Scripts, plays, monologues, and screenplays

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1. 2019. Behold!: A Program for the Bicentennial of the Birth of the Báb, by Anne Gordon Perry. A fictionalized script of Bahá'í notables commenting on the 200th anniversary of the Bab's birth in 1819, based on passages from Robert Weinberg’s compilation The Primal Point: A selection of testimonials and tributes to the Báb and His followers. [about]
2. 2019-11. Instrument of Music, The: A Musical Comedy, by Sarah Munro and David Cerpa. Dramatization of the role of music in the expansion and consolidation of Bahá’í communities, drawing on the example of Latin America, and the impact and use of music to contribute to the growth of any community. [about]
3. 2017-2020. Dramatic Readings, by Marlene Macke. Nineteen screenplays prepared as part of a Writers' collective at Desert Rose Bahá'í Institute, either fictionalized dramatic presentations of pivotal events in Bahá'í history or adapted from historical books. [about]
4. 2017-10/2018-04. Monologues on the Bicentenary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah and Howard University Visit Commemoration, by Vasu Mohan and Donna Denize. Five biographical monologues delivered in the fictionalized voices of Harriett Gibbs Marshall, Laura Dreyfus Barney, Louis Gregory, Alain Locke, and Pocahontas Pope. [about]
5. 2017-03. This Gem-Studded Crown: A Dramatic Sketch, by Sarah Munro and Sofie Geschier. Fictional dialogue of the first of eight actual meetings between Martha Root and Queen Marie of Romania, in January 1926. [about]
6. 2015. Promise of Peace, by Anne Gordon Perry. A dramatic reading for two voices, incorporating various excerpts from Bahá’í Writings. It's a flexible script and can be modified in any way. [about]
7. 2013. My Name is John Good, Servant of the Servant, by John Chesley. John Good was a man who heard Abdu'l-Bahá speak at the Bowery Mission in New York in 1912. From his boyhood, he had spent most of his life in prison. The main material for this characterization is from the diary of Juliet Thompson et al. [about]
8. 2013. Josie McFadden, by Sarah Munro. Josie McFadden is a fictitious character who works in the home of Reverend Frederick White and his wife, Jane Elizabeth White, actual people who hosted Abdu'l-Bahá in Edinburgh. Though this monologue is fiction, it is based on real events. [about]
9. 2012. Remembering The Master, by Rhonda Palmer and Anne Gordon Perry. Variations on a script for 1-3 voices, with both monologue and presentation versions, consisting of fictionalized retelling of stories about Abdu'l-Bahá visiting America. [about]
10. 2012. Love of the Master, The: A Visit with Curtis Kelsey, by Nathan Ashelman. Fictional dialogue of Curtis Kelsey's visit to a Bahá'í Conference in 1958, on the themes of Abdu'l-Bahá's all-encompassing love and joy; firmness in the Covenant; service. [about]
11. 2007. Vojdani: Ou, La quête: drame en huit tableaux, by Pierre Spierckel. Drame relatant la recherche spirituelle de Vojdani telle que contée dans "Fire on the Mountain Top", joué par de jeunes gens bahá'ís et chercheurs. [about]
12. 2005. Sarah Farmer Monologue, by Anne Gordon Perry. Created for performance in the New Hampshire Chautauqua Series and at Green Acre, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty. [about]
13. 2002. Dress for Mona, A: Abridged one-act version, by Mark Perry. The story of Mona Mahmudnizhad. [about]
14. 2001. Layli, Majnun, and the Infernal Tree, by Mark Perry. Short play dealing with the story of Layli and Majnun and partly inspired by the Seven Valleys. [about]
15. 2001. Coming Out, by Ian Kluge. Short, humorous play depicting the confusions that can result from trying to be too delicate in announcing one's commitment to the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
16. 2001-07. It Is Written: A Monologue Recounting the Episode of the Martyrdom of the Báb, by Naysan Sahba. Fictional monologue of a character who participated in the execution of the Báb. [about]
17. 2000-03. Letter of Jane LeDeau, by Janice Auth. The story of Abdu'l-Bahá’s visit to Pittsburgh PA on May 7, 1912, as told through the eyes of a fictional observer at His talk. While the descriptions are specific to Pittsburgh at that time, this script can help serve as an example for other communities. [about]
18. 1995-12. Sailor's Problem, The, by Ben Roskams. A short play about unity featuring Sherlock Holmes. [about]
19. 1986/2021. Dawn-Breakers Movie, The, by James J. Keene. Sample sections of a movie script of historical fiction: preface, first scene, and appendices 1-5: Dawn-Breakers chronology, story outline and plot, and character visualizations. [about]
20. 1984/2015. Tahirih (1816 - 1852), by Terre Ouwehand, in Voices from the Well, vol. 2. Written for performance in 1984, published 2015. [about]
21. 1981. Some Sort of Foreigner, by Roger White, in The Witness of Pebbles. Fictional dramatization of an encounter with Abdu'l-Bahá in 1911, and reflections on "this business of religion." [about]
22. 1981. Indiscretion of Marie-Thérèse Beauchamps, The, by Roger White, in The Witness of Pebbles. Fictional dramatization of a recollection of seeing Abdu'l-Bahá in Montreal (1912). [about]
23. 1981. Figures in a Garden, by Roger White, in The Witness of Pebbles. Fictional monologues of the Persian poet Táhirih (1817/18-1852) and the American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). [about]
24. 1979. Settling the Score With Mr. Ogden Nash for the Seven Spiritual Ages of Mrs. Marmaduke Moore and Thereby Achieving if Not a Better Verse at Least a Longer Title, by Roger White, in Another Song, Another Season. A dialogue for two readers, adapted from a poem. [about]
25. 1979. Glimpses of Abdu'l-Baha: Adapted from the Diary of Juliet Thompson, by Roger White, in Another Song, Another Season. Portrayals and dramatizations in verse, adapted from recollections by Juliet Thompson. [about]
26. 1979. Cup of Tea, A, by Roger White, in Another Song, Another Season: Poems and Portrayals. Monologue from the point of view of a fictitious character who meets 'Abdu’l-Baha. Upper class and prejudiced, she does not believe she can change her life sufficiently to embrace the Faith, but has a life-changing experience meeting the Master. [about]
27. 1976. Spiritual Assembly's Growing Pains, A, by Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. A play, in 28 pages, showing "some of the workings of a Bahá'í Spiritual Assembly: some of the blunders, some of the problems; how certain types of people fit better into one office and others into another." [about]
28. 1943. Two Shall Appear, by Olivia Kelsey, Revised Second Edition. A play which attempts to depict in a brief form the background and some of the heroic events of Bahá'í history. [about]
29. 1933. Drama of the Kingdom, by Abdu'l-Bahá and Mary Basil Hall. A play written in 1912 by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá while he was in London and adopted with permission by Mary Basil Hall (named Parvine by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá). [about]
30. 1916. Read-Aloud Plays, by Horace Holley. Nine short plays. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith. [about]
31. 1910. God's Heroes: A Drama in Five Acts, by Laura Clifford Barney. A play based on events in the lives of the early Babis, with a focus on Tahirih. [about]

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