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Plays by Joan Lipkin |
Here is some information about a few of Joan Lipkin's most popular works.
Check back often to find out more about other pieces, and where you can catch one of her plays.
He's Having Her Baby was recently performed at the
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Some of My Best Friends Are... |
A gay and lesbian review for people of all preferences
Music and lyrics by Tom Clear
Written upon the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the popularly-recognized beginning of the American Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement, this play drew culturally diverse, sold-out crowds for three and a half months when it first opened at the St. Marcus Theatre in St. Louis.
Voted Best Play of the Year by the Riverfront Times and Spotlight Magazine, "Friends" has been produced in St. Louis, Seattle, Ann Arbor, Phoenix, Buffalo and Canada.
A lively, satirical piece with comic scenes and musical numbers, it offers something for everyone. Well, maybe not Jesse Helms! |
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Small Domestic Acts |
Small Domestic Acts has been described as Brecht meets Pirandello meets As the World Turns! It is the story of a working class heterosexual couple and a lesbian couple who become friends. As problems become apparent in both relationships, two of the women turn to each other for friendship and support, and unexpectedly fall in love. They plan a future that includes having a baby. Thus, the play is a deconstruction of gender roles and the definition of family.
Originally produced at the St. Marcus Theatre in St. Louis, the play has since been published in Amazon All Stars (edited by Rosemary Keefe Curb, Applause Books), taped by the BBC and produced on several continents. It seems to be favorite with college campuses where productions have included McMaster University in Canada, University of Arizona at Tempe, Goucher College in Baltimore, and Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, among others.
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He's Having Her Baby |
"bright, inventive and well staged satire" - Robert Boyd, KWMU
"a delightful concept" - Joe Pollack, St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
He's Having Her Baby is a gender-reversed, pro-choice musical comedy about Joey, a 15-year old boy from a broken home who becomes pregnant his first time out with Liz, the captain of the field hockey team. Through ignorance and circumstances other than choice, a baby boy is born.
The play then deals with the aftermath of young, single, impoverished parenthood as Joey tries to contend with child care, social isolation, and sexual harassment on the job. When he finally meets a possible mate, and accidentally becomes pregnant again, he makes a different decision this time.
Through gender reversal and musical comedy, the show creates an entire universe and demonstrates the importance of reproductive freedom. |
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Stories from Generation X (Y, Z...) |
Sex in the '90s. Getting a job. Living on the information superhighway. These are just a few of the issues and concerns explored in "Stories from Generation X (Y, Z...)"
Written by Joan Lipkin and directed by Annamaria Pileggi, who were both Artists-in-Residence at Washington University in St. Louis, at the time, "Stories from Generation X (Y, Z...)" asks what it means to be a young American coming of age at this moment in history. |
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If you are interested in producing work by Joan Lipkin, please contact her at:
[email protected]
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