Maurice Martin
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Playwright and freelance journalist living in Arlington, Virginia
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Candy, Flowers, & a Card
Veterinarian Agnes Topper encounters a man waiting for his girlfriend in a city park. She becomes intrigued by the gifts he's selected for her - a box of candy, a bouquet of flowers, and a greeting card - and launches a scientific inquiry into the role these items play in human mating rituals. But is her interest purely academic?
10-minute play, first produced at Source Theater's 17th Annual Washington Theater Festival, Washington, DC, 1997.
Cast: 1 woman, 1 man.
Three Questions
James Franklin, depressed over the death of his wife, is about to end his own life when the phone rings. The caller, Brenda, is conducting a telephone survey about dry cleaning. He's in no mood to answer her three questions, but she won't take "no" for an answer.
10-minute play, first produced at Source Theatre's 20th Annual Washington Theatre Festival, Washington, DC, 2000. Published in the Samuel French anthology "Off-Off-Broadway Festival Plays, 27th Series," 2003.
Cast: 1 woman, 1 man.
Vampires on Disability
A well-meaning government bureaucrat must handle requests for benefits from disabled applicants. Already burned out by his efforts to help people, his patience is strained to the breaking point when a new applicant demands to receive benefits on the basis of an unusual disability--that of being a vampire.
10-minute play, first produced at Source Theatre's 21st Annual Washington Theatre Festival, Washington, DC 2001.
Cast: 2 men, 2 small parts (men or women).
Hillside in Hell
Sisyphus, cursed by the gods, must continually roll a rock up a hillside in Hell only to have it roll back down. He's not happy about this--but then, neither is the rock! Zeus has granted it the power of speech, but Sisyphus and his rock don't get along. Caught in the crossfire is their neighbor, a lonely titan named Prometheus. After 3,000 years of this, something's got to give...
One-act play (approx. 15 minutes), first produced at Source Theatre's 22nd Annual Washington Theatre Festival, Washington, DC 2002, where it won first place in the 10-minute play competition.
Cast: 2 men, 1 rock (man or woman).
The Sound of One Hand Typing
The play begins just as a man and woman finish having cybersex. Though she's never seen his face or heard his voice, she's quite taken with her virtual lover and would like a relationship with him. He's just in it for the cybersex. But something about her keeps him chatting long after he usually logs off.
10-minute play, first produced at Madcap Players 3rd Annual Winter Carnival of New Works, January 2004 at the H Street Playhouse, Washington D.C. Other productions: Theatre Three in Port Jefferson, New York, March 2004 and City Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, July 2004.
Cast: 1 woman, 1 man.