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Daniel Damiano

DANIEL DAMIANO

  
Nationality:    USA
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Daniel Damiano's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2016)

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         Ameican Tranquility         Art Of Tea, The         Attention Def Hey, Look, A Dog!         Attention Def. . .Hey, Look, A Dog!         Bon Voyage, Mr Phelps!         Cut         Day Of the Dog         Dessert Cart, The         Did You Hear the One About the Mexican Laundress?         Dishonourable Discharge Of Private Pitts         Dreams Of Friendly Aliens         Enlightenment Of Mrs Cartwell, The         Fate Would Have It         Given Our Current Fiscal Crisis         Golden Year, The         Graphic Nature         Harmony Park         Hyenas Got It Down, Tales Of Savagery, Depravity And Other Acts Of Love         I Am, I Was, I'm Not . . . In Love         Kim Kardashian Presents Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths         King Of Something, The         Moment Of Weakness, A         Narrow World, The         Offspring Of Lorraine         Old Wife's Tale         Spell         Standard Time         Stay         World Is My Cheesecake, He
Ameican Tranquility

Synopsis:
The Great American Divide and on one side or the other are Achmed, Stanley, Morgan and Ronnie

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1st Produced:
East Village Playhouse, New York    

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://twitter.com/DanielDamiano8

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Art Of Tea, The

Synopsis:
Two friends drinking tea

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1st Produced:
Take Courage Theatre. London     22 Oct 2014

Organisations:
Encompass Productions

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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Attention Def Hey, Look, A Dog!

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of Gallery Players' 10th Annual Black Box Festival of new plays

1st Produced:
Gallery Players, NY     2007

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Attention Def. . .Hey, Look, A Dog!

Synopsis:
a man undergoes tests to see if he has attention deficit or something neurologically wrong with him - but finds out something surprising about himself

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Genre:
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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bon Voyage, Mr Phelps!

Synopsis:
Mr Phelps takes a crash language course before his holiday - so that he can blend in with the natives

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Cut

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Notes:
part of LaBute New Theater Festival

1st Produced:
St Louis Actor's Studio, The Gaslight Theater, 358 N. Boyle Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108     Aug 2013

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Day Of the Dog

Synopsis:
a dog guidance officer is sent to a couple who are having problems with their aggressive animal. they learn that the dog is an extension of themselves

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1st Produced:
St. Louis Actors' Studio     08 Mar 2013

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Dessert Cart, The

Synopsis:
the couple have come to the restaurant to sample their famed Marble Cheesecake - but they end up in a battle of wills with the staff

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Did You Hear the One About the Mexican Laundress?

Synopsis:
Two federal agents arrest a Mexican entrepreneur

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Dishonourable Discharge Of Private Pitts

Synopsis:
tells the epic tale of a young woman's quest for self as she embarks on a deeply probing and ultimately shocking journey. From a strict Christian upbringing in the small town of Halibut, Texas, Jenny Pitts falls prey to teenage rebellion as she questions her roots and her place in the world. But after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 occur, Jenny is pulled from despair into heroism - only to become embroiled in a military scandal that will turn her from American hero to social pariah and test the very depths of her will. Loosely based on actual events.

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1st Produced:
fandango 4 Art House, NYC     05 Nov 2015

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Dreams Of Friendly Aliens

Synopsis:
a northern New Jersey family redefines dysfunctional-a husband obsessively waits for months in his bathrobe for his wife's return from the grocery store; his son hones his skills as a white rap artist who has visions of alien abductions; and the grandmother recites the same shopping list again and again. a high school guidance counselor and a police officer intervene to restore order, but the fractured family only spins further out of control. the wife's return would help matters, but where is she?
Press Release

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1st Produced:
Abingdon Theater, 312 W. 36th Street , Sixth Floor, New York, NY 10018-7570     2007

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Enlightenment Of Mrs Cartwell, The

Synopsis:
18th Century London. In a coffee shop Mrs Cartwell relays something she overheard

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Genre:
Fifteen minute play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Fate Would Have It

Synopsis:
at three in the morning John's telephone rings. It is alicia someone he does not know. She has found his number in her boyfriend's address book - in fact it is the only number and alicia has turned to him to help with trouble she is having with her boyfriend's drink and drugs binge. John does not know Rod - the boyfriend either but intrigued he leaves New Jersey for San Francisco

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Given Our Current Fiscal Crisis

Synopsis:
an employer tells his staff that the company is in dire straits - but he has an unusual alternative to laying them off

Notes:
part of the Black Box New Play Festival

1st Produced:
Gallery Players, NY     2009

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Golden Year, The

Synopsis:
After decades of hard work, a Long Island couple embark on their retirement, only to discover that life can be surprisingly unpredictable.

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1st Produced:
WorkShop theater
312 West 36th Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10018     06 Jun 2013

Organisations:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Graphic Nature

Synopsis:
1913 France. a young man is just getting romantically involved with a young lady when he is exposed as being the official executioner

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1st Produced:
TheaterLab - 357 West 36th Street - 3rd Floor. New York, NY 11106     01 Dec 2014

Organisations:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Harmony Park

Synopsis:
The friendship between a black landscape foreman and younger white landscaper is tested when a newly hired landscaper's past is revealed.

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1st Produced:
[reading] Urban Stages. New York, NY     27 Apr 2016

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Hyenas Got It Down, Tales Of Savagery, Depravity And Other Acts Of Love

Synopsis:
a darkly comedic depiction of 4 disparate individuals: a tyrannical JV football coach, an embittered New Yorker, a legendary underground poet, and a weight-loss guru, who, in one way or another, relay and reflect on the bizarre experiences which have ultimately made them who they are, for better. . .or much, much worse
- press release

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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I Am, I Was, I'm Not . . . In Love

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
[Staged Reading] Arthur Seelen Theatre At 250 West 40Th Street, Below The Drama Bookshop, NYC     14 Feb 2014

Organisations:
fandango 4 Art House

1st Published:
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Music:
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Kim Kardashian Presents Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths

Synopsis:
A crisis of conscience prompts a famous reality and social media star to flee the comfort of her glitzy L.A. surroundings in pursuit of "depth" and soon finds herself in an abandoned warehouse in Detroit, where she is soon profoundly changed after seeing a local indie theatre company's adaptation of a classic Russian epic.

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1st Produced:
[reading] Drama Bookshop's Arthur Seelen Theatre. New York, NY     05 Dec 2016

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King Of Something, The

Synopsis:
17th Century England. In a town square a man sits on a throne and declares himself King

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading filmed and broadcat live, Snippet Theatre, New York     09 May 2020

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Moment Of Weakness, A

Synopsis:
a chance encounter on a bus with an older woman leads a younger one to question her life

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Narrow World, The

Synopsis:
albertson the head of a large company has a heart attack and gives up the business. He hands it over to Berger simply because his name is next alphabetically. Berger really wants to paint and cannot cope with albertson's daughter who he has married. Harrington should have been promoted - so he leads a coup and Berger is deposed and ends up sleeping rough in the park. Harrington is a great success with the business and with Berger's wife

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Offspring Of Lorraine

Synopsis:
Rita and Lucy are step-sisters and they live together in a Texas town. Lucy wants to be a singer/songwriter but currently works as a topless waitress. Rita is an unemployed relief teacher in the second year of an affair with the High School basketball coach

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1st Produced:
New York Theatre Workshop - 83 E 4th Street (Downstairs). New York, NY 11106     17 Nov 2014

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Old Wife's Tale

Synopsis:
Frank has terrible arthritis and has lost his voice - despite this his wife Celeste insists they celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Spell

Synopsis:
albert and elesa sit in their wheelchairs. albert tells her that he has a fatal illness. She tells him that there is an Hindu myth that if you spell out your illness you will be cured. albert reminds her that she too has a fatal illness

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there is A one Act And A ten minute version

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Standard Time

Synopsis:
FrEddie a drummer has lost his interest in playing. He never leaves his father's apartment and has taken up tuition to make ends meet

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Stay

Synopsis:
Guy has something important - or so he says - to tell Gilbert

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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World Is My Cheesecake, He

Synopsis:
This is an evening of 7 unrelated short plays by Daniel Damiano, blending the surreal, the absurd and the outlandish with social commentary, culminating in a funny, moving, and thought-provoking evening of theatre. Through this multi-course evening, the World Is My Cheesecake covers much terrain; from a man's quest to find the cause of his ridiculously short attention span, to a stoic motivational speaker's moment of vulnerability, to two men's desperate need to deflect their loneliness, to a woman's reaction to her long-time boyfriend's profound question, to a most unusual tea gathering between two english women, to a senior couple's trials in dealing with their newly diagnosed illnesses and, finally, to a couple's culinary quest that ultimately becomes a reflection of their marriage.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Working theatre
NY, USA     06 Sep 2011

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fandango 4 productions and Mind the Gap Theatre

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Genre:
seven short plays

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Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

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