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Gina Femia

GINA FEMIA

  
Nationality:    USA
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Gina Femiais a Brooklyn born and based playwright. Her work has been presented as a part of the Downtown Urban Theatre Festival, Dixon Place's HOT!Fest, The One Minute Play Festival, Women Center Stage Festival, New York Madness, The Short Plays by Women Festival in Columbia, MO, The New Ideas Festival in Toronto and the Play Offs in Denver. Her solo show Happily Never Ever has performed as part of The United Solo Festival, the Estrogenius Festival and has been published in an anthology of solo shows. In June, her play Mahogany Brown and the Case of the Disappearing Kid will be presented as a part of the Brick Theater's Comic Book Festival. Her solo show Undead Anonymous will be included in The United Solo Festival in November as part of their ENCORES group. She has had work developed at the Brick Theater's Oven Reading Series, twice at Dixon Place as a part of their Performances-in-Progress Series and Sarah Lawrence College where she received her MFA in theatre and was awarded the Lipkin Prize in Playwriting. Gina is an affiliated artist of New Georges and a co-founding member of Everyday Inferno Theatre. She has been a semi-finalist for The National Playwrights Conference at the O'Neill and the Princess Grace Award as well as Ars Nova's and SPACE on Ryder Farm's playwrights groups.

Research:    https://www.facebook.com/gina.femia.5

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         Accidental Burlesque         Allond(r)a         Annie and the Fat Man         Bones Like Dust         Broke/Fix         Fly Baby         For The Love or The Roller Derby Play         Happily Never Ever         Inverted Rainbow         Jump         Mahogany Brown and the Case of the Disappearing Kid         Meet You At The Galaxy Diner         Mermaids' Parade, The         Mirrors         Pieces of Penelope         Pop Pop Was A Hero         Practice         Pussygrabber         Rebels Til Death         Savings!         Staff Retreat         Super, or How Clark Graves Learnt To Fly         Things I Don't Want To Talk About         This Happened Once At The Romance Depot Off The 1-87 In Westchester         Truth         Undead Anonymous         Violet Sisters, The         Virtuous Fall of the Girls From Our Lady of Sorrows         We Are A Masterpiece
Accidental Burlesque

Synopsis:
People's journeys as they explore life, love and lust

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at New George's, New York     2015

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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
https://twitter.com/HarryTheHoudini

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Allond(r)a

Synopsis:
Allonda and her friends coming of age over a summer

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1st Produced:
EST/Youngblood Bloodworks     2017

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Genre:
Lesbian full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Annie and the Fat Man

Synopsis:
Annie is anorexic, Tiny is overweight they are two Brooklynite best friends. But when both of them start a new romance will it be a strain on the friendship?

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1st Produced:
Lark Round Table, New York     2017

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Music:
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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian full length

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Bones Like Dust

Synopsis:
A pedologist goes to a cabin in Nebraska to study the soil there

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Broke/Fix

Synopsis:
Jessi and Joan are fighting when they have to help an angel

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1st Produced:
Pipeline Theatre, New York     2016

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Fly Baby

Synopsis:
One New Year's Eve Ariel and Eve go up on the roof to watch the fireworks. They are joined by Miranda a friend. There is a problem - can Santa or the Tooth Fairy solve?

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Genre:
Black Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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For The Love or The Roller Derby Play

Synopsis:
The Brooklyn Scallywags the most feared roller derby team. New team member Joy becomes interested in team mate Lizzie Lightning despite having a partner - Michelle

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York     2014

Organisations:
Pride Films and Plays

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Lesbian drama full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  9            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Happily Never Ever

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
The United Solo Festival    

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Genre:
solo show

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Inverted Rainbow

Synopsis:
Inverted Rainbow tells the story of Smith, a man who is in the hospital for seemingly inexplicable reasons. As his condition deteriorates, he is haunted by memories of his Mama and deceased wife, Rose as they try to get him to confront his problems with his estranged daughter, Becca. As the structure of false memories he has built begins to crumble, Smith finds himself being forced to face his past in order to find peace in his death.

Notes:
Inverted Rainbow has had developmental readings at Sarah Lawrence College and SUNY Purchase College.

1st Produced:
Play Reading Series At Goodbye Blue Monday In Brooklyn, NY     15/2014

Organisations:
Roving Roots

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Music:
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Genre:
WIP

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Jump

Synopsis:
Two friends in Coney Island mourn a third who has died

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Genre:
Lesbian full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Mahogany Brown and the Case of the Disappearing Kid

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Brick Theater's Comic Book Festival, NY     01 Jun 2014

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Meet You At The Galaxy Diner

Synopsis:
AJ is in New York. Bill in Alaska. They reconnect after many years. Will looking back make them aware of what they now are?

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Mermaids' Parade, The

Synopsis:
Islande is left alone in Coney Island. Biron has been sent to Iraq. A mermaid keeps them together

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Pipeline Theatre's Bonfire Reading Series, New York     2016

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Mirrors

Synopsis:
A mother and daughter have more in common than they thought

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at New York Madness     2016

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Pieces of Penelope

Synopsis:
Odysseus went to war, Penelope waited. Owen went to Iraq, Penny waited

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Pop Pop Was A Hero

Synopsis:
A mother and daughter clear out the garage after her husband's death. They find things that should have stayed hidden

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Practice

Synopsis:
Two girls practice softball and kissing

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Genre:
Lesbian full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Pussygrabber

Synopsis:
Two different events - the Presidental election and a very serious rape

Notes:
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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Rebels Til Death

Synopsis:
Coney Island Sweetie and Azul have been best friends forever and rebels more recently. When they start keeping secrets from one another some deeply buried. Will they survive?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Playwrights Horizons Guest Artist Series     2018

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Gay full length

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Savings!

Synopsis:
The local supermarket is closing down and the community is upset about it. Mo who has worked there for is too. Her daughter unexpectedly comes back after many years

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Staff Retreat

Synopsis:
The staff go on a retreat not talking about a scandal back at work

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Super, or How Clark Graves Learnt To Fly

Synopsis:
Samuel Graves has lost his once thriving construction company and turns mean. His wife Mary is addicted to scratch card lottery. Daughter Dot cannot stop picking at her skin. Son Clark in love with Laney who wants them to run away. Clark is an addict of comic books

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Hub Bub Cultural Exchange, Spartanville, South Carolina     2014

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Things I Don't Want To Talk About

Synopsis:
An epic adventure to save a trapped princess from the depths of her mind. Things she would like to forget like that and sex and sexual assault

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Under St Mark's, New York     2016

Organisations:
March Forth Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Lesbian full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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This Happened Once At The Romance Depot Off The 1-87 In Westchester

Synopsis:
Kevin owns a Romance Depot (sex shop). Beth needs a vibrator. Can romance blossom?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Pandora's Box, New York     2018

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Truth

Synopsis:
Truth or dare?

Notes:
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Organisations:
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Genre:
Lesbian full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Undead Anonymous

Synopsis:
A solo show that explores what it might be like if a vampire, zombie, mummy, ghost and woman cursed with eternal life started a support group.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Studio Theatre at Theatre Row, NY     17 Nov 2014

Organisations:
The United Solo Festival

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/undead-anonymous   

Music:
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Genre:
solo show 60 min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Violet Sisters, The

Synopsis:
After Hurricane Sandy Pam returns home for her father's funeral. She is confronted by her sister and a past she cannot forget

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Shelter Theatre, New York     2018

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Virtuous Fall of the Girls From Our Lady of Sorrows

Synopsis:
In a Girls Catholic School one of the pupils wants to put on a sequel to "Measure For Measure"

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Organisations:
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Genre:
Lesbian full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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We Are A Masterpiece

Synopsis:
Nurse Joan is worried about the number of gay men dying. No one seems to care so she becomes a fairy godmother looking after patients with AIDS

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Retro Productions, New York     2018

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
AIDS full length

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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