Category: Plays and Musicals
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Happy Saint Francis Day!
Love this guy so much, I wrote a slap-happy, pun-filled play about him. Check out “The Beggar and the Wolf” at… https://www.pioneerdrama.com/SearchDetail.asp?pc=BEGGARANDT&id=0
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Just published for the new school year…
The Princess and The Goblins Goblins from Down Below plot to seize the kingdom Up Above, so it’s up to an intrepid princess and a resourceful miner to save the day. Princess Irene is looking forward to celebrating her birthday, but the party is about to be crashed by the Goblin King and Queen, and…
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What? Another newsletter? Yes, it’s been three months.
The quarterly Patrick Dorn Author Newsletter just dropped today. It’s available only to subscribers. If you’d like to receive occasional updates on my writing and receive a FREE play or story, sign up. You can always unsubscribe. How else will you find out the latest info on my weird westerns, Catholic supernatural fantasy, and one-act…
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‘The Ascension’ Parable Play for kids and churches now available
I’ve just published my latest Parable Play on Amazon, but you can get a FREE DOWNLOAD by subscribing to my newsletter. THE ASCENSION–In this very short comedic church-appropriate skit for elementary and middle-school kids, Jesus says goodbye to his disciples, but they don’t fully grasp the big picture. Jesus ascends into Heaven, and two Angel…
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My new book launched on Feb. 15!
The Scenebook of Values and Virtues by Patrick Rainville Dorn launched Feb. 15. Last year, my longtime publisher Pioneer Drama Service invited me to write a collection of scenes and sketches related to developing virtues and values for teens through young adults. We workshopped the 24 short plays at Colorado ACTS, and now, IT’S A…
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‘Heaven Sent’ to play in Dublin. Still-living author (me) to attend!
Clontarf Players in Dublin are performing my full-length religious comedy “Heaven Sent” in March. Looks like I’m going to Ireland! I’ll be there from St. Patrick’s Day to Palm Sunday, with my son Jacob Dorn and daughter-in-law Alexis Dorn. A dream come true. Heaven Sent (Tobit) Read for FREE on Kindle Unlimited! — The Book of Tobit is the…
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Re-branding a play
Last year I wrote a full-length contemporary high school comedy paralleling the comical/woeful adventures of Cervantes’ well-meaning but bumbling knight-errant Don Quixote. My working title was “Donna Quixote,” and the play was set at La Mancha Mall during a cosplay convention. The cast featured a quirky female protagonist and lots of fun supporting characters, from…