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Kathy Anderson

KATHY ANDERSON

  (1955 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Kathy Anderson is an award-winning playwright and fiction writer living in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniA. Her most recent full-length play, FRONT ROW SeaT, received its world premiere in November 2010 with Philadelphia Theatre Workshop, where she is associate artistic director and playwright-in-residence. INCOMING (2007) and the MeaTPaCKeRS BOOK CLUB (2009) also premiered with PTW. Previous productions and staged readings of her plays have been held in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and arizonA. Twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize for short stories, her fiction, poems, and essays have been published in magazines, literary journals, and anthologies. Her website is kathyandersonwriter.com.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America

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below is a list of Kathy Anderson's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Front Row Seat         Incoming         Kiss Of Death, Inc         Meatpackers Book Club, The

Front Row Seat

Synopsis:
It is 1963 and the Flannery family is on a trip, a rare outing from their little hometown. they are not experienced travelers and suffer multiple mishaps and calamities. Franny wrestles with a killer girdle. Inez crashes into a wayward cow. Billy fends off a knife-wielding Christian. the strangers they meet are getting stranger and stranger. But they are increasingly determined to realize their once-in-a-lifetime chance to see the President and First Lady in person. and they want to be right up front.

Notes:
Front Row Seat was nominated As Best New Work in BroadwayWorld 2010 theatre Fans' Choice Awards for Philadelphia.

1st Produced:
Philadelphia Theatre Workshop, Philadelphia, Pa    2010

Organisations:
Philadelphia Theatre Workshop

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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Incoming

Synopsis:
a lesbian couple are having a baby In a most unusual way, involving an Inverse gravity board, a game of Red Rover, and an ex-lover trapped under a Bed.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Walnut Street Theatre Studio 5, Philadelphia, Pa    2007

Organisations:
Philadelphia Theatre Workshop

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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy, Lesbian, Full-Length Comedy. - - Lesbian, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  1

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Kiss Of Death, Inc

Synopsis:
a lesbian photographer's studio waiting Room is transformed into a macabre Monument to lesbian break-ups.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Brooklyn, NY    2006

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Love Shook My Heart 2:Lesbian Love Stories, alyson, 2001   -

Music:
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Genre:
lesbian, comedy Lesbian, one act. - - Lesbian, full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Meatpackers Book Club, The

Synopsis:
they spend their days hacksaw in hand cutting up meat. at night they discuss and sometimes come to blows over literature

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Philedelphia Theatre Workshop    2009

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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