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Mary Resing

MARY RESING

  
Nationality:    USA
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Mary Resing is a Dramaturg, director and playwright and the artistic director of active cultures, the Vernacular Theatre of Maryland. Picture cropped from one taken by Victoria McKeown

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

         Bags Armwrestling for World Dominance         Faceless         Hansel and Gretel Eat Crabs         Never Have I Ever         Petri Dish Circus: the history of microbiology in nine scenes of gags, burlesque, drollery and song.         Two Women         Visible Language

Bags Armwrestling for World Dominance

Synopsis:
A humorous look at the USA's attitude towards trash.

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1st Produced:
Round House - Silver Spring    Apr 2007

Organisations:
eXtreme eXchange

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Genre:
political One Act

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Faceless

Synopsis:
A trilogy of horror: Faceless by Mary Resing, Verite by Michael John Garces, and What Fresh Hell by Alexandra Petri. On a cold December morning in 1886, Washington insider Clover Adams commits suicide in her Lafayette Square home. In the early hours of a day in November 1956, a UMD fraternity pledge dies in the arms of a statue on her grave. In broad daylight in September 2012, her statue lurks in the garden of a courthouse where disastrous political decisions are made. Coincidence? Urban legend? Or something else entirely... Thriller. Recommended for age 13 and up. Mon. at 3:30 p.m.

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The Kennedy Center hosts its 11th annual Page-to-Stage festival, featuring more than 40 D.C.-area theater companies. This three-day event offers free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers

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Hansel and Gretel Eat Crabs

Synopsis:
One magic-laden night on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, two young girls become lost in the wetlands. A rollicking rock'n'roll/hiphop fantasy of BEAUTY, abandonment, cannibalism, silliness, triumph and a parent's worst fears.

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1st Produced:
Joe's Movement Emporium    2007

Organisations:
Active Cultures Theatre

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Never Have I Ever

Synopsis:
According to local legend, in 1949, in a house in Cottage City, Maryland, a 14 year old boy was possessed by the Devil. Today, the house remains. the legend lingers. This Hallowe'en, Active Cultures presents HellSpawn a trilogy of plays that bring new meaning to the phrase "demonic possession." Inspired by the Exorcist and DC's own (sub)urban legends, HellSpawn will make your Hallowe'en just a little bit scarier.

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part of HellSpawn written by Jessica Burgess And Mary Resing

1st Produced:
Riverdale Town Center, 4650 Queensbury Rd, Riverdale, MD    13 Oct 2011

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Genre:
short play

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Petri Dish Circus: the history of microbiology in nine scenes of gags, burlesque, drollery and song.

Synopsis:
the history of microbiology as you have never seen it before. Rabies! Diptheria! Malaria! Yoghurt! Suicide! Heroism! War! Juggling! Comedy sketches! Song and dance acts! Microscopes! Come see the daring-do of Louis Pasteur in his Parisian lab, the Scotch fortitude of Ronald Ross as he travels through disease-stricken Africa, and the sad Cuban saga of Walter Reed as he battles Yellow Jack. Inspired by Paul de Kruif's 1926 classic nonfiction novel MICROBE HUNTERS.

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written by Mary Resing, James Hesla And Jessica Burgess. Composers: Andy Welchel And Jesse Terrill

1st Produced:
Joe's Movement Emporium    09 Nov 2007

Organisations:
active cultures Theatre

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Genre:
Vaudeville

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Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Two Women

Synopsis:
At the height of the Iraq War, two pregnant military spouses muse on their destinies.

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1st Produced:
Round House - Silver Spring    Mar 2006

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Genre:
political One Act

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Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Visible Language

Synopsis:
A play about Alexander Graham Bell, Edward Miner Gallaudet, Helen Keller and the fight for control of deaf communication.

Notes:
All of the Actors must sign in the production. Score by Andy Welchel.

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Active cultures Theatre and Open Circle Theatre

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Genre:
Signed/Spoken Musical

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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