If Dominique Dunne and Sam Shepard gave birth to a girl playwright it would be Taylor Barton. She's got an ear that's sophisticated and worldly, yet her work captures the dark complexities that burn beneath our societal fabric. Compassionate, clever, quirky, and cutting are just a few words to describe her talent.

Her first play Pedro N' Pete; A Rock n' Roll Odyssey, debuted at Synchronicity Space and was the last show at the legendary Greenwich Village, Village Gate. The Eric Clapton Breakfast Club, a raucous kitchen-sink soap opera, was produced by Alice's 4th Floor, and was awarded a finalist in the 1995 Love Creek One-Act Festival in NYC. It also won a finalist in The 15th Playwright's Forum, and 'The Moving Arts' nationwide One-Act Competition. It has been published for Tower Books / Records and Border's Books and Music and is on sale now.

She has been produced and / or workshopped by some of NYC's legendary theatre's such as La Mama, Naked Angels, The Village Gate, Marymount Theatre, Alice's Fourth Floor, and The Woman's Project. She is a member of the Women's Project and was a participating artist in Susan Brinkley's Cherry Lane Theatre. Currently she's developing a new show called called Road Clips which was presented by the Woman's Project First Look series last spring.

What the critics have said about the award winning "The Eric Clapton Breakfast Club".

"Included in Barton's disc, the charming booklet of Barton's offbeat, one-act" — Relix Magazine 6/97

"A special treat.. Barton's play, The Eric Clapton Breakfast Club" — Jay Miller-Patriot Ledger 6/97

Click here to read a sample scene from the script

Taylor has written several plays, a few of which we have included scenes from here on the website. Simply choose and click on the file type (HTML, or Adobe Acrobat PDF) for the play you wish to check out and enjoy. All the plays are available in their entirety, just send us a request at gblondes@aol.com, or go to the contact page for our address

(If you do not have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader or browser plug-in, click here to get it)