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Grace Finds Kel

a comedy
A social worker wants to provide accommodation for a homeless man. But he loves his freedom.

Characters:

GRACE, young female social worker
KEL, mature homeless man

This play is an expanded version of 
Help Found.

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International Human Rights Art Festival
The Tank
New York, NY
​January 11, 2023


​Cast: Victoria Freedman (Grace), Mark Cunningham (Kel)

Directed by Barry Reitman

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Mark Cunningham (Kel) and Victoria Freedman (Grace)
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Reboot Festival 2
Kibo Productions
Barons Court Theatre
London

November 29 - December 3, 2022

​Cast: Lizzie Coles 
(Grace), Pete Picton (Kel)

Directed by David Frias-Roblas
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Pete Picton (Kel) and Lizzie Coles (Grace)
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Review
"Understated and genuine performances here from Lizzie Cole and Pete Pictor, in a short piece raising important questions about how society’s assumptions can so often be wrong." - Claire Alexander​



(reading)
Tuesdays at 9 Chicago

Naked Angels
Annoyance Theatre
Chicago, Illinois
​October 11, 2022


Cast: Jennifer Estin (Grace), Michael Bassett (Kel)
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Michael Bassett (Kel) and Jennifer Estin (Grace)

​(online reading)
​
Writing Room
Indie Film Theater Network
Los Angeles, California
​July 26, 2022


Cast: Liz Samuel (Grace), Jimmy Pravasilis (Kel)
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Jimmy Pravasilis (Kel) and Liz Samuel (Grace)

Summer Shorts
Theatre Workshop of Owensboro
Trinity Center
Owensboro, Kentucky
​July 22-31
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Cast: Lindsay Marie and Macy Dame (Grace), Erich Stranger (Kel)

Directed by Lindsay Marie
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Lindsay Marie (Grace) and Erich Stranger (Kel)
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Macy Dame (Grace) and Erich Stranger (Kel)

(staged reading)
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Staged Reading Series
​Center for Performing Arts Moe Auditorium & Film Center
Bonita Springs, Florida
July 8, 2022

Cast: Marlene Strollo (Grace), Kip Jones (Kel)

​Directed by Frank Blocker
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Kip Jones (Kel) and Marlene Strollo (Grace)

​(online reading)
Literary and Discourse Society
Exeter, UK
​May 29, 2022

Cast: Barbara Guinan (Grace), Warwick Bassett (Kel)
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Barbara Guinan (Grace) and Warwick Bassett (Kel)

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: 
David Cantwell (Kel), Melanie Grindell (Grace) 

Directed by Tanya Surrey
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David Cantwell (Kel) and Melanie Grindell (Grace)

A Giggle in Time
Tehachapi Community Theatre
Beekay Theatre
Tehachapi, California
March 18-27, 2022

Program

Cast: Karina Coghlan (Grace), Rick Morris (Kel)
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Drected by Andi Hicks
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Video of Rick Morris (Kel) and Karina Coghlan (Grace)

 ​(online reading)
LAVA Playwrights Circle

Greenfield, Massachusetts
​
March 14, 2022

​​​Cast: Christine Benvenuto (Grace), Patricia Crosby (Kel)
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Patricia Crosby (Kel) and Christine Benvenuto (Grace)

(online reading)
Plays and Pizza
New York, NY
February 7, 2022

​​​Cast: Victoria Freedman (Grace), Frankie Verroca (Kel)

Directed by Art Feinglass
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Frankie Verroca (Kel) and Victoria Freedman (Grace)

(online reading)
Moving Parts
Paris, France
January 16, 2021


Cast: ​Damian Corcoran (Kel), Mollie Keane (Grace)

​Directed by Stephanie Campion 
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Damian Corcoran (Kel) and Mollie Keane (Grace)

(online reading)
Gulf Coast Playwrights Circle
Tallahassee, Florida
December 21, 2021

Cast: Mimi Ayers (Grace), Richard Kuhlman
 (Kel)
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Mimi Ayers (Grace) and Richard Kuhlman (Kel)

(online reading)
The Salon
Pipeline-Collective
Nashville, Tennessee
​December 20, 2021

Cast: Amanda Bell (Grace), Henry Graham Murray​
 (Kel)

​Directed by Galen Fott
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Henry Graham Murray​ (Kel) and Amanda Bell (Grace)

(online reading}
First Fridays
The Barrow Group
New York, NY
​September 10, 2021

Cast: Menaka Apana (Grace), Marie Dondero​
 (Kel)
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Marie Dondero​ (Kel) and Menaka Apana (Grace)

(online reading)
Playwrights on Zoom
Brick Township, New Jersey
​September 8, 2021​​

Cast: Mollie Sperduto (Grace), Jeff Dunne​
 (Kel)
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Mollie Sperduto (Grace) and Jeff Dunne​ (Kel)

(online reading)
Virtual Community Theatre
Hamilton, Ontario
August 26, 2021


Cast: Giselle Muise (Grace), ​Brian Binney (Kel)

​Directed by Eric Luvisotto
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Video of Brian Binney (Kel) and Giselle Muise (Grace)

(online reading)
LA Play Reading
Los Angeles, CA
August 22, 2021

​Cast: Maria Wolf 
(Grace), Michael Gioia (Kel)
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Video of Michael Gioia (Kel) and Maria Wolf (Grace)

​(online reading)
Dunne's Downtime Players
Eldersburg, Maryland
​August 1, 2021 

​Cast: Louise Cornetta 
(Grace), Rick Bergmann (Kel)
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Louise Cornetta (Grace) and Rick Bergmann (Kel)