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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.

Ted Shine New Play Festival
Soul Rep Theatre Company
Margo Jones Theatre
Dallas, Texas
​June 8-17, 2023

Cast: Octavia Thomas (Grace), Calvin Gabriel (Kel)

Directed by Ken Orman

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Octavia Thomas (Grace) and Calvin Gabriel (Kel)

​(online reading)
​
Playwrights Circle
​Bread & Roses Theatre

London
​April 24, 2023

​Cast: Maria Cole (Grace), Derekk Ross (Kel)​
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Derekk Ross (Kel) and Maria Cole (Grace)

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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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Video of 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
​

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)
​
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)
​
Drected by Andi Hicks
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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)