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DAMON DIMARCO (1971 - )
Nationality: USA
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Damon DiMarco was born in Princeton, New Jersey, 16 Oct 1971. A professional actor and author as well as a playwright, Damon has appeared in primetime and daytime television programs; commercials; independent films; regional theatres; and trade shows. His books include Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11 and Heart of War: Soldiers' Voices from the Front Lines of Iraq, as well as The Actor's Art & Craft and The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character, both co-authored with William Esper. Damon has been a guest on national television and radio, including CNN, The National Geographic Channel, FOX, Odyssey Networks, and the Premiere Radio Network. He has been a guest speaker at colleges, universities, and community groups across the country. He teaches writing to PhD students in the History and Culture program at Drew Univesity's Caspersen School of Graduate Studies. For more information, visit www.damondimarco.com.
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My Mariners Shock & Awe TegwarMy Mariners
Synopsis:
A disgraced captain, a tyrannical Governor, mutinous sailors, the sounds of 19th-Century sea chanteys, and a gruesome murder all come together in MY MARINERS, a play with traditional American music by oral historian and prize-winning authors Damon DiMarco and Jeffrey Harper. MY MARINERS, inspired by real places and events, is set in 1883 at Sailors Snug Harbor, Staten Island. The play tells the story of Captain Charles Reinbeck, a disgraced sea captain, who comes from Manhattan to the Sailors Snug Harbor in response to a mysterious and ominous letter. When he arrives, he learns of a sailor's brutal, vicious murder - "gutted like a fish" on the grounds of Snug Harbor. Captain Reinbeck enters a maze of mystery and contradictory tales from the Harbor's authoritarian Governor Thomas Brack and his assistant Enoch Fancher to a group of angry disgruntled sailors, led by seaman Will Garland. Each step of Reinbeck's investigation leads him deeper into Sailors Snug Harbor's cruel secrets and hidden brutality, with more confounding discoveries, until Reinbeck, confronted with his own shameful past, must choose between the safety of resignation and the danger of redemption. MY MARINERS weaves live singing of public domain, traditional American sea chanteys throughout the play, as well as musical performance before opening curtain and during intermission. A compelling murder mystery narrative in a historically rich world of American traditional song, MY MARINERS provides a total theater experience for family audiences.
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written by Damon DiMarco and Jeffrey Harper
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Sundog Theatre, Staten Island, NY 10301-0183 -
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Synopsis:
Adapted from interviews with U.S. veterans of the War in Iraq, Shock & Awe weaves individual lives to form a violent, surreal, and darkly comic tapestry. One man endures the long-distance fracturing of his family while another mounts an intense pursuit of Saddam Hussein's limousine. An Iraqi mother searches for 'someone in charge' while a soldier tries to convince the Army that he bears a mysterious wound. Taken individually, these stories are too strange to be anything but true. Taken together, they form an ensemble piece that's gripping, funny, abominable, and insane - in other words, it's war. Shock & Awe presents one of the most controversial conflicts in American history as only the people who've been there have known it.
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In 2005 and 2006, Damon DiMarco conducted interviews with U.S. veterans of the War in Iraq to write a book that eventually became Heart of War: Soldiers' Voices from the Front Lines in Iraq. Using these interviews as source material, he later wrote Shock & Awe: A Play in Two Acts. Over the course of several drafts, Shock & Awe placed as a finalist for the Princess Grace Awards (2005), a finalist for Reverie Productions Next Generation Playwright's Award in Manhattan (2008), and semi-finalist for the Julie Harris Playwright Award (2008) before selected to make its World Debut as part of the 2009 Y.E.S. Festival at Northern Kentucky University (Sandra Foreman, Artistic Director; Mike King, directing). In addition, scenes from Shock & Awe were produced around Manhattan at various venues. Most notably, "We're Nobody" was done as part of the Fire Dept.'s acclaimed event AT WAR: American Playwrights Respond to Iraq, moderated by Janeane Garofalo and David Straithairn (2008). And "I Like to Work" won the January 2010 Manhattan Monologue Slam as performed by Garrett Hendricks. A lot of material from both Shock & Awe and Heart of War went into the screenplay "Allegiance," which Damon co-wrote with his friend Dominic Fumusa (from Showtime's "Nurse Jackie").
1st Produced:
Corbett Theatre 16 Apr 2009
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Northern Kentucky University
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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (March 15, 2013) 978-1482686302
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Top of PageTegwar
Synopsis:
In an empty room in some faraway place, Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot play a card game in an endless loop throughout eternity.
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The Ensemble Studio Theatre debut was directed by and starred Victor Slezak.
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Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 West 52nd Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10019 Oct 1999
549 West 52nd Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10019 Oct 1999
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Octoberfest
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10 min drama
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