provocative a highly charged drama that makes
theater going exciting," John Bustin, Third Coast Magazine.
"Genuinean unusually excellent showcase production," Joseph Hurly,
Stages. "Rich with humor and pathos," Kevin Phinney, American
Statesman. "powerful superb," Critics' Choices Manhattan
Arts. "beautiful the genuine article," Gene Fowler, The
Pawn Review. "One of the most exciting new plays to emerge from
Austin this year!" Austin Circle of Theatres Newsletter. The
critics are all raving about THE SILO STUD. Witt Holcomb is trapped
on top of an exploded grain silo. Below friends and family and the authorities
do all they can to rescue him. Book $4.50. Royalty $35-$20.
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WILLIE THE SHAKE
by Tom White & Nick Andrews
Cast: 6 men and 7 women. Two acts. Set: a stage.
A college course brings a group of students and their professor into the
country to produce A MID SUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. WILLIE THE SHAKE is
a backstage story. "Love and romance are the pulse of WILLIE THE
SHAKE The end result is a tribute to our strength as a unified people..."
The Daily Texan. "Lessons on life, love, and the demands of
intense inter-personal relationships transform each of the characters."
Third Coast Magazine. "...an amiable comedy full of scatalogical
humor and the problematic interpersonal relationships of characters who
talk in encounter-groupese." Austin American-Statesman. "...wholesome
entertainment in the best sense of the word." Alex Plaza, The Austin
Press. Book $5.00. Royalty $35 - $20.
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