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Jenny Connell

JENNY CONNELL

  
Nationality:    USA
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Jenny Connell is a Brooklyn-based playwright and teacher, and a member of Ars Nova's 2010-2011 Play Group. She grew up in coastal Maine, received her Ba from the University of Chicago and her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. She has performed with Court Theatre, Steppenwolf, and the Rude Mechs. Her plays have been produced or developed in Chicago, Austin, Colorado, Montana, Massachusetts, and New York City. She has been a finalist or semi-finalist for the Heideman award, Hedgebrook, the O'Neill, Bay area Playwrights Festival, and the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference.

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

         All Star Cheer Squad         Colony         Mother Courage And Her Children         Play On War, A         Portrait         Psyche Project, The         Summer People

All Star Cheer Squad

Synopsis:
Part of the Wii Plays. This is an evening of original short plays and live music, inspired by the titles of Nintendo Wii games. the selections are: Wii Tennis by Molly Smith Metzler, directed by Lila Neugebauer, Barbie as the Island Princess by Tasha Gordon-Solmon, directed by Lila Neugebauer, Let's Tap by Janine Nabers, directed by Portia Krieger, Marvel Superhero Squad by Chad Beckim, directed by Stephen Brackett, Buck Fever by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Portia Krieger, alien Monster Bowling League by Matthew Lopez, directed by Laura Savia, Tomb Raider: anniversary by Kara Lee Corthron, directed by Laura Savia, Burger Island by Gregory Moss, directed by Portia Krieger, all Star Cheer Squad by Jenny Connell, directed by Laura Savia, Sword Play: Speed Slice by Kristoffer Diaz, directed by Lila Neugebauer, Bob the Builder: Festival of Fun by amy Herzog, directed by Stephen Brackett, and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games by Joe Tracz, dir. by Stephen Brackett.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Ars Nova
511 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019    Feb 2011

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short play

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Colony

Synopsis:
Set in the not-so-distant-future, "Colony" is the story of how modern civilization, corrupted by a power-mad politician and poisoned by a plague of acute amnesia, came to an end. Part tragic myth, part comedic allegory, the story is told by the few who have survived.

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available for premiere.

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Genre:
apocalyptic Morality Play

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  1 transgender f-to-m

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Mother Courage And Her Children

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Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht

1st Produced:
-    2010

Organisations:
National Asian American Theatre Company

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Translation

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Play On War, A

Synopsis:
This world-premiere play, inspired by Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children, incorporates abstractions of musical theatre, arabic clowning, and Peking opera to create a ferocious comedy about a war-torn landscape populated by characters on bicycles, all desperate to survive
- nytheatre.com

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written by Jenny Connell And conceived by Ruben Polendo

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National Asian American Theatre Company

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Genre:
dark comedy

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Portrait

Synopsis:
a full-length fictional portrait of painter Alice Neel. Neel was a bohemian and a button-pusher, a member of New York's art scene from the 1920s until her death in the 1980s, and the first woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum. Set in the 1960s, the play examines her rise to prominence, and how it tested the relationship she had with her sons, who appeared frequently in her work.

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1st Produced:
Lab Theater    -

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the University of Texas at austin

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Psyche Project, The

Synopsis:
a Greek Myth for the Google age, the Psyche Project is a fast, funny re-imagining of the story of Cupid and Psyche. Named as one of the "Top 9 productions of 2009" by the austin Chronicle, this comedy "with a satiric edge sharper than a ginsu knife" asks tough questions about love, trust, and desire.

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Can be performed with A cast of seven. Text by Connell, original production co-conceived And created with Director Marie Brown, Actor Tom Truss, And the Psyche Project ensemble.

1st Produced:
Oscar C. Brockett Theater    Sep 2009

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the University of Texas at austin

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  5            Female:  8            Other:  flexible

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Summer People

Synopsis:
During the summer of 2003, seeking to recover from her recent divorce, Kate takes her daughters to their summer home in a remote part of coastal Maine. But with her older daughter on the verge of adulthood, her younger daughter videotaping their every move, and her neighbor interested in romance, Kate may have more on her plate than she can handle. When a veteran of the Iraq war arrives at the nearby campground, global events rush in as fast as the oncoming tide.

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University Of Texas At Austin    Sep 2008

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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