New York playwright and screenwriter Joshua Todd James (POUND OF FLESH starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, TAKE COVER, starring Scott Adkins and Alice Eve) has made forty-four of his popular short plays royalty-free for independent and amateur production in THE JOSHUA JAMES PROJECT.That's right, you can produce these plays, royalty-free, if the right circumstances are met.Included in this collection are the favorites ALL THE RAGE, A GAY THING, AMBIVALENT, SOMETHING SITUATION, T...

The untold story behind a beloved classic.Making Mary Poppins reveals the extraordinary true story behind the creation of one of the most beloved films of all time—and the two little-known songwriters who helped make it possible.Long before Mary Poppins danced across the rooftops of Edwardian London and into the hearts of millions, Robert and Richard Sherman were struggling songwriters in Los Angeles, trying to find their voices—and their ...

"There's a scene in The Men's Room, written and directed by Joshua James, where a gaggle of male buddies, having a drunken night on the town, visit a peep show, only to be grossed out when they realize that the girl in the act is, in fact, a guy. This one scene demonstrates more wit and insight into men's attitudes toward women and their own sexuality than the full 90 minutes of (Off-B'way's)'Peep Show' ... (THE MEN'S ROOM is) a hilarious poke-fun at my sex. I laughed and laughed and laugh...

While the success of Disneyland is largely credited to Walt and Roy Disney, there was a third, mostly forgotten dynamo instrumental to the development of the park—fast-talking Texan C. V. Wood. Three Years in Wonderland: The Disney Brothers, C. V. Wood, and the Making of the Great American Theme Park presents the never-before-told, full story of “the happiest place on earth.” Using information from over one hundred unpublished interviews, Todd James Pierce lays down the arc of Dis...

In this engaging, cradle-to-grave biography, award-winning author Todd James Pierce explores the life of Ward Kimball, a lead Disney animator who worked on characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Jiminy Cricket, and the Mad Hatter. Through unpublished excerpts from Kimball's personal writing, material from unpublished interviews, and new information based on interviews conducted by the author, Pierce defines the life of perhaps the most influential animator of the twentieth century.

Synthetic Companion Jacob Kind's last memory was of crashing a truck on a dark night road with a bullet in his shoulder. Rescued by a retired doctor and his wife and brought to their farm, he struggles with an addiction to opiates that has crippled him. As he undergoes a hellish detox, Jacob knows his very presence puts his rescuers, pro-synthetic advocates, in real danger. A very bad man, Munson Tolliver, is coming for him.But Larkin Finn, the man Jacob's adopted mother sent him t...

An up-close comic examination of what it means to grow up with penis.The first time you touch it...The first time someone else touches it...The first time it touches you...Everything one really needs to know in order to own and operate a penis.THE PENIS PAPERS, a play by Joshua James

Set in Pleasanton, California, Todd James Myers lives between a world of light and darkness, but the bridge connecting him to his death is calling out to claim his soul. The demons from his childhood followed him to the dark side but he’s not the only one to take the fall. Kaleigh, a beautiful girl from his past, has a horrific secret that unexpectedly hurled her into Todd’s realm. This intricate web of abuse, addiction and an awakening, that no one see’s coming, will make them fight for l...

While on the run from the authorities, Jacob Kind finds himself a prisoner on a farm that trains synthetic Companions such as himself to fight in a box for the entertainment of others, a new kind of rural gladiator. Forced to kill his own kind in a hole in the ground, Jacob turns into a rebel leader of his fellow slaves and realizes his kind will never be free unless he can teach them to do what he somehow learned... how to fight back and use the violence against humans.I, ROBOT me...

Jacob Kind, a synthetic Companion on the run from the police and the corporation who created him, is determined to find the man who murdered his adopted mother Sylvia. He finds himself in New York City on the search for a woman named Strawberry Fields. He falls in with a group of orphaned synthetics, like himself, who live underground and make their living entertaining tourists in Central Park.They face uncertainty, however, as the city government preps to sweep up all undocumented...

Besides Walt Disney, no one seemed more key to the development of animation at the Disney Studios than Ward Kimball (1914–2002). Kimball was Disney’s friend and confidant.In this engaging, cradle-to-grave biography, award-winning author Todd James Pierce explores the life of Ward Kimball, a lead Disney animator who worked on characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Jiminy Cricket, the Cheshire Cat, and the Mad Hatter. Through unpublished excerpts from Kimball’s personal writin...

Synthetic Companion Jacob Kind is on the run from the police and searching for Munson Tolliver, the man who murdered his adopted mother, Sylvia. Tolliver was an infamous serial killer who fascinated the nation... and who was supposed to be dead at the time of Sylvia's death.Clearly, he is not dead. Nor does anyone believe Jacob that Tolliver is still alive.As a result, Jacob heads to the site of Munson's first public killing, in South Bend, IN, to search for clues in Tolliv...