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Tina Benko

TINA BENKO

  
Nationality:    USA
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Ms. Benko lives in New York City. As an actress, she has worked on Broadway, Off- Broadway, in TV and Film. She also dabbles in teaching, directing, writing, sketch comedy, and improvisation.

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

         Throat         Titillation         Unlocking Goldi

Throat

Synopsis:
Nearing the end of her life, an opera singer of the past brings the last memento of worth to a pawnshop where she encounters racism, compassion and possibly hope. Based on the life of Sisteretta Jones.

Notes:
part of Four 10-minute plays honoring Women's History Month

1st Produced:
Jimmy's No. 43    02 Mar 2012

Organisations:
The Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA) Detention Series

1st Published:
in "Detention #10: All the Single Ladies", http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
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Genre:
10 min play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Titillation

Synopsis:
The Challenge: Writers were asked to create a 10-minute play for no more than three actors that was inspired by one of the Seven Deadly Sins. The play had to include an advertising jingle, a health/beauty product, a secret, and the change of a pair of shoes.

Notes:
part of Detention #9: Seven Deadly Sins

1st Produced:
Jimmy's No 43, Ny    03 Feb 2012

Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays. in Detention #9: Seven Deadly Sins   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
ten min play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Unlocking Goldi

Synopsis:
In 1797, Coleridge awoke from a restless opium dream and began to write Kubla Khan. A few lines into the poem, he was interrupted by a "person from Porlock". Some people think this was an actual person; others believe it was a fiction created by Coleridge to explain his inability to finish the poem; still others feel it may have been an opium inspired hallucination. I've always found it an interesting fable presenting the fragility of creative momentum. The Challenge to writers: - Write a 5-8 minute scene that springboards from this tale - an interruption of creativity and a right turn into a wildly different direction

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Jimmy's No. 43    04 May 2012

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Detention #12: Detention, Interrupted", http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
ten min play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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