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  • 1.  Plays About Therapy

    Posted 03-05-2019 18:45
    Hello, I am looking for plays that depict or deal with therapy, and I having trouble finding titles besides Equus and Beyond Therapy. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you.

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    Nick Ward
    Deer Park TX
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  • 2.  RE: Plays About Therapy

    Posted 03-05-2019 19:30
    Just Like I Wanted https://www.playscripts.com/play/1526 has two or three scenes in a group therapy session, but that is not the main focus of the play.

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    Ken Buswell
    Drama Teacher
    Peachtree City, GA
    http://mcintoshtheater.org/

    Theater kills ignorance
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  • 3.  RE: Plays About Therapy

    Posted 03-06-2019 08:02
    David and Lisa is a good show with a somewhat muddled message.  Great vehicle for the two leads and the therapist.



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  • 4.  RE: Plays About Therapy

    Posted 03-06-2019 08:57
    Cheating Death loosely deals with this. 


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    Kind Regards,

    Jared Wright
    Thomaston GA
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  • 5.  RE: Plays About Therapy

    Posted 03-06-2019 14:09
    Agnes of God by  John Pielmeier: A three-woman show examines the nature of science and psychology that of faith and miracles. A young nun (Sister Agnes) become pregnant through what she perceives as immaculate conception. Dr. Martha Livingstone is a psychiatrist assigned by the state to investigate the case. She comes in conflict with the Mother Superior who wants to believe and defends the possibility of the miracle.

    The Penitent by David Mamet: Charles, a psychiatrist refuses to testify on behalf of a former patient who has killed several people. The murder, a member of the LGBTQ+ community accuses Charles of being homophobic which threatens Charles' career. 




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    James Van Leishout
    Olympia WA
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  • 6.  RE: Plays About Therapy

    Posted 03-07-2019 08:59
    Hi. If you want something that is teachable and can be used with talkbacks, there is Group S.O.S by Bonnie Culver. It's about a therapy group of survivors of sexual abuse with both a male and a female version. There is one book that combines the two versions. There is no language problem or graphic material and it's been done for high schools with discussion afterward. Runs about an hour. I also wrote a one-act comedy about a character or may or may not be a therapist called The Devil's Due.

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    Jean Klein
    Playwright/Founder HaveScripts/BlueMoonPlays
    Playwriting Teacher in MFA program, Wilkes University]
    Virginia BeachVA
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  • 7.  RE: Plays About Therapy

    Posted 03-07-2019 22:33
    Distracted by Lisa Loomer
    Reckless by Craig Lucas

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    Julianna Gibbons
    Salem OR
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