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Bob Clyman

BOB CLYMAN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Bob Clyman plays have been produced Off-Broadway and at regional theatres, such as the Alley Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, San Jose Repertory Theatre, George Street Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Colony Studio Theatre in Los Angeles, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, and L.A. Theatre Works, in addition to touring Scotland. His play Secret Order was initially commissioned and produced by The Ensemble Studio Theatre under the auspices of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. It was subsequently produced at 59E59 Theatre in New York, where it was nominated for an Outer Circle Critics Award for the best script in 2008, and has since been produced at many regional theatres. His plays Tranced and The Exceptionals were both supported by Edgerton Foundation New American Play Awards. Tranced has been produced by San Jose Repertory Theatre, Laguna Playhouse and Merrimack Repertory Theatre, among others. The Expectionals was produced by the Contemporary American Theatre Festival and Merrimack Repertory Theatre, where it was nominated for both Best Play and Best New Play of 2012 by The Independent Reviewers of New England. His most recent play The Good Bet was chosen for The Ashland New Play Festival in 2014. He has been awarded a number of national prizes, including a Eugene ONeill Summer Conference Fellowship, Geraldine Dodge Fellowship, Playwrights First Award, New Jersey State Arts Council Award, Edward Albee Foundation Fellowship, Berilla-Kerr Foundation Award, Djerassi Foundation Fellowship, Shenandoah Valley Playwrights Fellowship, and Theater in the Works Fellowship.

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

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

         Above Water         And He Flew Over The Forest         Awards         Book Of David         Council Of Thirty         Exceptionals, The         Famous Ali         Good Bet, The         Hill-Matheson Affair, The         Secret Order         Siggy         Sigmund Freud: the Untold Story         Tranced         When The Bough Breaks         Where the Sun Never Sets         Winter Lies

Above Water

Synopsis:
When Paul, a widower, finally finds love again with a much younger woman, Rachel, his closest friends, Mark and Maggie are quickly won over by her intelligence, poise, beauty and devotion to Paul. But when an incident raises serious questions in Marks mind about Rachels moral character, he must decide, in the absence of any certainty that his suspicions are valid, whether to jeopardize Pauls newfound happiness by confiding them to him.

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[reading] Bruce Mitchell Room in ART/NY (520 8th avenue, 3rd floor)     19 Jul 2015

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And He Flew Over The Forest

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Leah's family is falling apart. She retreats into her imaginary world - but things are changing here - the animals are disappearing and The Nothing is coming. Which world should she stick with?

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Awards

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Book Of David

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A man tries to change one event in his past that was pivotal. In doing so he brings tremendous problems for his present life

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Council Of Thirty

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John Burrows gets custody of his four year old son Jason because his ex-wife is an alcoholic. A casual remark by Jason about what happened when his father bathed him puts John's life, career and freedom in peril

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Exceptionals, The

Synopsis:
Five years after participating in a fertility program experiment, two mothers, with distinctly different backgrounds, are faced with complicated choices surrounding their extraordinarily gifted children. Set in the near future, this wonderfully smart play of high-stakes social engineering sheds light upon the competitive sport of parenting and raises the question, how far would you go to provide your child every possible opportunity? Gwen and allie battle over their children's - and their own - lots in life while learning that, perhaps, they need each other more than they realize to successfully raise their super babies.

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Merrimack Repertory Theatre     2011

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Famous Ali

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about an Afghani citizen and his Haitian "wife" who will say anything to get through customs

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in Rowing to America: the Immigrant Project, Dramatic Publishing   -

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one act comedy

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Good Bet, The

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Ben sets out to prove he can get the most well meaning person to give up their convictions and act selfishly

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Hill-Matheson Affair, The

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Secret Order

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a young research chemist discovers the cure for cancer

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Siggy

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Sigmund Freud: the Untold Story

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also known As "Siggy"

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Tranced

Synopsis:
an African graduate student - azmera - keeps having panic attacks. She sees Philip a psychiatrist and he puts her into a trance. She recalls an incident that happened in her village - but there are gaps in her memory. Philip puts her into a deeper trance and what she recalls can have grave repercussions for her government

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San Jose Rep Sobrato Auditorium, San Jose, California     26 Jan 2008

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When The Bough Breaks

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A husband and wife are fighting hospital to get their damaged infant taken off life support. Then the wife changes her mind

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Where the Sun Never Sets

Synopsis:
after moving from New York to a New Jersey suburb Bob's wife annie goes shopping for days; is influenced by the priest from the Unity Church and then goes missing. Three policemen Halihan' Hoolihan and Monahan help in the search for her.

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Lumia Theatre, 179 Broadway In Long Branch, New Jersey (Reading)     2006

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Comedy

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Winter Lies

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A famous psychoanalyst is accused of murdering a teenage prostitute. His wife is shocked and frightened by this but by degrees she becomes more and more fascinated and excited by trying to prove his guilt

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