Nancy Gall-Clayton

Playwright | Writing Instructor

1375 S. 2nd St.
Louisville, KY 40208
Phone (502) 636-5836
Fax (502) 6348751
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Nancy Gall-Clayton is a Kentucky playwright. "General Orders No. 11," about General Ulysses S. Grant's anti-Semitism, won the Streisand Festival of New Jewish Plays. "The Snowflake Theory," a romantic comedy about a Jewish widow, was a Semifinalist for the Dortohy Silver Playwriting Competition. "Discovery" is a one-act about an adoptee who "feels" Jewish. Nearly 40 of Nancy's plays have been on stages from coast to coast. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

ONE ACT

DISCOVERY
Drama. A teen who "feels" Jewish breaks into the agency that handled her adoption to learn the truth. She, her best friend, and the agency director all make discoveries, though not the ones they expected. 3F

FULLLENGTH

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 10
Drama. When General Ulysses S. Grant banishes Jews "as a class" from his military district on 24 hours' notice, 30 families from Paducah, Kentucky, flee upriver to Cincinnati, not knowing if they'll ever see their homes again. Winner of the 2002 Streisand Festival of New Jewish Plays. 3F, 9M (with doubling 3F, 6M)

THE SNOWFLAKE THEORY
Comedy. A widow seeks advice from the new rabbi when her 40yearold unmarried daughter announces she's pregnant and her son decides to marry a shiksa and serve in Iraq. Love, JellO, Scrabble, and bagels conquer all. Semifinalist 2006 Dorothy Silver Playwriting Competition. 3F, 2M