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Eliza Anderson

ELIZA ANDERSON  

 Nationality:    USA
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Eliza Anderson's work has been performed nationally and abroad, and includes the New england Sonata, Mill Girls (published by Playscripts, Inc., and winner of the 1999 Moss Hart award for Best Regional Production), the Water Principle, the Lower Rooms, and That all of Us Should Be Fed (the latter two of which are published by Samuel French). the recipient of numerous theatrical commissions and writing awards, Ms. Anderson has also received fellowships from the Nea/TCG, the Howard Foundation, the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, and Brown University. Residencies include the American Playwrights' exchange with the Royal Court Theatre, London; Playwright in Residence, A.S.K. Theatre Projects, Los Angeles; and Nea/TCG Playwright in Residence at Trinity Repertory Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island. Having written several radio Dramatizations for broadcast on National Public Radio, Ms. Anderson has acted as script consultANT for the Public Media Foundation Scribbling Women Project, a series of radio adaptations of works by early American women writers.

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

         Lower Rooms, The         Mill Girls (Full-Length)         Mill Girls (One-Act)         That All Of Us Should Be Fed         Water Principle, The

Lower Rooms, The

Synopsis:
in the underground labyrinth of the soul stalk creatures as a mother and daughter seek fulfilment from fleeting strangers

Notes:
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1st Produced:
American College Theatre Festival    1990

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1991   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Mill Girls (Full-Length)

Synopsis:
Octavia, Hannah, and other girls from dissimilar backgrounds are thrust into the American industrial revolution of the 1840s when they take on jobs in a New england mill. there they discover the unique rewards of factory work, as Hannah earns money to send her brother to Harvard, while Octavia saves for her own tuition. as Irish immigration provides a wave of cheap labor to the mills, wage cuts and miserable working conditions become the norm -- but the mill girls are determined to gain reasonable pay and conditions. With compelling characters and theatrical staging, the play brings history vividly to life. (a one-act version of this play is also available.)

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1st Produced:
all Childrens Theatre (Providence, RI, United States)    1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
70-90 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  18            Other:  8 males, 18 females (26-40 actors possible: 4-14 males, 12-26 females)

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Mill Girls (One-Act)

Synopsis:
Octavia, Hannah, and other girls from dissimilar backgrounds are thrust into the American industrial revolution of the 1840s when they take on jobs in a New england mill. there they discover the unique rewards of factory work, as Hannah earns money to send her brother to Harvard, while Octavia saves for her own tuition. as Irish immigration provides a wave of cheap labor to the mills, wage cuts and miserable working conditions become the norm -- but the mill girls are determined to gain reasonable pay and conditions. With compelling characters and theatrical staging, the play brings history vividly to life. (a full-length version of this play is also available.)

Notes:
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1st Produced:
all Childrens Theatre (Providence, RI, United States)    1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
40-50 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  12            Other:  3 males, 12 females (15-24 actors possible: 3-4 males, 12-20 females)

Further Reference:
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That All Of Us Should Be Fed

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Ten Minute Plays From Actors Theatre Of Louisville, Vol 3, Samuel French NY   -

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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Water Principle, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
West End Theatre, NY    2005

Organisations:
Six Figures' artists of Tomorrow Festival

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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