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Nancy Dean

NANCY DEAN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Nancy Dean's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

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

         Blood And Water         Burning Bridges         Gloria's Visit         Hetty Pepper's Stew         Larks And Owls         Murder At The Regatta         Resort         Returning Home         Ripe Avocados         That Ilk         Upstairs In the Afternoon         Which Marriage?
Blood And Water

Synopsis:
Kay with her friends regularly give blood for transfusion to a friend. Her mother asks her to give blood for her Father - but he kicked her out aged 15 when he found out she was a lesbian

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1st Produced:
Gay And Lesbian Center, New York     1986

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Genre:
One act. - - Lesbian, one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Burning Bridges

Synopsis:
Alex arrives home to find a note from her lover, Libby, saying that she has left her and gone off with another woman. Alex is devastated. Alex discovers that Libby has breast cancer and she starts helping her with her battle and slowly they start talking again and working towards a reconciliation

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1st Produced:
Madison AVenue Theatre, New York    

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Lesbian, full length

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Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Gloria's Visit

Gloria's Visit
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Contained in: "Intimate Acts Eight Contemporary Lesbian Plays" published by Brito and Lair 1997   

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Hetty Pepper's Stew

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This new play is part of Manhattan Repertory theatre's Gay & Lesbian Play Series.

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

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Larks And Owls

Synopsis:
a mother and daughter - both singers. the mother opera and the daughter pop. Both are keeping a secret - they both have female lovers. the son cannot believe his mother is one of those and to top it all his mother's girlfriend is black

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed Reading At Meridan Theatre, New York     22 Jul 1986

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Genre:
Comedy. - - Lesbian, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Murder At The Regatta

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Resort

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Returning Home

Synopsis:
Alice and Peg have been teaching in Turkey for two years. they return home with one of their students ayshe. ayshe has unbeknown to Alice been having an affair with Peg. Now that they are in the States ayshe wants Peg to herself. She confronts Alice - who leaves

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1st Produced:
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Genre:
One act. - - Lesbian, one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Ripe Avocados

Synopsis:
1935. eleanor and Timmy are about to leave on vacation to Florida. they receive a box of avocados from their gardener in Florida but it does not contain as many as they usually get. Flashback to eleanor working in a lawyers office trying to marry one of the partners. She reads about her father's death in the newspaper and refuses to go to the funeral. Flashback to when eleanor was 13 - her Father tells her he is going to marry their housekeeper - she is furious and leaves home. Back to 1935 eleanor and Timmy's daughter refuses to go to Florida with them - she is 6. they leave her with the nanny and go. In Florida they discover that the reason that there were so few avocados was because the village boys had denuded the tree. eleanor orders that it be cut down

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed Reading At Pelham Art Center     02 Jun 2008

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  2 girls

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That Ilk

Synopsis:
a family in 1938 and 1956. a woman hides the fact she is Jewish from her husband and children. In 1956 one of the children is hiding the fact that she is a Lesbian

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1st Produced:
Currican Theatre, New York     25 Apr 1998

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Genre:
Drama. - - Lesbian, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Upstairs In the Afternoon

Synopsis:
Jess reckons she can break up any couple - she just has to be the right person at the right time. Suburban couple Sasha and ellen are warned of Jess' intentions

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1st Produced:
Playquest Theatre, New York     26 Oct 1995

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Genre:
Comedy. - - Lesbian, full length

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Male:  -            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Which Marriage?

Synopsis:
Letita visits her cousin Joy. She finds that Joy's lover Isabelle is not being faithful and has a string of lovers -Sissy, Chrissy and Prissy. She shows her cousin how to fight back

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1st Produced:
Musical Theatre Works, New York     07 Dec 1991

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Genre:
One act. - - Lesbian, one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  doubling

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