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Andy Rooster Bloch

ANDY ROOSTER BLOCH

  
Nationality:    USA
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Andy Rooster Bloch ~ recently enjoyed the critically acclaimed World Premiere of "the Bellflower Sessions" at the Whitefire Theatre in LA. Prior to that the play was Runner-Up in the Sin City Playwrighting Contest (Onyx Theatre, Las Vegas) from a nationwide search of over 300 new plays. Andy is perhaps best known for his darkly comedic stage play, "the Killer and the Comic," published by Original Works Publishing and Smith and Kraus, the longest running play of the Mary Arrchie Theatre's history, earning two Jefferson Awards (Chicago's equivalent to the Tony). "Never the Same Rhyme Twice" premiered shortly after at the Mary Arrchie. Following successful runs of both plays in Chicago they moved "in tandem" to New York, renamed as "Buffalo Kill: Two Brutal Comedies," and played to packed houses at Off-Broadway's 29th Street Rep. Other work includes "10 AM in Pittsburgh" (Santa Monica Playhouse, published by Cyberpress), "the Bronx Hebrew School and Sports Book" (published by Smith and Kraus), "Dodging the Bullet" (with Dan Lauria and Joe Mantegna), "Dear Daisy" (Actors Forum Theatre) as well as an episode of PBS's award-winning series, "Crossroads Cafe".

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below is a list of Andy Rooster Bloch's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Bellflower Sessions, The         Blood Strangers (aka "10 am In Pittsburgh")         Bronx Hebrew School And Sports Book, The         Buffalo Kill: Two Brutal Comedies         Dear Daisy         Dodging the Bullet         Killer And the Comic, The         Never the Same Rhyme Twice

Bellflower Sessions, The

Synopsis:
a timely and scathing black comedy about a self-proclaimed victim of the recession and his mentally unstable psychiatrist.

Notes:
a biting commentary on America's economy - And just how far we'll Allow ourselves to fall. Finalist in the Sin City Playwrighting Contest in Las Vegas sponsored by the Onyx theatre. "the Bellflower Sessions" was runner-up in A nationwide search of over 300 plays.

1st Produced:
Whitefire Theatre In Los Angeles, Ca    Sep 2012

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Genre:
black comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Blood Strangers (aka "10 am In Pittsburgh")

Synopsis:
Two estranged brothers rob a bank together then get holed up in a dingy motel room in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Hiding from the cops and plotting their next move, they are forced to re-learn all about each other in the most desperate of circumstances.

Notes:
Two brothers duke it out in a hellish hour of brotherly love. A realistic two-hander; funny And very moving

1st Produced:
Santa Monica Playhouse, Santa Monica, Ca    -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bronx Hebrew School And Sports Book, The

Synopsis:
Matzo. Murder. Mayhem! Set in the Bronx in the 1930's, a small time, down and out, Jewish mob, who runs a bookie joint from the Bronx Hebrew School, fixes a horse race to pay for the children's annual Seder

Notes:
a fun period piece full of Runyunesque dialogue. A bit tawdry in places

1st Produced:
Staged Reading: The Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles    -

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1st Published:
the Best Men's Monologues (2000) and Best Stage Scenes (2000) by Smith and Kraus., 2000   -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  male voice, 1g

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Buffalo Kill: Two Brutal Comedies

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Act One: the Killer and the Comic; Act Two: Never the Same Rhyme Twice

1st Produced:
29th Street Rep
NY, USA    May 1997

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Genre:
two comedies

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Dear Daisy

Synopsis:
the story of an agoraphobic and his wife who write an advice column for a New York City newspaper. the column is named for their beloved daughter, Daisy. ed, the husband, blames himself for her death and refuses to ever leave the house again. Fran will risk everything to save him

Notes:
a very Neil Simon-esque play (my first!)

1st Produced:
Actors Forum Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca    -

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Genre:
Bittersweet comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Dodging the Bullet

Synopsis:
a veteran Chicago policeman faces his mortality both on the job and in his failing marriage to annie, who, when the play begins, has left him. all this and a crazy cop killer who wreaks havoc on the city.

Notes:
a compelling staged reading with the great Joe Mantegna As William "Col" Collins, the heart-broken And conflicted cop.

1st Produced:
Staged Reading: The Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles    -

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Killer And the Comic, The

Synopsis:
an old time comedian sidetracked in a winter storm near Buffalo, New York, ends up inside the log cabin of a wanted serial killer

Notes:
Received rave reviews in Chicago And New York. Ran for over one year in Chicago And earned two Joseph Jefferson Awards (Chicago's Tony). A true crowd pleaser with, As the Chicago Tribune said, A "satisfying bloody conclusion".

1st Produced:
Mary Arrchie Theatre, Chicago    -

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1st Published:
the Best Men's Monologues (1999) by Smith and Kraus, 1999   -

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Genre:
Black comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Never the Same Rhyme Twice

Synopsis:
Four con-Women from upstate New York-- Jo, Sam, Tommi, and Charlie -- have joined for their weekly game of poker. Tonight the stakes are higher as they chomp cigars, guzzle whiskey, recant razor-sharp dialogue, and plot to expose the shady under-dealings of one of their own. Guns, revenge, karma, and "nothing wild but the night".

Notes:
a great play for four daring women! the full length version of this play was shortened to create Act Two for Buffalo Kill: Two Brutal Comedies, which ran Off Broadway At the 29th Street Rep. Act One was the Killer And the Comic

1st Produced:
Mary Arrchie Theatre, Chicago    -

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1st Published:
the Best Women's Monologues (1999) by Smith and Kraus    -

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Genre:
Black comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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