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Ken Munch

KEN MUNCH

  (1967 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Attended NYU's Department of Dramatic Writing (1985-1989), where he studied with writers such as Len Jenkin, Wendy Wasserstein, David Ives, Lonnie Carter, and others. Has published poetry (the Minetta Review, Spring 1992 issue), and was a Theater critic for NY Arts magazine from 1996-1998.

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

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

         Amnesiac, The         Colonial Road         Covered In Dust         Enormous Radio, The         Explosion At the Happiness Factory         Infection         Rockets Red Glare

Amnesiac, The

Synopsis:
When Brian loses his memory, his friends try to help him regain a picture of the man he used to be. But can he trust their recollections?

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Director's Company, The     2003

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Genre:
Black Comedy Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Colonial Road

Synopsis:
Ray, the dispatcher for Majestic Car Service (slogan: "Anytime. Anywhere."), grows increasingly frustrated when one of his drivers refuses to either pick up or drop off on Colonial Road. When Ray hears the real reasons that his driver wants to avoid this area of the Brooklyn neighborhood they're supposed to serve, the secrets revealed shatter Ray's image of himself and those he loves

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Play/Drama

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Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Covered In Dust

Synopsis:
When Bruce stays home from work for the first time in many years, it just happens to be September 11, 2001, and the financial firm he works for just happens to be headquartered in the World Trade Center. In the aftermath of the attacks, Bruce must not only deal with guilt arising from the fact that he survived when so many did not, but also must confront the truth of what he was doing that morning, just before the towers fell. the secrets he carries around and desperately tries to deny threaten to rip apart his family (his wife Diane, disgusted with her job and increasingly distant from Bruce; and his daughter, Stella, the only other person to know the truth of what happened that morning), and put his very freedom in danger.

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Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Enormous Radio, The

Synopsis:
When Jim and Irene Westcott purchase a state-of-the-art radio console, they discover they are suddenly able to hear the most private intimate details of the lives of their friends and neighbors. Inspired by the short story by John Cheever.

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Nyu Department Of Undergraduate Drama     1988

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Genre:
Farce, Black Comedy Farce

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Explosion At the Happiness Factory

Synopsis:
A pharmaceutical manufacturer falsifies data to rush a dangerous drug to the marketplace, but their plan comes undone when dark secrets can longer be kept, not even by the dead.

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama

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Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Infection

Synopsis:
A reclusive millionaire and his young caretaker must deal with an invasion from the world outside, in the form of a street-smart young woman who is not all she seems.

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American Theatre Of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019     2000

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Genre:
Black Comedy Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Rockets Red Glare

Synopsis:
Val Camaretti wants to get back in the wrestling game for one last match. What he doesn't realize is that sometime your toughest opponent is in the mirror, not the ring.

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1st Produced:
Alchemical Theatre Lab. New York, NY     09 May 2016

Organisations:
Rough & Ready Productions

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