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David Dannenfesler

DAVID DANNENFESLER  

 Nationality:    USA
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David Dannenfelser has written, directed and produced his plays: The On Being Series and Sid Berkeley Radio Slave, at Here in NYC, The Keeper, a full-length radio play performed live at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre and broadcast over WBaI in NYC, and The Boy Who Lost His Sock, a full-length children's play adapted from a story by Patrick Gallagher and produced by The Youth Theatre of NJ in Sparta, NJ & The Kitchen Theatre in Ithaca, NY. Other plays include; In Five Boroughs, produced by Expanded Arts in NYC, When Words Fail produced as a part of The NYC International Fringe Festival in 1998 and later at the John Houseman Studio Theatre in 1999. The play now appears in the anthology, Plays and Playwrights For The New Millennium published by The New York Theatre Experience, edited by Martin Denton. His own radio-styled adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has been produced by Offworld Theatre Co., Icarus Theatre Ensemble and broadcast over the airwaves of WCPE Radio, Union County Coll. David has written many one-act plays and collections including; The Catcher In Bed-Stuy, produced by Howling Moon Cab Theatre Co., NYC and The Blessing & Rain, both of which were produced as a part of the Rutgers U. Play Festival, New Brunswick, NJ 2008. He recently produced his new play, The Medicine Show (a Play With Music) at the 2007 NYC Fringe Festival. His play, Gargoyles was selected as a semi-finalist in the 2009 New Play Festival at Centre Stage, a professional theatre in South CarolinA. David has had numerous workshops and readings of his one-acts and full-length plays and is presently working on a book of short plays for use in the study of acting. a complete anthology of plays is available upon request. David is a member of The Dramatists Guild, Inc.

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 Beauty And Sin (The Hawthorne Plays)         Between You And Me         Catcher In Bed-Stuy, The         Gargoyles         Home Instruction         In Five Boroughs         Jack And Jill In Christmastown         Jesus Saves         Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, The         Medicine Show (A Play With Music), The         Naked Holidays         On Being Series, The         When Words Fail         When You're Dead, You're Dead

Beauty And Sin (The Hawthorne Plays)

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BEaUTY aND SIN (THE HaWTHORNE PLaYS) Four one-act adaptations of short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, THE BIRTHMaRK, THE MINSTER'S BLaCK VEIL, RaPPaCCINI'S DaUGHTER and YOUNG GOODMaN BROWN.

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(Multiple roles for An ensemble of Actors. A single flexible set.)

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Between You And Me

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Notes From The Underground Festival, New York

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Catcher In Bed-Stuy, The

Synopsis:
part of a festival of one-act plays about Brooklyn

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The Jam for Bread Cafe, NY    2006

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Play One act

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Gargoyles

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GaRGOYLES - Selected as a semi-finalist for a national new play festival at CENTRE STaGE in SC, this play follows four people who come together on the remote "Island of Self actualization". Together they are subjected to a rigorous program of self improvement by the resident self-help for success Guru, Marty Martinson. all find themselves connected by this mysterious place where collective dreaming is common and wish fulfillment is not just a dream.

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(a cast of five And A single set consisting of A deck And A ground cloth to suggest the Appearance of sand.)

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Home Instruction

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HOME INSTRUCTION - In a time of adolescent unrest, when public school personnel are faced with random acts of violence and an impending sense of fear both for and of the student body, this play takes a personal look at the student/teacher relationship.

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(Three characters, A simple set, And A running time of Approximately 90 minutes.)

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In Five Boroughs

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IN FIVE BOROUGHS - a collection of interrelated one-acts about NYC exploring a range of issues from the ridiculous to the sublime. SECESSION (STaTEN ISLaND), THE BLESSING (BRONX), THE CaTCHER IN BED-STUY (BROOKLYN), COYOTES (QUEENS) and aN OTHERWISE EMPTY ROOM (MaNHaTTaN). Produced at EXPaNDED aRTS in NYC.

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(a cast of six with two principles And four Actors playing multiple roles. A single set piece is used to suggest many different locations. Some Additional furniture is Also used. One special need, A cannon is A must.)

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Expanded arts, NY    -

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Jack And Jill In Christmastown

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Two actors are in the worst Christmas play ever

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Short play

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Jesus Saves

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JESUS SaVES - In this full-length Satire, a small town used car salesman finds himself in a power- struggle with a local priest when he decides to use the phrase, "JESUS SaVES aND SO CaN YOU" to sell cars. Powerful themes about organized religion, the nature of commerce, and the conflict between good and evil permeate this piece.

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Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, The

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THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW - Taken from a reader's theatre adaptation by Joseph Giardina and further developed into a full-length radio adaptation of the famous story by Washington Irving.

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(an ensemble of Actors voicing many different roles)

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Medicine Show (A Play With Music), The

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Dr. Boggs, snake oil salesman. Hannah, a birthmark on her face, the show's main attraction. Nate, guitar man, desperately in need of something real. and Dark Cloud, the Chief who sees all. a story of miracles, true love, and betrayal.

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Inspired by the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the Book, Lyrics And Music Are by David Dannenfelser, Music by Patrick Gallagher

1st Produced:
CSV Cultural and Educational Center - Flamboyan, New York International Fringe Festival    2007

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Icarus Theatre Ensemble

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1h 40m Drama Musical

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Naked Holidays

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Naked Holidays is darkly comic Yuletide bacchanalia, a gleeful pageant filled with indulgent tidings. Originally conceived by the Sacred Fools Theater Company of Los Angeles, this boisterous holiday celebration puts a comic spin on some of our best-loved winter traditions. It is a multicultural melange which climaxes in a scantilyclad routine that looks a lot like Christmas. Highlights include a medley exploring deadly plots by Santa's eight angry reindeer against Rudolph and the lesser-known Rudnick The Reindeer, a traditional Jewish nativity scene, a wholesome dad who hides a suspiciously jolly body bag, and a belligerently randy hooker working the North Pole. TheNaked Holidays Orchestra adds a musical flair to the show, and eggnog will be served.
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written by Stacey Lane, Steve Strangio, Leah Dashe, Leal Vona, David Dannenfelser, Steve Lewis, And Eric R. Pfeffinger

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ace of Clubs, 9 Great Jones Street, NY    10 Dec 2010

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EndTimes Productions

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On Being Series, The

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THE ON BEING SERIES - a collection of three related one-acts. a semi-serious look at three states of being in the tradition of Carl Rogers; ON BEING PaTIENT, ON BEING POLITE, and ON BEING PERFECT. Produced at Here in NYC.

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(a cast of five with All Actors playing multiple roles. All locations Are suggested by the use of simple furniture.)

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When Words Fail

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The two main characters of When Words Fail. . . are Dan and Sarah, who meet while lunching in a park one afternoon and soon take up a tentative, sometimes rocky courtship. Dan is an awkward but well-meaning young man who is obsessed with keeping up and getting ahead; afraid of missing any new development or trend, he nevertheless always does. Sarah is in many ways his opposite--a true romantic, blessed with a kind of sixth sense that enables her to look deep into what surrounds her and feel its essence. They make an unlikely couple, perhaps, but they are bound by their pure, sensitive souls and their gawky outside-ness. Together they journey through the cockeyed urban American world of the '90s.
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New York    1999

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in Plays and Playwrights for the New Millennium - the e-book [Kindle Edition]
http://www.amazon.com/Plays-Playwrights-New-Millennium-ebook/dp/B00378L6LO   B00378L6LO

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When You're Dead, You're Dead

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WHEN YOU'RE DEaD, YOU'RE DEaD - a full-length Comedy that follows the possible last days of Oliver Reese, a compulsive gambler with more than a few loose ends to tie up in his life. When he wakes up in a hospital room, the very fact of his existence is questioned by the hospital staff. What starts out as an argument about life or death becomes a journey into the nature of his soul.

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(a cast of seven with three principles And four Actors playing multiple roles. Unit set And A scrim. One location.)

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