ALEXANDER DINELARIS (1968 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Alexander Dinelaris
Chaos Theories, The |
| 1st Produced: | FringeNYC | 2004 | ||||
| Company: | Shotgun Productions | |||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | dark comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
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| Notes: | McGinn Cazale Theatre, NY - 2007 | |||||
| Synopsis: | The Chaos Theories is set in and around a posh New York City restaurant. The play begins with a conversation outside the restaurant between an actress and a man who may or may not be stalking her. Immediately, we are shifted indoors, where a snide waiter serves drinks to a variety of characters including an obnoxious stockbroker, a tyrannical father, a woman bleeding from her forehead, and a playwright meeting with a powerful Hollywood producer. This dark comedy comments on a society that has stopped listening to one another. And while there are a few glimmers of hope, and a lot of huge laughs, the play's shocking conclusion bespeaks a much bleaker worldview. | |||||
Pathetique |
| 1st Produced: | Interart Annex, NY | 2006 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Short Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | part of A Thousand Words: Seven Short Plays On Photography | |||||
| Synopsis: | This evening of new short plays is inspired by Susan Sontag's book On Photography. The producers describe it as illuminating "the complexities and questions that photography raises. From grieving parents left with only a photo of their deceased son to a cheeky calendar photo shoot, the collection of short plays looks at the medium from a variety of angles and offers searing, heartfelt and even funny riffs on Sontag's commentary. The evening serves as a modern call and response between cultural criticism and performing arts." nytheatre.com | |||||
Red Dog Howls |
| 1st Produced: | El Portal Theatre, Los Angeles | 2008 | ||||
| Company: | Gang of Five- New York | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | The story concerns the legacy of the Armenian genocide on Michael Kiriakos, a troubled thirty-something New York writer who's haunted by psychological ghosts he wants to banish before his first child is born. But to get to a place of light, he must tunnel into a pit of darkness that threatens to swallow his identity, his marriage and even his unborn baby. When Michael discovers a box of letters written to his beloved deceased Father, he is compelled to explore his family's dark and most shocking history. Penned by his Grandmother Rose, believed to be long dead, but in fact still alive at 91, and harboring a devastating family "curse," he must find her, to go on with his own life. | |||||
Still Life |
| 1st Produced: | Lucille Lortel Theatre, NY | 05 Oct 2009 | ||||
| Company: | MCC Theater | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | reading - Gramercy Arts Theatre, NY, 2006 | |||||
| Synopsis: | This is from the press release: "In Still Life, photographer Carrie Ann inexplicably shuts down at the pinnacle of her career. Lost, and afraid to even pick up a camera, her sudden descent is interrupted by a whirlwind romance with Jeff, a trend analyst who becomes determined to help her move on, even while facing his own dark future." | |||||
Zanna, Don't |
| 1st Produced: | John Houseman Theatre, New York | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | PS Classics PS-314, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
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| Notes: | Music, lyrics, book by Tim Acito. Additional book and lyrics by Alexander Dinelaris | |||||
| Synopsis: | Zanna is a gay cupid and he takes his love wand to the High School Dance. "Makes you think of "Grease" - but with a difference" - Bruce Weber New York Times | |||||
