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BROWEN DENTON-DAVIS
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Bronwen Denton-Davis, playwright, director, screenwriter is based in Santa Fe, NM. Her works have been produced in Santa Fe, NM, Los Angeles, Ca, New York, NY. and at the famed Williamstown Theater Festival in Williamstown, Mass. She is the recipient of Backstage's Best New Play award for the production of her play "The Book of Wren" presented at the Miranda Theater in New York, 1998. She had the honor of being the first playwright to have three plays presented in a single season at the Williamstown Theater Festival. She was the artistic Director of the Santa Fe Playwrights Lab for 5 years and the Co-artistic Director of the Santa Fe Theater Company for 4 years. She has written for the screen for director Simon Wincer, and actors Sandra Bullock, Gabrial Byrne, Minnie Driver, and Mira Sorvino.
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Absolution
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Almost You
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In a small, no account town in Texas a heartbreaking romantic triangle comes to a critical crossroads when the pregnant, long abandoned Em, gives birth to her philandering husband aJ's child, with only aJ's best friend Leon to assist her.
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Won The Santa Fe New Mexican's Critics Choice Award
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The Santa Fe Theater Company, Santa Fe, NM, USA 1994
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Angels In Waiting
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an embittered emergency room doctor is assisted by the visitation of a new rotating intern, long familiar with rerouting exhausted physicians to their purpose and an expert in the uplifting of their hearts.
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Simple single resting room set
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The Santa Fe Playhouse 2004
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Aquanetics
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a private health spa serves as the charming set for the convergence of an arthritic psychiatrist and a water phobic children's novelist. Each offers the other a balance of pixilation and practicality in order to get on with the business of Life.
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audience serves As the pool. Inflatable hot tub required
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Blue Lake
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Bonsai
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Book Of Wren, The
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Dark ages healer Madlin of Wren makes the error of assisting a young woman with the birth of her child and is unwittingly thrown against an old nemesis from the Church. Her passion for healing and caring of the abandoned is contagious and inspires a simple cleric to take up the mantle of her knowledge and courage.
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Won SF New Mexican's Critics Choice Award
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Theaterwork, Santa Fe, NM, USA 1997
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Box, The
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Confetti
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Crowned Heads
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Ferry Back, The
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On a ferry crossing the Irish Sea, Megan Parrish, returning home from England after a terrible trauma, meets a unique individual capable of assisting her beyond her physical and emotional scars. She in turn is able to assist Him.
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Santa Fe New Mexican's Critics Choice Award. Simple single set presented with two ferry like benches
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The Santa Fe Theater Company, Santa Fe, NM, USA 1994
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Fleur De Vie
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Freesailing
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The undaunted friendship of women pirates anne Bonny and Mary Read is presented in this high flying adventure of piracy, romance, and ruin.
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Like A mini Nicholas Nickleby, Freesailing was written to provide interchangeable parts to reduce cast size And provide A deal of characters for A group of Adventurous Actors.
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Williamstown, Mass, USA 1995
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Jewel, The
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In the late 1800's a Russian woman is given an unexpected release from scandal and ruin through an unexpected proposal of marriage from an unexpected and rare gentleman.
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Best work in WTF New Directors Presentation. Simple single set defined by large tapestry rug
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Williamstown, Mass, USA 1995
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Mon Coeur Solitaire: A Portrait Of Mary Cassatt
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This one woman tour de force mixed media piece presents a detailed look at the life and works of famed American Impressionist painter Mary Stevenson Cassatt, the only American and one of two women ever to be admitted into the French Impressionist Circle
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Won The Santa Fe New Mexican's Critics Choice Award
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Pealing Figs
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part of Britbits 3, An evening of new one-act plays for or About the British
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Sanford Meisner Theatre, NY 2008
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Saints
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Sanctuary
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String Of Pearls
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In a fan of unfolding photographs, String of Pearls reveals the intimate experiences of WWII of American citizens in the US. From its naive beginnings to its ultimate often secreted dark results, the impact of WWII on innocent civilians is delineated in heartfelt snapshots if individual lives.
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Won The Santa Fe New Mexican's Critics Choice Award
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The Santa Fe Playhouse 2004
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Clearstory Productions
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Terrace, The
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Waiting For Gaia
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at a bus stop outside of London two women of extremely divergent backgrounds and character, under highly pressured circumstances, find they are in fact each other's new best friend
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Won best new piece in new works festival
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The Santa Fe Playhouse 1998
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