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Stephen Bittrich

STEPHEN BITTRICH

  
Nationality:    USA
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Stephen Bittrich's first play was a 30-minute Star Trek tribute in junior high school where he penned himself into the starring role of Captain Kirk. After college, he moved to New York to become an actor, but soon put his English major skills to good use writing plays during the slow acting periods. He often wrote late at night during one of his survival jobs as a graveyard shift security guard. When his daughter was born he focused in on playwriting rather than the itinerant life of the actor. For over a decade and a half he's worked primarily with The Drilling Company Theater on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where many of his plays were produced. He's found that working with a group he considers his "artistic family" has been fertile ground for developing stories. He also writes for the screen and was a Top 30 Finalist in the first Project Greenlight contest (also an HBO reality show) with his screenplay, Desert Rites, based upon his play of the same name, and more recently his play, Healer, was optioned by Past Present Productions. .

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         Acquisition, The         Audit         Bee         Big Apples         Brain Sucking         Bringing Up Lester         Cinderella         Cowboy South Of Houston         Cup Of Sugar         Desert Rites         Duty Honor Country         Even         F#@king Cousin         Faith         Flash In the Pan Or the Rise And Fall Of the Roman Empire         God's Signature         Hole         Home Of the Great Pecan         Inquistion         Jubilation Mississippi         Miami Connection, The         Mime In A Box         On the Shelf For the Holidays         Proposal, The         Queue, The         Sign, The         Sir?         Some Words Of Advice         Tofu         Two Eggs         Way, The Truth, The Life, The

Acquisition, The

Synopsis:
Regency england

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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Audit

Synopsis:
a husband and wife versus their auditor

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1st Produced:
78th Street Theater Lab, New York    2003

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Bee

Synopsis:
the Future - a man is brought in for questioning when his partner disappears

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1st Produced:
78th Street Theater Lab, New York    2005

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Big Apples

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Access Theater, New York    2003

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Genre:
Short Play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Brain Sucking

Synopsis:
Two men talking on a back porch. One has been abducted by aliens and now finds he is doing unmentionable things to his girl friend

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1st Produced:
Humana Festival Ten Minute Plays    1994

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Dramatics Magazine" April 1995   -

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bringing Up Lester

Synopsis:
a woman goes off with her lover. Three months later she returns home to find her husband has raised a son she knew nothing about

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1st Produced:
Vital Signs 4: New Works, New York    2001

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Cinderella

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1st Produced:
-    1986

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Genre:
Childrens play

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  doubling and extras

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Cowboy South Of Houston

Synopsis:
a cowboy visitor to New York wanders into an avant garde gallery

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1st Produced:
New Dramatists Theatre, New York    1991

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Cup Of Sugar

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
78th Street Theater Lab, New York    2000

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Desert Rites

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1st Produced:
Theatre Row Theatre, New York    1993

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Duty Honor Country

Synopsis:
Iraq. Two American soldiers have an Iraqi prisoner. One who joined up to escape prison has a laid back approach to things. the other wants everything done by the book.

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1st Produced:
78th Street Theater Lab, New York    2004

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Plays and Playwrights 2005" published by New York Theatre experience    -

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Genre:
Fifteen minute play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Even

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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F#@king Cousin

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Drilling Company Theatre, New York    Jun 2013

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Genre:
Short play

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Faith

Synopsis:
Declaring "We all believe in something. . .don't we?," the Drilling Company has set a short play project on the subject of faith. the nine short plays cover a range of ideas and writing styles. the program includes plays by Brian Dykstra, Kate McCamy, Richard Mover, C. Denby Swanson, Scott Baker, and Stephen Bittrich, all regular contributors to past Drilling Company projects, plus newcomers Jennifer Fawcett, Misha Shulman, and Christine Whitley.
- nytheatre.com

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Organisations:
theDrillingCompaNY

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Flash In the Pan Or the Rise And Fall Of the Roman Empire

Synopsis:
On the film set of a new movie version of "Quo Vardis"

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1st Produced:
78th Street Theater Lab, New York    2002

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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God's Signature

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
78th Street Theater Lab, New York    2007

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Genre:
One act

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Hole

Hole
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1st Published:
in the Best Ten-Minute Plays 2011, Smith & Kraus; (June 1, 2012)   978-1575257822

Music:
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Genre:
10 min play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Home Of the Great Pecan

Synopsis:
the play is set in author Stephen Bittrich's small hometown of Segin, Texas, following the misadventures of Tammy Lynn Schneider and her attempts to get her longtime boyfriend to the altar while battling a a bevy of suspected other women, aliens from outer space, and a local Reverend, more interested in his secretary than sanctity.

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1st Produced:
78th Street Theater Lab, New York    2001

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/home-of-the-great-pecan   -

Music:
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Genre:
Farce 110 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Inquistion

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Producers Club Theatre, New York    1989

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Jubilation Mississippi

Synopsis:
In the same style as a Twilight Zone episode, a man is welcomed to a city in which everyone is too enthusiastic.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
part of "Happiness". the Drilling Company commissioned eight playwrights to write short works on the subject of the search for happiness

1st Produced:
Drilling Company theatre
107 West 82nd Street, #1a, New York, NY 10024    12 May 2011

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Miami Connection, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Mcginn/Cazale Theater, New York    2005

Organisations:
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Genre:
One act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mime In A Box

Synopsis:
Two friends test what is real and what is not

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1st Produced:
Vital Theatre Company, New York    2001

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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On the Shelf For the Holidays

Synopsis:
Christmas - and only two dolls in the shop remain unsold

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Proposal, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
78th Street Theater Lab, New York    2006

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Best Ten Minute Plays For Two actors 2006" published by Smith and Kraus   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act

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Queue, The

Synopsis:
the queue at an audition. One actor tries to upset the others so that they leave - giving him a better chance

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1st Produced:
Vital Theatre Company, New York    2000

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Sign, The

Synopsis:
Two old friends meet again at a funeral

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1st Produced:
Access Theater, New York    2004

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1st Published:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sir?

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Pulse Ensemble Theater, New York    1991

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
One act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Some Words Of Advice

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
78th Street Theater Lab, New York    2000

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Music:
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Genre:
One act

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Tofu

Synopsis:
a building worker takes a shy colleague under his wing

Notes:
Written by Stephen Bittrich And Jeff P Weiss

1st Produced:
Pelican Theatre, New York    1990

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Two Eggs

Synopsis:
a woman has problems with a neighbour who suffers from a personality disorder

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1st Produced:
78th Street Theater Lab, New York    2000

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Way, The Truth, The Life, The

Synopsis:
an unorthodox acting class

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1st Produced:
Mcginn/Cazale Theater, New York    2005

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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