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Edith Freni

EDITH FRENI

  (1978 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Abrams Artists Agency  represented by Ron Gwiazda

Edith Freni. Most recently, Ms. Freni's work has been produced at the McCarter Theatre, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the ensemble Studio Theatre, PS 122, and other great venues. She is a member of Partial Comfort Productions, an alumnus of Youngblood, and is the co-founder/lit manager of the 24Seven Lab. She was a 2008 Wasserstein Prize nominee and the recipient of the Harry Kondoleon Graduate award in Playwriting from NYU where she received both her BFa and MFA in Dramatic Writing. Official website: www.Edithfreni.com

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

         Au Naturale         Baby Girl         Buena Vista         Flare         Home At Last: An Odd Little Odyssey         Kidstuff         My Dog Heart         Owners         Ten         This Is It         Waterborn         Workaround, The

Au Naturale

Synopsis:
On a fine Christmas morning, in an affluent suburban neighborhood somewhere on the West Coast, an attractive young woman, five months pregnant, vanishes while walking her dog. Her husband claims to be fishing at the time of her disappearance but nobody believes him. aU NaTURaLe is a play about earth and water, deception and betrayal, sex and disease, family and faith. aU NaTURaLe is not a play about Laci Peterson. It has a much happier ending.

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Full Length Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Baby Girl

Synopsis:
Baby Girl is the story of elise, a new mother and former druggie at the end of her rope, jobless and living out of her car. the Father wants to sell the baby to a gay couple, but all she wants is to find a way back into the heart of her ex-boyfriend. Baby Girl charts elise's desperate journey over the course of one day to save herself and her baby despite her past mistakes

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1st Produced:
Center Stage, NY    2006

Organisations:
Partial Comfort Productions

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Buena Vista

Synopsis:
When Noah shows up at his family's isolated Colorado cabin, he discovers his estranged mother has been squatting there for months. Then Dad walks in-questioning the reason for his son's retreat-and Noah's weekend getaway turns into a bizarre, snowed-in family nightmare. A series of revelations ignite Buena Vista's surreal conclusion, unfolding in a frozen wooden box at 12,000 feet above sea level.

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1st Produced:
Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL    Jul 2013

Organisations:
Steppenwolf Theatre Company

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Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Flare

Synopsis:
One very bad flier tries desperately to connect with the off-duty pilot lucky enough to be seated next to her on a turbulent flight from NYC to Miami. All she wants is someone to hold her hand; all he wants to do is sleep. What begins as a argument about the science of air travel turns into a revealing conversation about the nature of fear and the human need for comfort and connection.

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1st Produced:
Mile Square Theatre Company, Hoboken, NJ    Jun 2013

Organisations:
Mile Square Theatre

1st Published:
in "The Best American Short Plays 2012-2013", Applause Theatre Book Publishers (18 Sept. 2014)   978-1480361744

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Home At Last: An Odd Little Odyssey

Synopsis:
Julian, a soldier in the US army, left for war quite a while ago and is missing in action, leaving behind his beautiful wife, Lola, and daughters Telly and Tara to deal with everyday problems at home -- smelly suitors, a broken car, and the long and boring Odyssey. But as Homer's epic tale is told to them by a kindly old neighbor, they begin to discover that Odysseus' quest for home echoes Julian's efforts. as the girls seek information on the whereabouts of their hero dad, Odysseus' journey plays out before our very eyes.

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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45-60 min Comedy/Drama

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Male:  25            Female:  18            Other:  25 males, 18 females, 6 either (12-50 actors possible: 7-31 males, 5-24 females)

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Kidstuff

Synopsis:
eve has just turned 30 and finds herself lost and at sea in matters of sex, death, identity, and the search for meaning in early 21st century New York City. an ensemble of seven actors in multiple roles create an eccentric, fast-paced world of mysterious shopkeepers, deranged clergy, alcoholic relatives, and high school bad girls as eve embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Kidstuff is an edgy, fast-moving comedy about young love, grand delusions, and finally realizing you are not the center of the universe.
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1st Produced:
Kirk Theatre, NY    2008

Organisations:
Partial Comfort Productions

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Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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My Dog Heart

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part of ensemble Studio theatre's 29th Annual Marathon-a festival of new short plays from A diverse spectrum of American playwrights

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short play One act

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Owners

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ensemble Studio theatre presents Project 35, A festival celebrating their 35th Anniversary season. It consists of concert readings of 35 new plays in 35 days by 35 e.S.T. members And guest Artists

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Ten

Synopsis:
To celebrate their 10th anniversary, Partial Comfort Productions will present TeN, is a single evening of 10 short plays by 10 writers helmed by 10 directors and featuring a cast of 10 actors.
- nytheatre.com

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written by Samuel D. Hunter, Thomas Bradshaw, Robert O'Hara, Laura Marks, Chad Beckim, Ross Maxwell, edith Freni, Jonathan Caren, Greg Keller, Sam Marks

1st Produced:
Wild Project
195 East 3rd Street, New York, NY 10009    18 Sep 2012

Organisations:
Partial Comfort Productions

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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This Is It

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1st Produced:
Trilogy theatre    2000

Organisations:
Feed the Herd

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Waterborn

Synopsis:
Nothing comes naturally to Marc and Leslie-so it's a really good thing that she's pregnant. Set in and around a large birthing pool, WaTeRBORN serves up sin and forgiveness

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1st Produced:
ensemble Studio theatre    2004

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Youngblood

1st Published:
in Thicker Than Water, Dramatist Play Service, NY, 2005   -

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Workaround, The

Synopsis:
there's a fetus in the computer, the coffee machine needs a reboot and that idiot at security won't stop letting ex-girlfriends into the building. Gene and Bobby might be able to workaround the technical problems, but what about the personal? the WORKaROUND is a play about surviving, subsisting, and finding solutions when all hope seems lost.

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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