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Cynthia Glucksman

CYNTHIA GLUCKSMAN  

 Nationality:    USA
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Cynthia Glucksman is a member of the Dramatist Guild and the alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights. She completed her M.A. in English and Playwriting at California State University, Northridge in December 2007. Her thesis play, an Incurable Hole in the Wall, won the Graduate Research and Creative Works Symposium award for Humanities. She has recently published two short plays with JaC Publications, Front Row and Break Even. She has also published her short story, The Surfaceer in the Northridge Review and translations of Yehuda amichai poems in OnTheBus. Last Spring Cynthia brought her short play The anti-Bride to The Last Frontier Theatre Conference and The Great Plains Theatre Conference. Her plays, Front Row, Doorman, The Fallen Caryatid, and The anti-bride were read at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference over the last four consecutive years. Her first play, Doorman, was the centerpiece of the 2003 Chautauqua Theatre Festival in Santa Cruz, CaliforniA. The following year, her play The Fallen Caryatid was featured in the festival. Cynthia's Dramatic works fall under the category of poetic realism or magical realism. Most of her plays center on average characters, whose lives are transformed when they encounter mystical or enchanted visitors.

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

 Anti-Bride         Break Even         Candy Ghost         Doorman         Fallen Caryatid, The         Front Row         Incurable Hole In The Wall, An

Anti-Bride

Synopsis:
Tate is uncertain about her wedding. as she shops for a gown she encounters the anti-bride, a woman who threatens to behead her as a result of her doubt.

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Break Even

Synopsis:
at a Las Vegas casino, alice meets Dorothy, a woman with a gambling problem who is just trying to break even.

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Candy Ghost

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a young man has an unusual encounter at an airport terminal.

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Doorman

Synopsis:
as she attempts to write her first novel and deal with her intrusive mother, Birdie finds guidance in the most unlikely of places. . .her doorman.

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Santa Cruz Black Box Theater    2003

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Fallen Caryatid, The

Synopsis:
Caryatid (n) kar ee aT ihd: a column in the form of a female figure found in ancient Greek architecture. Four caryatids come to life. Based on "The Fallen Caryatid," a sculpture by auguste Rodin.

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Front Row

Synopsis:
annie and Richard sneak to the front row of a theater during a performance of "The Graduate."

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Incurable Hole In The Wall, An

Synopsis:
Two Jewish women, an Orthodox wig maker and a painter with breast cancer, repair a large hole in the wall between their apartments and discover the significance of hair and spirituality.

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