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Hal Ackerman

HAL ACKERMAN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Hal Ackerman is co-chair of the UCLA screenwriting program. His book, Write Screenplays That Sell. . .the Ackerman Way, is in its third printing, and is the text of choice in a growing number of screenwriting programs around the country. "PRICK," aka TESTOSTERONE: How Prostate Cancer Made A Man of Me, was the recipient of the William Saroyan Centennial Prize for Drama in 2009, was read by James Naughton and Tovah Feldshuh at TRUVOICES in 2011 and was awarded BEST SCRIPT at the 2011 UNITED SOLO FESTIVAL. the author has performed compressed versions of the full length piece around the country for large and small prostate cancer support groups.

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

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         Prick         Testosterone

Prick

Synopsis:
the treatment for prostate cancer cause a man to be impotent for a year. a year in which his mother commits suicide and his daughter berates him for keeping his illness a secret

Notes:
Original title: "Blue Sundays". Prick received the award for Best Script at the 2011 United Solo Theater Festival.

1st Produced:
-     2011

Organisations:
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Genre:
90 min one act

Parts:
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Testosterone

Synopsis:
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Notes:
A renaming of "Prick"

1st Produced:
Roy Arias Theatre, New York     13 Jun 2011

Organisations:
Me And You Productions

1st Published:
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Genre:
Drama

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