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Burgess Clark

BURGESS CLARK  

 Nationality:    USA
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Burgess Clark. Burgess Clark's work has been produced both nationally and internationally. Productions of Purple Heartshave been produced in San Francisco and toured to the edinburgh Theatre Festival in Scotland where it placed in the top five "Best of Fest" which also received a special award from the U.S. army and garnered him several other playwriting awards including "Best Play" from the National association of Speech and Dramatic Arts and the Mary Roberts Rinehart award for playwriting. Mr. Clark was honored at the 15th annual William Inge Theatre Festival as the "New Voice in American Theatre." He is distinguished as the recipient of the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild's Julie Harris award for his play, the Ivory alphabet. In 2000, he completed work on the emmy-nominated documentary series Part of the Family for PBS, hosted by Gary Burghoff. In 1999, he was awarded the New england Playwright's award for his Drama, the Touch. Mr. Clark's other works include the Velveteen Rabbit, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Down Came the Rain, Relative Strangers, Cola Wars, Southern Cross, and the Immaculate Conception of Malfie Dibbswhich received staged readings at the Missouri Repertory Theatre and went on to Los Angeles for a showcase run. another of his plays, an adaptation of Dylan Thomas' a Child's Christmas in Wales, has been performed at the National Theatre of the Deaf. Mr. Clark has taught playwriting for the University of Hawaii, the Mid-Pacific Institute, Honolulu Theatre For Youth, and the Office of Very Special Arts at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where five of his students have won the Young Playwrights' award. He served as the Managing Director for the Perry-Mansfield School of the Arts Summer Program in Steamboat Springs, Colorado for several years and is currently the Director of education at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA. a member of the Dramatists Guild, he makes his home in Vermont.

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

         Calvin's Monster         Cola Wars         Down Came the Rain         Immaculate Conception Of Malfie Dibbs         Island Of Blue Dolphins, The         Ivory Alphabet, The         Just So. . .And Other Stories         Purple Hearts         Reflections Of A Rock Lobster         Touch, The

Calvin's Monster

Synopsis:
Calvin is scared of everything including his own shadow - he gets help from Peter Pan and Little Red Riding Hood

Notes:
Music by Jesse Soursourian; lyrics And book by Burgess Clark. Based on the book "Fairy Tale Moments" by Marcia Trimble

1st Produced:
Boston Center For the Arts    04 Feb 2012

Organisations:
Boston Childrens Theatre

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Cola Wars

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One act

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Down Came the Rain

Synopsis:
eighteen-year-old Michael and his fourteen-year-old brother Brucie -- who has been considered mentally "slow" since birth -- venture out on a camping trip together. Brucie's never-ending curiosity becomes increasingly unbearable to Michael, especially when the questions involve the death of their mother.Down Came the Rain is a touching, sad, and ultimately hopeful exploration of two vastly different brothers, and how they navigate the delicacy of family and truth.

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1st Produced:
McKinney ISD-CDC (McKinney, TX, United States)    2007

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
20-30 min Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  2 males

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Immaculate Conception Of Malfie Dibbs

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Island Of Blue Dolphins, The

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Ivory Alphabet, The

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Just So. . .And Other Stories

Synopsis:
Infamous folk tales from around the world come to life as characters act out their stories of creation. From a bickering set of body parts to Paul Bunyan and his beloved Babe, these adapted tales in the tradition of Rudyard Kipling explore the origins of natural occurrences such as the sky and the tides through the eyes of different cultures.

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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55-60 min Comedy/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  3 males, 3 females, 2 either (6-20 actors possible: 3-10 males, 3-10 females)

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Purple Hearts

Synopsis:
Purple Hearts is based on real events surrounding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the U.S.S. West Virginia on December 7, 1941. For as long as three weeks after the attack, sailors survived aboard the sunken battleship waiting to be rescued. at the bottom of the sea, trapped under impossible conditions, they struggle to keep hope-and themselves-alive
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Invisible City Theatre Company

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Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Reflections Of A Rock Lobster

Synopsis:
1980 and gay student aaron is being bullied because he is gay. He wants to take his boyfriend to the Prom but is denied permission. aaron sues the school and wins. He attends the Prom with his boyfriend

Notes:
Based on "Reflections of A Rock Lobster" by Aaron Fricke

1st Produced:
Wimberly Theatre, Boston    03 Mar 2012

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adaptation. - - Gay, full length

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Touch, The

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