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Larry Pontius

LARRY PONTIUS

  
Nationality:    USA
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Larry Pontius is a playwright whose Theatre work includes multiple New York productions, produced plays in Chicago and throughout the Midwest, and internationally. Recipient of the Michener Fellowship from the University of Texas at Austin where he received an MFA in Playwriting, Pontius' produced work includes an Off-Broadway production of UmbrElla by Alchemy Theatre Company of Manhattan; Fallout by Working Man's Clothes Productions and the Lunar Adventures of Dar and Matey by Stolen Chair Theater, On the Night of anthony's 30th Birthday Party, Again at the Manhattan Theatre Source, On Sunday Morning, by Collaboraction in Chicago; American Autobahnics at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. the Connection is Made and Running Out of Time were both ACTF Regional Ten-Minute Play Finalists. He studied at Dell'Arte, the International School of Physical Theater, and received the Nicholas Meyer Scholarship for Playwrighting from the University of Iowa, where he received a BA with Honors. Pontius' work as television writer includes the international version of the acclaimed anthology series New York Stories, the international production of Qaatil, a 13-part murder mystery, and international Drama series Khaandaan (Family) going into production in early 2011. His work also includes multiple television spec pilots. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and the Playwrights Union.

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

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         American Atobahnics         Bitchin' Devil Horns         Boom Vang         Dar and Matey's Christmas SpectaculARGH!         Feeling Normal         Getting the Car         Leathers Are Forever         Lunar Adventures of Dar and Matey, The         Luv au Jus         Mad Bum and Angel         More Guns Than Roses         On Sunday Morning         On the Night of Anthony's 30th Birthday Party, Again         Perfect Sense         Running Out Of Time         Sisypha         Thousand Yard Stare, A         Thrown Out         Umbrella         Underground         Your Connection Is Made
American Atobahnics

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Minnesota Fringe Festival     2002

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Bitchin' Devil Horns

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Manhattan Theatre Source     2004

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Boom Vang

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Dar and Matey's Christmas SpectaculARGH!

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This is part of Fight Fest at the Brick. Adventure! Daring! Romance! Pirates Dar and Matey brave the North Pole to rescue their friend, Professor Genius, from the torturous clutches of Old St. Nick, that bastard. Allying with an Eskimo Princess they fight their way through polar bears, the evil sidekick Tiny Tim, and finally, Santa Claus! A throwback to the Golden Age of Drama, where Pirates were Men, Bears were Women, and the Baddies were BAD. Prepare for some Yule Tide YEARGH!
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Brick theatre
575 Metropolitan AVenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211     04 Dec 2010

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45 min Piece

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Feeling Normal

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Getting the Car

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Bryant Lake Bowl     1998

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One act comedy

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Leathers Are Forever

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Bryant Lake Bowl     1999

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Monologue play

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Lunar Adventures of Dar and Matey, The

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Stolen Chair Theatre Company, New York     2008

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Luv au Jus

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Minnesota Fringe Festival     2001

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Monologue play

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Mad Bum and Angel

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University Of Iowa     1994

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More Guns Than Roses

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University Of Texas, Austin     2002

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Farce

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On Sunday Morning

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Short play

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On the Night of Anthony's 30th Birthday Party, Again

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there comes a moment in your life where you need to make a choice about your future, do you embrace it or stay where you are? In this fast-paced, one-door farce, Ben faces a decision of a lifetime on the night of Anthony's 30th birthday party again. He must choose between his fiancee and the girl who got away while surrounded by his closest friends. Plans are created, mistakes are made, and everything happens after the cake in this bittersweet comedy
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Perfect Sense

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University Of Iowa     1996

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One act comedy

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Running Out Of Time

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Sisypha

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New Works Festival, University Of Texas, Austin     2003

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Thousand Yard Stare, A

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Rehearsed Reading At Soho Think Tank, New York     2007

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Thrown Out

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Manhattan Theatre Source     2006

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Umbrella

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UmbrElla is a mix of tragedy and comedy about the loneliness and despair of living in a big city and the choices we make to relieve the pressure. Helen and Frank are two strangers on a rooftop; one a peeping Tom, the other a cutter. they try to fins a common ground, but it all changes as taboos and secrets are revealed and dreams fall apart. What began as an act of kindness turns into a war of wills
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1st Produced:
Kirk Theatre, NY     2008

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Alchemy Theatre Company

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Underground

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First Stage 9th Annual One Act Contest     2005

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One act comedy

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Your Connection Is Made

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1st Produced:
Rich And Strange Cabaret, Austin, Texas     2003

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