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Vincent Marano

VINCENT MARANO

  
Nationality:    USA
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Vincent Marano (Playwright/Director) has been a fixture in the New York Theatre community for over twenty-five years, most notably producing, directing and writing plays for the manahttan theatresource and the New York International Fringe Festival since 2002. Vincent directed the award-winning productions of Tim Nolans The Way Out (FringeNYC, 2002), Acts of Contrition (FringeNYC, 2003), and his own Confirmation (FringeNYC 2009). His translation of Macchivellis The Mandrake (manhattan theatresource, 2007) was well reviewed by the New York Times. He directed his critically acclaimed plays A Collapse (FringeNYC, 2006) and note to self (manhattan theatresource, 2007), while his play La Vigilia (FringeNYC, 2008) moved to Manhattan Theatre Source in September 2008 for an extended run. Since 2009, Vincent has been an active member of The Writers Forum and his short plays The Degas Incident, Buddy Boys and My Baby have been hits of the Ingenius Play Festival. In 2010, Vincent won the BRIO (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) Award for Playwriting. A Bronx boy, he was a resident director at Belmont Italian American Playhouse; producing or directing a dozen plays, including early works by Julia Jordan, and a series of Italian language productions of Pirandello, Dario Fo and Eduardo De Fillipo. He has been nominated two years in row for NYIT Award for Best Short Script (My Baby/2011 and Artistic License/2012) He produced a critically acclaimed festival of his own one-act plays: What I Meant Was& at the Manhattan Theatre Source in September 2011. Hes currently working on his Italian-American Iceman Cometh and has adapted several of his short works for film. His Lights Narrow was a hit of the 2013 FringeNYC and is remounting a new version of Confirmation with the Variations Theater Group in the late fall.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         Buddy Boys         Collapse, A         Confirmation         La Vigilia (the Vigil)         Lights Narrow         Mandrake, The         Note To Self         What I Meant Was. . .

Buddy Boys

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Presented As part of the InGenius Short Play Festival. Race, the economy, And death Are the prevalent themes in the 2010 InGenius short play Festival At Manhattan theatre Source. Funny, poignant, melancholy And never longer than 20 minutes, the plays capture the New York zeitgeist As the noughties draw to A close

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short play

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Collapse, A

Synopsis:
Inspired by true events, A Collapse tells the story of a young girl trapped in a wall after a disaster. While her neighbors struggle with the aftermath of the catastrophe, the girl's mother searches frantically for help. A Collapse is not just the story of one victim, but how modern societies cope with disaster and the limits of compassion, community, and personal responsibility.
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Venue 15: the Linhart theater @ 440 Studios

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teatro oscuro

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Genre:
Comedy Drama, 90 min one act

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Confirmation

Synopsis:
Is there integrity in tolerance? Is identity inherited or are we responsible for the person we become? When an idealistic teacher sees his beliefs and his reality collide, will his students, friends and family survive the fallout?

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1st Produced:
The Cherry Pit, New York International Fringe Festival    2009

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TeATRO OSCURO

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1h 40m Play/Drama

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La Vigilia (the Vigil)

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Does true love have an expiration date? When a stranger enters the lives of three lonely people, whose heart will mend and whose will break? Inspired by Goldoni and DaSica, this an Italian Comedy of the most passionate kind. www.acollapse.com 1h 40m, Bronx, NYC Comedy, FringeHIGH
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teatro oscuro

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http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/la-vigilia   -

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Genre:
1h 40m, Comedy, FringeHIGH

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Lights Narrow

Lights Narrow
Is hell a heaven of our own making or is the end a wish we can't control? Two strangers meet in a place both familiar and foreign to sort out their collective fates. Will death be the only winner?

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Genre:
75 min one act

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mandrake, The

Synopsis:
tells the story of a young man's scheme to win the affections of a beautiful married woman. With the aid of a matchmaker and a friar, the young man convinces the woman and her husband to allow another man to spend the night with her. In this new translation by Vinnie Marano and Ollie Rasini, original songs have been added to the play, and special attention is paid to the friar's role in the deceptive plot.

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Original Playwright - Machiavelli. Translated by Vinnie Marano And Ollie Rasini

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Manhattan Theatre Source    2006

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Genre:
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Note To Self

Synopsis:
How should we judge the success of a relationship: by its length or depth? Note to Self explores dating and mating in the new millennium and whether love alone is ever enough. Two people times six months divided by the past. . .In love, failure is not only an option, sometimes it's the goal.

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1st Produced:
Manhattan Theatre Source    2007

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teatro oscuro

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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What I Meant Was. . .

Synopsis:
An artistic smorgasbord of bizarre characters, hilarious stories and quiet introspection, What I Meant Was. . . demonstrates that Vinnie Marano is one of the most versatile and original voices in the New York Independent theater today. What I Meant Was. . . is series of comic and serio-comic dialogues that cover the gamut of human folly and affectation. From a rebellious teen coming of age in 1950's Princeton, to rivals wrestlers with a secret, to two men of a certain age waiting for the women in their lives who have more in common than they know, What I Meant Was. . . is at turns a whimsical, passionate and thrilling evening of theater.
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1st Produced:
Manhattan Theatre Source
177 MacDougal Street, New York, NY 10011    21 Sep 2011

Organisations:
Teatro Oscuro

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Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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