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Cody Daigle

CODY DAIGLE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Cody Daigle is the resident playwright of The Playhouse Tulsa and a company playwright for both Acadiana Repertory Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Works (MTWorks). Plays for The Playhouse Tulsa: William and Judith, Tulsa! A Radio Christmas Spectacular, Little Women and the recently commissioned The Bottom of the Sea. Plays for Acadiana Repertory Theatre: In the Bones, The Survivalists, The Lasting. Plays for MTWorks: Providence, A Home Across the Ocean (MTWorks), and the original one-act version of In the Bones. Other plays: 18 Victoria (AUI), Life/Play (FringeNYC 2007). Plays for Young Audiences: The Book of D (Delta Grand Youth Company), The Infinite Pages (AUI), The Songs of Lost Things (AUI) and The Guardians of Sanzom (AUI). He is a two-time winner of the Great Plains Theatre Conference Holland New Voices Playwriting Award.

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         18 Victoria         Anne of Green Gables         Book Of D, The         Elementary Ms Holmes         Frankenstein         Frogs, The         Grand Pre         Guardians Of Sanzom, Te         Guernica         Home Across the Ocean, A         In The Bones         Infinite Pages, The         Land Of Dead Giants, The         Life/Play: An Experiment In theatrical Autobiography         Little Women         Providence         Ugly Duckling, The         Why We Fall         William And Judith

18 Victoria

Synopsis:
It is three weeks before an asteroid hits the Earth. Three siblings meet to try to heal the rift that had torn them apart

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1st Produced:
workshop presentation produced by Acting Unlimited at Theatre 810 in Lafayette, Louisiana    2013

Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/18-victoria   -

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Genre:
Drama 90 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Anne of Green Gables

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Based on the novel: "Anne Of Green Gables" by L M Montgomery

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  12            Other:  extras

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Book Of D, The

Synopsis:
D has no friends, his parents have divorced and he feels an outcast. He keeps a book in which he writes stories - the Book of D. He meets Blu who introduces him to Greek Myths

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Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Elementary Ms Holmes

Synopsis:
In Minneapolis the millionaire Baskerville is found dead in his garden. His wife claims to have seen a horrible beast - Will Ms Holmes - female detective - solve the mystery?

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Genre:
Youth play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Frankenstein

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Notes:
Based on the novel: "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Frogs, The

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Music by Roy Bertucci; lyrics And book by Cody Daigle. Based on the play "the Frogs" by Aristophanes

1st Produced:
Lafayette Parish High School    2005

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Grand Pre

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Notes:
Music by Roy Bertucci; lyrics And book by Cody Daigle.

1st Produced:
-    2007

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Guardians Of Sanzom, Te

Synopsis:
Skylar's mother has died. She is visited by two people from a parallel world. Apparantly her mother was the guardian of Sanzom a powerful object and she is not dead but captured by an evil force known as the Darkness. Skylar and her friends have to rescue her and retrieve the Sanzom

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Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  11 either sex

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Guernica

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1st Produced:
University Of Louisiana-Layfayette    1997

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Home Across the Ocean, A

Synopsis:
Connor and his boyfriend think they're ready to start a family; Connor's recently widowed mother thinks she needs to re-start a family herself. When a 13-year-old foster child and a poet from London arrive into their lives, they'll find out exactly how ready they are.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Theatre Row Studio
410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036    40437

Organisations:
Maiuetic Theater Works

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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In The Bones

Synopsis:
A Louisiana family mourns the unexpected loss of a veteran of the war in Afghanistan. Over three years, their grief reaches out into unexpected places, forming a future from a broken past.

Notes:
In the Bones was originally produced as a one-act play by Manhattan Theatre Works as part of their ReWorks: The Spanish Civil War evening. The play was developed in its full-length form by Acadiana Repertory Theatre and The Great Plains Theatre Conference.

1st Produced:
Astoria Performing Arts Center    07 Nov 2014

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/in-the-bones   -

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Genre:
Gay full length 90 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Infinite Pages, The

Synopsis:
"The Infinite Pages" series of books has every young reader in the World hooked - but what is the sinister secret behind the books?

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Genre:
Youth play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  18 either sex

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Land Of Dead Giants, The

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1st Produced:
-    2004

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Life/Play: An Experiment In theatrical Autobiography

Synopsis:
a short autobiographical play is written each day and blogged online. From those plays, a surreal theatrical narrative is crafted. an ever-evolving theatre piece, Life/Play turns one playwright's life into a comic exploration of our desire to record our lives.

Notes:
Music by Christine Baniewicz

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Organisations:
Cite des Arts

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Genre:
2h 0m  Comedy Improv/Sketch/Stand-up

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Little Women

Synopsis:
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Based on the novel: "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Providence

Synopsis:
When Mark loses his best friend Sarah in a tragic plane crash destined for Providence, Rhode Island, he reaches out to the only other person he knew from the crash-Neil, who also lost a loved one. Conflict arises when Neil asserts that his grief is deeper-because he lost his wife and Mark only lost a friend. In the end, both men confront their sorrow and learn, despite their differences, to respect and appreciate their common bond
- press release

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1st Produced:
National NewBorn Festival, The Rock Theatre, NY    2008

Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/providence   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama 120 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Ugly Duckling, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the the story "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen

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Genre:
Childrens play

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

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Why We Fall

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Acting Unlimited Repertory Company    2011

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William And Judith

Synopsis:
Inspired by Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, the play imagines a William Shakespeare at the end of his career in desperate need of a new play, a sister, Judith, who is equally talented as a writer and the act of creative thievery that tears their relationship apart.

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1st Produced:
Liddy Doenges Theatre of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center    2012

Organisations:
commissioned by The Playhouse Tulsa

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/william-and-judith   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama 120 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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