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Allyson Currin

ALLYSON CURRIN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Allyson Currin is an award-winning playwright of over 20 plays. She has twice been nominated for the Helen Hayes' Charles D. MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play. Her plays have been produced at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Imagination Stage, Charter Theatre, the American Century Theatre, WSC Avant Bard, Pinky Swear Productions, Source Theatre Company, Washington Shakespeare Company, Strathmore Arts Center, the National Museum for Women in the Arts, Church Street Theatre and others. She is the Chair of the National Playwriting Program (Region 2) for the Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival.

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

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         Amsted In Tel Aviv         Benched         Caesar And Dada         Carolina Layaway Grail, The         Church Of the Open Mind         Colony, The         Dancing Princesses, The         Dancing With Ourselves         Fur And Other Dangers         Hercules In Russia         Honk if You Speak Latin         Learning Curves         Love And Whiskey         Out of Silence: Abortion Stories from the 1 in 3 Campaign         Radio Free America         Sparks: Short Works by The Welders         Subject, The         Sylvia Memory Funeral Parlor And A.M.e. Zion Primitive Baptist Church And House Of Christ, The         Treadwell: Bright And Dark         Unleashed! - the Secret Lives Of White House Pets

Amsted In Tel Aviv

Synopsis:
the friendship of two girls who first meet at an all girl High School

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One act Comedy

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Benched

Synopsis:
Meghan, Timby and Joan meet every day at the same park bench to laugh, commiserate and complain about the challenges of motherhood. they don't even realize the co-dependent unit they have become, until one of them confronts one of life's powerful changes, and their connection is threatened in a profound and frightening way.

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1st Produced:
National Conservatory Of Dramatic Arts, 1556 Wisconsin Ave, Washington. Dc    40210

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Pinky Swear Productions.

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One act 60 min Comedy

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Caesar And Dada

Synopsis:
Caesar and Dada explores what happens when Shakespeare's Julius Caesar collides with radical art in 1919 Zurich. WSC Avant Bard is formerly known as Washington Shakespeare Company.

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1st Produced:
Callan Theatre Of Catholic University Of American    19 Jun 2013

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WSC Avant-Bard

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Carolina Layaway Grail, The

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Welders (A Playwrights' Collective), Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, Dc    Mar 2014

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Church Of the Open Mind

Synopsis:
Cassie's first and failed novel was a thinly disguised account of her love affair with Gid. Gid is willing to try again as long as Cassie stops writing

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Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Colony, The

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Genre:
Comedy

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Dancing Princesses, The

Synopsis:
Set in the Roaring '20's, the show is a new musical take on the old Grimm's tale. after the death of his beloved Queen, a grief-stricken King banishes dance from all the land, much to the distress of his people, including his two daughters, Lara and Lena. But the girls find their way to a magical world where jazz music, the Charleston and their mother's indomitable spirit are alive and well. Finally, the girls, his loyal lieutenant and a muckraking newspaper man bring the King to his senses. He lifts the ban and everyone rediscovers the joy of living.
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Music And lyrics by Chris Youstra; book by Allyson Currin. Based on "the Twelve Dancing Princesses" by the Brothers Grimm

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Genre:
90 min Musical

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Dancing With Ourselves

Synopsis:
Ned is always there for friend Chris after her failed romances. after the latest failure they take a holiday in Greece.

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Genre:
One act Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Fur And Other Dangers

Synopsis:
the wife hates cats. the husband and daughter are mad about them

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Washington Theatre Festival    -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  5 actors either sex

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Hercules In Russia

Synopsis:
Jim Hercules born a slave in alabama now works in the court of Czar Nicholas II. He is conflicted with his loyalty to the Royal Family and the abuses of the people he sees all around

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1st Produced:
Cultural Arts Center, 7995 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, Md    Feb 2012

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Honk if You Speak Latin

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staged reading as a part of theatre J's Locally Grown Initiative in Washington DC on 15 April 2013

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Learning Curves

Synopsis:
Emma is having an affair with the Head of Department and flirting with a fellow student. She has to write a dissertation on "the Taming Of the Shrew". Suddenly Kate the Shrew turns up offering her advice on men

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Genre:
Comedy

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Love And Whiskey

Synopsis:
Depression era and the last unmarried daughter has to run the farm and look after her ill mother

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National Conservatory Of Dramatic Arts, Washington Dc    39850

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Out of Silence: Abortion Stories from the 1 in 3 Campaign

Synopsis:
From the halls of Congress to pulpits and court houses around the country, there is so much noise around abortion - but its womens personal stories that have been silenced. Until now. Now our stories come Out of Silence.

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written by Allyson Currin, D.W. Gregory, Caleen Sinnette Jennings, Nicole Jost, Jacqueline E. Lawton, Kristen LePine, Jennifer L. Nelson, Anu Yadav and Karen Zacarķas

1st Produced:
Capital Fringe Festival, Washington DC    10 Jul 2015

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1 in 3 Campaign

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piecet 75 min

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Radio Free America

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the United States is being invaded. a group of artists start a radio station to help boost morale

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Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sparks: Short Works by The Welders

Synopsis:
The company presents excerpts from several original works.

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written by Bob Bartlett, Renee Calarco, Allyson Currin, Caleen Sinette Jennings, Gwydion Suilebhan. Page-to-Stage Festival 2014. The three-day, Center-wide Page-to- Stage event offers a series of free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers.

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Subject, The

Synopsis:
Penny agrees to pose for photographer David. But who gets the credit for the art that ensues - the muse of the photographer.

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Sylvia Memory Funeral Parlor And A.M.e. Zion Primitive Baptist Church And House Of Christ, The

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Music And lyrics by Matt Connor; book by Allyson Currin

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Treadwell: Bright And Dark

Synopsis:
the play is a new work by Helen Hayes-nominated playwright and actress allyson Currin. She has undertaken the daunting task of exploring the complex personality and many faceted career of Treadwell, who throughout a long career fiercely applied her talents as a writer, poet, thinker and playwright to professions where women were neither respected nor welcome. Her triumphs included a sensational in person interview with the Mexican bandit, Pancho Villa, an expressionist stage masterpiece, Machinal, that is regarded as a classic (and was produced by TACT in 2004), and victory in a courageous lawsuit against actor John Barrymore, who had tried to steal one of her plays. But there were defeats and humiliations too, Sophie Treadwell battled personal demons that threatened her happiness and even her sanity. Throughout her long life, and often in her plays and novels, she wrestled with a question that still challenges women today: how can a woman in America fulfill all of the roles expected of her without losing herself?
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1st Produced:
Theater On The Run, 3700 South Four Mile Run Drive Arlington, Va    Jun 2010

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American Century Theater

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Genre:
90 min Play/Drama

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Unleashed! - the Secret Lives Of White House Pets

Synopsis:
the newly elected President's daughter is looking forward to living in the White House until her Chihuahua convinces her that she wont be able to bear the pressure. they meet some of the past White House pets and get reassurance from them

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1st Produced:
John F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts, Washington Dc    30 Jan 2009

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Genre:
One act Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  4 actors either sex playing multiple roles

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