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PAULA COCO
(1954 - )Nationality: USA
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Paula Coco has worked as a stand-up comedian for 14 years in New York and the surrounding Metropolitan areas, where she has won recognition for her comedic work. In addition, she founded and directed the West Hartford Improv Troupe, the WHIT, from 1999 to 2004. Paula taught classes in both Improv and Stand-Up at the New england academy of Theatre, and has directed several productions. In addition to Nipples To the Wind, Paula has written other plays including Mattie Silks and Frankincense & Mirth. Paula is one of the co-stars of Nipples To the Wind. When not touring with the show, she resides in Connecticut with her husband, mother and Lucy-fur (the kitty with cattitude)
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Nipples To the WindNipples To the Wind
Synopsis:
Nipples To the Wind is an old southern expression meaning 'chin up, chest out.' the comedy consists of such characters as a woman fighting the onslaught of middle-age while swatting flies on the front porch, a woman who was involved once in a production and now think she is God's gift to the theatre, a matriarch of a dysfunctional family writing her annual Christmas newsletter, an ill-equipped substitute school teacher, a pair of chaperoning grannies at a middle school dance, a mother at odds with her 13 year old daughter, three sisters at confession, each telling their own version of the same family event, a narcissistic suicide hotline operator, and a pair of over the top 'Tammy Kay' make-up consultants on a singles cruise. Scene changes include original humorous music, mostly written by Nashville recording artist, Kacey Jones. Original Soundtrack recording available through retailers.
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1st Produced:
Lincoln Theatre, New Haven, CT 2006
Organisations:
ICI Productions
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: - Female: 2 Other: 2 actors play fourteen different characters. Consisting of 10 scenes, 7 of which are monologues.
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