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JOSEPH SCRIMSHAW
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Adventures in Mating Beer and its Relation to Everything Boccaccio and the Bachelor Pad Comic Sutra: A One Man Show With Three Women Damn Audition, The Die, Clowns, Die! Everyone Hates A Clown Fat Man Crying Hansel and Gretel Hook: A Tragic Tale of Schtick and Death Inconvenient Squirrel, An Legend of Johnny Appleseed, The Sexy Librarian, The Stitch, Bitch 'n' Die Tales From Beyond the Edge of Your Seat Worst Show in the Fringe, TheAdventures in Mating
Synopsis:
inspired by the style of Choose Your Own Adventure books. The audience plays the role of cruel fate, determining the success, failure, or sudden and confusing death of a couple on a blind date. According to the press release, "Adventures in Mating engages its audience early and often. From the 'Choose Your Own East Village Adventure' story-posters, to pre-show mixers and events, to the show's branching, audience-driven storyline, Adventures in Mating is theater for the mob mentality.
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1st Produced:
Minneapolis Fringe 2005
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageBeer and its Relation to Everything
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Original title: "Jack And Ben's 10th Annual Bar Crawl And Moveable Feast"
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- 2004
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Monologue play
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageBoccaccio and the Bachelor Pad
Synopsis:
The action now takes place in a New Jersey bar in 1959
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Written by Joshua English Scrimshaw And Shanan Wexler. Also known As "Johnny Bocca's Sex Farce For Swinging Lovers". Based on "The Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio
1st Produced:
Hardcover Theater, Minneapolis 08 May 2008
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageComic Sutra: A One Man Show With Three Women
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1st Produced:
- 2001
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: 1 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageDamn Audition, The
Synopsis:
TV reality programme - only three contestants left - auditioning in Hell to become Satan
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1st Produced:
U Of M Rarig Center Proscenium, Minneapolis 07 Aug 2010
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Minnesota Fringe Festival
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Genre:
Black comedy
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Top of PageDie, Clowns, Die!
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1st Produced:
- 2006
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Genre:
Monologue play
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Top of PageEveryone Hates A Clown
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1st Produced:
- 2005
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Genre:
One act
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageFat Man Crying
Synopsis:
A depressed Santa Claus climbs in through the window of a suburban couple. They try to cheer him up. Will Santa tell them where on the naughty/nice list they are?
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1st Produced:
- 2007
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Genre:
Comedy
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Top of PageHansel and Gretel
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Written with Joshua Scrimshaw. Performed under the overall title: "The Dark Side of the Brothers Grimm"
1st Produced:
Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater, Minneapolis 2007
Organisations:
Hardcover Theater
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Top of PageHook: A Tragic Tale of Schtick and Death
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Stage fright and a destructive egotism.
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1st Produced:
Fool's Tree Theater 1997
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Top of PageInconvenient Squirrel, An
Synopsis:
The squirrels all pick names for themselves. There is Wise Squirrel, Clumsy Squirrel and Socially Awkward Squirrel. But one squirrel wont pick a name Inconvenient Squirrel
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There is Also A one Act version
1st Produced:
Minnesota Fringe Festival 2008
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Joking Envelope
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Genre:
Childrens play
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageLegend of Johnny Appleseed, The
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1st Produced:
- 2006
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Genre:
Childrens play
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageSexy Librarian, The
Synopsis:
Frumpy librarian Constance Black finds a mysterious notebook on one of the library shelves. The book contains a magic phrase which when Constance reads it out loud it turns her into Sexpot. She immediately makes a play for actor Chad. Meanwhile the town council are planning to demolish the library
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Music by Mike Hallenbeck; lyrics by Adam Whisner; book by Joseph Scrimshaw
1st Produced:
Theatre Garage, Minneapolis Apr 2011
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Joking Envelope
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Genre:
Musical
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Top of PageStitch, Bitch 'n' Die
Synopsis:
A screenwriter arrives to interview the women of a knitting group. He wants to write a murder movie centred on knitting. The lights suddenly go out and when they come back on the screenwriter has been strangled with yarn and stabbed with numerous knitting needles
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1st Produced:
Bryant Lake Bowl Cabaret Theatre Apr 2008
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Joking Envelope
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Genre:
Thriller
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Male: 3 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageTales From Beyond the Edge of Your Seat
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1st Produced:
- 2006
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Top of PageWorst Show in the Fringe, The
Synopsis:
After a critic savages his one man show - the actor kidnaps him.
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1st Produced:
- 2002
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