William Fowkes, Playwright & Author

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FULL-LENGTH PLAYS

The German Lesson
- A Comedy of Manners in Two Acts.
Why worry when life is spectacular?
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Couple of the Century - A Romantic Comedy in Two Acts.
(Semifinalist in the Open Book’s 8th National Readers Playwriting Competition)
Looking for love, marriage, and therapy on Central Park West.
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Scenes From the Dakota - A Fantasy Play
New York's fabled apartment building provides the setting for a tale about possibilities in and out of the closet and between generations.
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Marriages of Inconvenience - A Play in Two Acts.
Three married men pay the price for leading double lives in a time of social change:
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All in the Faculty - A Play in Two Acts.
Brilliant professors can be rank amateurs in the field of self-knowledge:
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The Seeker - A Play in Two Acts.
He’s looking for God, love, and sex--but not necessarily in that order.
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ONE-ACT PLAYS

Produced:

The Dakota - A Play in Two Scenes.
(First produced June 2005 and October 2005)
A week before his 72nd birthday, a man gets more than he bargained for when he entertains his first visitor in years:
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The Session - A Play in One Act.
(First produced February 2005)
When love's no longer beautiful, a man turns to his therapist:
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The Next Move - A Play in One Act.
(First staged reading October 2006--see NEWS section above)
Sundays aren't always relaxing anymore:
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Published:

The Session - A Play in One Act.
The Distillery--January 2007, Volume XIV, Number 2.
When love's no longer beautiful, a man turns to his therapist:
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Available for Performance or Publication:

Table Manners - A Play in One Act.
Dining out can be more difficult than it sounds:
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Not Here Yet
- A Play in One Act.
A woman seeks her place in the world at the entrance to a subway station in midtown Manhattan:
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Unintended Lives
- A Dark Comedy in One Act.
The reverberations of leaving suburbia to live an openly gay life back in the city:
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Meditation
- A Monologue in One Act.
Learning how to meditate can be a lot harder than it sounds:
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