Demon Bitch Goddess (Paperback)

Scott C. Sickles

ISBN 10: 1494748452 / ISBN 13: 9781494748456

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Paperback. Life's major milestones happen unexpectedly out of order in these three tales of love, lust and loss. Demon: Medusa Mavis and Thor are two senior citizens out on a first date. Thor is a perfect gentlemen, but that may not be what Mavis wants. Bitch: Cassiopeia Developmentally challenged Angela prepares for her wedding. Her two sisters want what's best for her. Unfortunately, they have very different opinions on what that might be. Goddess: Thalassa On the shore of the Mediterranean, a young woman spots a man about to take a one-way walk into the deep blue sea. Can she save him? Can they save each other? Also included in this volume, four earlier short works by the author: Beautiful Noises - A recently deceased man encounters his long-lost sister in the afterlife. But instead of offering guidance, she needs his help reaching out to the mother she left behind. The Harmonic Convergence - In this award-winning+ play, an aging German immigrant's request to finally learn to read and write in English meets unexpected resistance from his schoolteacher son. Sarcophagus - Cleopatra runs into Robin Hood at a Hollywood party. She's actually a fading actress and he's a struggling assistant in this delicate comedy of acceptance and perception. Manly Men Doing Manly Things - A year after their breakup, a closeted Formula One driver tracks down his ex who's immersed in his own family crisis. +Outstanding Playwright, 1996 Pittsburgh New Works Festival This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781494748456

Synopsis:

Life’s major milestones happen unexpectedly out of order in these three tales of love, lust and loss. Demon: Medusa Mavis and Thor are two senior citizens out on a first date. Thor is a perfect gentlemen, but that may not be what Mavis wants... Bitch: Cassiopeia Developmentally challenged Angela prepares for her wedding. Her two sisters want what’s best for her. Unfortunately, they have very different opinions on what that might be. Goddess: Thalassa On the shore of the Mediterranean, a young woman spots a man about to take a one-way walk into the deep blue sea. Can she save him? Can they save each other? Also included in this volume, four earlier short works by the author: Beautiful Noises — A recently deceased man encounters his long-lost sister in the afterlife. But instead of offering guidance, she needs his help reaching out to the mother she left behind. The Harmonic Convergence — In this award-winning† play, an aging German immigrant’s request to finally learn to read and write in English meets unexpected resistance from his schoolteacher son. Sarcophagus — Cleopatra runs into Robin Hood at a Hollywood party. She’s actually a fading actress and he’s a struggling assistant in this delicate comedy of acceptance and perception. Manly Men Doing Manly Things — A year after their breakup, a closeted Formula One driver tracks down his ex who’s immersed in his own family crisis. †Outstanding Playwright, 1996 Pittsburgh New Works Festival

About the Author: SCOTT C. SICKLES’ plays have been performed in New York City, his native Pittsburgh, across the United States, and internationally in Canada, Australia, the UK, Singapore, and Lebanon. He is a member and former artistic director of the award-winning WorkShop Theater Company. His acclaimed comedy Intellectuals is included in Smith & Kraus’ New Playwrights: Best Plays of 2007. He received the 1999 Beverly Hills Theater Guild/Julie Harris Playwriting Award for Lightning from Heaven, a biographical piece about Boris Pasternak, his muse Olga Ivinskaya, and the creation of Doctor Zhivago. Gulfshore Playhouse presented Shepherd’s Bush, depicting the private life of E.M. Forster, in its Second Annual New Works Festival. His intense romantic drama Moonlight & Love Songs was the inaugural production of GayFestNYC 2013, benefiting students of the Harvey Milk High School. His new play Composure received a Roundtable reading at the Lark Play Development Center. Sickles was named Outstanding Playwright of the 1995 Pittsburgh New Works Festival for his one-act drama The Harmonic Convergence. Published short plays include murmurs (Samuel French Festival Plays #21), and Beautiful Noises (S&K's 2009: Best 10-Minute Plays...). In February 2015, Reno Little Theater will present his evening of short plays, Demon Bitch Goddess, as part of its Off-Off-Wells fringe series. In addition to his theatrical work, Mr. Sickles has received multiple Emmy and WGA Award nominations as part of the writing teams of the daytime serials One Life to Live and General Hospital. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

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Title: Demon Bitch Goddess (Paperback)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new