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Bill Corbett

BILL CORBETT  

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Bill Corbett. Bill Corbett's play The Stuff of Dreams recently toured the country, produced by the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. His play The Big Slam has been produced at numerous theaters across the U.S., including Woolly Mammoth in Washington, D.C.; ACT in Seattle; and actor Jeff Daniels' Purple Rose Theater in Chelsea, Michigan. For four years Mr. Corbett was a writer for Mystery Science Theater 3000 on the Sci-Fi Channel, and previously on Comedy Central. He was nominated for a Cable ace award in 1997 for Best Comedy Writing. He was also an actor on the show, providing the voice of the robot "Crow" and performing various other characters. His other plays include Heckler; Ridiculous Dreaming (an adaptation of Heinrich Boll'sThe Clown, commissioned and produced by the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis); Hate Mail (co-written with Kira Obolensky), produced by Primary Stages in New York and numerous other theaters; Down the Pike, winner of the actors Theater of Louisville National One-act Contest; short plays Manifesto and Hunters, produced by the HBO Writers Project in Los Angeles;Cash Karma, first produced by the Organic Theater in Chicago; and Motorcade,produced at theaters in the U.S., Canada, and Japan. Mr. Corbett has been a contributing writer to National Public Radio'sPrairie Home Companion and all Things Considered, and was co-creator of the animated web series Poker Night on Icebox.com. He has also been a member of the acting companies at the Guthrie Theater and the Berkshire Theater Festival, and has taught playwriting at Kenyon College in Ohio, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, and numerous other universities and schools. He is a Core Member of The Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, and a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, where he earned an MFa in playwriting and screenwriting. Before that, he received a Ba from Yale College. a native of Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Corbett currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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

 Big Slam, The         Cash Karma         Down The Pike         Hate Mail         Heckler         Hunters         Manifesto         Motorcade         Ridiculous Dreaming         Stuff Of Dreams

Big Slam, The

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In The Big Slam we follow Orrin, a shy young student of history, who gets caught up in the 90's incarnation of the self-help movement via his friend Russell, a handsome seducer in whose shadow Orrin has always lived. Russell is on a quest for success - in every area of life: financial, sexual, emotional and spiritual. Orrin is happy to go along with Russell's quest, if it means keeping the company of his charismatic friend. But one night they meet Stephanie, a sexy, ruthless young lawyer recently fired for ethical lapses. She and Russell make an immediate sexual connection, and ditch third wheel Orrin. When they emerge from Stephanie's bedroom months later, it turns out that in addition to becoming obsessed with each other, Russell and Stephanie have become devoted to a new program for financial aid and spiritual success called Strategies for Power - a home seminar based on a dynamic late night infomercial. Russell and Stephanie have been studying and training relentlessly in its ways. They're to go and apply

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Cash Karma

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Down The Pike

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Hate Mail

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Hate Mail is an epistolary play something like Love Letters, with two actors reading letters and other correspondence, but it's a little wilder and more hysterically funny. It tells the story of Preston, a spoiled rich kid who meets his match in Dahlia, an angst-filled artist. Their worlds collide when Preston sends a complaint letter that gets Dahlia fired from her job, and then there's no turning back. The play stays with their increasingly crazed correspondence as they move from hate to love, and then right back again.

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written by Bill Corbett And Kira Obolnesky

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Eye of the Storm Theater (Minneapolis, MN, United States)    1996

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Heckler

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Hunters

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Manifesto

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Motorcade

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Ridiculous Dreaming

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Stuff Of Dreams

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