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Emily Ball Cicchini

EMILY BALL CICCHINI  

 Nationality:    USA
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Emily is Playwright in Residence at the Pollyanna Theatre Company in Austin, Texas (www.pollyTheatre.org). as an actress, Dramatic writer, teacher, and administrator, Emily has worked with Austin Script Works, Bloomington Playwright's Project, BoarsHead: Michigan Public Theatre, Capitol City Playhouse, the Cleveland Play House, Cranbrook Theatre School, Frontera @ Hyde Park Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, McNesse State University, O. Henry Museum, the State/ Live Oak Theatre, University of Texas Performing Arts Center, VSa Arts of Texas, the Michigan and Texas Young Playwright's Festivals, Zachary Scott Theatre Center, among others. a James A. Michener Fellow through the University of Texas Center for Writers, she holds an MFA in Playwriting with a secondary emphasis in Screenwriting, and a BFa in acting from Goodman School of Drama/the Theatre School/ DePaul University.

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 Art Beat         Becoming Bronte         Christmas Rose, A         Dragon's Happy Day, A         Duckie Sees the World         Edward, The Owl, And the Calico Cat         Eric And the Dark Man         Funnybun Family Picnic, The         Give Thanks To Sarah         Good Ladies Book, The         In the Middle Of It All         Just Be         Like A Metaphor         Mays & Terese         Mimes For Dinner         Overcharged Bricks         Passing Judgement Day         Patterns, More Patterns and Pattern Nation         Power Of Thought         Rich Family and the Poor Family, The         Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter         Say Yes!         Valentina Helps Out

Art Beat

Synopsis:
A couple disagree about how much they should contribute to artistic causes

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One act

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Becoming Bronte

Synopsis:
Based on the poetry and early lives of the famous sisters. Facing a future of spinsterhood and poverty, Charlotte and emily are challenged when one William Weightman comes to study at their isolated Yorkshire parsonage home. Weightman's intoxicating presence lights their imaginative passions and forever changes anne, Charlotte, and particularly emily.

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Winner of 1995 Austin Critic's Table Award for Best Original Script, developed At Florida Studio theatre's Richard And Betty Burdick National Playwright's Festival.

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austin, TX    1994

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Capitol City Playhouse

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2 act 120 min Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Christmas Rose, A

Christmas Rose, A
It is Christmas eve, 1944, in Normandy, France. after an air raid, studious Jacques and brave Jeanette are separated from their mother, and take refuge in an abandoned Cathedral. as the lonely night wears on, they are visited by a saint, a gargoyle, and mysterious others. With a little help, they find new hope for the future and a perfect gift on Christmas Morning.

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Commissioned And produced by the Pollyanna theatre Company. Nominated for B. Iden Payne for Best Original Script. Includes traditional French songs And carols.

1st Produced:
-    2002

Organisations:
Pollyanna Theatre Company

1st Published:
Contained in: "Four Plays For Young Audiences" published by lulu.com 2012   -

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55 min Young audience

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Dragon's Happy Day, A

Dragon's Happy Day, A
Tomboy Princess Middle is in a terrible dilemma. She's been sent away to a tower until she can learn to act like a normal princess. But just what is normal, anyway? the tower is guarded by a rather unusual Dragon, and together with some mixed-up helpers, the Metachromafly and Pegaunicorn, they beat the System, and learn that sometimes "normal" isn't useful.

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Commissioned And produced by the Pollyanna theatre Company. A great teaching tool to better understand Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (aDHD).

1st Produced:
austin, TX    2003

Organisations:
Pollyanna Theatre

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Contained in: "Four Plays For Young Audiences" published by lulu.com 2012   -

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Genre:
55 min Young audience

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Duckie Sees the World

Duckie Sees the World
In 1992 a cargo of plastic bath toys was lost at sea. For the next 11 years they washed up on shores all over the world. One of the ducks is searching for a child to love him

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Edward, The Owl, And the Calico Cat

Synopsis:
(can be doubled to 1 W; 2M; 1 e). edward is a bossy little boy who likes to make up funny words. Come along as he crosses the Fish in the Sea, the Land Where the Bong Tree Grows, and Turkey Who Lives on the Hill, to find his lost cat Gracie and a discover a hard truth about love.

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Commissioned And produced by the Pollyanna theatre Company. Winner of the B. Iden Payne Award for Best Original Script. Based on the life And work of poet edward Lear, with Victorian folk songs

1st Produced:
austin, TX    2002

Organisations:
Pollyanna Theatre

1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing,    -

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Genre:
55 min Young audience

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  10

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Eric And the Dark Man

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One act

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Funnybun Family Picnic, The

Synopsis:
the annual picnic for the Funnybun family. All the members of the family bar one are clowns. the teenage daughter who is not a clown is ashamed of her family

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Childrens play

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Give Thanks To Sarah

Synopsis:
the play celebrates the life and achievements of the little known "mother of Thanksgiving" and author of Mary Had a Little Lamb, Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879). as the editress of one of the first ladies' magazines, Godey's Ladies Book, Hale influences the reading, learning, economic and political consciousness of women across America. as the Civil War begins, Hale campaigns for Thanksgiving as a national holiday. Hale's struggles between career and family commitments make this story both contemporary and timeless, and illuminates the origins of one of America's most original and controversial holidays.

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Includes folk And popular American music of the nineteenth century.

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Genre:
Two act, 120 minutes Play with Music

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Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  1 child, 10-12 years

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Good Ladies Book, The

Synopsis:
the story of Sarah Josepha Hale. the first editor of an American magazine for women - "Godey's Ladies Book"; author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and campaigner to get Thanksgiving Day made a public holiday

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Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  1 boy

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In the Middle Of It All

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the story of a German family from arriving in America in 1856 to the present day

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Male:  9            Female:  10            Other:  -

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Just Be

Just Be
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Childrens play

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Like A Metaphor

Synopsis:
Jazz a musician has never fitted in. Scout confined to a wheelchair after a car accident has trouble fitting in with her old friends

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Youth one act

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Mays & Terese

Synopsis:
Mother Teresa of Calcutta was easily one of the most beloved figures of our times: TIMe dubbed Madalyn Murray O'Hair, the founder of American atheists, as "the most hated woman in America." these two women were on a mission to make the world a better place, but with radically different means. This play is a fantasy based in a plausibility: what if "Mays" and "Terese" had known, influenced, and ultimately "saved" each other?

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Developed At the New Harmony Project, with the Assistance of the City of Austin Arts Commission: Cultural Contracts.

1st Produced:
Bloomington Playwrights Project, IN, USA    2003

Organisations:
Bloomington Playwright's Project

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2 act 120 min Play/Drama

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Mimes For Dinner

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Overcharged Bricks

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Passing Judgement Day

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Patterns, More Patterns and Pattern Nation

Synopsis:
the future and children are born different colours to mark their abilities: Blue, green, yellow or red

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  4 either sex

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Power Of Thought

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Rich Family and the Poor Family, The

Synopsis:
the Gonzales family and the Castillo family are feuding when the Gingerbread Man arrives and sorts things out.

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Genre:
Childrens short play

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter

Synopsis:
Rumpelstiltskin's daughter is captured by the King and forced to spin gold.

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  1 girl; 15 extras

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Say Yes!

Synopsis:
Lara runs a motel. Caroline arrives on behalf of a client and tries to get Lara to sell it - but she doesn't want to. Caroline's car breaks down and she has to stay the night. Next day she asks to stay for the winter. then a strange handsome man comes in - his car has broken down

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  3 children

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Valentina Helps Out

Synopsis:
Valentins misses the school bus and gets lost in the big city.

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  1 girl; 14 extras

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