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Barbara Cassidy

BARBARA CASSIDY

  
Nationality:    USA
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Barbara Cassidy studied with Mac Wellman at Brooklyn College where she received her MFA in Playwriting. Her interest is in provocative theater. Her work has been seen in New York at The Flea Theatre, Little Theatre at Dixon Place, The New York International Fringe Festival, Manhattan Repertory Theater and Bric Studios. Her play, Interim, was nominated for the Barrie Stavis Award by Playwrights' Horizons, and premiered at SMU (Dallas) in March 2012. It is published in the anthology, New Downtown Now (University of MN Press eds. Lee & Wellman). A scene from her play, The Director, is included in DUO: the Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century. That play, about a film director who approaches women on the streets of New York was inspired by Cassidy's experiences with the film director, James Toback. Cassidy was a 2010-2011 Workspace Resident with Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and received a 2011 grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council for her play, Anthropology of a Book Club, about a Brooklyn book club composed of Muslim and non-Muslim women. She is currently working on an existential piece called The Propositional Function. Additionally, she has received a 2014 SPARC grant to create a piece of theater with blind seniors from the VISIONS Center in Manhattan. She lives in Brooklyn with her family, teaches at John Jay College and is a Brooklyn Arts Council Teaching Artist.

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

         Director, The         Interim         IOWA OF MY mind         Una, La Whore del Mundo         Very Different People         You Are Now the Owner Of This Suitcase

Director, The

Synopsis:
A woman is approached on the streets of NY by a film director, and having been affected by the experience, decides to interview other women who have had similar contacts.

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the Flea Theater

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Genre:
Play/Drama 75 min

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Male:  2            Female:  8            Other:  3

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Interim

Interim
Middle aged women have visions

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Contained in: "New Downtown Now" published by University of Minnesota Pres 2006   978-0816647316

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IOWA OF MY mind

Synopsis:
What should a mother do when she finds out her neighbor is a sex offender?

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Play/Drama 90 min

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Una, La Whore del Mundo

Synopsis:
A woman questions her identity after receiving numerous phone calls for someone else.

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Genre:
one act 60 min

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  3

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Very Different People

Synopsis:
Could life be improvised? StElla and Christine are somewhere, trying to figure out who they are
nytheatre.com

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written by Barbara Cassidy And Amie Hartman

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You Are Now the Owner Of This Suitcase

Synopsis:
a young woman arriving from ecuador accidentally switches suitcases with a mysterious stranger. Her quest to recover the missing suitcase will lead her to encounter lovers, dreamers, fighters, a magical cell phone, books that come to life, and the best guitar player in the world. Picking up where last year's 167 Tongues left off, You are Now the Owner Of This Suitcase is the second part of a trilogy exploring the emotional geography of Jackson Heights, Queens, the most culturally diverse neighborhood in the world.
- nytheatre.com

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author: Mando Alvarado, Jenny Lyn Bader, Barbara Cassidy, Les Hunter, Joy Tomasko, Gary Winter, Stefanie Zadravec. Conceived And Directed By: Ari Laura Kreith

1st Produced:
P.S. 69, 77-02 37th Ave., Jackson Heights (Queens), Ny    11 Mar 2011

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Theatre 167

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  5            Other:  -

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