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Dan Fishback

DAN FISHBACK  (1981 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Dan was born on November 4th 1981 in Washington D.C. and now lives in New York. He is a performance artist and a singer song writer. He sings with and writes for two groups The Faggots and Cheese on Bread.

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

 Absentia Dementia         Assholes Speak Louder Than Words         Boi With An I         Material World, The         No Direction Homo         Please Let Me Love You         Thirtynothing         Waiting For Barbara         You Will Experience Silence

Absentia Dementia

Synopsis:
Gay sexual culture as seen by gay men who abstain from it

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1st Produced:
Dixon Place, New York    2008

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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Assholes Speak Louder Than Words

Synopsis:
22 year relationship with sex and language

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1st Produced:
Sidewalk Café, New York    2004

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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Boi With An I

Synopsis:
A Republican twink, a violent metrosexual, an intern obsessed with Andrew Sullivan

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1st Produced:
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Collective Unconscious

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Material World, The

Synopsis:
Set in a boarding house in 1921, The Material World features an anachronistic cast of neurotic Jews, all trying to save the planet. Gittel Fenster, a 12-year-old radical socialist, studies Marxism to prepare for global anti-capitalist revolt, while gay nerd Ian Fleishman tests the revolutionary power of Facebook, and the Queen of Pop herself, Madonna mediates on secret Kabbalistic codes to fix a broken universe. The characters grapple with their lofty ambitions and their capacity for failure, to an eclectic score of bouncy electro dance pop, ramshackle twee-folk and classic Tin Pan alley. and unlike other pop musicals about Madonna and socialism, this play has scenes in Yiddish. The second installment of The Ian Fleishman Trilogy, and a sequel to the 2009 erotic Chanukah comedy You Will Experience Silence, The Material World continues Fishbacks exploration of Jewish political neurosis. This soulful musical brings surprising tenderness, humor, and ferocious diva realness to the most depressing political realities.
- nytheatre.com

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Book, Music & Lyrics By: Dan Fishback

1st Produced:
Dixon Place
161 Chrystie Street, New York, NY 10002    06 Jul 2012

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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian, musical

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Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

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No Direction Homo

Synopsis:
showcase of queer performance artist Dan Fishback. Fishback is described in the press release as a "raunchy performance artist, sensitive singer-songwriter, rock-n-roll nincompoop. . .the quintessential Renaissance Queer, with more disguises than Madonna and more projects than Harlem."

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1st Produced:
P.S. 122, NY    2006

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Genre:
Piece. - - Gay, full length

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Please Let Me Love You

Synopsis:
The Iraq War and Michael Jackson

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1st Produced:
Dixon Place, New York    2006

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Genre:
Drama

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Thirtynothing

Synopsis:
In thirtynothing, marking both the 30th anniversary of aIDS and his own 30th birthday, performance artist Dan Fishback searches for role models and father figures amongst gay artists lost to aIDS - Mark Morrisroe, David Wojnarowicz, David B. Feinberg, Essex Hemphill and many more. Fishback tears open issues of sexual intimacy, mass death and cultural memory with insight, wit, and his characteristic dark, neurotic humor. In his efforts to change the way queer people see themselves and their history, Fishback proves to be one of the most crucial voices of his generation.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Dixon Place
161 Chrystie Street, New York, NY 10002    30 Sep 2011

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

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Waiting For Barbara

Synopsis:
Two gay Yale men are waiting for the President's daughter to escort her to a war party. While they wait they take drugs

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1st Produced:
Galapagos Arts Space, New York    2006

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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You Will Experience Silence

Synopsis:
an irreverent performance piece about two surly, queer teenagers in ancient Israel whose misadventures spiral into a provocative meditation on citizenship, imperialism and sexual ethics. . ..Set in ancient Israel at the dawn of the Chanukah War, the 'chosen people' of You Will Experience Silence are bored and horny. One day, Judah Maccabee, a mouthy, queer, Hebrew teen, travels to Jerusalem with his best friend Ezra. When they encounter a strapping Greek soldier, they must reconcile their responsibilities to their people, to their libidos, and to each other. Their story is interspersed with the tale of Ian Fleishman, a nervy 21st century activist who spends his mornings in bed, phoning the White House to complain about the state of the world and the state of his love life
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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, theme/character full length

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Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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