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Dave McCracken

DAVE MCCRACKEN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Dave McCracken's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

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

         Charles I: the Trial of Divine Right         Fever         First Do No Harm         I Owe You My Life         Macbeth In the Other Room         One Man's View         Peep Show Male         Tune in Tomorrow

Charles I: the Trial of Divine Right

Synopsis:
At the end of the Civil War King Charles I was put on trial for treason. But can a King's actions ever be treasonable?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     2011

Organisations:
DJM Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Fever

Synopsis:
Fever, a new play by Dave McCracken, is set on a scorching desert landscape. Under a relentless sun, two great warriors and mortal enemies, Atrox and Bonitas, have momentarily retired to their corners. Atrox enlists a handsome young soldier to his cause, the seduction and capture of Bonitas. Atrox is the amoral Mack Daddy of Evil, the Simon Cowell of pre-history, with an unquenchable thirst for power. Destruction and subjugation are his calling cards. the valiant and virtuous Bonitas has received a serious wound and hides away in a cave to regain his strength. His courage and skill have managed to keep Atrox at bay but his decency has left him vulnerable. Bonitas has lively history as well; including being able to list Hercules (yes, that Hercules) as one of his exes. the dewy young stud Virtus, in the service of Atrox, learns that the struggle into which he has been drawn is older, deeper, and more complicated than he ever could have imagined.
- press release

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Dionysus Theater's L'Il Peach, NY     2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Dram

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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First Do No Harm

Synopsis:
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. the power went out and a hospital was stranded. there was nothing that could be done for the patients- was it murder or mercy killings?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Dionysus Theatre Li'L Peach, New York     2011

Organisations:
DJM Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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I Owe You My Life

Synopsis:
Two men are struggling to make their way in the 1941 radio business

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Sonnet Theatre, New York     2000

Organisations:
DJM Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act. - - Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Macbeth In the Other Room

Synopsis:
Macbeth In the Other Room, a new Drama set in Macbeth's bedroom, features an original adaptation of the Shakespearean text where the audience voyeuristically peers through the curtains and behind closed doors to experience the true underpinnings of what drives Macbeth on and to see how Lady Macbeth controls this uncontrollable man. Deception, lies, passions, fears, longing and a love triangle between Banquo and the murderous couple is played out in the shadow of a monstrous plot to kill the King and seize his crown. What price will be paid for releasing blinding aspirations and uncontrollable desires?
- press release

Notes:
Original Playwright - Shakespeare

1st Produced:
Dionysus Theater's L'Il Peach, NY     2009

Organisations:
DJM Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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One Man's View

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Chapel Theatre, Clarion, Pennsylvania     18 Oct 1983

Organisations:
DJM Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Peep Show Male

Synopsis:
Peep Show Male, a new musical comedy set in a gay New York City go-go boy bar, features an original book by Dave McCracken and musical gems mined from the heyday of Vaudeville and Burlesque. the bar is filled with a crazy collection of regulars that really let loose, derisively ripping into each other and anyone else who crosses their neon doorway, including a young shy guy just looking for a drink and a lost newlywed couple from Minnesota. the Act 1 dance highlight is 'the Senator Craig Stomp', an homage to the illustrious Senator from Idaho who put a whole new spin on 'potty training'. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to go in the back with a go-go boy! Wanna watch?"
- press release

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Dionysus Theater's L'Il Peach, NY     2008

Organisations:
DJM Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
musical comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Tune in Tomorrow

Synopsis:
Tune in Tomorrow is an absurd look at how World War II affects a young, newlywed couple in New England. Based on a number of period radio plays, this new work unfolds as the young husband returns from serving his country to the perfect 1940s wife and perfect 1940s life he left behind only to find that he must reconcile all that he did and saw in the war while continually being pursued by the spirit of a slain soldier demanding truth and accountability.
nytheatre.com

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Dionysus Theater's L'Il Peach, NY     2007

Organisations:
DJM Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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