CELEBRATIONWORKS

presents Seaside  Theatre Cafe

 Where theatre lovers see new comedies of substance 1st!   

  Seaside Center  1613 Lake Drive,  Encinitas, Ca., 92024,

      "Imagination is the theatre of the soul."   Carol Roper, founder Celebrationworks

 

                                                                                                 

       

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Carol Roper is an award-winning writer who has written for, and worked with, Academy Award-winning actor, Robin Williams.  She received the Office for Advanced Drama Research Rockefeller Honorarium for her full-length anti-war play, The Current Rage, which had productions in San Francisco and New York .   

In Hollywood , she wrote for Disney, United Artists, the Osmonds, NBC, ABC.  Carol taught screenwriting at the University of Southern California , and play and novel writing at the University of California , San Diego , Extension.  

She is a lifetime member of The Writers Guild of America and founder of Celebrationworks, a theatre arts organization that provides a supportive environment for the development and production of new plays, and encouragement and space for writers and actors or all ages with emphasis for those over 55, minorities, women and those with physical challenges. 

 

Carol recently moved back to California where she gave a writing workshop to a packed house at the 3rd annual  Fallbrook Film Festival, and posed with honored guest George Hamilton.

Photo by Natalie Taylor.   

 

 

 

WRITER CREDITS:

SHAKESPEARE’S BROTHER, the Lost Years.  (Comedy) The story of Will Shakespeare's missing teen years as told by his younger better looking brother, Gil, weaves together real life people from young Shakespeare’s life with fictional characters from his plays.  Produced. Suggested/simple set, 15 characters, 7m/8f, varied ages. 70 minutes.  Published, Heuer Publishing. (Reviews enclosed)

SHAKESPEARE’S BROTHER In Love.  (Comedy) The young Shakespeare brothers  flee to a forest sanctuary where  they are mistaken for werewolves and then ingest a potion that causes the opposite brothers to switch personalities. (Suggested/simple set, 10 characters, (4M/5F)  45 Minutes.

HOLIDAY HOTEL, (Comedy) Guests in the deteriorating dining room of a once famous Baja hotel, experience an extra-terrestrial phenomenon on New Year’s Eve. (1 Set, 4M/2F, 30 minutes. ) Produced in 2008 as part of the HUMBUG alternative to traditional holiday shows.  Mature audience.

LIAR’S POKER, (Comedy)  a young woman encounters an older woman who is either her sister or mother. (1 set, 2F.) 13minutes. Staged reading at the Coal Creek Theatre in 2009..

ALLIGATORS, a 6 character, 2 act comedic play about a death in the family and whether or not God exists.  (1Set, 2 Acts. 6 Characters, 3M,3F. 1 set.) 100 minutes. In 2007, “Alligators” was a finalist in the Sonora New Play Festival, and launched the Colorado Theatre Guild New Venture series. Staged Readings .

THE FAVORITE SON, (comic-drama) a 4 character, 2 act play about a talented college student who joins the Army, and his well-to-do family's attempts to dissuade him from the commitment and the revelation of his mother's incestuous relationship with him and his brother. (2 Acts. 4 characters, 3M/1F. 1 set. 90 minutes)  Staged Readings . Mature audience.

  

 

 

 

God’s Bread (Baked Fresh Daily) was published by Emerson Press in 2000 to generally favorable reviews.

 

"God’s Bread (Baked Fresh Daily), is a funny, fast-paced, mind expanding and inspirational novel." Rev. Dr. Christian Sorensen,  "Soar: Spiritual Guidance for Overcoming Life's Turbulence."

 

"An entertaining story of redemptive love and the nature of faith." Rev. Gary Anderson, Methodist Campus Minister, University of California, San Diego

 

 

 

 

 

 
Questions, comments want to submit a play, volunteer, or audition?  Contact us at: info@celebrationworks.org