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DAVID BRIAN COLBERT
Nationality: USA
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David Brian Colbert is a native of North Carolina. He attended John's Hopkins University's Peabody Conservator of Music in Baltimore, MD for voice and continued his musical studies while living and singing in Pisa, Italy, with the Corale Pisana. He studied acting and writing at the Einhorn School of Performing Arts at Primary Stages in Manhattan. His play, C.O.A.L. (confessions of a liar) was developed during his time at ESPA and was chosen as the winner of the 2011 AracaWorks Competition. (O'Neill Finalist and LARK Finalist) His contribution to the Detention Series was as part of the D2, A Grimm Le Ronde, a four part, four playwright, play, riffing on Fairy Tales. A Rockwell Scholar at Primary Stages, David was an active TA, working with Charles Busch, Kait Kerrigan, and Lucy Thurber. Other works: ELTINGE (musical) "First Look" reading at the Woodstock Fringe Festival. FIRST WEDDING DAY (screenplay), The Cummings and Goings of the Cummings (murder mystery) and PUBLIC AFFAIR (solo show) David currently works as a freelance technical director in NYC and continues to write, his latest piece SUBLET, was just featured as part of November's New York/ New Works, series at the Parkside Lounge . *2004 Barrymore Award: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical *2006 New York City NIGHTLIFE Award *2008 MAC Award. *2011 MAC Award, for Outstanding Technical Direction
Research: Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)
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C.O.A.L. (Confessions of a Liar) Detention #2: A Grimm La RondeC.O.A.L. (Confessions of a Liar)
Synopsis:
Lies, lies, lies! There are lies we tell ourselves and lies we tell others - lying just to make it through the day. A charming and witty liar, Coal, revisits his early life in a small West Virginia town introducing the colorful, dicey and unsavory characters of his past. Along the way, he attempts to come to terms with the whoppers he has told to whitewash his painful truth. A singular character portrayed by Man, Woman, Girl, and Boy, Coal finally tells us the daunting tale he has never been able to share.
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Mary J. Davis & MBL Productions presents
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Play/Drama 90 min one act
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Synopsis:
A full play based on a Grimm Fairy Tale with each scene written by a different writer.
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ORIGINAL CONCEPT and PART I by Elizabeth Dement; PART II by Suzanne Lander; PART III by David Brian Colbert; PART IV by John Murray.
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Jimmy's No. 43, New York City 05 Mar 2011
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