Mark D. Kaufmann
WRITER, DIRECTOR, EDUCATOR
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PUBLISHED WORKS
SOUR NOTES, An Epistolary Novella
A seeming mis-delivery of a letter begins a boisterous correspondence between a photographer’s assistant and a public defense attorney. Armed with uncompromising gall, the two plunge into a battle of wits and wills which crosses every line of propriety. This accidental relationship shakes out their most personal truths, leaving them to figure out how to fix the fiascos they’ve made of their lives--and try to ignore the fact each has become the life preserver the other needs.
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EVIL LITTLE THOUGHTS
Full-length comedy
Cast: 5M, 2W
Murder is on the mind of two competing business men. An elegant dinner party will be held, bodies will drop. In a world where anything can be rationalized, and morals and ethics are negotiable, the defining line between “good guys” and “bad guys” is very blurry. And there’s always a loser
(Since the original production at the Denver Center Theater, the play has been revised. Dramatic Publishing has both the original and revised versions.
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THE LABORS OF HERCULES FITCH
30 – 40 minute one-act comedy
Cast: 9 M, 6 W
A young man working for an intelligence agency finds himself careening through an underworld of spies and deception as he searches for a mysterious enemy. Of course, his frequent trips home to tend to his younger siblings can make the day really irritating. For a would-be hero, the chains of responsibility can be harder to manage than an international criminal.
THE END OF CIVILIZATION AS WE KNOW IT
30 minute one-act comedy
Flexible cast of 10, can expand to 20
A class of honors students faces an important history test. When the teacher arrives, raging and foaming at the mouth, the students learn their test will be something totally unexpected—and something they’re unlikely to pass.
SQUARE ONE
30 minute one-act comedy
Flexible cast of 15, can expand
The coolest High School senior wakes up one day to discover he has become a nerdy freshman. Can he negotiate this nightmare new reality and retain his sense of self? A teen’s identity has never been so challenged.
IT’S ALL IN THE TONER
30 minute one-act comedy
Cast of 10, plus extras
A High School’s haunted copying machine plays matchmaker with the lives of students and teachers alike. Are we better at choosing partners than a strange unearthly force? Does it matter?