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Don't Flip Your Snood

short comedy
After receiving a Thanksgiving pardon, a reformed turkey seeks forgiveness from a hen he abandoned.
  
CHARACTERS:
EDITH, female wild turkey
GOBBLER, male wild turkey

Pint-Sized Plays
​Remarkable Theatre

Novotel Queenstown (May 5 and 8), Sherwood Queenstown (May 6) and Bannockburn Hall, Cromwell (May 7)
Queenstown and Cromwell
New Zealand
May 5-8, 2022
​

Cast: Marie Dorin (Edith), Angus Pettigrew (Gobbler)

​Directed by Lizzie Dyg


Marie Dorin won the Cornbey-Lind Award for the Best Pint-Sized Plays Performance.
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Angus Pettigrew (Gobbler) and Marie Dorin (Edith)
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Marie Dorin with the Cornbey-Lind Award for the Best Pint-Sized Plays Performance

(online reading)
Literary and Discourse Society
Exeter, UK
​March 6, 2022

Cast: 
Barbara Guinan (Edith), Warwick Bassett (Gobbler)
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Barbara Guinan (Edith) and Warwick Bassett (Gobbler)

(online reading)
Tiger's Heart Players
New York, NY
​​November 21, 2021

Cast: 
Brigid Pfeifer (Edith), Edward Osredkar (Gobbler)
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Brigid Pfeifer (Edith) and Edward Osredkar (Gobbler)

Wheaton 10-Minute Play Festival
AmaZing Theatre Company

Wheaton Library
Wheaton, Maryland
​November 21, 2021

Cast: Tonya Moore (Edith), Chevell Thomas (Gobbler)

Directed by Chevell Thomas
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Video of Chevell Thomas (Gobbler) and Tonya Moore (Edith)

(online reading)
LA Play Reading
Los Angeles, CA
​July 25, 2021

Cast: Louise Cornetta (Edith), Paul Uhler (Gobbler)

​Directed by Goreti da Silva
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Video of Louise Cornetta (Edith) and Paul Uhler (Gobbler)

(online reading)​
Anything Goes! Theatre Lab

ANDTheatre Company
New York, NY
​
June 23, 2021

Cast: Susan Louise O'Connor (Edith), Allen Enlow (Gobbler)​
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Susan Louise O'Connor (Edith) and Allen Enlow (Gobbler)​

(online reading)
Playwrights on Zoom
Brick Township. New Jersey
​June 16, 2021


Cast: Jade Greene (Edith), Ed Schilter (Gobbler)​
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Ed Schilter (Gobbler)​ and Jade Greene (Edith)

(online reading)
P.A.G.E.S.
New York, NY
May 25, 2021​


Cast: Sharlene Hartman (Edith), Tom DiNardo (Gobbler)​
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Sharlene Hartman (Edith) and Tom DiNardo (Gobbler)​

(online reading)
In Our Own Voices
Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights

Los Angeles, California

May 16, 2021

​
Cast: Sharlene Hartman (Edith), Shenendoah Thompson (Gobbler)
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Shenendoah Thompson (Gobbler) and Sharlene Hartman (Edith)

(online reading)
​Off Page
​
Philadelphia Screenwriters
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
​April 14, 2021​​


Cast: Megan Cesario Kratz (Edith), Shenendoah Thompson (Gobbler)
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Shenendoah Thompson (Gobbler) and Megan Cesario Kratz (Edith)

(online reading)
​
Dunne's Downtime Players
Eldersburg, Maryland
​March 21, 2021


Cast: Maslen George (Edith), Gene Valendo (Gobbler)
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Maslen George (Edith) and Gene Valendo (Gobbler)

The Players Theatre Short Play Festival: Sex
Steve & Marie Sgouros Theatre at The Players Theatre
​
New York, NY
March 12-13, 2021

Cast: Emily Brady (Edith), 
Dustin Schlairet (Gobbler)
​
Directed by Brenda Bell

Program
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Emily Brady (Edith) and Dustin Schlairet (Gobbler)

(online reading)
Tiny_Theatre
Fort Myers, Florida
November 26, 2020
​
Cast: Rachel Burttram (Edith), Brendan Powers (Gobbler)
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Rachel Burttram (Edith) and Brendan Powers (Gobbler)

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(First page-Improv-Last page)
Short Form Scratch Night
Reflex Theatre
​Norwich, UK
June 30, 2020

Cast: Laura Hyde (Edith), Russell J Turner (Gobbler)


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Russell J Turner (Gobbler) and Laura Hyde (Edith)

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Published in Contemporary One-Act Plays, Volume 2