{"id":20394,"date":"2024-03-29T09:37:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T09:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=20394"},"modified":"2025-10-27T17:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:12:16","slug":"get-the-message-a-short-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=20394","title":{"rendered":"Get The Message \u2022 A Short Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=19062\"><strong>Coni Koepfinger<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Have you ever noticed when you talk about something, suddenly an ad for it pops up on your cellphone? They say that these \u201csmart phones\u201d can think for themselves now. Does this one go too far? When \u201cGabby\u201d starts intercepting messages on Diana Dorn\u2019s phone, she comes close to a trade-in. But after a broken key and the broken engagement, Diana realizes that Gabby is smart enough to keep her one step ahead of the game. Diana loses a lover but lands the biggest break in her career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>PLAY DETAILS:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">2f, 1either m or f\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Diana Dorn<\/b> \u2013 A talented, unemployed actress, early 40s, single but searching. She\u2019s been having trouble with her cell phone and is very concerned that she could be missing messages; a not-so-happy customer, she\u2019s ready to trade it in.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c<b>Cookie Cutter<\/b>\u201d (pen name) Catherine Ann Cutter \u2013 Mid-50s, married with grown children. A frustrated playwright, somewhat new to Manhattan. A part-time sales rep at T- CosMobile. Just got her first contract Off-Broadway.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Gabby<\/b>\u2013 her late Mother, Gabby is now taking on somewhat of an omniscient, advisory personality.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">About 25 minutes<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Contemporary costumes<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Simple setting: interior\/exterior<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>ORDER # 3379<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PERUSAL MATERIALS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Get-The-Message-PERUSAL-3379.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18790\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Perusal-Script-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>AWARDS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Winner of the 2024 Summer Short Competition at The Open Eye Theatre, Margaretville, New York<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>REHEARSAL-PRODUCTION MATERIALS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Production Script PDF Rental<\/strong><\/em> &#8212; <b>ORDER #<strong>3379<\/strong>a : $20.00<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_blank\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"RNRNVX3EJVGBN\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"currency_code\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"USD\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Add to Cart\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><\/form>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>1st Performance Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong><\/em> (or Only Performance Royalty) &#8212; <b>ORDER #<strong>3379<\/strong>d : $25.00<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_blank\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"JJC6RJQ36V6J8\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"currency_code\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"USD\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Add to Cart\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><\/form>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>2nd Performance Amateur\/EducationalRoyalty<\/strong><\/em> (each additional performance) &#8212; <b>ORDER #<strong>3379<\/strong>e : $20.00<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_blank\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"QEBPSKA5T7K7Q\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"currency_code\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"USD\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Add to Cart\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><\/form>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Professional Royalties<\/strong><\/em> quoted on <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=6558\"><strong>APPLICATION<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>BILLING CREDITS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>GET THE MESSAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Coni Koepfinger<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: The names of the Playwright(s), Composer, Lyricist, and Bookwriter shall be equal in size, type, coloring, boldness, and prominence. No billing shall appear in type larger or more prominent than the billing to the Authors except for the title of the play. (In a press release all type, will of course, be the same size.)<\/p>\n<p>ALSO:<\/p>\n<p>THIS NOTICE MUST APPEAR IN ALL PROGRAMS, ON ALL POSTERS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND INTERNET ADVERTISING\/WEBPAGES FOR THE PLAY:<br \/>\n\u201c<i>GET THE MESSAGE <\/i>is presented through special arrangement with Premi\u00e9re Theatrical Licensing on behalf of Leicester Bay Theatricals.\u00a0 All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT, www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PRODUCTIONS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>Coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wioxradio.org\/programs\">WIOX Radio Open Eye Playtime Theatre\/Podcast<\/a>\u00a0 &#8212; Tuesday, <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><strong><strong>July 16, 2024 &#8212; <\/strong>6:00 &#8211; 7:00pm<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PREMIERE: Manhattan Repertory Theatre, New York City \u2013 22 January 2015<\/li>\n<li>Staged Reading: Little Black Dress Competition, Ithaca College, New York \u2013 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Coni Koepfinger Have you ever noticed when you talk about something, suddenly an ad for it pops up on your cellphone?<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=20394\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[711,709,712,5,3,710,716],"tags":[110,134,218],"class_list":["post-20394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-university-theatre","category-community-theatre","category-high-school-theatre","category-latest","category-new-releases","category-professional-theatre","category-senior-theatre","tag-contemporary","tag-short-plays","tag-strong-female-cast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Get-The-Message-LOGO.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6fXeh-5iW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20394"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22513,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20394\/revisions\/22513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}