Biography
Don Zolidis holds a B.A. in English from Carleton College and an M.F.A. in playwriting from the Actors Studio Program at the New School University. A former high school and middle school theater teacher, for the past decade, he has been one of the most-produced playwrights in American schools. His more than 125 published plays have been performed over 30,000 times, appearing in every state, every Canadian province, and 67 different countries. His first novel, THE SEVEN TORMENTS OF AMY AND CRAIG (A LOVE STORY) was published in 2018 by Disney-Hyperion. His second book, WAR AND SPEECH, was published in 2020 by Little Brown. He lives in Texas and splits his time with his partner in upstate New York.
Plays by Don Zolidis
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10 Ways to Survive Life In a Quarantine (full-length): A Stay-At-Home Play
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10 Ways to Survive Life In a Quarantine (one-act): A Stay-At-Home Play
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10 Ways to Survive the End of the World
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10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
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2002 - 15 Minutes of Clown Fame
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Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens, Volume 2
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Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
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Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women
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Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women, Volume 2
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Alice's Adventures with Poorly Cooked Cafeteria Seafood
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Winner, Missouri State Readers Theatre Championship (2010)
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Angie!
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Anna and August
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!Artistic Inspiration
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Winner, New Mexico State One-Act Competition, 2008
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The Audition
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#1 Rating, Birdville Festival (2008)
Winner, Kotler Memorial One Act Festival (2009)
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The Audition: Stay-At-Home Edition
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Bad Ideas for Bad Television Shows
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Badger (full-length)
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Badger (one-act)
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The Bells of Charlemont
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Winner, North Dakota State One Act Contest (2009)
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The Bestest Christmas Ever in Texas
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Billy Shakespeare's Christmas Extravaganza and Traveling Freak Show
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The Birds: A Modern Adaptation
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Bobby Wilson Can Eat His Own Face
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The Bold, The Young, and The Murdered
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Breaking the News
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A Bright Swarm of Beetles
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The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (full-length)
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The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (full-length version): Stay-At-Home Edition
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The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (one-act)
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Winner, Virginia State One-Act Competition (2008)
Winner, Missouri State Readers Theatre championship (2008)
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The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (one-act version) Stay-At-Home Edition
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The Bullying Collection
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Chemical Bonding (or Better Living through Chemistry)
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The Christmas Machine
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A Christmas Scarol
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The Christmas Tree Thief
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Clausarella
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1968 - Coming Home
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Container of Sharks!
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The Craving
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Crushed
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Current Economic Conditions
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Edgerton New Play Award (2012)
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Deadline
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The Devil in Sherman Marsh
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Dr. Funk's Christmas Explosion (With Demolition Derby Following)
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Driver's Test
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Dystopia! The Hungry Maze Game of Divergent Death
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The Election
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The Elf Rebellion
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Elsewhere (alternate version)
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Elsewhere
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Emily Brontë, Teenage Necromancer
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Employees Must Wash Hands... Before Murder
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Empowered: How One Girl Scout Nearly Destroyed the World's Economy
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Feed the Whales: The Saga of the Boy Band Oreo
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Founding Fathers (Mothers)
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1993 - The Fount of Inspiration
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Game of Tiaras (full-length)
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Game of Tiaras (full-length): Stay-At-Home Edition
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Game of Tiaras (one-act)
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Game of Tiaras (one-act): Stay-At-Home Edition
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Grandma Remembers Something
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The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza (full-length)
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The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza (Iliad! Iliad! Iliad!)
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State Runner-Up, South Carolina Middle School One Act Competition (2009)
Regional Champions, South Carolina (2009)
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The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza (one-act)
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Winner, Missouri State Readers Theatre Competition (2011)
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The Hamlet Thrill-ma-geddon (full-length)
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The Hamlet Thrill-ma-geddon (one-act)
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Help Desk: A Stay-At-Home Play
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Help Desk
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High School Musi-pocalypse
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The Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon
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The Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon: Stay-At-Home Edition
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An Honorary Elf
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How to Get Away with a Murder Mystery
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How to Get into College
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Humbletown: The Greatest Town on Earth (full-length version)
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I Heard You Were Dead
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1985 - I'm Pretty Sure This Is Your Fault
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The Importance of Being Earnest in a Pandemic: A Stay-At-Home Play
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It's a Wonderful Magical Miracle on Christmas Street
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It's not you, it's me
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Juliet and This Guy Romeo
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1955 - Lassoing an Angel
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Little Women 2: Wrath of the Undead
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Long Live Love
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Lord of the Choir
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1944 - A Love Letter to Ma
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Mall Santa Saves the Day
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The Matchmakers
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Math
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Miles and Ellie
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Miss Beth
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Miss Polly's Institute for Criminally Damaged Young Ladies Puts on a Show
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"1" rating, Birdville Theatre Festival
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The Monologue Show (From Hell) (full-length version)
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The Monologue Show (From Hell) (one-act version)
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The Monologue Show (full-length): Stay-At-Home Edition
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The Most Amazing Christmas Play Series in the Entire History of the World
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The Murderous Mansion of Mr. Uno
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Mutually Assured Destruction: 10 Plays About Brothers and Sisters
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2015 - Mutually Assured Destruction
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My Little Titus Andronicus
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Nerdbullies and Other Strange Creatures
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1977 - A New Hopeless
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The Norse Mythology Ragnasplosion (full-length)
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Noses Off
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The NSA's Guide to Winning Friends and Influencing People
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The One-Act Play Disaster
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Oz
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Power Line
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The Radio Play Disaster
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The Refugee Women
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The Rehearsal
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Return of the Script
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Revenge of the Gingerbread Boy
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Santa Claus Might Not be Coming to Town
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Santa-Napped
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Santa vs. The Garden Gnomes
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A Simpler Time
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Snappy's Happy Half-Hour
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Space Princess Wars (full-length)
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Spy School
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Squad Goals
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Stage Parents
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The Staggering Heartbreak of Jasmine Merriwether
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1936 - A Star is Almost Born
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Strong Crazy Ladies
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That's Not How I Remember It
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The Bugs
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This Side of Heaven
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A Tiny Miracle with a Fiberoptic Unicorn
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Too Fabulous to Fail
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The Trial of Santa
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The True Meaning of Halloween
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An Unspeakable Triumph of Supreme Brilliance
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1922 - Very Very Cold Feet
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The World's Largest Rodent
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Zoodate
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