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Julie Marie Myatt
In the early 1950s, a psychologist sets out to write the definitive book on THE SEX HABITS OF AMERICAN WOMEN. Meanwhile, his wife is having an affair with his former…
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One night in a motel room in the middle of Idaho, a woman finds comfort in a few bored strangers. She’s having seizures, lost, broke, looking for home. She meets…
The story of one woman’s search for sexual abuse in her past. Myatt’s tale [is] a journey into childhood secrets and family dysfunction. Mary lives in Chicago and works as…
…Myatt excels at using small details to evoke larger truths….BIRDER explore[s] fatherhood, mortality, the post-recession economy and the illusory nature of the American dream…BIRDER revels in quirky, meta-theatrical…
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Boats on a River is an unflinching look into the world of sextrafficking in Cambodia, through the eyes of Western aid workers at a rescue shelter.
It is 1970 and Virginia Moore is in love with Glenn, and she is ready to change the future by marching against the war in Vietnam, and for equal rights…
Who gets to decide if a woman has children, and for whom?
A comedy about reproductive rights and the environment.
For years Martin is thought to be the last frog…
For many urban dwellers, daily life includes walking the dog surrounded by strangers and neighbors for whom you have only a passing acquaintance, whose personal stories you can only guess…
…Myatt excels at using small details to evoke larger truths….JOHN IS A FATHER explore[s] fatherhood, mortality, the post-recession economy and the illusory nature of the American dream…In impeccably…
…In returning to a familiar theme, the wandering away from and abandonment of small town America to seek fortune and enlightenment, Myatt scores by unusually and effectively staying with those…
Combat photojournalist Matthew Milton is charged with flying from Afghanistan to pick up his sister, Lizzie, after a two month stint in rehab for heroin addiction. Lizzie’s wealthy Connecticut lifestyle…
The period between life and rebirth involves 49 days and three states of Bardo according to The Tibetan Book of the Dead. On a clear day and in a fit…
Alice intends to end her life in the Badlands of South Dakota, alone, in nature, only she keeps being saved by a Cowboy, out on a silent retreat. It could…
A cowbird, according to playwright Julie Marie Myatt, lays its eggs in other birds’ nest and never returns to them.Myatt took that notion to her play, also called COWBIRD…
When U.S. Marine Jenny Sutter returns from Iraq, she lays down her rifle but isn’t ready to pick up her children. Buying some time, Jenny takes a one-way trip to…
Dramatic Comedy Characters: 3 males, 1 females WINNER! 2009 Ted Schmitt Award for the world premiere of an Outstanding New Play - Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Orange County, California…
