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Allison Moore

ALLISON MOORE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Creative Artists Agency NY  represented by Chris Till

Allison Moore is a displaced Texan living in Minneapolis, where she is a Core Member of the Playwrights' Center. Her plays includeHazard County, Eighteen, Urgent Fury, the Strange Misadventures of Patty, CowTown, and American Klepto. Her work has been developed or read at the O'Neill Playwrights Conference, Williamstown Theatre Festival, InterAct Theatre, and Manhattan Theatre Club; and produced at the Cherry Lane Alternative, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Actor's Express, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and the Playwrights' Center, among others. Ms. Moore has received two Jerome Fellowships, a McKnight Advancement Grant, and the Iowa Arts Fellowship. She is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, and received her MFA from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop.

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         American Klepto         Apocalypse Apartments         Collapse         CowTown         Eighteen         End Times         End, The         Hazard County         Sad Misadventures of Patty, Patty's Dad, Patty's Friend Jen and a Bunch of Other People         Slasher         Snapshot         Split         Urgent Fury

American Klepto

Synopsis:
A woman goes to great lengths to defend her theft of a federally-protected piece of petrified wood. This piece is part of Snapshot, an anthology of short plays. To perform this piece independently, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform this piece as part of the full-length collection, go to Snapshot.

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1st Produced:
Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY, United States)    2002

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
3-7 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  1 female

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Apocalypse Apartments

Apocalypse Apartments
the End is near: the apocalypse and what might come after is the subject of this collaboration of five playwrights that will be performed by Actors theatre of Louisvilles Acting Apprentice Company. From the Book of Revelation to 2012, prophecies about the end of days have existed since the beginning of time. In the End, these five playwrights, all of whom have had work produced in previous Humana Festivals, envision scenarios ranging from a zombie infestation to a bunker beneath a high school

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part of the 2011 Humana Festival "the End". written by Dan Dietz, Jennifer Haley, Allison Moore, A. Rey Pamatmat, And Marco Ramirez

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Collapse

Collapse
In Collapse, Hannah, tries desperately to hold the façade of her perfect life together, even as her husband, David, mysteriously calls in sick to work. Day after day they struggle with infertility, and Hannah herself is on the verge of being laid off. When Hannahs sister appears on their doorstep, she brings with her a renegade attitude and an illicit package that send David and Hannah on a 12-hour odyssey into the heart of their deepest fears. Will they survive? Will their relationship? Esteemed playwright, Allison Moore, deaftly weaves comedy into the fabric of her topical story. The economic collapse has affected Hannah and David's relationship, and Moore's comedy subversely captures the truth burried beneath the laughs.

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1st Produced:
Arurora Theatre in San Francisco    Mar 2011

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National New Play Network

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Genre:
comedy 120 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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CowTown

Synopsis:
When their dad dies, city kids Trina and Abby are suddenly transplanted to a farm town that's being swallowed by the suburbs. Trina, an outcast in her old school, suddenly finds herself the center of attention in this new environment. Abby, the younger of the sisters, who has always made friends easily, teeters on the brink of being ostracized for her budding relationship with an aspiring bull rider. As both girls learn the rules of their new school, they quickly discover that both integrity and acceptance carry a cruel price.

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1st Produced:
Cliff High School (Cliff, NM, United States)    2004

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
30-40 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  6            Other:  3 males, 6 females, 3 either (9-15 actors possible: 3-6 males, 6-9 females)

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Eighteen

Synopsis:
Following the death of her mother, a fragile 17-year-old girl, Christine, comes to live with her Aunt Marie and Uncle Dan. Upon her arrival, Marie begins to show off her considerable culinary skills. Together she and Dan initiate Christine into the pleasures of the palate. This exploration of appetite in their evening ritual begins to blur the boundaries between adult and child, thought and action, feeding and consuming. the play's climax lives in the intersection of these in-between spaces -- where the child becomes an adult; where thought creates action; where feeding becomes consuming.

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1st Produced:
Kitchen Dog Theatre (Dallas, TX, United States)    2001

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
75-85 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  1 male, 2 females

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End Times

Synopsis:
Drought, disease, plagues of grasshoppers and the collapse of the economy. Is it the end of the world or just life in the Dust Bowl? After the death of her husband, Janie, a fierce farm wife, seems to be getting a second chance at love. But when her estranged step-son returns with a big plan and a dark secret, she must fight to keep her Panhandle homestead, her chance at happiness-and her deep faith in God. She soon discovers they all carry a steep price.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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End, The

End, The
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Written by Jennifer Haley; Allison Moore; A Rey Parmatmat and Dan Dietz

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Humana Festival 2011 - The Complete Plays" published by Playscripts Inc   978-0981909981

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Hazard County

Synopsis:
When a young producer stumbles into town looking for stories and a fresh start, he believes he's found both in Ruth. Her made-for-TV tale captures his attention -- a broke young widow in a rural Kentucky town, unable to access the trust fund set up for her children after her husband's murder. But neither of them has told the other the whole truth, and a past tainted by racism threatens to destroy Ruth's already shaky existence. This story is interspersed with memorable monologues from fans and critics ofthe Dukes of Hazzard, who blow apart the Southern stereotypes that tend to define Ruth's world.

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1st Produced:
Alabama Shakespeare Festival Southern Writer's Project (staged reading) (Montgomery, AL, United States)    2004

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
115-125 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  2 males, 3 females

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Sad Misadventures of Patty, Patty's Dad, Patty's Friend Jen and a Bunch of Other People

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1st Produced:
Williamstown Festival MA    30 Jul 2000

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Slasher

Slasher
When she's cast as the "last girl" in a low-budget slasher flick, Sheena thinks it's the big break she's been waiting for. But news of the movie unleashes her malingering mother's thwarted feminist rage, and Mom is prepared to do anything to stop filming. . .even if it kills her.

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33rd Humana Festival

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in Humana Festival 2009: the Complete Plays, Playscripts Inc
Samuel French, Inc - New York (2010) >>>
New Playwrights: the Best Plays 2010, ed Lawrence Harbison, Smith & Kraus (November 1, 2011)   978-0-573-69861-3

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Snapshot

Synopsis:
A photograph captures and documents a single moment in time and space -- a snapshot of history, of a reality bounded by the photo's frame. But what lies outside, beyond, behind the photograph? And what stories, memories, or associations does an image of place inspire? In this multi-writer project from Actors theatre of Louisville, a diverse assortment of talented playwrights encounter and transform Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, 1969, a compelling image of the monument by renowned photographer Lee Friedlander. their thought-provoking scenes and monologues range from delightful comedy to utterly serious tragedy, each approaching the photo's themes through a new lens. To perform the entire collection, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual piece independently, click on its title below:

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
80-100 min Drama/Comedy

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  11            Other:  11 males, 11 females (4-25 actors possible: 2-15 males, 2-15 females)

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Split

Synopsis:
In a sport where pushing past a body's limits sometimes isn't enough, runner Jake trains for the race that could put his dream in motion -- despite mounting financial pressures and familial sacrifice. Meanwhile, factory worker Lisa feels life accelerate as she discovers her daughter's amazing gift of speed. Ready. . . Set. . .

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1st Produced:
Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis, MN, United States)    2006

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
65-75 min Comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  4 males, 2 females (6 actors possible: 3-4 males, 2-3 females)

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Urgent Fury

Synopsis:
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, October, 1983. Reagan is in the White House, Air Supply is on the radio, and Mary Benson is on track to become the President of the Officers' Wives Club-until her family is assigned the house next-door to the Hutchinsons. they aren't regulation Army, but Mary and her daughter, Beatrice, just might learn something from their rule-breaking neighbors. Whether they're building home-made grenades, borrowing a chainsaw, or climbing a mountain of figs, these two army families come together and fall apart as they struggle to survive a missing child, the punk rock revolution, and the invasion of a small island nation, code named Operation Urgent Fury.

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1st Produced:
Cherry Lane Mentor Project    2003

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Genre:
Comic Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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