James Misfeldt


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James writes fiction and plays.

Selected plays
In alphabetical order by title:

A Promising Career
Another Zoo Story
Birds of Paradise
Star Light, Star Bright
Heartbreak Hotel
Goldie and the Three Bears

To request a copy of any of these plays please contact the playwright directly via email

To inquire about performance rights for any of these plays please contact the playwright directly via email

A Promising Career
by James Misfeldt

Style: Comedy
Number of Acts: One Act
Total actors required: 3
Men: 2
Women: 1

Synopsis:
Marlene and Travis hafta get outta the city. Marlene blows the motor in the Mustang. They're stuck in a rural motel. It is hot, and Marlene is not happy. Enter Cooper, a life insurance salesman. He brings a bottle for a drink and a few laughs. The laughs get outta hand. Marlene and Travis end up fugitives from the law.

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Another Zoo Story
by James Misfeldt

Style: Comedy
Number of Acts: One Act
Total actors required: 2
Men: 2

Synopsis:
Harris, a city nureaucrat, having eaten his lunch, is reading on a park bench. he is joined by Barton, who pushes himself into Harris' personal space. When Harris tries to get back to work, he is blocked by Barton

Additional Note: A lunchbox play

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Birds of Paradise
by James Misfeldt

Style: Drama
Number of Acts: One act
Total actors required: 3
Men: 2
Women: 1

Synopsis:
Buddy and Sissy, twentysomethings, from the wrong side of tracks, are taking the train to get out of the bush town. Lenny, the son of the principal, is going back to university. Let the games begin. But the games escalate into violence. Sissy has to decide to take her brother or save herself.

Return to list

Star Light, Star Bright
by James Misfeldt

Style: Drama
Number of Acts: One Act
Total actors required: 4
Men: 3
Women: 1

Synopsis:
From the time an aboriginal man left the Empire Hotel to the time he was found frozen to death in the back alley, nobody knows what happened. But Burns, a city journalist newspaper is convinced Sanderson was beaten and left for dead by two racist cops. Inspector Materson reopens the file. But he cannot find evidence to back the allegations against the two police officers. Constable Waters is convinced the two cops are being thrown to the wolves.

Three agit-prop performers reenact the crime scene. A radio talk show host and her callers give their two cents on the events and issues of racism and justice.

An inquiry believes Sanderson's friend's story that he saw Sanderson bleeding and screaming for his life in the back of the police cruiser that fateful night. The two cops are found responsible for Sanderson's death. Even though, a homeless man could have witnessed what happened that night. But he was never called to testify. So what did happen?

Return to list

Heartbreak Hotel
by James Misfeldt

Style: Comedy
Number of Acts: 2
Total actors required: 5
Men: 0
Women: 5

Synopsis:
Heartbreak Hotel is a dinner theatre murder mystery that tells the story of two women who are thought around town to have robbed and murdered, in their hotel beds, a number of traveling salesmen who went missing back in the dirty thirties.
Now, in their old age, bodies are turning up around town. But are the old two old women murderers? Have there even been murders?

Return to list

Goldie and the Three Bears
by James Misfeldt

Style: Comedy
Number of Acts: 1
Total actors required: 4
Men: 0
Women: 4

Synopsis:
Poppa, Momma and Baby Bear live happily with Gramma Bear - until Goldie shows up.

Return to list

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