JOCK DOUBLEDAY
writer
jockdoubleday.writer@gmail.com
Screenplays
FEATURE-LENGTH
The Last Cowboy (drama)
Montana ranch hand refuses to play himself in a film. January 2010.
Glory Road (fantasy adaptation of a Robert Heinlein novel by
the same name)
Vietnam vet is given the chance to be a true hero. January 2009.
Character (romantic comedy)
Lonely London literary agent finds on his desk an authorless script that
leads him into the stream of life. January 2008.
The Eden Game (drama) Czech playwright Vaclav Havel is
incarcerated by the Czech government for subversion of the republic but rises
to the presidency of Czechoslovakia. November 2007.
Claire and Francine (dramatic
comedy) Two best friends from the
Midwest test the strength of their friendship on a weekend in Hollywood. May
1997.
Look For Me In Heaven
(drama) Methodist minister
John Dyer preaches to the Colorado Rocky Mountain gold miners. March 1994.
The Devil & Mrs. Shakespeare (drama)
Anne Hathaway, the real author of the Shakespeare plays, is raised from
the dead and spirited by Satan's witches to modern-day New York City to witness
and versify the Final Fall of humankind. 1990.
SHORTS
Father (one-minute drama)
Father returns to claim his place in the family. January 2009.
Windsong (one-minute drama)
Young woman lets go of the past. January 2009.
Uncertainty (one-minute dramatic comedy)
Graduate student reveals an unexpected truth to her professor. December 2008.
Audition (20-minute drama)
Actress considers promises unfulfilled. December 2008.
Do Actresses Dream of Laminar Flow? (70-minute dramatic comedy) Neurotic New York City actress comes to terms with herself.
September 2004.
SPEC SCRIPTS
Starman II: A Child Is Born (spec script).
September 2002.
Terminator 3: Fathers Day (spec script).
March 1995.
It's a Wonderful Life, short play about a woman and a video store clerk at Christmas, Above the Curve Theatre, North Hollywood, November 12-15, 20-22, 2009.
The Pitch, short play about a Hollywood pitchmeister who pitches one from the heart, M Bar, Hollywood, CA, May 23, 2008.
The Last Cowboy, short play about a Montana ranch hand who refuses to play himself in a film, M Bar, Hollywood, CA, May 23, 2008.
Critique, short play about an actress and her teacher, The Secret Rose Theater, March 30, 2008.
Whale Song, short play about a graduate student and her professor, The Secret Rose Theater, March 30, 2008.
Here Comes the Sun, short play about a Jersey guy and an L.A. actress, The Secret Rose Theater, March 30, 2008.
Mating Season, short play about a young hunter and a vegetarian, The Secret Rose Theater, March 30, 2008.
Star 69, short play about a wheelchair-bound man at Christmas, Theatre 150, Ojai, California, John Randle, director, storyline@hughes.net, December 2006.
Do Actresses Dream of Laminar Flow?, one-act play about a neurotic New York City actress, Gettysburg College One-Act Play
Festival, Gettysburg, PA, Chris Kauffman, ckauffma@gettysburg.edu, November 2004.
Johnny Bingo, short play about a Jersey guy in Hollywood, Theater 150, Ojai, CA, December 2001.
Jonathan and the Night Things, dance-text performance, Odyssey
Theater, Los Angeles, CA, May 1995.
The Eden Game (one-act version), Senior Repertory Co., SUNY Purchase,
Purchase, New York, Alan Rust, Director, March 1991; also in Spanish and
Czech translations.
Plays Completed
Imagination Anonymous, two-act musical about accepting reality one step at a time, December 2009.
This Dreamer Cometh, two-act play about a graduate student jailed
for her equine field research, October 2009.
Hollywood Nights, short play about a comic who wonders if Bob Seger is her father, June 2009.
Bedtime Stories, short play about a comic who gets an unexpected birthday present from the comedy club manager, June 2009.
It's a Wonderful Life, short play about a woman and a video store clerk on Christmas Eve, June 2009.
Infrared, short play about a young woman considering her own hotness, May 2009.
Jode, short play about a comic and her doppelganger, May 2008.
Being Jade , short play about a comic and a virgin, May 2008.
Omega Girl, short play about a comic and a survivalist, May 2008.
If You Bring Me Flowers, short play about a comic and an audience member, April 2008.
Music, short play about a UFO abductee and an airport worker, April 2008.
Kindness, short play about an ex-football star and an ex-cheerleader, April 2008.
Flawless, short play about two models considering enlightenment in the bathroom, March 2008.
Mating Season, short play about a young hunter and a vegetarian, January
2008.
Audition, one-act play about a small town girl and an L.A.
director, January 2007.
Pedal, Pedal, Pedal, series of six vignettes about two Jersey furniture
movers considering their options on Christmas Eve., September 2006.
Secret Santa, short play about an L.A. actress who does what's necessary to get to the Silver
Screen, September 2006.
Snowfall, short play about a Neolithic human female and a modern-day man, September
2006.
Christmas in Casablanca, short play about Ilsa and Rick's
Christmas Day reunion, September 2006.
Mars Needs Women, short play
about two men on Mars, August 2006.
The Astonishing Confession of Professor Stark, a short play about teens lost on
a biology field trip, August 2006.
Star 69, short play about a semi-paralyzed man at Christmas,
August 2006.
The Last Cowboy, long one-act
play about a Montana ranch hand who refuses to play himself in a film, August
2006.
Christmas on the Mason-Dixon Line, long one-act play about escaping slaves who realize that
they are ghosts, March 2006.
The Labyrinth, short play
about three Oxford grads trapped in a hedge maze, June 2005.
High-risk Lovemaking, short
play about a woman trying to convince her husband to make love in the hospital,
January 2005.
Whale Song, short play
about a graduate student and her professor, June 2004.
Here Comes the Sun, short
play about a Jersey guy and an L.A. actress, May 2003.
Johnny Bingo, short play
about a Jersey guy who thinks he's king of L.A., December 2002.
Stars, Father, short play about a father remembered, October 2001.
The Pitch, short play
about a Hollywood pitchmeister who pitches one from the heart, September 2001.
Do Actresses Dream of Laminar Flow? long one-act
play about a New York City actress who thinks she's not getting parts
because her breasts are too small, May 2001.
The Eden Game, two-act play
about Vaclav Havel's late-1970s incarceration and his subsequent rise to the
presidency of Czechoslovakia, April 1999
(also in Spanish and Czech translations).
Lycidia, four-act
play about the ghost of Virginia Woolf, January 1992.
Readings
This Dreamer Cometh, Private Residence, Los Angeles, November 8, 2009.
Character, Private Residence, Los Angeles, August 9, 2009.
Glory Road, Pacific Resident Theater, Los Angeles, January 31, 2009.
Starman II: A Child Is Born, Happy Valley Theatre, Ojai, CA,
November 3, 2002.
The Eden Game, Theater 150,
Ojai, CA, Elizabeth Rosengren, producer, May 5, 2002.
Claire and Francine,
Theater 150, Ojai, CA, April 28, 2002.
The Eden Game, Theater 150,
Ojai, CA, Kim Maxwell, producer, February 17, 2002.
Do Actresses Dream of Laminar Flow? Private residence, Ojai, CA, July 20, 2001.
Claire and Francine, Carl
Mautz's residence, Nevada City, CA, June 14, 1997.
Terminator 3: Fathers Day, Xander Berkeley's residence, Los Angeles, CA, March 1995.
Shakespeare in Love (now The Devil & Mrs. Shakespeare), Undermain Theater, Dallas, TX,
Julia Dyer, Nov. 1993.
Lycidia, Martha's
Vineyard (with actors from Vineyard Playhouse), August 1992.
The Eden Game, The Shooting
Gallery, 359 Broadway, New York, NY, Sam Adelman, Sept. 1991.
Shakespeare in Love (now The Devil & Mrs. Shakespeare), The Eden Game, Lycidia (selections), Pelican Theater, New Nine Theater Co.,
Michael Walling, producer, January 1991.
Other
Works
It's a Wonderful Life, spec script for "the Manic Progressives." October 2008.
Jonathan and the Secrets of Julie Dane, a children's story.
Jonathan and the Ghost of Frederick R. MacDufflebottom, a children's story.
Jonathan Dreaming, a children's
story.
Jonathan and the Night Things, a children's story.
The
Playwright Interviews Himself, June 2004.
Dive, a manuscript of poetry,
February 2000.
The Ridiculous American: A Just Plain Strange
Correspondence, January 2000.
Pattern Recognition, rock songs (CD).
Good Boy, hip hop songs (CD).
You Are the Country, country songs (CD).
The Last Cowboy, country songs (CD).
Finding Your Inner Puppy: A Book for Dogs Who Have Lost
Their Way, November 1997.
The Secrets of the Universe, "Friends" spec script, September 1995.
Education
SUNY Purchase, Purchase, New York, 1985-1987, B.A.
literature, Spring 1987.
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1978-1980.