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Plays

" (Braun's plays)...are lyrical, both in the character’s voices and in the stage directions which not only set up a world through description, but the tone of that description matches the world he seeks to create. He creates metaphors that are simultaneously unique and accessible."

-Jessica Davis-Irons, Artistic Director of And How ! Theater Company

In this section you will find longer plays, shorter plays, and literary plays (those being designed less for production and more to be read like a novel). These plays appear here in pdf form with the generous support of the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation. For more “plays” please visit the site-specific section of the website.

Longer Plays

The Story of Jacob Murakami, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Realized Sacred Cows Make The Finest Cheeseburgers

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade, or My View From The Gershwin Hotel

Lucy, The Rodeo Queen of Luling, or n The City On The Edge of Forever

Zozobra

Giants, or The Play About The Misplaced Family

A Penny Arcade Portrait of a Busby Berkely Dream (Based on the Joseph Cornell box of a somewhat similar name)

Angelina

Shorter Plays

Las Cruces

Mirrorball
First published by Quay Journal of the Arts
Second publication by Playscript, Inc.

Savages
First published by Fugue Literary Journal

Story Time (Indiana)
First Published by Quay Journal of the Arts

Trigger Happy Jack
First published by Midway Journal of the Arts

Adaptations

I'm still cleaning these scripts and plan to have them on the site by the spring of 2009.

The Memphis Project (Three Sisters)

Play It Cool, or The Play In The Swimming Pool (The Seagull)

White Rabit, or The Chicago Tea Party (Alice in Wonderland)

Literary Plays

The Big Malibu: Intro

The Big Malibu: Beyond the Sea

The Big Malibu: Intermezzo

The Big Malibu: Why Does The Devil Have All The Good Music?