Augustine's Confessions: Scenes from American Life

Augustine's Confessions: Scenes from American Life by John Augustine

(2)
Productions (14)
Comedy/Drama
|
75 - 90 minutes
4 W, 3 M,  (6-48 actors possible: 3-25 W, 3-23 M)
Content Notes: Adult language and content
Set: Simple flexible set with pieces that can stand in for a cafe, living room, and grocery store counter.

An exceptional and eclectic collection of twenty short plays that wends its way through various scenes of urban life. Along the way there are unlikely weirdos accosting people on subways in The Subway, a militant store clerk pushing environmental reform in Pamper Island, a man grappling with his own racism in The Three Roses, and a woman who wears a wedding dress to a wedding that isn't hers in Temporary People, Part Two: Rebecca Ruth. With wit and sensitivity, Augustine's Confessions explores the terminally vague and toxically vogue members of society. Read More

Read For FREE Add Script(s) To Cart Apply For Rights Add To Wish List

Pricing Information

Min. Performance Fee* $85
Standard Edition $13.99
Stage Manager Edition $24.99
NOTE: Each piece in this anthology can be licensed and performed separately.

*The per performance fee begins at $85. Your per performance fee will be provided during the ordering process.

Play Details

An exceptional and eclectic collection of twenty short plays that wends its way through various scenes of urban life. Along the way there are unlikely weirdos accosting people on subways in The Subway, a militant store clerk pushing environmental reform in Pamper Island, a man grappling with his own racism in The Three Roses, and a woman who wears a wedding dress to a wedding that isn't hers in Temporary People, Part Two: Rebecca Ruth. With wit and sensitivity, Augustine's Confessions explores the terminally vague and toxically vogue members of society.

To purchase this book of 20 plays, click "Order this play" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:

  • The Opening
  • Gen - X
  • The Subway
  • Temporary People, Part I: Siobhan
  • Nicole and Jane
  • Ghost
  • Pamper Island: A Grocery Store Comedy
  • The Three Roses
  • Window of Opportunity
  • Kept Boy
  • Megaphone Man
  • The Censorship Play
  • Temporary People, Part II: Rebecca Ruth
  • The Closing
  • Scab Writes a Song!
  • Promesa
  • Innocent Victims
  • Maurice
  • Sarabande
  • Mrs. Smith Plays the Piano

    • Comedy/Drama
    • |
    • 75 - 90 minutes
    • 4 W, 3 M,  (6-48 actors possible: 3-25 W, 3-23 M)
    • Content Notes: Adult language and content
    • Set: Simple flexible set with pieces that can stand in for a cafe, living room, and grocery store counter.

    • Published Reviews

    "John Augustine's characters cling to language like alcoholics to a martini glass. Insecure, endless verbalizing and very funny, they hope to assuage ambivalence with words; their dialogue tends less to the absurd than to a brittle epigrammatic gleam."

    The Village Voice

    "Incisive wit and keen observations."

    The Trenton Times

    "A bright talent, with an excellent ear for the way people talk without resorting to monosyllables and obscenities."

    The New Hope Gazette

    "Fresh new material... shark jokes and comic thrusts toward the ironies of modern life, in living rooms, supermarkets, offices and bedrooms, there is a deep understanding of loneliness of modern life and the helplessness of confronting it."

    The Princeton Packet

    Production History

    APR 09, 2021 - APR 09, 2021
    School For Creative And Performing Arts
    Cincinnati, OH United States
    		 School For Creative And Performing Arts Cincinnati, OH United States
    MAR 16, 2017 - MAR 19, 2017
    Hartwick College Theatre Arts
    Oneonta, NY United States
    		 Hartwick College Theatre Arts Oneonta, NY United States
    MAR 03, 2017 - MAR 03, 2017
    New York University
    New York, NY United States
    		 New York University New York, NY United States
    OCT 21, 2016 - OCT 22, 2016
    Palo Verde Community College
    Blythe, CA United States
    		 Palo Verde Community College Blythe, CA United States
    NOV 20, 2014 - NOV 20, 2014
    Roosevelt High School
    Seattle, WA United States
    		 Roosevelt High School Seattle, WA United States
    AUG 21, 2014 - AUG 22, 2014
    Woodville High School
    ST Clair, SA Australia
    		 Woodville High School ST Clair, SA Australia
    NOV 17, 2011 - NOV 19, 2011
    Whatcom Community College
    Bellingham, WA United States
    		 Whatcom Community College Bellingham, WA United States
    APR 16, 2011 - APR 17, 2011
    Adam Roebuck Productions
    New York, NY United States
    		 Adam Roebuck Productions New York, NY United States
    FEB 25, 2011 - FEB 27, 2011
    Orange Coast College
    Costa Mesa, CA United States
    		 Orange Coast College Costa Mesa, CA United States
    MAR 13, 2008 - MAR 15, 2008
    Mount Saint Mary's Univ
    Emmitsburg, MD United States
    		 Mount Saint Mary's Univ Emmitsburg, MD United States
    JAN 01, 1999 - DEC 31, 1999
    Newfallen Theatre Company
    New York, NY United States
    		 Newfallen Theatre Company New York, NY United States
    JAN 01, 1997 - DEC 31, 1997
    New Hope Performing Arts Festival
    New Hope, PA United States
    		 New Hope Performing Arts Festival New Hope, PA United States
    JAN 01, 1994 - DEC 31, 1994
    Ensemble Studio Theatre
    New York City, NY United States
    		 Ensemble Studio Theatre New York City, NY United States
    JAN 01, 1993 - DEC 31, 1993
    HOME at HERE
    New York, NY United States
    		 HOME at HERE New York, NY United States
    No upcoming productions.
    JAN 01, 1999 - DEC 31, 1999
    Newfallen Theatre Company
    New York, NY United States
    		 Newfallen Theatre Company New York, NY United States
    JAN 01, 1997 - DEC 31, 1997
    New Hope Performing Arts Festival
    New Hope, PA United States
    		 New Hope Performing Arts Festival New Hope, PA United States
    JAN 01, 1994 - DEC 31, 1994
    Ensemble Studio Theatre
    New York City, NY United States
    		 Ensemble Studio Theatre New York City, NY United States
    JAN 01, 1993 - DEC 31, 1993
    HOME at HERE
    New York, NY United States
    		 HOME at HERE New York, NY United States

    Similar Plays / Customers Also Purchased

    Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes)

    by Greg Allen

    Community Garden

    by Justin Borak

    Dracula

    adapted by William McNulty

    Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play

    by Joe Landry

    Frankenstein (full-length)

    by R. N. Sandberg

    Dilemmas with Dinner

    by Robin Roberts

    Angels of Bataan (full-length)

    by Tracy Wells

    Deadline

    by Douglas E. Hughes

    Branwell (and the other Brontës): an autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

    by Stephen Kaplan

    Decked!

    by Ginna Hoben

    The Subway

    by John Augustine

    Pamper Island: A Grocery Store Comedy

    by John Augustine

    Ghost

    by John Augustine

    1984 by George Orwell

    adapted for the stage by Michael Gene Sullivan

    Failure: A Love Story

    by Philip Dawkins

    Exit, Pursued by a Bear

    by Lauren Gunderson