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    The Penis Papers, a play by Joshua James
    The Penis Papers, a play by Joshua James
    The Penis Papers, a play by Joshua James
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    The Penis Papers, a play by Joshua James

    By Joshua James

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    An up-close comic examination of what it means to grow up with penis.

    The first time you touch it...

    The first time someone else touches it...

    The first time it touches you...

    Everything one really needs to know in order to own and operate a penis.

    THE PENIS PAPERS, a play by Joshua James

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoshua James
    Release dateNov 26, 2015
    ISBN9781310979033
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      The Penis Papers, a play by Joshua James - Joshua James

      Production History

      First produced by The Defiant Ones and Common Factor at Manhattan Theatresource in New York City August, 2002. Directed by Karina Miller, featuring Ato Essandoh, Joshua James and Adam Rothenberg.

      Produced by Constructive Outrage Productions at QED in Astoria, July-September, 2015. Directed by Kathe Mull, assistant director Aaron Kaplan and stage-managed by Jen Ash. Sound design by Pancake. Featuring a rotating cast of the following actors: Aaron Alan, DeMone, Rick Fay, Chuck McKinney, Paul Moon, Michael McCorry Rose, Tony Reilly, Connor Smith and Jonathan Stevens.

      Produced by Constructive Outrage Productions at West End Lounge in Manhattan, October 2015. Directed by Kathe Mull, assistant-directed and stage-managed by Aaron Kaplan. Featuring Aaron Alan, Paul Moon and Jonathan Stevens.

      Image No. 1

      Aaron Alan, Paul Moon, Jonathan Stevens in The Penis Papers. More pics at the end.

      Regarding the Performance Rights

      As per my short plays featured in THE JOSHUA JAMES PROJECT, the performance rights for this full-length play are also FREE under the following conditions:

      1)   It’s a student or college production of less than 30 performances.

      2)   It’s an independent showcase where no one else gets paid and a run of less than 30 performances.

      3)   Bottom line, if it’s a short run and no one else gets paid, I don’t need to get paid. If it’s a longer run at a professional theatre and the actors, stage managers and stagehands are getting paid, then I expect to get paid, too.

      There are requirements, which are as follows:

      1)   Any program or publicity that features the title of the produced play must also feature my name as the author. More on that below.

      2)   Don’t rewrite it or change the text (except where noted). You want to improvise, join an improv group. You want to do my play, then you must do it as it’s written.

      3)   Less than 30 performances by the same company in a single calendar year.

      Why 30? Because that’s enough performances for an independent showcase or college run, and because when I was younger I was convinced that I’d never live to see the age of thirty. I did make it that far (and then some), and have had a lot of fun with independent productions of my work over the years and so now I’m paying the universe back.

      The free royalty applies ONLY to amateur and educational stage productions, not professional ones. And this is for live performance stage productions only.

      The play is under my copyright and I reserve all other rights, including professional, motion pictures, radio broadcasting, television, and the rights of translation into foreign languages, all those rights are strictly reserved. Copying from this book in whole or in part is strictly forbidden by law, and the right of performance is not transferable.

      If it’s a professional theatre interested in a longer run, then one should contact me via my website to secure the professional performance rights.

      www.writerjoshuajames.com

      But if it’s an amateur production, you CAN produce a short theatrical run of this play without even asking. The following notice, however, must appear on all programs:

      "Produced by special arrangement with

      The Joshua James Project."

      Due authorship credit must be given on all programs and advertising for the play. And that’s all you have to do. If it goes well, all I ask is that you purchase a paperback version to give to a friend, and leave a review wherever the play is available to help spread the word. Every review helps. Pay it forward, please.

      CHARACTERS

      Three MEN, between the ages of 25 – 45, wearing dark pants and different colored shirts. The actors are designated thus:

      ONE: A Blue shirt. Cool Blue Intellect.

      TWO: A Red shirt. Red Hot Passion.

      THREE: A White shirt. Pure White Innocence.

      Author’s Note

      It is my preference that the ACTORS speak directly to the audience the majority of the time, even when the dialogue is directed to each other.

      And don’t play up the other characters (the moms, the girlfriends, etc) too much… other than vocal inflection, the actors are doing a reflection of that person… like when you’re at a bar and your buddy tells a story about his wife and he does a bit of her voice, but it’s him doing HIS version of his wife, rather than completely becoming her. That’s key.

      Darkness.

      Light and music come slow, building from a trickle into a roar of attention and fury. Light and sound merge into a tower of masculine energy. Then it disappears. Individual spotlights light up each ACTOR. They look directly at the audience.

      ONE: Cock! Weiner! Hard-on!

      TWO: DICK!

      THREE: Penis.

      ONE: Prick! Wanker! Dong!

      TWO: Fucking DICK!

      THREE: Penis.

      Slight pause.

      ONE: Penis.

      TWO: Penis?

      THREE: Penis.

      ONE: Penis.

      TWO: Penis.

      THREE: Penis. We shouldn’t say it like it’s a bad thing.

      ONE: That’s right. We shouldn’t. People do and it’s wrong. Penis. It’s not a bad thing.

      TWO: It sure as hell ain’t a bad thing, it’s a GREAT THING.

      THREE: Whenever somebody wants to hurt someone’s feelings, they call them a cock or something and that just doesn’t seem right to me. It’s just wrong.

      ONE: Not only to the person but also to the penis.

      TWO: That’s absolutely right, I never thought about it before but it’s true, whenever I really wanted to insult someone, I’d call

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