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Monika Bustamante

MONIKA BUSTAMANTE  

 Nationality:    USA
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Monika Bustamante is a founding member and co-artistic Director of austin-based Shrewd Productions, as well as a member of austin's Hyde Park Theatre Core company, Refraction Arts Project company, and a ten-year member of austin Script Works (aSW). In addition, she has performed with or written for the austin Shakespeare Festival, The University of Texas at austin, Salvage Vanguard Theatre, Rude Mechanicals, The Collective, and others. In 2007, she received an aSW Seed Support grant for the development and production of her play Io: a myth about you, produced to critical acclaim by Shrewd Productions at The Vortex and directed by Elena araoz. In 2008, she was commissioned by First Light Theater Group to write a play based on Samuel Coleridge's unfinished poem "Christabel." The resulting play, Thirst: a spell for Christabel was produced at HERE Arts in NYC in spring 2009, directed by Elena araoz. Her writing has received development and/or accolades from the Kennedy Center Playwrights Intensive, the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, the Princess Grace awards, WordBRIDGE, the Harvest Festival of New American Plays, austin Critics Table, and more. Monika received her MFa in Playwriting with James a. Michener and Jules Hexter fellowships from the University of Texas at austin.

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

 Double Blind         Io: A Myth About You         Perdita: A Story For Ghosts         Small Love         Stillborn: A Bedtime Story         Thirst: A Spell For Christabel

Double Blind

Synopsis:
When two boys are arrested for the murder of a toddler, they tell a story difficult for the families to fathom, and the ghost of the dead infant returns to haunt them like no ghost you've ever seen before. Double Blind is a gripping elegy for all victims, and a challenge for those who seek meaning in words like goodness, youth, and innocence.

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1st Produced:
Blue Theater - austin, TX    2003

Organisations:
The University of Texas at austin

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Io: A Myth About You

Synopsis:
When money and fame guarantee you worship, where do the real gods go? The god of the streets captures a savior with a secret and a mistress with no memory - but who's the real prisoner here? Part myth, part mockery, part modern-day morality play, this play-with-music will remind you of the distinct joys of being mortal.

Notes:
Some roles may be double or triple cast. Diverse casting is encouraged. Live music is encouraged. Original score Available from the Author.

1st Produced:
The VORTEX -- austin, TX    2007

Organisations:
Shrewd Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play with music

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  chorus

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Perdita: A Story For Ghosts

Synopsis:
a college student is tied up in the basement of a kindly couple who insist she is their daughter, returned to them after being missing since childhood. Diabetic, in need of medication, and confused by insulin shock, the girl tries to piece together the truth as the elderly woman she cares for next door awaits her return.

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1st Produced:
Hyde Park Theatre - austin, TX    2003

Organisations:
Hyde Park Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Small Love

Synopsis:
Three women reconsider their lives in the North Pole, questioning if the elves they've been dating have what it takes to make their spirits bright.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
SVT - austin, TX    2003

Organisations:
Salvage Vanguard Theater

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Stillborn: A Bedtime Story

Synopsis:
are we born what we are, or do we become what we fear? When three sisters are left to fend for themselves in a one bar town with a too sad story, what's to grow up for? In this meticulously structured story, memory is instructive; pain is recreated; lessons are learned early and never forgotten. But if you can't forgive the past, how do you see the future - and what if the stories you tell yourself come true?

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1st Produced:
Hyde Park Theatre - austin, TX    2006

Organisations:
Shrewd Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Thirst: A Spell For Christabel

Synopsis:
Thirst: a Spell for Christabel retells Coleridge's gothic story in an abandoned forest suffering from an apocalyptic drought. Christabel and her father, stubborn hold-outs in the dying woods, are visited by a mysterious and opportunistic woman who quickly transforms their quiet world. Soon they must choose between her frightening, seductive promises and the quickly diminishing safety of the life they've always known.

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Organisations:
First Light Theater Group

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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