SnapShots - Klein, Jean

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Résumé :
Snapshots is a three-actor touching comedy that captures the high and low points of a 30-year marriage. Maggie ages from 27 to 60's and Sy, her husband, ages 32 to 60's. The Man represents various pivotal figures in their lives. Great for competitions, high schools, community theaters. Simple set: 3 cubes and a coat rack. Placed 3rd in the Kernoble One-Act Competition at the University of Arkansas. The events in this play are those that didn't make it into the family picture album but formed pivotal moments in the ongoing relationship. Maggie and Sy discover each other on a park bench near the University at which they have both come to teach. What follows is a whimsical and musical overview of their struggles during courtship, marriage, parenthood, and eventual widowhood, orchestrated by a park employee (or is he?) who assumes various roles: obstetrician, wedding party guest, and mysterious messenger. From the director Josie O'Laughlin at Concordia University in Nebraska: O'Laughlin said she chose to direct Snapshots because she believed many people could relate to its portrayal of simplicity. The play illustrates how moments that are seemingly small and insignificant can have a much larger impact, she said. I also fell in love with the story it conveys to its audience, she said, showing snapshots of memories found within the confines of two individual's lives. I believe that this one act, in particular, portrays beauty in the simple moments that make our relationships. It's not in the life-changing events, but the subtle words and looks.

Biographie:
Jean Klein has been a semi-finalist in the O'Neill competition; A one-act play Snapshots was a winner in the Kernodle Play competition at the University of Arkansas. Her play Lifeswap was produced at The Venue on 35th in Norfolk, Virginia in 2012 and at The Edge Theater in Belle Haven, Virginia. A full-length play, The Refraction Of Light was produced by the Norfolk Summer Playfest in 2012 and numerous other short plays (Heritage; Planned Parenthood; In and Out; Finals) have been produced at theaters across the country. She holds an MA in English and an MFA in Fiction from the University of Iowa, and currently teaches in the MA/MFA Program in Creative Writing, a model low-residency program, at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania. A Dish Best Served Cold - A Revenge Fantasy in 10 Minutes by Jean H. Klein 10 minutes 2M; Max/Min 2 A man is lied to when he volunteers for a psychological experiment on the role of pain in learning. His experience leaves him scarred. Twenty years later, he confronts the psychologist who conducted the experiment. To inflict revenge? T0 get an apology? Does he even know why? Do we? Refraction of Light 100 minutes 2 Males, 2 Females, Min/Max 4 On the day World War II ends, another war begins. Joe Taylor, an African-American veteran decides he wants to marry Nettie French, a childhood sweetheart, and buy the house belonging to Rose Beauchamp. Rose is a white teacher who has befriended both Nettie and Joe and encouraged their friendship and academic aspirations. Rose's prejudice rears its head and her reluctance to sell her house to Joe sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy all their futures. Harry Rosen, a Jewish immigrant from Nazi Germany, enters their lives and helps them find their way home. Inside and Out 1 Male, 1 Female. 1 M or F. Max 3, Min 3 This 10-minute poetic play dramatizes a mother's attempt to reach inside the autistic mind of her young son. Characters include Jonah, the boy, his mother, Jonah's mind. The play is a great change of pace in an evening of short plays and as an i