Charles Deemer

An old man has trouble adjusting to the modern world and becomes determined to manage his own death.

3 close siblings, whose parents belonged to the Weather Underground, disagree about the climate crisis.

A teenager uses social media to form a group wanting to address climate change by giving America back to the Indians.

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22 stories by award-winning playwright Charles Deemer.

A wealthy young woman's life is changed when she meets her grandmother, an unreformed Beatnik poet.

A teenager uses social media to garner support for giving America back to the Indians.

An old man is determined to manage his own death.

FAMILY VALUES: A dying patriarch struggles to accept his gay son and a changing world.THE OLD BEATNIK: A wealthy young woman meets the grandmother she thought was dead, and the old woman, an unreformed Beat poet, changes the woman forever.FAMILY CLIMATE: A teenager leads a youth movement to engage Native Americans in addressing climate change and is faced with the realities of Realpolitik and family values.

3 plays by Charles Deemer about Oregon history: American Gadfly: The Story of Wayne Morse Oregon senator Wayne Morse, 'the tiger of the Senate, ' served as a Republican, an Independent, and a Democrat. He was the earliest articulate critic of the Vietnam War and a life-long champion of constitutional liberties and international law. 1934: Blood & Roses A theatrical and musical 'street play' about the turbulent struggle for a longshoremen's union in Portland, Oregon, as told through the stories of two labor families. Clean Sheets: The Story of Ruth Barnett The 1950s Portland abortionist who provided safe, clean abortions for young women and dared anyone, including the law, to stand in her way.