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screenwriter and playwright
ARTHUR M. JOLLY.
Discover the works of Arthur M. Jolly (he, him), download free monologues for auditions and classes, purchase playscripts, ask questions, and get all the info on upcoming productions. Over ONE AND A HALF MILLION visitors so far... welcome!
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NEWS
Updated December 2024
Mrs Dilber is back in Los Angeles!
MRS DILBER'S CHRISTMAS CAROL will be back at Loft Ensemble Theatre Company, December 5th through the 22nd, Thursday through Sundays. I'll be there opening night, and the second and third weekends! Loft is in NoHo, on Camarillo and Lankershim!
It's getting RAVE REVIEWS at Rabble Rouse News and is Stage Raw Recommmended!
The Lady Demands Satisfaction has its 12th production!
My sword-slinging, feminist farce The Lady Demands Satisfaction has had rave-reviewed productions across the country and overseas, and has just closed its 12th production, at UnQualified Theatre in Minneapolis, MN.
It's doing so well, it now has its own website!
"It’s full of the kind of shenanigans you’d expect from a classic BBC or Channel 4 period comedy... but with a decidedly more feminist take."
- Kyle Dekker, Twin Cities Geek
A fantastic review of the UnQualified Theatre production in the Twin Cities Geek by Kyle Dekker.
Luitger (K. Merit Burgett), Penelope (Kari Heistad), Lady Theodosia (Amanda Espinoza), and Trothe (Nadya Dominique) examine what they’ve found. Photo Molly Weibel Ulring | 1000 Words Photography
Still Waters - short film
The short film I wrote, STILL WATERS, directed by Katia Café-Fébrissy, won the Best Cinematography Award at the CINEFAM Women of Colour Creators Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.
Huge congratulations, and well-deserved kudos to the Director of Photography D. Gregor Hagey!
A new monologue - publication and a Ukraine performance!
A brand new monologue, NO QUARTER GIVEN will be part of the upcoming Faces of America #6 performance by The Playground Experiment on Novermber 23rd, and published in their anthology. Before that, it will be performed in Kiev, Ukraine on November 8th by Oleksandra Pylypchuk at the ProEnglish Theatre of Ukraine's Solo Play Festival!
| December 6th-22nd 2024 | Mrs Dilber's Christmas Carol | Loft Ensemble Theatre North Hollywood, CA 91602 |
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| December 7th, 2024 | The Night Before Christmas | Halfpenny Youth Theatre Spanish Fork, Utah |
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| December 12th, 2024 | The Night Before Christmas | Arcola Community School Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| December 2024 | The Night Before Christmas | State College Community Theatre State College, PA |
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Buy me a latte?
So this site has had over 1.5 million visitors (see the counter above!), and I added a button for the "Buy me a coffee" website, thinking it might offset the cost of hosting the free monologues to download. Well.. it didn't. There was an initial burst of tips from some lovely friends, for which I am very grateful... and since then... very quiet. But you might be the visitor that suprises me! Chip in a buck or two today!
What are you writing?
I'm still working on a play about The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie - developed with Houston's Alley Theatre. Here's some inside info, courtesy of Brendan Bourque-Sheil and the Landing Theatre New Works Podcast!
On Writing Monologues
A drama teaching friend of mine asked me to muse on what makes a strong standalone monologue for her class... so here's my take on it!