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Monica Bauer

MONICA BAUER

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Brett Singer and Associates  

Monica Bauer, a graduate of Brown and Yale, was the 2005 Teaching Fellow in the Graduate Playwriting Program at Boston University. She has been a student of Kate Snodgrass, Derek Walcott, and Craig Lucas. awards include third place in New Works for Young Women, and the audience Favorite award at Short attention Span PlayFest. Her plays have been produced in Denver, Boston, Cambridge, Atlanta, San Diego, Providence, and 0ff-0ff Broadway. She's a favorite at the Midtown International Theater Festival in New York, and was one of six playwrights given productions in 2007 as part of their Next Step Developmental Series. member of Dramatist Guild of America

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Answering         Breast Pride Movement         Chosen Child         Diet Monologues, The         Diet Monologues, The Musical         Drug Problem, The         Hallmark Moment         How I Got Kicked Out Of School         I Count On You         Klezmer Cowboy, The         Lighter         Made For Each Other         Maternal Instinct, The         Most Important Thing, The         My Occasion Of Sin         My Trip To The State Pen         Ouch         Polish Pictures, The         Real Machiavelli, The         Retreat         Two Men Walked Into A Bar         Year I Was Gifted, The
Answering

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1st Produced:
Sex/Death Showcase, Bloomington    

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Breast Pride Movement

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1st Produced:
Women For Women, Here Arts Center, New York     2004

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Genre:
Monologue play

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Chosen Child

Synopsis:
Two generations of mothers and memories combine to change the fate of a schizophrenic man at the Port Authority Bus Terminal waiting for a sister he hardly knows, to fulfill an agreement that was never made; a time-bending play about adoption, desertion, forgiveness, and family.

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part of Indie Theater Now reading at Stage Left, Stage Left Studio, NY     2014

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play 90 min

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Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Diet Monologues, The

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Emerging Artists Theater, New York     22 May 2006

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Genre:
Monologue play

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Diet Monologues, The Musical

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This is a musical revue with Monologues, and not a standard book musical. the Monologues are more like character-based stand-up comedy than they are like the Vagina Monologues. the spirit of the piece is akin to "When Pigs Fly" with plus-size singing actors sharing with the audience a wide (no pun intended) variety of experiences from the world of Living Large. there is a long arc to the show, as it moves both the actors and the audience from "Bloated" to "Lighter", from fat pets to fat love to loving life, whatever your size. audiences have been known to form spontaneous support groups in the lobby after the show, and it leaves people feeling good about themselves (sometimes for the first time in years).

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music direction by Carl Haan. the Midtown International theatre Festival inaugurates its new Next Step MITF Developmental Series, which showcases new works by six MITF Alumni.

1st Produced:
Where Eagles Dare, NY     2007

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Midtown International Theatre Festival

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Genre:
Comedy Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Drug Problem, The

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1st Produced:
Salty Vision: The Director's Project, Rich Forum, Stamford, Ct     14 Jan 2006

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Short play

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Hallmark Moment

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1st Produced:
Original Play Festival, Whole World Theater, Atlanta     2005

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Short play

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How I Got Kicked Out Of School

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1st Produced:
Women For Women, Here Arts Center, New York     2004

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Genre:
Monologue play

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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I Count On You

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Denver Civic Theater    

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Genre:
Musical

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Klezmer Cowboy, The

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1st Produced:
Hooey Summer Shorts Festival     2004

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Lighter

Synopsis:
Over weight Connie cannot find a wedding dress to fit her. She turns to Doctor Dan. Doctor Dan has a television programme: "American Weight Loss Idol" and Connie becomes the big attraction on it

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Music, lyrics And book by Monica Bauer

1st Produced:
New York Musical Theatre Festival, TBG Theatre     2009

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Musical

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Made For Each Other

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This show is part of the Planet Connections theatre Festivity. This is their official description: What kind of man proposes marriage on the first date, and what kind of man says "yes"? Made for each Other is a Drama with comedy about sex, love, and the power of memory. One actor plays a pair of lovers, each with a memory that guides him.
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Good Works Productions

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One act. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Maternal Instinct, The

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This is a story about motherhood, friends and lovers, sibling rivalry, sexual yearning, and a lesbian marriage. Set in present-day Boston, the Maternal Instinct begins with a birthday party for Lillian, an MIT professor whose research in the maternal instincts of mice is about to pay off and make her and her boss, Fred, very big names in biochemistry. Lillian's sister, Emma, has a special birthday gift; she will pay for a sperm donor so that Lillian's spouse, Sarah, can have a baby. Sarah has been feeling a desire to have a baby, as though someone flicked a switch deep inside of her. But even though Lillian loves children, she finds a reason to reject this "present": she is worried a sperm donor might have secret swimming around in his DNa, and as a scientist who knows the importance of genetics, she won't take the risk. It becomes clear the marriage of Sarah and Lillian is in jeapordy if Sarah can't fulfill her maternal desire. So while Lillian is away at a conference, Sarah and Emma decide that Fred, Lillian's best friend, would make the perfect donor

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1st Produced:
Boston Playwrights' Theater, Boston, Ma     08 Feb 2006

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Out of the Blue Theater Co. of Boston

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Genre:
dramedy Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Most Important Thing, The

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at a video dating service two weeks after Sept. 11th, a formerly-self-centered playboy decides he must get married in the next week. as the owner of the dating service interviews him, they both come to unexpected conclusions about what is the Most Important Thing.

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Commonwealth Shakespeare Company

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Brooklyn Publishers2004   

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play Ten Min

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My Occasion Of Sin

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Inspired by true events that led to a race riot in the author's birthplace of Omaha, Nebraska, My Occasion of Sin is set in a segregated city in 1969. Two men from very different backgrounds: Luigi, an African American jazz drummer, and George, a white music store owner who specializes in the accordion, are thrown together by fate, finding common ground in their love of music. at the same time, Mary Margaret and Vivian, two young girls from opposite sides of the segregated city, each drink in the new jazz scene for reasons of their own. Music seems to unite and uplift everyone around . . . at first. Soon occasions of sin - where fear, mistrust and racism fester - are inescapable. Violence erupts, changing everyone's lives forever.
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1st Produced:
Penguin Rep Theatre, Stony Point, New York     2011

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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My Trip To The State Pen

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1st Produced:
Short Attention Span Playfest, Billerica, Ma     2005

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Short play

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Ouch

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1st Produced:
Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York     2005

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Howling Moon Cab Company

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Short play

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Polish Pictures, The

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1st Produced:
Seven Ages Festival, Center For The Arts In Natick, Ma     2005

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Genre:
Short play

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Real Machiavelli, The

Synopsis:
A feminist fable about the power of love and the love of power.

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1st Produced:
13th Street Repertory Theater. New York, NY     04 Mar 2016

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Retreat

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Stageworks, New York    

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Genre:
Drama

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Two Men Walked Into A Bar

Synopsis:
In Two Men Walked into a Bar, two Marine veterans from very different wars (Vietnam and Iraq) meet in a seedy alabama bar at 3am for drinks, revenge, and maybe even murder as they face off over their wives
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part of BaLLS! the Testosterone Plays of Monica Bauer

1st Produced:
Arlington Center For The Arts     2004

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Year I Was Gifted, The

Synopsis:
the piece explores a true life, gay-straight love story about a scholarship girl's attempt to survive

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1st Produced:
59e59 theaters
59 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022     17 Jul 2013

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Genre:
Lesbian, one act

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