Writings by Patrick M Brennan

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This is a good representative sample of my writings. Mostly I write plays and monologues, but I may post some of my stories and essays here too. If you would like to perform any of the plays on this page, or you would just like to tell me what you think about them, don't hesitate to contact me.

Hack the Vote
Dark Comedy, One Act, 2m1f So, how about those electronic voting machines? Aren't they great? That was what Dean thought when he took a job with one of the manufacturers. Now he's trying to convince his pal Rob that it wasn't such a good idea after all. A couple of hackers discuss politics in the electronic age and come to a surprising discovery!

dog_eat_dog.com
Dark Comedy, One Act, 3m What would you do to prop up the rapidly sinking value of your dot-com stock options? Would you lie to a coworker? Hack his laptop? Bug his office? Set him up to be fired?
This play was published in 2005 by JAC Publishing & Promotions.
Additional Information: http://www.jacneed.com/JAC/Shorts/Brennan_dog.htm

First Person Shooter
Dark Comedy, Full Length This is my latest full-length play. It won the Best Plays 2000 competition at Stageplays.com, and was published by the Internet Theatre Bookshop in January 2001. First Person Shooter is a full-length dark comedy about the blame game (particularly the blame-the-games blame game) which occurs in the wake of a high school shooting. The shooter played Doom, you see. It is a satirical look at the way modern society reacts to violence.
Additional Information: http://www.dramex.org/archive/sifs/shooter.html

Get Out Of My American Way
Comedy, One Act, 1m1f Jim always thought he was immune to the dot-com meltdown. That was before he met Helen.
This play won second place in the best show poll (as voted by the participating playwrights) at the 2001 Playwrights Platform Summer Festival in Boston, MA.
This play was selected to be a part of the Boston Theater Marathon in 2002, and will be published as part of Baker's Plays Boston Theater Marathon IV collection, which is expected in early 2004.
Additional Information: http://www.heniford.net/1234/1m1f_goomaw.html

Drinks Sampler
v1.6, 5-Aug-2001
Dark Comedy, One Act, 2m1f What do you get when you mix two barflies, a Republican hooker, and Gulf War Syndrome?

The Millennium Arrives in Suburbia
Comedy, One Act, 2m1f In the last ten minutes of the last day of 1999, three losers are trying to figure out whether anything big is about to happen when the millennium turns. Not in the way they expect!
Additional Information: http://www.heniford.net/1234/2m1f_tmais.html

Simbiotic
Comedy Science Fiction, One Act, 7 actors It's tough to scrounge a living, especially when you don't really exist.
This play was published in 2005 by JAC Publishing & Promotions. Additional Information: http://www.jacneed.com/JAC/One-Acts/Brennan_Simbiotic.htm

Serve Cold
Tragedy, One Act, 2m Two old friends share a few memories over some frosty mugs, but there's more in this brew than you think.
Additional Information: http://www.wpi.edu/%7Emasque/shows/NV18/ServeCold/

Old Flame
Comedy Monologue This is a monologue about a woman who quit smoking after her lover left her. But she can't seem to bring herself to throw away her lighters.

Stewart
Tragedy, Full Length My second play, this is a moody brood set in the future, when the cars are smart enough to drive themselves. And attempt suicide.

Brennschluss
Tragedy, Full Length This was my first play. It's about Werhner von Braun, Hitler, and the morality of building rockets. It's a pretty ambitious play, and I still like it, even though I made a lot of first-timer mistakes.

Taking Liberties
Comedy Science Fiction Monologue The government can't actually force you to have the thing implanted in your brain. They will do their best to talk you into it, though.

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