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Dan Bancroft

DAN BANCROFT

  (1950 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Dan's first play, Five Guns, Four Bullets, was highlighted in New York Magazine when it was performed in the 2006 '8Minute Madness' Festival in NYC. It was seen again in September 2007 as part of the 'mill City Minutes' Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts. His short play, Choices, won the audience Choice award for Best Play in June 2007 at the 35th Playwrights' Platform Summer Festival in Boston, Massachusetts. His play, What's Really Good, was produced in NYC in the 2007 '8 Minute Madness Festival' and in September 2007 was included in the Ghostplays reading series of the Tennessee Williams Festival in Provincetown, Massachusetts as well as in the October 2007 New Provincetown Players Fall Festival. He was invited to attend the Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive in Washington D.C, in July 2008, and the Yale Writers Conference in July 2013. His play, Smoke, won audience Choice and Playwrights' Choice awards for Best Play in June 2009 at the 37th Playwrights' Platform Festival, Boston. The Do-Over (The Let) is his most recent one-act play, performed from August 16-23, 2014 at the Arundel Theater Festival in England.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America

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

         Choices         Do-Over, The (or The Let)         Five Guns, Four Bullets         Smoke         What's Really Good

Choices

Synopsis:
a Jewish family in Nazi Germany, 1939, is shattered by their teenage daughter's decision to save herself by leaving the country, alone

Notes:
Winner of Audience Choice Award  Best Play. Two scenes, minimal set change. Playwright has musical rights for bridge music between scenes. Choices is An Adaptation of A full length play, still in development, based upon the playwright's mother's escape, At Age 14, from Nazi Germany

1st Produced:
Bu Playwrights' Theater, Ny    2007

Organisations:
Playwright's Platform, Ma

1st Published:
Heuer Publishing,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Do-Over, The (or The Let)

Synopsis:
The Game of Squash - A matter of life and death? It's more important than that.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Arundel Festival Theatre Trail, Uk    16 Aug 2014

Organisations:
Drip ActionTheater

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One-Act Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Five Guns, Four Bullets

Synopsis:
an imagined dialogue between a condemned man and his executioner explores and reveals their motives, anxieties, and ultimately, their need for forgiveness.

Notes:
Produced And Highlighted in New York Magazine, August, 2006. Second production in September 2007 As part of the Mill City Minutes Festival in Lowell, Ma.

1st Produced:
8 Minute Madness Festival, Ny    2006

Organisations:
Turtle Shell Production, NY

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Smoke

Synopsis:
a dying man's love of cigarettes and Lauren Bacall

Notes:
Winner of Playwrights' Choice And Audience Choice - Best Play.

1st Produced:
Bu Playwrights' Theater    2009

Organisations:
Playwrights' Platform

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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What's Really Good

Synopsis:
a bizarre conversation at a cemetery about missed opportunities and the importance of human connections.

Notes:
Included in Ghostplay Series of 2008 Tennessee Williams Festival And New Provincetown Players, Provincetown, Massachusetts.

1st Produced:
8 Minute Madness Festival, Ny    2007

Organisations:
Turtle Shell Production, NY

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
absurd Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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