Happy Thanksgiving by Tim Boland at Quarantine Players

Tim Boland TIM BOLAND is an award-winning playwright, who has written for theatre, film and television. His original play, IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE, was selected as the national contest winner of the Acme Acting Company's Third Annual New Play Festival, where it received its World Premiere at the Colony Theatre in Miami Beach. IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE received its West Coast premiere at The Road Theatre Company of Los Angeles. He subsequently adapted his play IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE for film for CBS Productions, which produced it, starring Scott Bakula, Amy Madigan and Richard Thomas. His one-act ACCEPTANCE SPEECH was part of an evening bill of one-acts called TAKE THREE, directed by Paul Lazarus, that played at the No Smoking Playhouse in NYC. ACCEPTANCE SPEECH was subsequently produced as part of a production of the author’s one-acts, NIGHT VOICES, staged in San Francisco at Shelton Studio Theatre. His play LOVE MAD received its world premiere at the Cast Theatre in Los Angeles where it enjoyed an extended run. His "HAPPY THANKSGIVING" was the co-winner of the Long Beach Playhouse 2018 New Works Festival, where it received a public staged reading. His SANCTUARY won the 2018 3rd Place Prize in Montreal's Infinitheatre's Write-On-Q annual play contest and was a Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center Semifinalist at their 2019 National Place Conference semifinalist and was a 2019 Ashland New Play Festival Semifinalist. His political comedy, HAIL TO THE CHIEF, received a staged reading production with Canada's Brave New Productions. His romantic comedy DIVORCE HONEYMOON received public staged readings in Florida and Los Angeles and THE HOUSE received a public staged reading at the Little Victory Theatre in Burbank. He participated in the Bay Area Playwrights Festival where LOVE MAD was first presented. The film WELCOME HOME, for which he was original co-screenwriter, starring Luke Perry, was filmed for UPtv. He was a member of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop where SUBURBAN GOTHIC was showcased at the Edison Theatre as part of BMI’s Spring Showcase of new works. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Writers Guild of America.