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ARIADNE BLAYDE
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Ariadne Blayde is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in Playwriting at Fordham University, where she has written and produced several one-act plays. In fall 2008 she won the VSa Playwright Discovery award for her play the Other Room, which had its world-premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. She also writes academically and is featured in the volume True Blood and Philosophy, part of the hit Pop Culture and Philosophy series published by Blackwell-Wiley. Ms. Blayde is also trained in acting and directing and studied for four years at Interlochen Arts academy, the nation's premier boarding high school for the Arts. She now lives in New York City with her boyfriend and two cats.
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Other Room, The
Synopsis:
austin is a brilliant teenage astronomer who happens to have autism. Lily is his popular classmate who happens to have an interest in astronomy. When a chance encounter after school leads to a growing connection between them, austin's imagination, intelligence, and constant struggles to connect with the world are revealed in the form of four characters representing his inner life. By turns funny and heartbreaking, the Other Room is a compelling and sensitive glimpse into a unique and misunderstood mind.
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VSa Playwright Discovery Award (2008)
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Comedy/Drama 25-35 min
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Rubber Room, The
Synopsis:
a Bible-beating zealot, a drunk, an invalid, an embittered idealist - lock them all in an empty room together 8 hours a day and what do you get? the Rubber Room, where suspended NYC teachers are sent to await their fates.
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1st Produced:
New York International Fringe Festival Aug 2011
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Unless Productions
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1h 25m Comedy Drama
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