Plays by Sella Páls in English
Plays by Sella Páls in English
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Clarifying Chaos - A comedy
Clarifying Chaos - A comedy
Sella Páls (playwright), John Znirdasic ( director), Jonny Beuchamp (actor), Dana Jarae Dantzler (actor), Jenny Lee Stern (actor), Simon Lee (actor) Adam Grupper (actor) Adam McDowell (narrator)
Ronald, a fun-seeking physicist, brings his girlfriend, Melinda, home while his wife, Janet, a soul-seeking social worker is away on a spiritual retreat. An intruder accosts Ronald and Melinda, and Janet arrives unexpectedly with a Buddhist monk who is there to help everyone find clarity amidst the chaos. Ronald loves his wife, but instead of resolving their differences, the couple challenge each other to write self help books, with disastrous consequences.
A reading was held of Clarifying Chaos on April 8th, 2025. The audience unanimously enjoyed the play, and the comments included:
"Very funny play" - "Ahhh, Sella... loved what your cast brought to this reading. It didn't even seem like a reading most of the time! It was a fully imagined play! Thank you for your work, your brain your humor ..... you rock! "....."It is always so nice discovering a new piece of art! " . . . . . ."Well done! Funny play. Congrats!!"
"Sella: I so enjoyed your play! I have been thinking about how well it is written and beautifully thought out. It is yet also SO funny. " Gerard Alessandrini
A previous reading of Clarifying Chaos with invited guests was held in New York City on Sept. 22. 2024
Pictured from left to right:
Dave Shalansky (actor), Jonny Beuchamp (actor), Clara R. Stewart (actress), Lori Hammel (actress), John Znidarsic (director), Adam McDowell (actor), Simon Lee (actor), Sella Páls (playwright)
WHATEVER WILL BE ... WAS
Sella is working on a new one woman play (accompanied by a saxophonist) based on the first 38 years of her life. Jenny Lee Stern read it in Boston on February 7, 2025. We are hoping to stage a limited run in New York in the spring of 2026.
Jenny wrote this on the photo:
"Also while in Boston I managed to squeeze in a reading of a beautiful new play by the stunningly talented Sella Páls. "Whatever Will Be . . . Was." Thank you so much for trusting me with this piece. It was an absolute joy to read it for you."
MOUNTING TOSCA - A comedy.
An accomplished talent agent is entrusted by a billionaire to mount a single production of Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera, with a controversial director, and legendary opera singers, who detest each other.
A reading with invited guests was held in New York City on Sept. 18th 2023
Pictured: Glenn Bassett (the narrator) Gerard Alessandrini (Directed the reading) The actors: John David West (the director) George Lee Andrews (Felix the tenor) Karen Murphy (Arianna the Soprano) and Jenny Lee Stern (the agent)
Clarifying Chaos - a comedy
The very first tablereading held in New York City on September 17th, 2023
Pictured: Michael Crowley, Glenn Bassett, Gerard Alessandrini, Josie DeGuzman, John Znirdasic, Cassidy Lobb
The Forgiveness
On his deathbed, a police detective demands that his devoted wife forgives him for his past misdeeds. But when she finds out what it is she should forgive, she resists, and discovers her strengths in the process.
Come Dance with Me
A musical play in English, staged in a bar where six customers tackle with love and loss during the AIDS crisis.
The musical was produced as an Actors' Equity showcase in New York at the Chernuchin Theater in 1996. Music by Icelandic composer and celebrity Egill Olafsson. Book and lyrics by Sella Palsson (Pals). Musical Director: Pete Blue. Performed in New York by Bernadette Drayton, Kevin Connell, Rita Harvey, Curt Hostetter, Peggy Shay and Jon Vandertholen.
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