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Norman Allen

NORMAN ALLEN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Norman Allen is the recipient of a Charles Macarthur award for Outstanding New Play and two regional emmy awards for documentary writing. During a long association with Signature Theatre he premiered Melville Slept Here, Nijinsky's Last Dance (Helen Hayes award, Outstanding Play), In the Garden(Macarthur award), the Christmas Carol Rag, and Fallen from Proust, with subsequent productions throughout the United States, South Africa and Europe. Mr. allen provided the concert adaptation for encore's Sweet adeline at New York City Center, starring Dorothy Loudon and Gary Beach, and the libretto for the national tour ofCirque Ingenieux, later featured on PBS. Mr. allen's work has been commissioned and produced by the Kennedy Center (the Light of excalibur), the Shakespeare Theatre Company (On the eve of Friday Morning), Olney Theatre Center (Coffee with Richelieu), and the Karlin Music Theatre in Prague, where his contemporary take on Carmen, with score by Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy, has broken box office records. For PBS, Mr. allen scripted documentaries on Vincent Van Gogh and John Singer Sargent, and received regional emmy awards for his work on Mary Cassatt/a Brush with Independence andFrom Renoir to Rothko/the eye of Duncan Phillips.

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

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

         Carmen         Christmas Carol Rag, The         Christmas Foundling, The         Coffee With Richelieu         Fallen From Proust         Here To Stay         House Halfway, The         In the Garden         Jenny Saint Joan         Lump of Coal for Christmas, A         Melville Slept Here         Morning Of the Eighth Day, The         Nijinsky's Last Dance         On the Eve Of Friday Morning         Once Wild: Isadora In Russia         Waiting In Tobolsk

Carmen

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book by Norman Allen, music by Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Jack Murphy

1st Produced:
The Galaxy Theatre, Horipro Productions, Tokyo, Japan     13 Jun 2014

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musical

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Christmas Carol Rag, The

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In a spunky take on the Dickens classic, the story of Scrooge's redemption is set in the exciting, ragtime world of New York, circa 1911. Evelyn Scrooge runs her sweatshop with an iron fist but slowly opens her heart as she is visited by a Yiddish-spouting Ghost of Christmas Past and a gospel-wailing Ghost of Christmas Present. the score, which includes work by Victor Herbert and George M. Cohan, brings the age old Christmas story to life with rousing production numbers set to familiar songs from "Hello, My Baby" to "the Streets of New York." Wildly funny and deeply moving, the Christmas Carol Rag brings a new twist to an old chestnut.

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1st Produced:
Signature Theatre (Arlington, Va, United States)     2002

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
90-100 min Musical Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  6            Other:  3 males, 6 females (9-15 actors possible: 3-5 males, 6-11 females)

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Christmas Foundling, The

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When a baby boy is orphaned in the California Sierras on Christmas eve, 1850, two curmudgeonly miners agree to raise him. a decade later, the boy's idyllic life is interrupted by the arrival of a meddling aunt, who intends to take him back to Boston for a formal education and a life of success. Inspired by the stories of Bret Harte, the Christmas Foundlingis a heartwarming holiday tale, with the love of a child at its center and an unlikely romance as its driving force.

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1st Produced:
Sierra Repertory Theatre (Sonora, Ca, United States)     2001

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
120 min Comedy/Drama

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Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  6 males, 1 female

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Coffee With Richelieu

Synopsis:
the plot of Dumas' swashbucklingthe Three Musketeers is the springboard for this Dramatic comedy that includes appearances by Queen Victoria, Mahatma Gandhi, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. as the scheming Cardinal Richelieu and the earnest D'artagnan play out a classic struggle between good and evil, this familiar tale of chivalry and lust takes on a new layer of simultaneous wit and philosophy. Who will triumph?

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1st Produced:
Olney Theatre Center (Olney, Md, United States)     2002

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
140 min Comedy/Drama

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Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  6 males, 3 females (9-15 actors possible: 6-9 males, 3-6 females)

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Fallen From Proust

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the burning question - is your new room mate gay too? He does use the word "sexy" a lot - is that an indication? and he has a girlfriend - but her best friend is a rent boy. . .

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1st Produced:
Signature Theatre, Arlington     2005

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Here To Stay

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House Halfway, The

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Guests gather at Dandle House, overlooking the Caribbean, to partake in its unique service -to assist its guests in their suicides.

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Play/Drama

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In the Garden

Synopsis:
the lives of four urban sophisticates are rocked by the arrival of a young man, Gabe, who is everything but what he seems. With unworldly charisma, Gabe constructs a web of seduction and theology grounded in the lessons of the New Testament. a professor of philosophy, his fashionista wife, and their glib young friends must rise to the boy's erotic and spiritual challenge, questioning their lives as they question his very identity. With high comedy and thought-provoking Drama, In the Gardenblends sexual conventions, high fashion, Nietzsche, and Christ in an uber-theatrical rollercoaster ride.

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1st Produced:
Signature Theatre (Arlington, Va, United States)     2001

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
100-120 min Comedy/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  3 males, 2 females

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Jenny Saint Joan

Synopsis:
a unique retelling of the legend of Joan of arc, depicting her as a normal adolescent facing tough choices about her future. Young Jenny is torn between the two men in her life: the peasant Colin who offers her love, a home and a family -- and the playful archangel Michael who offers her glory as the savior of France. Choosing glory over love, Jenny is transformed into Joan only to find herself imprisoned and facing death. Given a final choice to embrace her destiny or deny the existence of her spiritual guide -- and friend -- she makes the ultimate sacrifice.

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1st Produced:
Provincetown Theatre Company (Provincetown, Ma, United States)     1989

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
40-60 min Comedy/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  2 males, 1 female, 3 either (6 actors possible: 2-5 males, 1-4 females)

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Lump of Coal for Christmas, A

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Traditionally the dreaded stocking stuffer for children on the Naughty List, this lump turns one child's worst nightmare into a dream come true.

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1st Produced:
Adventure Theatre. Glen Echo, MD     22 Nov 2015

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Melville Slept Here

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a middle aged couple become the caretakers of an historic Cape Cod house. everything is turned upside down when a batty Cape matron and her social climbing daughter and then a prose spouting sea captain arrive

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1st Produced:
Signature Theatre, Arlington, Va     26 Mar 1997

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Morning Of the Eighth Day, The

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During the final days of the American Civil War, young Mavis MacDonald must fight to unite the ragged group of friends and comrades hiding in her ruined farmhouse in Virginia. When she takes in a wounded Yankee soldier, the safety of her new family is threatened -- until a surprise arrival reveals all secrets and brings the promise of long-sought security.

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1st Produced:
Signature Theatre (Arlington, Va, United States)     1998

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
40-60 min Comedy/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  4 males, 5 females

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Nijinsky's Last Dance

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This one-man tour-de-force delves into the hidden recesses of the great dancer's psyche as he fights for his sanity. In a searing 90 minutes, Nijinsky not only relives his past but embodies the people who inhabit it, including lover Sergei Diaghilev, prima ballerina Tamara Karsavina, and artistic champion auguste Rodin. Through the passionate telling of his own rise and fall, Nijinsky offers his audience a glimpse into a collapsing civilization and the unraveling of the twentieth century.

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1st Produced:
Signature Theatre (Arlington, Va, United States)     1998

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
85-95 min Solo Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  1 male

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On the Eve Of Friday Morning

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a girl waits to hear the fate of her imprisoned Father - her mother tells her the tale of Mushkil Gusha

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Once Wild: Isadora In Russia

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1st Produced:
Georgetown University's Gonda Theatre In Washington, Dc     03 May 2013

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Word-Dance Theatre

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Waiting In Tobolsk

Waiting In Tobolsk
after their father, Nicholas II, abdicates the Russian throne and their family is shipped to the remote town of Tobolsk, the daughters of the Last Tsar face an uncertain future. eldest daughter Olga strikes up a friendship with one of her Bolshevik guards, seeking the truth that her parents have always avoided -- and finding a glimmer of romance in the midst of an impossible situation. Rising to the challenges that face them, the daughters and their brother hold their family together in its final days.

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1st Produced:
Signature Theatre (Arlington, Va, United States)     1996

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
40-60 min Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  6            Other:  1 male, 6 females

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