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David Caudle

DAVID CAUDLE

  (1962 - )
Nationality:    USA
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David Caudle's newest play, IN DeVeLOPMeNT will premiere at New Theatre in Miami in October '09. the COMMON SWaLLOW will premiere in New York at 45 Bleecker Street Theatre in September of '09. LIKeNeSS recently had its New York premiere at the Manhattan Theatre Source after a world premiere at New Theatre. (Carbonell award Nominee for Best New Work; O'Neill Semifinalist; full development at the New Harmony Project 2006.) the SUNKeN LIVING ROOM, published by Samuel French, received two World Premiere co-productions at Southern Rep in New Orleans and the New Theatre in Miami. (Winner, ambie award for Best Original Play, New Orleans; Carbonell Nominee for Best New Work, South Florida; Named Best Drama of '06 by the Miami Sun-Post. Winner, Southern New Plays Festival '05; Gold Medal Finalist-Pinter Review Prize for Drama '04, Finalist at the Lark's Playwrights Week '05.) David has developed the COMMON SWaLLOW, DaMSeL and the SeCOND HOUSe in the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers' Group at Primary Stages, where he also teaches Playwriting. an early draft of the SHORT FaLL was a Finalist at the Lark's Playwrights Week. VISITING HOURS was a finalist at Premiere Stages New Play Festival '09. the play also won the Paulini-Howell New Play Competition in '08. It was developed in the Downstage Miami playwriting workshop. This summer, David will be on staff at the Sewanee Writer's Conference, where he has been a Walter e. Dakin Fellow and a Tennessee Williams Scholar. earlier productions of his work include ONe HOT KITCHeN (under the previous title, Hell's Cuisinart) at the Samuel Beckett Theatre in New York and the Tamarind Theatre in Los Angeles, and SWING LOW! at Florida State University. David's one-act, FeeT OF CLaY (Samuel French Winner, Heidemann award Finalist) is published by Samuel French in its 29th edition of Festival Plays. the short film version, directed by Carrie Preston, made festival rounds in '07. David has recently completed a feature-length screenplay, LOVe a NURSe, and is working on an original pilot for cable television. www.davidcaudle.org

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

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

         Common Swallow, The         Damsel         Downward Facing Debbie         Feet Of Clay         Hell's Cuisinart         In Development         Lady O         Likeness         One Hot Kitchen         Short Fall, The         South Beach Rapture         Sunken Living Room, The         Visiting Hours

Common Swallow, The

Synopsis:
a tapestry of Americana set in a small city in the Midwest on the day of a food festival.

Notes:
Currently in development in the Primary Stages Writers Group.

1st Produced:
workshopped in the HOWL! Festival at 45 Bleecker Street, New York City    2009

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-common-swallow   -

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Genre:
Comedy-Drama 115 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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Damsel

Synopsis:
Very pregnant Kathy grows jealous of her husband's fascination with an attractive dinner guest. But discovering the true source of his interest stirs up much deeper, darker emotions.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Downward Facing Debbie

Synopsis:
A confused woman seeks emotional healing at a trendy Hamptons studio in this comedy of manners, morals and compromising positions.

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1st Produced:
Planet Connections Festivity at Tom Noonans Paradise Factory on E. 4 Street, NYC    2014

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/downward-facing-debbie   -

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Genre:
comedy 100 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Feet Of Clay

Synopsis:
a supposedly straight married man confesses his sexual obsession for the feet of his best friend, Clay.

Notes:
the short film, directed by Carrie Preston And starring John G. Preston And Steven Mcelroy will premiere in the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in Spring '07

1st Produced:
Samuel French Festival, Chernuchin Theatre    2005

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1st Published:
Samuel French (29th edition, Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays)   -

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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Hell's Cuisinart

Synopsis:
a slice and dice of life in five apartments stacked one atop the other in a Hell's Kitchen walk-up.

Notes:
aka One Hot Kitchen

1st Produced:
Samuel Beckett Theatre, Ny    1997

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Genre:
Comedy-Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  doubling multiple roles

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In Development

Synopsis:
Sex, death and Dramaturgy take the stage at a summer conference for aspiring playwrights and their legendary mentor.

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1st Produced:
New Theatre, Coral Gables, Florida    2009

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Lady O

Synopsis:
When an otherwise pious and sincere woman tells a lie to protect a guilty love affair, her lover and parents react in ways that appall her.

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Genre:
Comedy-Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Likeness

Synopsis:
an idealistic young portrait artist is hired to paint an idealized portrait of a wealthy Loyalist's spoiled daughter.

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1st Produced:
New Theatre, Coral Gables, Florida    2006

Organisations:
New Harmony Project

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/likeness   -

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Genre:
Comedy-Drama 110 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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One Hot Kitchen

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Notes:
previously titled Hell's Cuisinart

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Short Fall, The

Synopsis:
the Short Fall is a rollicking satire about America's current obsession with notoriety at any cost. average housewife Tabby Fodder is horrified when her socially challenged family faces a fall from grace. It's not the fall that worries her, but the lack of vertical distance they're doomed to plummet. With wisdom gleaned from tabloids, she plots to raise her family to greater heights, so that when they fall, the world will hear the thud

Notes:
Finalist, the Lark Playwrights Week 2002

1st Produced:
Teatro IaTI
64 e. 4th Street, New York, NY 10003    03 Jun 2011

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-short-fall   -

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Genre:
Satire 105 min

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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South Beach Rapture

Synopsis:
a sultry night. a deserted beach. Meteors streak the sky. a pretty New York socialite encounters two very different men. But which meeting was written in the stars? the forty-ish artist, or the sexy Latino? Or both?

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1st Produced:
Dixon Place    15 Aug 2010

Organisations:
the Plum

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Genre:
1h 30m Local Manhattan, NYC

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Sunken Living Room, The

Sunken Living Room, The
Miami, 1978. 16-year-old Wade, a naive bookworm, struggles to keep his family's showpiece living room in order as his older brother freaks out on drugs and his brother's girlfriend tries to seduce him.

Notes:
Currently A 2007 Carbonell Award nominee for Best New Work; Named Best Drama of '06 by the Miami Sun Post; Winner of the Southern New Plays Festival '05; Lark Playwrights' Week Finalist, '05; Gold Medal Finalist for the Pinter Review Prize for Drama '04;

1st Produced:
New Theatre, Coral Gables, Florida    2006

Organisations:
co-production with Southern Rep of New Orleans

1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc - New York >>>, 2008   978-057362492

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy-Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Visiting Hours

Synopsis:
a longtime Lesbian couple's relationship is tested when their troubled adult son is arrested for an assault.

Notes:
workshop run by Rem Cabrera, Miami-Dade Dept. of Cultural Affairs.

1st Produced:
Downstage Miami    -

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1st Published:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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