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Bari Biern

BARI BIERN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Bari Biern's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

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

         Arlen & Berlin Occupy the Fringe         Dance Against Darkness, A: Living With AIDS         Las Polacas: The Jewish Girls of Buenos Aires         Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, The         Mapp & Lucia         Marriages, The         Miracle of Watts, The         Real Thing, The         Riddle Me a Prince         Titus! The Musical!         WAM2         When You Care Enough
Arlen & Berlin Occupy the Fringe

Synopsis:
Set in DC's Freedom Plaza, this fresh original take on two legendary American composers illustrates how classic songs inspired by the Depression still resonate today. Jazzy and soulful, flirty and fun. . .it's definitely not your mother's cabaret!

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Source Theatre, Washington DC Capfringe     14 Jul 2012

Organisations:
the In Series

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical theatre & Opera / Variety 90 minutes

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Dance Against Darkness, A: Living With AIDS

Synopsis:
David is rejected by his parents and enters an AIDS group house. There are various other patients - a rent boy, a junkie and a vindictive mother plus Mike who is to be David's Buddy

Notes:
2013 Helen Hayes Award nominee for Oustanding New Play or Musical. Concept by Kathryn Chase Bryer, David Palmer, Janet Stanford, Septime Webre; Libretto and lyrics by Janet Stanford with additional lyrics by Bari Biern; Music by Matthew Pierce

1st Produced:
DC Space, Washington D C     1987

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
AIDS musical full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Las Polacas: The Jewish Girls of Buenos Aires

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Adaptation of English lyrics and text. 2016 Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding New Musical. Book by Patricia Suarez-Cohen, Music and lyrics by Mariano Vales, lyrics by Bari Biern

1st Produced:
Gala Hispanic Theatre    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical (adaptation)

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
2013 Helen Hayes Award nominee for Oustanding New Play or Musical. Concept by Kathryn Chase Bryer, David Palmer, Janet Stanford, Septime Webre; Libretto and lyrics by Janet Stanford with additional lyrics by Bari Biern; Music by Matthew Pierce

1st Produced:
Imagination Stage, Washington D.C.    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical (adaptation)

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mapp & Lucia

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Adapted from E.F. Benson's novel

1st Produced:
(reading) The Forum    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama (staged reading)

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Marriages, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Adapted from short stories by Henry James

1st Produced:
(reading) The Forum     2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Miracle of Watts, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Composer Emily Bell Spitz

1st Produced:
Fillmore Arts Camp DC    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Real Thing, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Adapted from short stories by Henry James

1st Produced:
(reading) The Forum     2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Riddle Me a Prince

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Playwrights Ernie Joselovitz and Harry Bagadasian; Composer Lenny Willia?ms; lyrics Bari Biern

1st Produced:
Imagination Stage, Washington D.C.    

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Titus! The Musical!

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Bari Biern and Michael Tilford; Composer Lenny Williams

1st Produced:
(reading) The Forum    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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WAM2

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Intersections Festival    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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When You Care Enough

Synopsis:
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Notes:
with composer Roy Barber, Source Theatre Festival Award Nominee for Best Musical

1st Produced:
Source Theatre Festival    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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