Script Archives - Gary Corbin Writing

Novelist, Playwright

Streaming Jesus

A hypochondriac woman’s search for community gets stymied by her fear of interpersonal contact. Even when seeking a connection with those who share her religious faith, she eschews the traditional avenue of local church worship in favor of streaming the sermons of an online preacher who is an obvious con man. Length: 10 pages Cast…

Everything we can do

On election night 2020, two friends commiserate over the polling results, enumerating all of the things they did to prevent the actual outcome…or didn’t do. Length: 10 pages Cast size: 2M, 1-Any Production History: “Everything we can do” was selected by a blind jury and will be workshopped as part of the PDX Playwrights “Daisy…

Voodoo Snowball

Sometimes, the only way to heal a dysfunctional family is through voodoo. Philip, a man of ritual, somehow reached his forties without ever committing to anything – at least, nothing that matters to his parents or his almost-fiancée Elise. But then his sister Danielle informs him that Gus, his estranged father, is dying of lung…

Prefacing

Jane has an unconscious verbal tic that drives her soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend, Mort, over the edge. Way, way over the edge. Length: 7 pages Cast size: 1M, 1W Production History: “Prefacing” was workshopped as part of the PDX Playwrights “Daisy Dukes Shorts Nights” during the 2016 Fertile Ground Festival of New Works, with two performances, all at…

Building Blocks

Abe and Maude have broken up, gotten back together, and now aren’t sure where they stand. Over a game of Jenga, they discover a new way forward. Length: 7 pages Cast size: 1M, 1W Production History: “Building Blocks” was workshopped as part of the PDX Playwrights “Daisy Dukes Shorts Nights” during the 2016 Fertile Ground…

Family Hardware

Finalist, 2019 New Comedy Festival, B Street Theatre, Sacramento, CA Willy is a man of a certain age, who has largely lost interest in sex. His younger wife Katherine’s appetite is as voracious as ever. When Willy’s doctor, Kyle Warren, informs him that his heart is no longer healthy enough for sex, Katherine convinces him…

KleptoFamilia

This family will steal your heart – and maybe your wallet. Cate, a divorced middle-aged woman, is in desperate financial straits – not only from her divorce, but from bailing herself and her daughter out of jail for stealing. Her control-freak boyfriend Edgar wants to take their relationship to the next level, but he’s too…

Happy Anniversary

Robert and Beth meet for dinner on the first, fifth, and tenth anniversaries – of their divorce. Still civil – though just barely – the couple tries to salvage a friendship from the ashes of their ruined marriage. Arguments over the choice of wine, whether to share their food and Robert’s playboy past turn the…

Papacino’s

What if family planning clinics were run like coffee shops? When a young woman finds an unusual clinic on the internet, she discovers that counselors act like baristas, her boyfriend is a regular customer, and pregnancy is just another item on a complex menu. Script length: 10 minutes Cast size: 2W, 1M Production History: Performed…

Script Development

Gary develops scripts under contract and works with playwrights to help them improve characters, plot, dialog and structure. Gary developed the script for the PCC CLIMB Center’s Manufacturing Industry marketing video, available for viewing online. He wrote his dinner theater comedy Murder at the Barracks under contract to Fort Vancouver National Trust. Gary also frequently…

PS, I Love Your Daughter

A middle aged man falls for his best friend’s 30-something daughter. Michael, a 40-something divorced man, has spent three years moping after his divorce. His best friend and former drill sergeant, Paul, convinces him to start dating again. Michael meets Jennifer, the woman of his dreams, at a trade show – only to discover that…

The Exes

Two divorced couples crisscross their romantic paths and hook up with each others’ exes without realizing it until it’s too late and wedding bells start to chime. Elaine, dumped a few years back by playboy husband Sam, runs a struggling bookstore that somehow attracts the attention of Alex, a shy younger man whose hard-charging wife…

PCC CLIMB Center Manufacturing Sector Video

PCC CLIMB Manufacturing Video

PCC’s CLIMB Center commissioned me (via Innovative Growth Solutions) to help them develop this video. I wrote the script and led the group through a facilitated development process before it got turned over to PCC’s media production department. Script Medium: Video Length: Short (2 min) All audiences Production History: Produced in 2015 by Portland Community…

Dad, I Hardly Know You

Just when never-married, forty-something Victor thinks he may have talked his new girlfriend Andrea, an unemployed erotic yoga instructor, into moving in with him, his estranged father Abe barges back into his life—suitcase in hand. Abe’s obsession with his own aging body and his take-no-prisoners tendency to say whatever crosses his mind leads to confessions…

Truthstone

Four friends meet for drinks before their twenty-fifth high school reunion, the first time they’ve all reunited in twenty years. When one of them reveals she’s brought along their own private version of a “Blarney Stone,” embarrassing confessions are a must… plus one confession the others didn’t count on. Comedy Teens and up Approx. 12…

Mama vs. The Mob

Dinner Theater. Chicago, 1927. Al Caponi knows someone is trying to take over his mob operation. But who? It turns out, almost everyone—especially all of the women in his life. “Mama Vs. The Mob” earned three awards in the Special Events category at Magenta’s January 2011 “Artistic Director Awards” – Best Actor, Best Actress, and…

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