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Louise Schwarz

LOUISE SCHWARZ

  (1974 - )
Nationality:    USA
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LOUISE SCHWARZ is a playwright, director, and teacher. She has written several plays, including AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, LAST LICKS IN the BRONX, AFTER WEDNESDAY, the FAIR HOPE MEMORIAL, FLOOR SHOW IN the SWEET LIFE (recipient of the 2000 John Golden Award), LAST SCREAM OF the BROKEN HOME, THIS IS MY REWARD, BEAUTY PAGEANT MASSACRE, VERONICA's LEGACY, and AUGUST NOVEMBER. these works have been produced or work-shopped at such NYC venues as the Women's Project and Productions, Theatre for the New City, the Trilogy Theatre, the Cherry Lane Alternative, New Dramatists, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, New Perspectives Theatre, and the Oscar Hammerstein Center, and such out-of-town venues as Stage Left Theatre in Chicago, the Mark Taper Forum's New Work Festival in Los Angeles, the Horizon Theatre's New South for the New Century Festival in Atlanta, and Pandora's Box PlayRites of Spring Festival in Buffalo, as well as dozens of high schools and colleges across the country. Fellowships and residencies include Blue Mountain Center, Atlantic Center for the Arts, the Hambidge Center, and the Edward Albee Foundation. She has taught playwriting and Theatre appreciation at Oklahoma State University and at Hofstra University, and heads the Theatre Department at Appel Farm Arts and Music Center, where she teaches and directs each summer. She is currently an administrator and instructor with the Playwrights Project at Northern Stage in White River Junction, Vermont, which brings playwriting classes into underserved rural schools and produces an entire festival of student-written plays with professional actors, directors, and designers. Ms. Schwarz is a member of the Dramatists' Guild. B.A. Directing, University of GeorgiA. M.F.A. Playwriting, Columbia University.

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

         After Wednesday         As Fate Would Have It         August November         Beauty Pageant Massacre         Better than Gosling         End of Summer         Fair Hope Memorial, The         Floor Show in the Sweet Life         Harriet the Musical         House of Usher         Journalist's Manifesto, The         Last Licks in the Bronx         Last Scream of the Broken Home         Next Time on Spring Valley         Nostalgia Cure, The         Secretaries Day         This Is Not A Project         Time and this Night Forever

After Wednesday

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A look at the aftermath of a school shooting in a small Virginia town. Focusing primarily on the close friends of the perpetrators, the play asks questions about culpability and explores the far-reaching consequences of violence.

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New York International Fringe Festival

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As Fate Would Have It

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1st Produced:
Appel Farm Arts & Music Center    2005

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August November

Synopsis:
In November 2001, their lives changed by unspeakable tragedy, five New Yorkers seek refuge and solace through substances, sex, work, friends, lovers, humor, and a renewed love for their city.

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1st Produced:
Pulse Ensemble Theatre, New York, NY    2002

Organisations:
Crescent Line Theatre Company

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Beauty Pageant Massacre

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Appel Farm Arts & Music Center    2007

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Better than Gosling

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Jimmy's No. 9    2013

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End of Summer

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Oklahoma State University    2006

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Fair Hope Memorial, The

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1st Produced:
Stage Left Theatre (Chicago)    2006

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Floor Show in the Sweet Life

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Recipient of the 2000 John Golden Award

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Oscar Hammerstein Center, Columbia University    2000

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Harriet the Musical

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Appel Farm Arts & Music Center    2006

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House of Usher

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Appel Farm Arts & Music Center    2004

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Journalist's Manifesto, The

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PussyFest    2013

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Last Licks in the Bronx

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Appel Farm Arts & Music Center    2005

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Last Scream of the Broken Home

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Appel Farm Arts & Music Center    2003

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Next Time on Spring Valley

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Primary Stages    2011

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Nostalgia Cure, The

Synopsis:
Part of Detention #4: Punk Rock Star. The Challenge: Five writers were asked to write a play based on mysterious packets provided by Daniel Talbott and Denis Butkus that included punk rock songs, images, and a description of an act of violence or nudity. The writers were then given two weeks to write a 10-minute play based on the provided raw material.

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1st Produced:
Jimmy's No. 43    06 May 2011

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ten min play

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Secretaries Day

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1st Produced:
Appel Farm Arts & Music Center    2007

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This Is Not A Project

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1st Produced:
Producers' Club    2009

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Time and this Night Forever

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1st Produced:
University of Georgia    1998

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