SCRIPTS BY GARY KOTT

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“And Then” -- A Stage Play

For more than twenty years I had as a mentor the distinguished Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tad Mosel. Tad was normally reserved when commenting about my work, but I was overwhelmed by his response to this play, “Monumental. God on stage. The most devastating end of a play I’ve read since Long Day’s Journey Into Night. It’s what we strive for as writers but rarely achieve.” Tad’s comments remain the highlight of my writer’s life.

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“The Scent of Fresh Leather” -- A Stage Play

I’ve had many promotions and upgraded job titles, however, my bosses couldn’t understand why I never jumped for joy. I appreciated the acknowledgment, but I never felt the urge to celebrate -- I was hired to do a job and a fair paycheck was recognition enough for me. I once witnessed something that puzzles me to this day. It was annual review week for the senior creative people -- a woefully underpaid copywriter that worked endless hours for the company went into the boss’ office and bounded out joyfully, “They love me! They love me! I didn’t get a raise but they’re going to carpet my office!”

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“& Sons” -- A Stage Play

It was nice writing for The Cosby Show -- being part of a fantasy world where Dad’s always funny, always kind, always loving. Like many viewers I often found myself saying, “Too bad it wasn’t like that around my house.” Maybe I had some leftover angst from my childhood -- maybe I just wanted to let off steam about the consequences of bad fathering. This play is an attempt to take the audience on a roller-coaster ride under the skin of the irrevocably damaged.

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“Him And His Last Night Of Sanity” -- A Stage Play

I opened my veins when I wrote this intense one-man play -- however, it was the fine actor John Monteleone who bled on stage -- I was encouraged by agents to perform my solo piece -- but I chose instead to hide cowardly in the back of the theatre -- on opening night I was a bit surprised to see in the audience a man I knew named Lee Friedman -- I was shocked to see Lee in the audience a week later, then again the following week, and once more on closing night. Lee Friedman had been a phenomenally successful marketer -- he’d made fortunes with the likes of fashion designer Betsey Johnson, super rock group KISS, workout legend Jane Fonda -- hmm, I thought, does Lee Friedman see something huge in this quirky play about a man on the edge of madness -- unfortunately, I never found out -- Lee Friedman died soon after -- a huge loss of a wise, talented man -- someone who saw something in this play that I wonder about to this day.

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