Novelist, Playwright

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…

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Gary Corbin • October 12, 2015

Building Blocks

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…

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Gary Corbin • October 12, 2015

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…

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Gary Corbin • August 27, 2015

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…

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Gary Corbin • August 26, 2015

Truthstone

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…

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Gary Corbin • August 26, 2015

The Jumper

The Jumper

A distraught woman contemplates suicide, and her emergency counselor isn’t helping. Nor are any of the men in her life, all of whom bear a striking resemblance to one another. Comedy Teens and up Approx. 10 pages Cast size: 3 Production History: First production: CoHo Theater 24 Hour Plays, August 2, 2010.

Gary Corbin • August 26, 2015