HEADSTRONG
BY GEORGE SAPIO
Norman Miller is an unemployed fiction writer who fills his literary work with passages so sexually explicit that no one will publish them. He puts so much emotional energy into the writing that he fails to satisfy his wife, Mixie. Long-suffering, sexually desperate, and concerned for her sanity, Mixie begins an affair with Ted, who may have deeper feelings for her than she wants. An argument leads to murder, and murder leads to disposal problems…just as an unexpected guest shows up with earth-shaking news in this new dark comedy.
- Cast Size: 2M 2W
- Running Time: Over an Hour
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
George Sapio is a mid-career playwright, director, producer, actor, and dramaturg. His first break came when my play Ghosts won the Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award. A later play, Oatmeal and a Cigarettewas awarded Critics’ Pick at the 2008 Cincinnati Fringe. Several of his shorter plays have appeared in “Best of” anthologies.
In response to new playwrights colleagues asking him about his development experiences, he wrote the how-to book Workshopping the New Play: A Guide for Playwrights, Directors, and Dramaturgs (published by Globe Pequot Books). For the past ten years George has produced and hosted the podcast Onstage/Offstage,featuring interviews with theatre professionals from around the world and live readings of new short plays. And because he believed that Ithaca, NY, desperately needed new and exciting theatre blood, he founded and served as the artistic director of the Ithaca Fringe Festival (2013-2017).
Websites: www.gsapio.com; www.onstageoffstage.org;
Find his work on NPX: https://newplayexchange.org/users/785/george-sapio
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