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JAMES CARTER (1974 - )
Nationality: USAemail: Click here to contact Website: Click here
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James Carter is a Dramatist, poet and associate Director of terraNOVa Collective (http://www.terranovacollective.org). as a writer with terraNOVa Collective: Baby Steps (main stage production), FeeDeR: a Love Story (Center Stage, NY - terraNOVa's 3rd annual Solo Arts Festival), and a staged reading of Family Wayward (terraNOVa's Groundbreakers Reading Series). One acts include: "Billy's Bad Behavior" (part 1) and "Number Four" (part 2) with Impetuous Theater Group's 2006 47:59 Festival; "the Christmas Card" for Center Stage, NY's 'Open 24 Hours' hosted by John Patrick Shanley. additionally, James has written several full-length screenplays including Prana, exiled, Double Shift, and the adaptation of Baby Steps. He's performed his poetry at venues and events such as Nuyorican Poets' Cafe (NYC); Bar 13 (NYC); Bowery Poetry Club (NYC); the Lobby, Center Stage, NY (NYC); Westside Rhyme, Various Venues (NYC); Untie the Tongue (host), Grand Central Bar (Williamsburg, Brooklyn); artists' Night (host/producer), L'abattoir (Williamsburg, Brooklyn), Katrina Relief (Master of Ceremonies), Lemon (NYC), Retro Vaudeville Variety Night, Lannie's Cabaret (Denver, CO).
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Baby Steps Billy's Bad Behavior Christmas Card, The Family Wayward Feeder: A Love Story Number Four (Part 2) Ny_Hearts: LesBaby Steps
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Baby Degginhart lives in a rural Central Illinoisan town and takes care of her younger brother, Shawn, because their mother, Julie, an abusive alcoholic, deserted them seven years ago. Carl, a popular, artistic boy from high school, returns from Chicago after failing the BaR exam and proclaims his love for her; however, Baby is uncertain of his sincerity because she is overweight, a problem with which she has always struggled. However, Carl's intentions are pure, and they fall for each other. With everything swimmingly happy in new love, Baby's estranged mother returns seeking redemption. Through her struggles with her family and friends, Baby discovers how to love herself & her achieve her dreams.
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the Lion, Theatre Row (NYC) 2003
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Top of PageBilly's Bad Behavior
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Billy Harrison's been acting up in class. the Principal calls Mr. and Mrs. Harrison in to discuss his problem and suggests an extremely odd solution to Billy's bad behavior.
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Center Stage, NY 2006
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Top of PageChristmas Card, The
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It's Christmastime, and Gina, a lingerie salesperson, and Oliver, a cross-dressing customer with Tourette's Syndrome, recount how they met six years ago in a video Christmas Card to their family and friends.
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Center Stage, NY 2006
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Top of PageFamily Wayward
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Chronicles two couples' efforts to conceive, the struggles after birth, and the commitments they break along the way. the two couples, Julia and William, and abigail and Victoria, seek the perfect careers, the perfect relationships and the perfect child to complete their lives. Oddly and unexpectedly, plans are thrown off track to challenge their beliefs in themselves and what it means to be a parent.
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Top of PageFeeder: A Love Story
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a van speeds across country. Inside, a man tells a tale of a relationship with a woman named Jesse. To whom does he speak? Where is he going? and what will happen when he reaches his destination? an oddly touching, surprisingly funny, dark and twisted tale of passion, revenge and dessert delving into a fringe fragment of the BDSM (Bondage, Domination, Submission & Masochism) world of feederism, where feeding and "growing" ones partner to enormous sizes is considered beautiful.
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Top of PageNumber Four (Part 2)
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an absurd look at a man torn between two women: Word, a symbol of his work, and Girl, the lost love lingering in his heart.
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Center Stage, NY 2006
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Impetuous Theater Group
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Top of PageNy_Hearts: Les
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Jill, a mixed-media and tattoo artist, speaks to Sal on the anniversary of their first date. Over an audio storytelling app, she recalls how they fell in love on NYCs Lower east Side, revealing sexy moments and special spots. Relive what Jill saw, tasted, and felt as she reveals the truth about Sals past. NY_Hearts: LeS shares Jill and Sals romance through stories geo-tagged to various neighborhood businesses on the mobile app Moveable Feast. Part scavenger hunt, part love story, this transmedia theatrical adventure from James Carter integrates local goods and services, including a yoga studio, bar, coffee shop, and public landmarks. This is part of the GamePlay Festival.
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Locations in Manhattan's Lower East Side, NY 06 Jul 2012
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