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Money Talks Too Loud

a comedy
Sequel to The Birds Are Feeding Me
Apartment owners must decide whether to accept an offer from a new neighbor.
 
Characters
DOUG, mature man
KIM, young woman
MARION, senior woman

(online reading)
LA Play Reading
Los Angeles, California
July 28, 2024


​Cast: Robert Chambers (Doug), Megan Frances (Kim), Elizabeth Jouvenat (Marion​)​
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Video of Robert Chambers (Doug), Megan Frances (Kim) and Elizabeth Jouvenat (Marion​)​

(video)
Virtual Reading Group

The Orange Players
Orange, Connecticut
August 7, 2022


​Cast: Simon Marwood (Doug), Julia Gritzbach​ (Kim), Brenda Jacobson (Marion​)

Directed by Daniel Lee White
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Simon Marwood (Doug), Julia Gritzbach​ (Kim) and Brenda Jacobson (Marion​)

(online reading)
Play Readings With Friends
New York, NY
​January 9, 2022


​Cast: Michael Gardener (Doug), Sarah Mullins (Kim), Betsy Ross (Marion​)​
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Betsy Ross (Marion​), Sarah Mullins (Kim) and Michael Gardener (Doug)

BCT Shorts
​Bangkok Community Theatre

Bangkok, Thailand
September 22, 2021


​Cast: Daniel O’Shea (Doug), Claudia Liu (Kim), Mary Anne Cree (Marion​)
​
Directed by 
Bonnie Zellerbach
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Video of Daniel O’Shea (Doug), Claudia Liu (Kim) and Mary Anne Cree (Marion​)

(online reading)
P.A.G.E.S.
New York, NY,
August 17, 2021

​Cast: 
Gregory Thomas (Doug), Devon Werden (Kim), Rosina Fernhoff (Marion​)
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Gregory Thomas (Doug), Devon Werden (Kim) and Sharlene Hartman (Marion​)

(online reading)
Playwrights Circle
Bread & Roses Theatre

London
​June 28, 2021


​Cast: Derekk Ross (Doug), Faebian Averies (Kim), Maria Cole (Marion​)
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Faebian Averies (Kim), Derekk Ross (Doug) and Maria Cole (Marion​)

Birds and Money
(online reading)

Moving Parts
​
Paris, France
June 27, 2021

Cast: James Gerard (Doug), 
Tuvana Hizarchi (Kim), Susan Laplane (Marion)

Directed by Stephanie Campion ​
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James Gerard (Doug), Tuvana Hizarchi (Kim) and Susan Laplane (Marion)

(online reading)
Tiger’s Heart Players
New York, NY
​May 23, 2021

​Cast: Steve Ayle
 (Doug), Kate McMorran (Kim), Cheryl Frazier (Marion​)
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Steve Ayle (Doug), Kate McMorran (Kim) and Cheryl Frazier (Marion​)

(Zoom theatre video)
Anything Goes! Theatre Lab

ANDTheatre Company
New York, NY,  ​May 26, 2021

​Recorded May 10, 2021
​
​Cast: Steve Bruun (Doug), Kate McMorran (Kim), Rosina Fernhoff (Marion​)
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Video of Steve Bruun (Doug), Kate McMorran (Kim) and Rosina Fernhoff (Marion​)

(all-female version, online reading)
LAVA Playwrights Circle
​
Greenfield, Massachusetts
May 10, 2021
​

Cast: Patricia Crosby (Dulcie), Christine Benvenuto (Kim), Jan Maher (Marion)
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Christine Benvenuto (Kim), Jan Maher (Marion) and Patricia Crosby (Dulcie)

(5-minute version, online reading)
NCPLab Virtual
New City Players
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
​April 26, 2021

Cast: Michael Gioia (Doug),
Stephanie "Zev" Johnston (Kim), Nancy Winokoor (Marion)
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Zev Johnston (Kim), Michael Gioia (Doug) and Nancy Winokoor (Marion)