Patti Veconi

Playwright and Theater Educator

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Rumpelstiltskin: The Last Straw Premiers

A spooky Halloween tale. A miller has a daughter, of whom he is immensely proud. One day, the miller makes an empty boast to the king of the land that his daughter can spin gold out of straw; the king, taking the miller at his word, has the miller’s daughter taken to a chamber where she is told to turn all of the straw in the room into gold if she values her life.

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Chess Play Produced in video format

Bay Ridge Prep's Middle School production this year was Patti Veconi's, Chess Play, an imaginative telling of a famous chess game that was played in Italy in 1619 by Greco, one of the world's earliest chess masters. Audiences need not understand chess to appreciate...

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“Hamlet-lette” wins national award

I'm very proud to announce that The Beverly Hills Theater Guild has chosen Hamlet-lette as the first prize winner of its 2019 Play Competition for Youth Theatre! This national competition is sponsored in order to encourage quality works for youth theatre and...

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The Cookie Jar published by Heuer

I'm delighted to announce that Heuer Publishing has added my 10-minute play, The Cookie Jar to their catalog this summer. Synopsis: Doug and Susie are about to become first-time parents and Doug is very proud of how he has just handled what surely would have been a...

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The Cookie Jar by Patti Veconi