THE AFFIDAVIT

THE AFFIDAVIT by Janet S. Tiger
This page contains info and photos about the one-act play THE AFFIDAVIT by Janet S. Tiger. 858-274-9678.

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THE AFFIDAVIT
    Running time – 15 minutes            $6.00/script
    Set – pawnshop 1940’s
    2 characters   1 man – 40s
        1 woman – 25-35

    A desperate woman brings a cherished family heirloom to a pawnbroker to try and get money to rescue her father from Nazi-occupied Austria. Will she get the money? And at what cost? Fast-paced with a surprising end.

This play has won numerous awards including DFAS National 1-Act Playwriting contest –(First Place)and Gassner Memorial One-Act Playwriting Competition (Honorable Mention.)

THE AFFIDAVIT is published in ONE-ACT PLAYS FOR ACTING STUDENTS edited by Norman A. Bert (Meriwether Publishing, Colorado)

The productions are too numerous to list at this point, but include New York (Off-off Broadway, New Zealand, Canada, Austria…..if you have had a production in another country and want it listed here, please e-mail tigerteam1@mail.com

First production     - Five Flags Theatre, 1983, Dubuque, Iowa
Winner - DFAS National One-Act Playwriting Contest, First Place
(other plays that have won in Dubuque will have their own page, as Janet S. Tiger plays have been winners in the DFAS five times since 1982 ( and once as Honorable Mention)

Janet Tiger went to Dubuque to watch the production, which starred Cherie Kraske as Hilda Gruenberg and                   as Louis B. Meyer. Director - Ginny Darby

Since this first production,    THE AFFIDAVIT has been performed hundreds - probably thousands of times, especially after being published in ONE-ACT PLAYS FOR ACTING STUDENTS by Norman A. Bert Click HERE to purchase this book.

The following is a very partial list of where THE AFFIDAVIT has been produced:
(If you know of another, or were in THE AFFIDAVIT and would like to be listed here, please send info to tigerteam1@gmail.com)

San Diego- Gaslamp Quarter Players
Ashfield Community Theatre
New York City - Actors Theater
     with David Moss as Louis Meyer
     and Shawn Licht as Hilda Gruenberg

Most recent award - 2006 DFAS National One-Act Playwriting Contest DAY OF ATONEMENT - cash award and full production WORLD PREMIERE -- and I will be going back to the production in August - to my friends in Dubuque - see you soon! (But this time I'm not coming by bus - I'm not 26 anymore! I'm taking the plane!)

For more info, click on the Dubuque 2006 button at the top of the page.