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Zack Calhoon

ZACK CALHOON

  (1979 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Zack is an actor/playwright who graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he had studied at the Atlantic Theater Company acting School and the Classical Studio. Zack is a Founding member and the General Manager of the Dreamscape Theatre. Dreamscape credits: Lee in True West, Hamlet in Hamlet, Jamie in the Credeaux Canvas, antonio in the MerchANT of Venice, Banquo in Macbeth. NY credits: edmund in King Lear, Variation in the World Premiere production of Giant-N-Variation, Dex in the U.S. premiere of Irvine Welsh's (author of Trainspotting) play, You'll Have Had Your Hole at the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival; Prince Hal in Henry IV Part 1 (Boomerang Theater Company); Lady anne in Richard III (Judith Shakespeare Co.); the Player in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Peace by aristophanes (New York Innovative Theatre award nomination for Best New Musical), Sebastian in Twelfth Night (Milk Can Theatre Co.); and Chiron in Titus andronicus (expanded Arts). Regional credits: Romeo in Romeo & Juliet, Proteus in the Two Gentlemen of Verona, Demetrius in a Midsummer Night's Dream, Nym in the Merry Wives of Windsor, Hubert in King John, Borachio in Much ado about Nothing (actors Shakespeare Co.), Prince John in the Lion in Winter (Pentacle Theatre), and Laertes in Fortinbras (albany Civic Theater). Playwriting credits include: Krueger and Marlowe, P.I.. Zack is a certified actor/combatANT with the Society of American Fight Directors, a member of the actors equity, the Dramatist Guild, and an eagle Scout.

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

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

         Breaking Ranks         Enough         Krueger         Marlowe, Pi         Rino         Violence In the Air         Weird Sisters, The

Breaking Ranks

Synopsis:
after 9/11, a young woman joins the army to honor her immigrant family and defend her country. While on base in Kuwait, an incident occurs that fractures a close-knit platoon forcing each soldier to question their own integrity and chose where their loyalty truly lies.

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Organisations:
New Mummer Group

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/breaking-ranks   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act 60 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Enough

Synopsis:
a brief glimpse into the life of an artist named Peter and his invalid wife, emily.

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Krueger

Synopsis:
Krueger takes place on an unidentified U.S. army base in the not too distant future and addresses issues of identity, moral responsibility and family. Stephen Wolf is given the responsibility of interrogating a young man named Simon who was found in Dr. Krueger's genetics lab with two dead bodies. according to Simon, he's never left the lab and it is unclear how he got there. the play begins with Simon's incarceration and interrogation, and through flashbacks explains what may have happened while he worked in the lab for Dr. Krueger.

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed Reading At Boomerang Theatre Company, New York    28 Mar 2009

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Suspense/Scifi Sci-Fi

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Marlowe, Pi

Synopsis:
Marlowe is a down on his luck private detective in the city that never sleeps who also happens to be a vampire. His life is turned upside down when seductive Bunny LaRue walks through his door.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Hudson Guild Theatre    2006

Organisations:
Dreamscape Theatre, Inc.

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Film-Noir Radio play Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Rino

Synopsis:
When Senator Henry Harrison clinches the Republican presidential nomination, the tabloids threaten to scuttle his campaign by broadcasting incriminating footage of his party-girl daughter Halley. as Halley tries to change her ways, both her fathers campaign staff and the GOP at large wage a civil war for the identity and soul of the partys future, hijacking his campaign just a few days shy of the Convention. an original comedy inspired by Shakespeares Henry IV, Part One.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Brick theatre
575 Metropolitan avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211    13 Jun 2012

Organisations:
Resonance ensemble

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/rino   -

Music:
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Genre:
120 min comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Violence In the Air

Synopsis:
a young corporate analysts lashes out at the world in rhyme to vent his frustration about the economy and the state of union.

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Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Weird Sisters, The

Synopsis:
the Weird Sisters is a prequel to William Shakespeare's Macbeth that explores the backstory of the witches: specifically their relationship with one another, and how they all came to be. Muriel, Seonaid, and Rhoswen are violently rebuked by the men of Duncan's diseased government and chose to have their revenge by cursing Macbeth before his climactic career making battle with Sweno the Norweyan King so that he will destroy eventually destroy Duncan and cleanse Scotland through his tyrannous reign.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
East 3rd Ensemble

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-weird-sisters   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama 90 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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