Novelist, Playwright

Truthstone

Truthstone

Four friends meet for drinks before their twenty-fifth high school reunion, the first time they’ve all reunited in twenty years. When one of them reveals she’s brought along their own private version of a “Blarney Stone,” embarrassing confessions are a must… plus one confession the others didn’t count on. Comedy Teens and up Approx. 12…

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A story succeeds when it is told in the most compelling way to the greatest number of interested listeners. The better you tell your story, the more it will attract interested readers—and the more interested they will become. Whether your story is fact or fiction, long or short, poetic or prosaic, self-published or seeking traditional…

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Mama vs. The Mob

Mama vs. The Mob

Dinner Theater. Chicago, 1927. Al Caponi knows someone is trying to take over his mob operation. But who? It turns out, almost everyone—especially all of the women in his life. “Mama Vs. The Mob” earned three awards in the Special Events category at Magenta’s January 2011 “Artistic Director Awards” – Best Actor, Best Actress, and…

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Murder at the Barracks

Murder at the Barracks

A foiled raid on the Fort Vancouver armory during the Civil War threatens to expose the nefarious plots, schemes and affairs of officers, soldiers, wives and townsfolk alike in this comical dinner theater production inspired by actual historical events at the Ft. Vancouver Historic Site. The surprise murder of a well-informed prisoner captured during the…

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Lying in Judgment One Act Play

Lying in Judgment – One Act Play

Peter Robertson, serving on the jury of a murder trial, realizes that the murder being tried is the one he committed. Or was it? He and five other jurors struggle to reach consensus, but their perspectives on what they heard are as different as their personalities. Alfred, an unemployed recent college grad, spent most of…

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Scripts

Gary is an accomplished playwright with several full-length and one-act plays already developed, and several more underway. His plays have been produced a dozen times, including “Happy Anniversary” at Serendipity Players, “PS, I Love Your Daughter” at North End Players and CoHo Theater in Portland, “Mama vs. The Mob” at Magenta Theater and “Murder at…

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The Jumper

The Jumper

A distraught woman contemplates suicide, and her emergency counselor isn’t helping. Nor are any of the men in her life, all of whom bear a striking resemblance to one another. Comedy Teens and up Approx. 10 pages Cast size: 3 Production History: First production: CoHo Theater 24 Hour Plays, August 2, 2010.

Murder on Russell Street

Drama, full-length. Based on the legend of the haunting of what is now the White Eagle Saloon in Portland, OR, a young Polish immigrant is accused of two murders he did not commit. Full-length play Drama All audiences Approx. 100 pages Cast size: 10 Development History: Table reading, PDX Playwrights, Feb 21, 2012.

Kurds and Way

A racist punk harasses his girlfriend’s “Arab” lab partner in a coffee shop until they give him his comeuppance. A satirical jab at an all-too-common form of intolerance in contemporary America. Script-type: Short play Comedy Teens and up Length: 5 pages Cast size: 3 Development History: Table-read at PDX Playwrights, March 5, 2013.

Other stage performances

24-Hour Plays Four writers, four directors, and 30 actors create, rehearse, and perform four one-act plays in 24 hours. Role: Husband Author/Director: Patty Arbelt Production Company: CoHo Productions Venue: CoHo Theater Performance Dates: August 1-2, 2009 Good Citizen On a cold Friday night in March, Minoru Yasui tests the constitutionality of a curfew imposed on…

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