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Jeff
Barker
Jeff
Barker was raised in Mendota, Illinois. He wrote and produced his first play
while in undergraduate school at Greenville College. He went on to earn an
M.A. at Northern Illinois University and an M.F.A. at University of South
Dakota. While in graduate school, he studied playwriting under Dr. S. Alan
Chesler and Dr. Kenn Robbins. Since 1988, he and his wife Karen have held
professorships in acting and directing at Northwestern College, where Mr. Barker
is also playwright in residence. He has over thirty produced plays to his
credit, including Kin, which won the Iowa Playwright's Competition in 2002.
September Bears, his 9/11-based play appeared off-Broadway in 2003. Jeff and
Karen have three children and make their home in Orange City, Iowa.
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One-Act Scripts
Sioux Center Sudan
A one-act drama
5 women, 3 men (with doubling)
36 characters total
“Sioux Center Sudan” tells the true story of Arlene Schuiteman, an Iowa school
teacher turned African missionary nurse in the 1950s. It is a beautiful story
of God’s mysterious work in our lives.
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September Bears
A
one-act drama
4
males, 4 females (with doubling)
26
characters total
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David and Goliath
an ancient play of Israel
A one-act drama
12 males; 6 females
18 characters total, plus musicians
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When Scott Comes Home
A one-act drama
4 males; 4 females (with doubling)
36 characters total
Based on the book "When AIDS Comes Home" by Mignon Zylstra. The
story of a mother and her son and how their faith grew in spite of disease
and death.
44 pages
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Elisha
a collection of Ancient Plays of Israel
number of actors varies
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Code Blue
A one-act
romantic comedy
3 characters (1 male; 2 females)
Two roommates have figured out a system to help each other out of awkward
romantic moments. But today, when help is called for, it's not really needed.
21 pages
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The Final Approach of Flight 232
A one-act drama
2 characters (1 male; 1 female or male)
A one-act detailing the crash of United flight 232 on July 19, 1989. A radio
voice representing Minneapolis Center Control announces an emergency and
hands off the flight to Sioux City Approach Control. Within moments, the
United pilot and the Sioux City controller are working together to coax the
crippled aircraft into the airport. The pilot focuses on his instrument panel
and the controller focuses on her radar screen as they link hands across the
miles to save as many lives as they can in a matter of a few minutes.
21 pages
This play has been published in the Alabama Literary Review and won second
place nationally in The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival One
Act Competition.
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Word Against Word
A one-act
mystery
2 characters (both male)
A graduate student in literature, Jay, accuses his classmate, Easy, of assaulting
him. When Easy arrives at the hospital, Easy and Jay fight each other for
some sort of confession in a case without hard evidence.
14 pages
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