georgelarkin.com - theatre projects

George has an unfortunate love and desire to do theatre. Combined, his four plays in the last three years have been nominated for or won fourteen awards, including nine prestigious L.A. Weekly Awards.

In addition, his plays have made him a finalist for the Chesterfield/ Paramount Film Writer’s Contest and the Sundance Film Maker’s Lab, won a Backstage West Critic’s Choice, three times been recommended by the L.A. Weekly, been offered publication by Samuel French, won national playwriting competitions run by NYC’s Lark Theatre (one of his plays was part of their Playwrights Week 2002) and the Nantucket Theatre, and gone up in L.A., NYC, at Yale University, and at U.C.S.D.

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Dead Lawyers
Written by George Larkin

Produced in Los Angeles, New York, at UCSD, and University of California-Berkeley and developed as a film at Warner Brothers.

5 guests, 4 rooms, and a corpse on the couch.

The bad news is there’s a dead body on the couch.
The good news is it’s a lawyer.

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The Grimm Shows

The hit, award winning Grimm shows! "Grimm!" "Grimm, Too!" & "Très Grimm!" The shows take a close look at the true Grimm stories, not the sanitized ones we know today. They also trace the rich history of folk tales. Developed, co-written, and produced by George Larkin.

Combined, the shows were nominated for nine prestigious L.A. Weekly Awards (for best writer, director, and actor) and received three Backstage West honorable mention Garlands. The first show was a Backstage West Critic’s Pick, all three were recommended by the L.A. Weekly, and the Los Angeles Times recommended the third and raved that "George Larkin's third slate of adult takes on tales by folklore's cautionary brothers is a vivacious volume earmarked by wry designs and spry playing...", "Grown up Grimm pulls no punches," and that its "vicious and hysterical," hilarious," "riveting," and that its "energy abounds."

In summer 2009, JAC published all thirty plays from the three Grimm shows. To find out more or order, please go to:

The Baghdad Prom

Since 2002, Larkin corresponded with Iraqi writers in Baghdad, collecting their stories about life there during the war. He’s staged a series of readings of their work entitled “The Baghdad Prom.” To find out more, CLICK HERE.

He’s now shot a short film with a top international cast performing their work. To find out more, CLICK HERE.

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The Perverse Tongue
Written by George Larkin

What’s in the Bible?
Christ being born on December 25th? An apple in the garden of Eden?
David killing Goliath with a stone?
People building pyramids? Or crossing the Red Sea?
Joseph having a coat of many colors?
A woman who is raped and not betrothed has to marry the man who did it?

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“And also!”