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John McKinney

JOHN MCKINNEY

  
Nationality:    USA
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John McKinney'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 John McKinney's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Chekhov Dreams, The         Hijinks         i-Factor, The         Misery, Apathy and Despair         Unintelligent Life

Chekhov Dreams, The

Synopsis:
Distraught over his fiancee's untimely passing three years ago, a once-aspiring writer copes with the loss he feels during waking hours by continuing their romance in his dreams. Add his party animal brother, a young actress and Anton Chekhov to the equation and you've got a romance where true love never dies. And that's the problem. Playwright John McKinney shows that while it may be hard to laugh about death, it turns out to be the best medicine as we watch Jeremy struggle to regain his will to live, and explore our own humanity with all its joys and sorrows.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
WorkShop theater
312 West 36th Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10018     11 Oct 2012

Organisations:
WorkShop Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Hijinks

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Written by Robert Kalfin, Steve Brown And John McKinney. Based on the play "Captain Jinks Of the Horse Marines" by Clyde Fitch (1902)

1st Produced:
Westside Theatre (Upstairs), New York     17 Dec 1980

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i-Factor, The

Synopsis:
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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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Genre:
short play

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Misery, Apathy and Despair

Synopsis:
based on "An Artist's Story"

Notes:
part of From Russia With Angst which offers A series of one-acts that create A theatrical potpourri which runs the gamut of emotions Chekhov style, evoking both laughter And pathos

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Genre:
One Act

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Unintelligent Life

Synopsis:
"As the end of the world is set in stone, at least according to the Mayan calendar, it became an interesting theme for a short play festival. But I didn't want to limit the series to plays about hellfire or brimstone," says Scott C. Sickles, artistic director of the WorkShop theater Company. "Instead, I asked playwrights to consider cataclysms great and small. We have six plays that offer a wide array of interpretations regarding what constitutes an apocalypse. To one person it can be the "loss of a loved one, to another it's the loss of a favorite TV show." the plays, all penned by WorkShop theater Company playwrights, feature the talent of seventeen actors and 6 noteworthy directors: All My Problems by Laurie Graff, directed by Fritz Brekeller; Nero, Seneca, Agrippina, and Apples by Walter Brandes, directed by Eddie Antar; Save the Veal by Michael Lazan, directed by David Gautschy; Unfamiliar Faces by Glenn Alterman, directed by Keith Greer; Unintelligent Life by John McKinney, directed by Kelly Johnston; and Winter Retreat by Abigail Somma, directed by Ryan Lee.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
part of It's the End of the World As We Know It

1st Produced:
Working theatre
NY, USA     07 Jun 2012

Organisations:
WorkShop Theatre Company

1st Published:
Best 10-Minute Plays 2013 Plays For Two Actors. Published by Smith and Kraus, Inc.    -

Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
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