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Carol Korty

CAROL KORTY

  
Nationality:    USA
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Carol Korty has taught playwriting, improvisation, movement, acting, and creative Drama to students and adults of all ages in schools, colleges, universities, and community centers. She has served on the faculties of antioch College, SUNY Brockport, UMass/amherst, University of Delaware, Boston University, and emerson College, where she holds the rank of Professor emeritA. Her own work as a playwright and director has been influenced by her early professional years as a dancer and by her interest in world cultures. Her scripts Plays from African Folktales, Silly Soup, Baba Yaga and the Black Sunflower, and Riding the Wind are all Dramatizations of classic folktales. Her scriptOn the Line, a participation play about the Bread and Roses strike of 1912, reflects her equally strong interest in social history. She has enjoyed years of touring children's Theater to schools and helping young people create Theater pieces of their own. Ms. Korty now lives in downeast Maine where she is active in conservation issues in her small coastal community.

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

         Ananse's Trick Does Double Work         Baba Yagar And the Black Sunflower         Man Who Loved To Laugh         Mother And Me And the Wide Blue Yonder         Mr Hare Takes Mr Leopard For A Ride         On the Line         Riding the Wind: Story Plays From Old China         Turtle Who Wanted To Fly, The
Ananse's Trick Does Double Work

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Contained in "Plays From African Folktales" published by Players Press,    

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Baba Yagar And the Black Sunflower

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Music by Scott Wheeler; lyrics by Carol Korty; book by Carol Korty

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Anchorage Press Plays,    

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Man Who Loved To Laugh

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Contained in "Plays From African Folktales" published by Players Press,    

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Mother And Me And the Wide Blue Yonder

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Wellesley Summer Theatre

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in Boston Theatre Marathon of Ten Minute Plays Volume 4, Bakers Plays,    

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play Ten Min

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Mr Hare Takes Mr Leopard For A Ride

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Contained in "Plays From African Folktales" published by Players Press,    

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On the Line

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Textile strike in Lawrence, Massachuesetts 1912

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New Plays Inc,    

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One act

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  extras

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Riding the Wind: Story Plays From Old China

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amid the daily bustle of a Chinese marketplace, a group of villagers tells four tales featuring strong women. In "Yulan's Search for Beauty," a young woman obtains a potion from an Old One to change her face to one of great beauty, only to become vulnerable to the emperor's demand of the sacrifice of the most beautiful girl to cure his illness. "the Mysterious Stranger" features the actions of a kind old woman toward a stranger, earning her an unexpected reward. In "Li Chi and the Serpent," a young woman dares to face a monster whom the villagers have been placating with an annual human sacrifice. "the Khan's Daughter" follows a poor shepherd to the court of the great Khan, where he undertakes absurdly difficult challenges to win the princess in marriage -- satisfying her final test of his character.

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Provincetown Playhouse (Staged Reading) (New York, NY, United States)     2001

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   

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60-70 min Children's play with music

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Male:  7            Female:  7            Other:  7 males, 7 females (8-70 actors possible: 4-35 males, 4-35 females)

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Turtle Who Wanted To Fly, The

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