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 Ben Clawson



ben@strangedogtheatre.com

Full Lengths:

Spilling Stuff
and Breaking Things

(2w, 2m)

Four school bus drivers, fed up with their jobs take their bus on a riotous Friday night "bus-a-palooza" and are subsequently caught by the upper management of the Silver Sparrow Bus Company. They then must spend Sunday morning dealing with the consequences of their actions and decisions, being forced to confront what they actually value in their jobs, their lives, and each other. More.

Bootstraps
(4m)

Midnight at the BranchHill Industrial Supply Company. Mike's early. Loudjack's is late. Skipper's sweeping. And Dougan is pissed. All because the promotion to the mythic and lauded position of Corporate Rep. may finally be available...but only tonight. The examination of what they won't do to get it is the center of this dark comedy about ambition, trust, and antique ice machines. Press. More.

The Blairsburg Family Picnic
(1w,2m)

Frank, Bill and Peg are three octogenarians living in the same crumbling, rural American town they were born in, and lived all their lives. They're still kicking, just not very high. The three must come to face the decaying state of their community and lives as it becomes apparent their town picnic is, like everything else, not quite what it used to be.


Evenings:

Attention Span of a Fly:

Six Durationaly Challenged Comedies Includes: Quarrels, Fun-Sized, Lakeside, Right of the Decimal, Dare, and An Introduction to Money.

New.Tricks:

Five Comic Tragedies (Or Tragic Comedies) Presented in Three Acts Includes: Private Displays of Affection, Pavlov was an Asshole, Lakeside, Ouroboros and Sam Patch. More


One Acts:

Virilia
(3m)

Quinn is heartbroken, but it’s ok cause Brian and Stu are going to cheer him up the only way they know how: By behaving horrendously.

Ouroboros
(1m)

Jacob is lazy and good for nothing. Well, Jacob was lazy and good for nothing. But then he got hungry for Chinese food.

Fun-Sized
(1w,2m)

Nick is the writer of menu descriptions for several chain restaurants, despite the constant harassment he receives from his cynical older brother Neil. When Nick meets a mysterious woman with an even more mysterious job offer, he confronts the questionable virtue of making something bad sound good...and one very strange office appliance.

Sam Patch and Such is Fame
(3m)

On September 30th, 1827 a textile worker in Paterson, NJ jumped off the Passaic Falls, just to prove that he could. This play examines the great American curse of the obsession with fame through the true story of its very first victim.

269
(2m)

FACT: It is possible to have an exact tie of the 538 votes in the electoral college. FACT: A small number of the voters in the electoral college are not legally bound to vote for the candidate their district does.
FACT: That has the potential to really screw shit up.


Ten Minutes:

Quarrels
(1w,1m)

The classic story. Boy meets girl. Girl has a box full of squirrels.

An Introduction to Money
(2w)

What is money? Who is it for? And how can it be used? Well, don’t worry, Danni and Lis will tell you in this ten minute introductory seminar. But not for free.

Pavlov was an Asshole
(1w,1m)

Will and Jessica were having a physically romantic evening. Which was nice. But then Will called Jessica “Natalie”. Which wasn’t nice.

Lakeside
(1w,1m)

Clint and Laurie’s relationship is about to hinge on the strangest of things, in this dramatic comedy about things that really shouldn’t be joked about.

Bottles, Barrels and
The Slow Crawl Toward Last Call

(2m)

Closing time’s always tough. Especially when you’re getting held up.

The Issue with Fell Swoops
(3m)

Even executioners manning a guillotine can have a bad day at the office.

Right of the Decimal
(1w,2m)

Wouldn’t dating be easier if we were all pre-assigned a number from one to ten assessing our worth? No. Probably not.

Existence and the Public Library
(1w,1m)

Mindy goes to the library. Stan works at the library. Mindy loves the library. Stan hates the library with every single living fiber of his entire being. Could this be the foundation of a healthy relationship?

Zoe and Monica Might Go to the Bar
(2w)

Zoe put on her good pants and Monica wishes she had good pants. They might go out, but they don’t even know.

Mason-Dixon
(2m)

In another life, Billy and Jon might be friends. But not in this life, because Jon’s brother killed Billy’s brother.

The Thing with the Cosmos
(2m)

Sometimes the only way to make sure something unlikely won’t happen is to guarantee that it will.

DARE
(3m)

The morning after a party always poses the same questions. How much did we drink? When did we leave? …What was that thing we locked in the closet?

Private Displays of Affection
(1w, 1m)

In a dorm room, Gary clumsily tries to propose a game with unusually high stakes. Kara just wants to watch TV. If a debate is really good, there are no winners.

Crocodile Tears
(1w,1m)

Buzz runs a bar. Terry drinks at a bar. And that’s just about that.

Ben Clawson - Bio