Novelist, Playwright

Lying in Judgment - a novel by Gary Corbin. Photo by Gary Corbin.

Lying in Judgment (novel) coming to life!

It’s coming. The Novel. After ten years of outlining, writing, critiquing, rewriting (even, once, as a play), workshopping, pitching, revising, editing, querying, and waiting for a dying industry (traditional publishing) to embrace my creation, it is coming to life. Lying in Judgment, my legal thriller about a man serving on the jury of a murder…

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MacBeth: A Dark Retelling

MacBeth: A Dark Retelling

This “dark retelling” of the Bard’s classic is an uncomfortable look into the Macbeth story with a stark examination of domestic abuse and the culture that supports it. In a world not too unfamiliar with our own, Lady Macbeth strives to make the best of her unfortunate position, a woman locked in a society that…

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Threshold by Redmond Reams

Threshold, by Redmond Reams

Exploring the world outside the safety of our families is one of the most exciting and scary activities we do. Threshold explores how it is for Mark, a five year-old boy previously abused as a baby in his birth home who found safety in a loving adoptive family at age 1. Mark is terrified of…

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Lady .38

Lady .38

Veronica Dupree (Alyssa Roehrenbeck) is a down on her luck female detective in the 1940s. Will she sink or swim with the help of her long-time beau Eddie (Philip De Lorenzo), and friends, Dutch (John Branch), and the lovely Angela Wickfield (Lindsay Dibben)? With only a day to figure it out, Veronica must prove her…

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Wit

Wit

In this Pulitzer-prize willing play, Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., expert on the brilliant and difficult metaphysical sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. During the course of her illness, Vivian comes to reassess her life and work with a profundity and humor that are transformative. Role: Dr. Kelekian/Mr. Bearing Author: Margaret Edson…

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Lying in Judgment (Novel)

Lying in Judgment:  a murder trial from a jury’s perspective Peter Robertson serves on the jury of a murder trial — for the crime that he committed. Peter Robertson, 33, discovers his wife is cheating on him. Following her suspected boyfriend one night, he erupts into a rage, beats him and leaves him to die…

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Lying in Judgment One Act Play

Lying in Judgment – One Act Play

Peter Robertson, serving on the jury of a murder trial, realizes that the murder being tried is the one he committed. Or was it? He and five other jurors struggle to reach consensus, but their perspectives on what they heard are as different as their personalities. Alfred, an unemployed recent college grad, spent most of…

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Murder on Russell Street

Drama, full-length. Based on the legend of the haunting of what is now the White Eagle Saloon in Portland, OR, a young Polish immigrant is accused of two murders he did not commit. Full-length play Drama All audiences Approx. 100 pages Cast size: 10 Development History: Table reading, PDX Playwrights, Feb 21, 2012.