Curt Strickland
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Stoughton, MA
Curt Strickland is a Boston area playwright who recently received a masters degree in playwriting from Lesley University’s graduate program. Inspired by August
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Curt Strickland is a Boston area playwright who recently received a masters degree in playwriting from Lesley University’s graduate program. Inspired by August Wilson, Curt is finishing up his 5th play in a ten play opus on American, each play set in a different decade.

Plays

The Last Entrepreneur
by Curt Strickland

This is a play about the soul of an entrepreneur.  It is a story about the great recession of 2008, fathers and sons and race.

Cast:
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Family Dinner
by Curt Strickland

This is a story about three generations of soldiers who come home to share a family dinner. It is the story of war trauma and the damage it exacts on the soul. It is the story about how three soldiers, and one family, fight to achieve a level of peace, forgiveness, and healing. And it is a story about the lies that put Americans in conflicts thousands of miles away, saddling innocent men and woman with unspeakable horror and trauma.

Cast:
TITLE: FAMILY DINNER Character Breakdown: MARTHA MACARTHY: Around 75 years old, married to the Colonel, victim of domestic abuse both verbal and physical--physical in the early part of their 50 year marriage. COLONEL MACARTHY: Around 75 years old, married to Martha, and is haunted by his war memories. He is dying of lung cancer, after having worked in a factory most of his life. KAREN MACARTHY: Martha’s and the Colonel’s daughter, fifty eight years old, and a lawyer. BOBBY MACARTHY: Around 55 years old, a Vietnam vet who is a drug addict, resented by his father and coddled by his mother. He is mired in the trauma of his war experience and seeks a measure of peace, while also working to stop his son from going back to Iraq. DYLAN MACARTHY: 23 years old, the son of Bobby and an Iraq war veteran who wants to re-enlist and re-unite with his brothers in Iraq. RICHARD: Around 78 years of age, a war buddy of the Colonel who has remained close to the Colonel and Martha over the years. COMMANDING OFFICER: Around 50 years old, can be played by same actor as Richard. Karen, Bobby, Martha, and the Colonel all play themselves in a flashback scene when they were 25 years younger. TIME: 2005, the Colonel’s 75th birthday celebration. SETTINGS: The home of Martha and the Colonel. It is a home build in the 60’s and still has the remnants of that style lingering like a black cloud, as if time has stood still. The house is in West Virginia where there is a D