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James Christy

JAMES CHRISTY

  (1970 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Susan Gurman Agency, LLC  

JamesChristy's full-length play NeVeR TeLL was produced by Broken Watch Theatre Company in August 2006, starring Drama Desk nominee Mark Setlock. His play A GReAT WAR was part of the Phoenix New Works Conference in July 2010 and read at Luna Stages in October 2010 starring Justin Blanchard (Journey's end). It was a finalist for the 2012 Julie Harris Playwrighting Award. LOVe AND COMMUNICATION was selected for Playpenn Playwrights conference in July 2010 and was produced by Passage Theatre in October 2010 in a production that won the Brown Martin Barrymore Award in 2011. His play eGYPTIAN SONG was part of the Premiere Stages Play festival in June 2011 and was part of the National New Play Network in 2012. DISSeNT was accepted for Interact Theatre's 20/20 Development GrANT for 2013. Short plays include CReeP, which won the Actors Theater of Louisville's Heideman Award for best short play in 2001.On NeVeR TeLL: "Mr. Christy has a real gift for contemporary, insightful, darkly funny dialogue that reflects believable human interaction." - Anita Gates, NY Times August, 2006; On LOVe AND COMMUNICATION "A powerful new play. . . to pull out the rug from an audience and make it gasp even once is an achievement; to do it twice is close to miraculous."-Peter Filichia, NJ Star Ledger, October 2010

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

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

         Broken Christmas Carol, A         Can't Fight This Feelin         Creep         Dissent         Egyptian Song         Love And Communication         Never Tell         No Change

Broken Christmas Carol, A

Synopsis:
It's a "Broken" take on a Christmas classic as three playwrights conspire to irreverently update Dickens' masterpiece for the 21st Century. Scrooge gets shoved out of the spotlight when two Jewish kids search for the true meaning of Christmas, a lapsed homeboy is spooked into keeping it real, and Bob Cratchit pimps his family out to reality T.V. Filled with laughs, gasps, and (we swear) real Christmas Spirit, a Broken Christmas Carol will haunt you like "an undigested bit of beef." This ain't your daddy's Christmas Carol.

Notes:
written by James Christy, J Holtham, And Kendra Levin

1st Produced:
Michael Weller Theatre, Ny    2005

Organisations:
Broken Watch Theater Company

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Genre:
Comedy

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Can't Fight This Feelin

Synopsis:
One is smart, hip, cool, stylish and eminently sensible. the other is pudgy, stodgy, stiff and laughably rigid. But today, after taking it on the chin again, PC decides not to play along, and MaC reveals there's more to him then his seemingly unflappable persona implies.

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1st Produced:
Passage Theatre    Jun 2009

Organisations:
Passage Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Creep

Creep
The original short play that was rewritten for the full length "Never Tell"

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1st Produced:
Actors Theatre Of Louisville    -

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1st Published:
Contained in: Ten Minute Plays From The Actors Theatre Louisville Volume Six" published by Samuel French Inc, New York   978-0573623967

Music:
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Genre:
ten min play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Dissent

Synopsis:
In the future. The USA is going through hyper-inflation. At the Supreme Court Justice Clark is burning up through alcohol abuse and trying a case against a large corporation. Laureen the Judge's wife has started an online conversation with an investigative journalist when she is told a secret by a friend about the conservative judge who is also trying the case

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1st Produced:
Playwrights Theatre Of New Jersey    Dec 2013

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Genre:
Drama

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Egyptian Song

Synopsis:
A young girl in rural egypt in the 1920s gains a following as a singer, dressed as a boy to avoid controversy. As her fame grows, her twin brother and the conservative young man she's been promised to marry try to stop her from singing. Inspired by the childhood of the famed egyptian singer Umm Kulthum, egyptian song examines a complex social and religious dynamic through the lens of a young family.

Notes:
Premiere Stages at Kean University produced a workshop production in 2011. Play was a finalist for 2013 Terrance McNally Award and is a semi-finalist for 2013 Eugene O'Neill Conference.

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Organisations:
Premiere Stages

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Love And Communication

Synopsis:
a face touched by God. This is how Samuel Holden is described by his normally reserved case manager. He is, by all accounts, a spectacularly beautiful child. His parents, school administrators, therapists and lawyers fighting about the best way to treat his autism all agree on that. and practically nothing else. For Sammy's Father Rob, it's simple. Do anything necessary to get him into Turning Point, a highly regarded school that uses principles of applied Behavioral analysis (aBa) to treat children with autism. Despite a years-long waiting list and impossible tuition fees, Rob pursues the school's founder, hoping to turn a personal connection into an opportunity for his child. For Sammy's mother Megan, the answer is a new and scientifically untested therapy called LaC, patented by a charismatic doctor, Silverman, who sells his plan on DVDs, seminars and consultations. Both Rob's efforts to persuade the administrator at Turning Point and Megan's connection to Silverman grow increasingly personal. as these efforts take them in different directions, their marriage -- and their relationship with their son -- hang in the balance.

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1st Produced:
Yes Festival, Undergraduate Production, No. Kentucky University.    Apr 2009

Organisations:
Northern Kentucky University

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Never Tell

Synopsis:
Never Tell centers around two enigmatic creations: a controversial video installation that includes documentary-style footage of a rape, and a ground-breaking computer program with vast business potential. the creations tear apart a lifelong friendship between slacker computer programmer Manny and ambitious gallery-owner Will, transforming the lives of those closest to them. Will becomes a media celebrity as a result of the installation, while Manny's computer program is stolen in a surreal corporate power play. In a vivid series of ironically comic and emotionally explosive scenes, Never Tell presents a contemporary story of friendship and betrayal.

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1st Produced:
New York International Fringe Festival (New York, Ny, United States)    2004

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
110-120 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  5 males, 2 females (6-8 actors possible: 4-5 males, 2-3 females)

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No Change

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Access Theatre, 380 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, Ny 10013    2005

Organisations:
access Theater

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Music:
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