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A Giovanni Affinito

A GIOVANNI AFFINITO

  (1930 - )
Nationality:    USA
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A. Giovanni's plays have been produced in Connecticut, Californis and New York City. He is a three time winner of the Mark Twain Masquer's Playwriting Competition, and his plays are published by Smith and Kraus and Heuer Publishing Companies. His Roman play, agrippina received its World Premiere in NYC by Theatre Rats, Inc. followed by its West Coast Premiere scheduled for March 2007 by the Little Fish Theatre Co., the contemporary offshoot of Shakespeare by the Sea in San Pedro CA.

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below is a list of A Giovanni Affinito's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Agrippina         Dinner At Dario's         Love And Death In Bohemia         Loyalist, The         On Golden Wings         Sarah Wants The Moon         Second Sunday In May         Yesterday's Cakes

Agrippina

Synopsis:
agrippina is a play about the lust for power and the power of lust. agrippina, the dowager empress of Rome, makes a play for power at court due to her anger at her son's affair with a freedwoman. She decides to sit next to Nero at court, an event unprecedented by a woman in the history of Rome. However, agrippina's lover, Pallas, allays her fears and smoothes things over. Meanwhile, the minister Otho and his wife, Poppeia, work to lure Nero away from his mother and move closer to the throne by sexual means. When Nero's tutor, Burrus, tells Nero his mother has plans to overthrow him, the emperor exiles agrippina to an island. In retribution, agrippina threatens to overthrow Nero and make his stepbrother, the true heir to the throne, emperor. Nero's ministers poison the boy, depriving agrippina of her only weapon. the emperor cries for help to quash his mother and his ministers travel to the island where she is living in exile and kill her. Nero and his guilty conscience are left in the deceptive hands of Poppeia.

Notes:
agrippina is written in several scenes with mucical bridges

1st Produced:
Shetler Theatre, New York City     2004

Organisations:
Ten Forward L.L.C>

1st Published:
Heuer Publishing LLC, 2006   -

Music:
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Genre:
Two act Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  1

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Dinner At Dario's

Synopsis:
Mark and Frank have arranged to have a farewell meal at "Dario's" restaurant. However, their bickering and trawling over past events make them loose the booking. then Mark attempts to seduce Frank who confesses his fear of intimacy which was at the heart of their break-up.

Notes:
This play was chosen As A fundraiser production for Ground Zero theatres

1st Produced:
Studio Theatre Inc, NYC     2001

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Genre:
Gay one act 40 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Love And Death In Bohemia

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Loyalist, The

Synopsis:
the young Nero's relationship with his mother.

Notes:
Winner of the Connecticut Heritage Productions Play Festival 2012

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On Golden Wings

Synopsis:
Giuseppe Verdi has vowed never to write again he has lost his wife and both children and his second opera was a failure. Impresario Merelli tries to change his mind - he has a libretto "Nabucco" and he is convinced that this is just the work for Verdi.

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1st Produced:
Off-Off Broadway     1998

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Genre:
33 min One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sarah Wants The Moon

Synopsis:
Sarah Bernhardt wants moonlight for a scene she is performing in on stage. Everyone conspires against her - but she gets what she wants in the end

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Genre:
One act

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Second Sunday In May

Synopsis:
anita, a self-centred rich widow is staying with her until now estranged daughter. anita claims she has broken her ankle and needs care. She is told that she is not to be invited to the social event of the year. angry she verbally attacks her daughter, Janet and pretends to faint to gain attention. Later she faints for real and when the doctor is called Janet learns that her Mother is suffering from leukemia, not a broken ankle and does not have much longer to live.

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Genre:
37 min One act

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Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Yesterday's Cakes

Synopsis:
Troy and Jerry are in a long term open relationship. Things get complicated when Troy's toy boy and an ex-lover of Jerry turn up

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Genre:
Gay full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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