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David Hauptschein

DAVID HAUPTSCHEIN

  
Nationality:    USA
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David Hauptschein's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Alchemy Of Flesh, An         Ballad of Johnny 5 Star, The         Breakdown And Out         Cast         Gurney, The         In Memory Of Edgar Lutzen         Persecution Of Arnold Petch, The         Playactor, The         Trance         When the Walls Have Ears

Alchemy Of Flesh, An

Synopsis:
A mind-bending, noirish thriller where personalities split, and where the Peeping Tom at your window looks uncannily like yourself.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/an-alchemy-of-flesh   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama 90 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Ballad of Johnny 5 Star, The

Synopsis:
Suspicious that his wife is having an affair with rock n roll wannabe Johnny 5 Star, "Limo Kip" employs a private eye whose investigations unleash a chain of events that force Kip to stare down his own inner self.

Notes:
written by David Haupstchein and David Vlcek

1st Produced:
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Hill Street Theatre    06 Aug 2004

Organisations:
Secret Life Theatre

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-ballad-of-johnny-5-star   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama 120 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Breakdown And Out

Synopsis:
In the midst of a family crisis, ex-con con artist Carl appears and attempts to help his former girlfriend Carmen cope with her paralyzing agoraphobia by teaching her how to go out of body.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Mary Archie Theater, Chicago    Jul 2000

Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/breakdown--out   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama 100 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Cast

Synopsis:
Set in what appears to be a mental institution, a patient-doctor relationship breaks down, reverses, and then the two characters subjugate themselves to the authoritative commands of a recorded voice.

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/cast   -

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Genre:
one act 30 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Gurney, The

Synopsis:
Cliffords brother Wesley has disappeared, and when Clifford enters Wesleys apartment to investigate, he discovers that a bizarre woman, who speaks a strangely poetic, broken English, has moved in.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Chicago, Illinois by Secret Life Theatre at Strawdog Theatre    2008

Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-gurney   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama 120 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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In Memory Of Edgar Lutzen

Synopsis:
Sweden's greatest painter, Edgar Lutzen, makes the radical decision to renounce art and devote his life to the pursuit of alchemy - the hidden practice of turning base metal into gold. as he descends into a world feverish with sinister omens and the occult, his marriage collapses and his professional reputation is ruined. In Memory of Edgar Lutzen is a disorientating psychoDrama which propels the audience into the nightmare of an unravelling mind. David Hauptschein takes inspiration from August Strindberg's autobiographical writings where the Swedish playwright chronicles his experiments with alchemy, the occult and telepathic sex.

Notes:
Based on the 'Occult Diaries' of August Strindberg

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Secret Life Theatre

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/in-memory-of-edgar-lutzen   -

Music:
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Genre:
biographical play 135 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Persecution Of Arnold Petch, The

Synopsis:
Arnold Petch thinks he is destined to assassinate the President but his memories and sanity are being stolen by the Secret Police. When the President arrives in town will this be Arnold's opportunity?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Red Orchid Theatre, Chicago    1997

Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-persecution-of-arnold-petch   -

Music:
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Genre:
drama 135 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Playactor, The

Synopsis:
She met him in an Internet chatroom. they shared the secrets of their innermost souls for six months, and they have been longing to express them in wild unbridled sex. Now she, Margo, has flown from Portland, Oregon, to be with him, Charlie, in Philadelphia for a week, and they arrive in his startlingly dishevelled room. No sooner has he brought her'here, though, than he shows no impatience for sex at all. We can see that he is lucky to have a woman this lovely in his life, but nonetheless he needs to criticise her lipstick, her nose. No nookies with him, then Meanwhile, she soon finds that his home is not remotely as he had described, and in particu-Iar that he shares it withhis hystErical-monster sister Helena and a scheming but wild lodger, Judy.
alastair Macaulay, Financial Times

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Chicago, Illinois, by Pig American Productions at the Live Bait Theatre    1995

Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-playactor   -

Music:
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Genre:
comic drama 120 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Trance

Synopsis:
With Hauptschein's trademark kitchen sink surrealism, the subconscious bubbles over in this spine-tingling reimagination of the Manson family murders.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/trance   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama 105 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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When the Walls Have Ears

Synopsis:
A multi-layered drama in which a woman possessed by fears that she has been abducted and implanted insinuates herself into the Kratzki household, with devastating results.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Chicago, Illinois, by Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company    2003

Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/when-the-walls-have-ears   -

Music:
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Genre:
drama 105 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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