Shorts & Shorters II
by Thomas M. Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 16040 words.
Published on March 17, 2012. Fiction.
A collage of One Act Plays and Monologues:
Too Late to Waken, Garage Sale and I Heard That!
Location: United States
Member Since: Aug. 03, 2011
Thomas M. Kelly
Biography
Résumé: Thomas M. Kelly
EDUCATION: Mr. Kelly was born and raised in Iowa. Once a Marine always a Marine ('57 - '60). He is a graduate of Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY. He attended two years at the University of California, Davis and is a graduate of Lincoln Law School, Sacramento, California.
PUBLISHED: A monologue, “Sara”, from his play “smile, and smile, and be a villain.”, is included in Young Women's Monologs From Contemporary Plays: Professional Auditions For Aspiring Actresses, edited by Gerald Lee Ratliff, State University New York, Potsdam and published in 2004 by Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. A monologue, “Zhev”, from his play “Fana!” published by Smith & Kraus Inc. in an anthology: 221 One-Minute Monologues From Literature.
JAC Publishing, Burlington, MA, has published twelve of his plays: "Mixville" (Jubal 'Tom Mix' McCabe is a happy-go-lucky, wanna-be cowboy movie star. As a youngster he was a "little Tom Mix", cleaning out a nest of imaginary outlaws in the family backyard in typical Tom Mix fashion. Those were the days of the popular dream: to grow up to be like Tom Mix.), “Extreme Unction”, “The Timekeeper”, “Zen and the Art of Making Par”, “The Butterfly Within” (A heartwarming story of culture clash as an old Jewish gentleman and a young Korean girl discover the meaning of the rest of their lives atop a Lower East Side tenement), “Fana!”, (The ordeal of three trapped survivors of suicide bomb blasts spend their last hours justifying their lives and religions: two very honestly, the third very deceitfully. In a mental duel the three argue the rationale of murder/suicide bombings using the Qur’an, Hindu philosophy and the Torah as authority.) and “smile, and smile, and be a villain.” (A frightening glimpse at the life of a victim of Borderline Personality Disorder), “Ba-Bang!” (An analytic political cartoon caricature of “Dubya”). "The (Mis)Adventures of Charlie & Jay": a montage of four short children's plays, including "Stop Snoring, Jay! I’m Dreaming of Christmas!", "Wake Up, Jay! It’s Christmas!", "This is Not our Backyard, Charlie!" and "You’re in Trouble Now, Charlie!". Long Island City Arts Project, in New York, a non-professional production company, produced his one act play, “Too Late to Waken”, which is now on cd.
HONORS: “The Butterfly Within” is included in the Eileen Heckart's Senior Drama Archives in the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute at Ohio State University.
LOCAL THEATRE AWARDS: Several Elly Nominations and Elly Awards including Best Overall Production, for “A Shayna Madel” by Barbara Lebow, and Best Set, for “Nighthawks and Night Café” by Edward Evan Blake, based on the painting “Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper. “Wake up, Jay! It’s Christmas!”, winner of four Elly Awards for Young Peoples Theatre (2006) including Best Overall Production.
OTHER WORKS: “Ole’ Gimlet Eye” (now an e-book) is a biographical play about Major Smedley Darlington, U.S.M.C. General Butler was a man who defied the powers that were, to wage a war against war in the days before World War II: “War is a racket! I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.”, , “Ba-Bang!, The Musical”, “Stones”, and “Pawns are but Poor Men”, "Yuyustu"(part of the 'Mixville' series), "It's'a comin' inta' bein' ", co-written by Paul Hauck, “Pádraig’s Aibhistear”, and "Sacred Ground"(part of the 'Mixville' series) are more recent full-length plays.
E-books available in the Apple ibookstore, Sony Reader, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Stanza, Aldiko, Palm Pilot, PalmOS, Symbian OS, Windows Mobile Pocket PC/Smartphone, desktop Windows, Macintosh and others: “Frankie and Johnny Were Schweethawts”, "Liza", "Ole' Gimlet Eye", "Pawns are but Poor Men", "Save yer pennies, kids." (part of the 'Mixville' series), "Hey Mom, tell Rod...", "On the Line", with more on the way.
He has written and produced many children’s plays. They feature Charlie, a French Briard puppy, and Jay, a Persian Red Point feline.
Mr. Kelly is the founder of the highly successful Thistle Dew Playwright’s Workshop.
CONTACTING THE PLAYWRIGHT:
Thomas M. Kelly, 1901 P Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Email: thistledewplaywrights@yahoo.com , or thistledewtheatre@gmail.com
Telephone: 916-444-8209
EDUCATION: Mr. Kelly was born and raised in Iowa. Once a Marine always a Marine ('57 - '60). He is a graduate of Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY. He attended two years at the University of California, Davis and is a graduate of Lincoln Law School, Sacramento, California.
PUBLISHED: A monologue, “Sara”, from his play “smile, and smile, and be a villain.”, is included in Young Women's Monologs From Contemporary Plays: Professional Auditions For Aspiring Actresses, edited by Gerald Lee Ratliff, State University New York, Potsdam and published in 2004 by Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. A monologue, “Zhev”, from his play “Fana!” published by Smith & Kraus Inc. in an anthology: 221 One-Minute Monologues From Literature.
JAC Publishing, Burlington, MA, has published twelve of his plays: "Mixville" (Jubal 'Tom Mix' McCabe is a happy-go-lucky, wanna-be cowboy movie star. As a youngster he was a "little Tom Mix", cleaning out a nest of imaginary outlaws in the family backyard in typical Tom Mix fashion. Those were the days of the popular dream: to grow up to be like Tom Mix.), “Extreme Unction”, “The Timekeeper”, “Zen and the Art of Making Par”, “The Butterfly Within” (A heartwarming story of culture clash as an old Jewish gentleman and a young Korean girl discover the meaning of the rest of their lives atop a Lower East Side tenement), “Fana!”, (The ordeal of three trapped survivors of suicide bomb blasts spend their last hours justifying their lives and religions: two very honestly, the third very deceitfully. In a mental duel the three argue the rationale of murder/suicide bombings using the Qur’an, Hindu philosophy and the Torah as authority.) and “smile, and smile, and be a villain.” (A frightening glimpse at the life of a victim of Borderline Personality Disorder), “Ba-Bang!” (An analytic political cartoon caricature of “Dubya”). "The (Mis)Adventures of Charlie & Jay": a montage of four short children's plays, including "Stop Snoring, Jay! I’m Dreaming of Christmas!", "Wake Up, Jay! It’s Christmas!", "This is Not our Backyard, Charlie!" and "You’re in Trouble Now, Charlie!". Long Island City Arts Project, in New York, a non-professional production company, produced his one act play, “Too Late to Waken”, which is now on cd.
HONORS: “The Butterfly Within” is included in the Eileen Heckart's Senior Drama Archives in the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute at Ohio State University.
LOCAL THEATRE AWARDS: Several Elly Nominations and Elly Awards including Best Overall Production, for “A Shayna Madel” by Barbara Lebow, and Best Set, for “Nighthawks and Night Café” by Edward Evan Blake, based on the painting “Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper. “Wake up, Jay! It’s Christmas!”, winner of four Elly Awards for Young Peoples Theatre (2006) including Best Overall Production.
OTHER WORKS: “Ole’ Gimlet Eye” (now an e-book) is a biographical play about Major Smedley Darlington, U.S.M.C. General Butler was a man who defied the powers that were, to wage a war against war in the days before World War II: “War is a racket! I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.”, , “Ba-Bang!, The Musical”, “Stones”, and “Pawns are but Poor Men”, "Yuyustu"(part of the 'Mixville' series), "It's'a comin' inta' bein' ", co-written by Paul Hauck, “Pádraig’s Aibhistear”, and "Sacred Ground"(part of the 'Mixville' series) are more recent full-length plays.
E-books available in the Apple ibookstore, Sony Reader, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Stanza, Aldiko, Palm Pilot, PalmOS, Symbian OS, Windows Mobile Pocket PC/Smartphone, desktop Windows, Macintosh and others: “Frankie and Johnny Were Schweethawts”, "Liza", "Ole' Gimlet Eye", "Pawns are but Poor Men", "Save yer pennies, kids." (part of the 'Mixville' series), "Hey Mom, tell Rod...", "On the Line", with more on the way.
He has written and produced many children’s plays. They feature Charlie, a French Briard puppy, and Jay, a Persian Red Point feline.
Mr. Kelly is the founder of the highly successful Thistle Dew Playwright’s Workshop.
CONTACTING THE PLAYWRIGHT:
Thomas M. Kelly, 1901 P Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Email: thistledewplaywrights@yahoo.com , or thistledewtheatre@gmail.com
Telephone: 916-444-8209
Where to find Thomas M. Kelly online
Website: http://www.thistle-dew.net
Books
Waiting for Mahood
by Thomas M. Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 15490 words. Published on March 9, 2012. Plays.
The how? It was dropped into my lap when, Jeffery, a friend from Columbia U, and I began picketing the bank across the street. Jeffery knocked up his high school sweetheart when she came to visit. He's in Sacramento doin' the right thing. The why? We were complaining about the interest rate on our student loans. The bank complained to the city...'n' the city forced us to occupy the park.
Price: $2.99 USD. 15490 words. Published on March 9, 2012. Plays.
The how? It was dropped into my lap when, Jeffery, a friend from Columbia U, and I began picketing the bank across the street. Jeffery knocked up his high school sweetheart when she came to visit. He's in Sacramento doin' the right thing. The why? We were complaining about the interest rate on our student loans. The bank complained to the city...'n' the city forced us to occupy the park.
A Montage of Shorts & Shorters
by Thomas M. Kelly
Price: $0.99 USD. 7310 words. Published on September 7, 2011. Fiction.
A Montage of Short and Shorter Plays. By Thomas M. Kelly For an evening of entertainment. A mingling potpourri of drama, humor, nightmares, fantasies, hallucinations and daydreams.
Price: $0.99 USD. 7310 words. Published on September 7, 2011. Fiction.
A Montage of Short and Shorter Plays. By Thomas M. Kelly For an evening of entertainment. A mingling potpourri of drama, humor, nightmares, fantasies, hallucinations and daydreams.
Sacred Ground
by Thomas M. Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 9510 words. Published on August 17, 2011. Fiction.
The Fabulous Tom Mix: Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies. He made a reported 336 films between 1910 and 1935, all but nine of which were silent features. He was Hollywood’s first Western megastar and is noted as having helped define the genre for all cowboy actors who followed.
Price: $2.99 USD. 9510 words. Published on August 17, 2011. Fiction.
The Fabulous Tom Mix: Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies. He made a reported 336 films between 1910 and 1935, all but nine of which were silent features. He was Hollywood’s first Western megastar and is noted as having helped define the genre for all cowboy actors who followed.
Pawns are but Poor Men
by Thomas M. Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 9490 words. Published on August 10, 2011. Fiction.
A play in two acts for 2 m and 2 f. In the summer of the year 2006, a team consisting of two men and two women discover a serum to stop the aging process for an undeterminable period. The group knows the power of their discovery: If the government or the drug industry finds the formula they will either keep the discovery secret or use it to their advantage. The group agrees to test the formula.
Price: $2.99 USD. 9490 words. Published on August 10, 2011. Fiction.
A play in two acts for 2 m and 2 f. In the summer of the year 2006, a team consisting of two men and two women discover a serum to stop the aging process for an undeterminable period. The group knows the power of their discovery: If the government or the drug industry finds the formula they will either keep the discovery secret or use it to their advantage. The group agrees to test the formula.
On the Line
by Thomas M. Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 13290 words. Published on August 9, 2011. Fiction.
This is a play about Timothy 'Timmo' O'Connor O'Leary. "Timmo" is a street attorney. He is a sole practitioner because straight out of law school, 40 years ago, he couldn't find anyone who wanted to practice with him. "Why?", you ask. Could it be that he is overweight? Could be. Is it because he always looks as if he owns one suit (He actually owns two.) and looks as if he'd slept in it.
Price: $2.99 USD. 13290 words. Published on August 9, 2011. Fiction.
This is a play about Timothy 'Timmo' O'Connor O'Leary. "Timmo" is a street attorney. He is a sole practitioner because straight out of law school, 40 years ago, he couldn't find anyone who wanted to practice with him. "Why?", you ask. Could it be that he is overweight? Could be. Is it because he always looks as if he owns one suit (He actually owns two.) and looks as if he'd slept in it.
Ole Gimlet Eye
by Thomas M. Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 21220 words. Published on August 9, 2011. Nonfiction.
This is a play about Smedley Darlington Butler, who was born in West Chester, PA on July 30, 1881. The lure of the red and blue uniform turned his life to service. Over his father’s objections, but with the help of his mother, at the age of 16 he left home and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Thus began a career that lasted 33 years and double awards of the Medal of Honor.
Price: $2.99 USD. 21220 words. Published on August 9, 2011. Nonfiction.
This is a play about Smedley Darlington Butler, who was born in West Chester, PA on July 30, 1881. The lure of the red and blue uniform turned his life to service. Over his father’s objections, but with the help of his mother, at the age of 16 he left home and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Thus began a career that lasted 33 years and double awards of the Medal of Honor.
Save yer pennies, kids.
by Thomas M. Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 12460 words. Published on August 5, 2011. Fiction.
The Fabulous Tom Mix: Thomas Edwin Mix(born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies. He made a reported 336 films between 1910 and 1935, all but nine of which were silent features. He was Hollywood’s first Western megastar and is noted as having helped define the genre for all cowboy actors who followed.
Price: $2.99 USD. 12460 words. Published on August 5, 2011. Fiction.
The Fabulous Tom Mix: Thomas Edwin Mix(born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies. He made a reported 336 films between 1910 and 1935, all but nine of which were silent features. He was Hollywood’s first Western megastar and is noted as having helped define the genre for all cowboy actors who followed.
Frankie and Johnny were Schweethawts
by Thomas M. Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 9540 words. Published on August 5, 2011. Fiction.
Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts, oh lordy how they could love. They promised to be true to each other, just as long as there were skies above. He was her man, and wouldn't do her wrong Johnny said "I'm gonna leave you, I won't be gone very long. You wait right here honey, don'cha worry none while I'm gone. I am your man... I wouldn't do ya' no wrong."
Price: $2.99 USD. 9540 words. Published on August 5, 2011. Fiction.
Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts, oh lordy how they could love. They promised to be true to each other, just as long as there were skies above. He was her man, and wouldn't do her wrong Johnny said "I'm gonna leave you, I won't be gone very long. You wait right here honey, don'cha worry none while I'm gone. I am your man... I wouldn't do ya' no wrong."
Liza!
by Thomas M. Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 25890 words. Published on August 5, 2011. Fiction.
The play's action covers a period of roughly four months, from August to November, 1887. Liza Kemp is an 18-year-old factory worker and the youngest of 13 children, now living alone with her aging and incompetent mother. Very popular with all the residents—both young and old—of Vere Street, Lambeth, she cannot really make up her mind as far as her love life is concerned.
Price: $2.99 USD. 25890 words. Published on August 5, 2011. Fiction.
The play's action covers a period of roughly four months, from August to November, 1887. Liza Kemp is an 18-year-old factory worker and the youngest of 13 children, now living alone with her aging and incompetent mother. Very popular with all the residents—both young and old—of Vere Street, Lambeth, she cannot really make up her mind as far as her love life is concerned.
Hey, Mom. Tell Rod...
by Thomas M. Kelly
Price: $2.99 USD. 10670 words. Published on August 3, 2011. Fiction.
SYNOPSIS: In the city of Seattle, Washington, Rodney and Maggie Smythe receive a message on Rodney's telephone answering machine from Maggie's son Danny by a former marriage, saying "Hey, mom, tell Rod I am coming home, see ya' soon.". Danny and Rodney, step-son and step-father, have had a strained relationship since Rodney and Maggie were married.
Price: $2.99 USD. 10670 words. Published on August 3, 2011. Fiction.
SYNOPSIS: In the city of Seattle, Washington, Rodney and Maggie Smythe receive a message on Rodney's telephone answering machine from Maggie's son Danny by a former marriage, saying "Hey, mom, tell Rod I am coming home, see ya' soon.". Danny and Rodney, step-son and step-father, have had a strained relationship since Rodney and Maggie were married.
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