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Liz Flahive

LIZ FLAHIVE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC  

Liz Flahive is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Department of Dramatic Writing. Her first play, From Up Here(Manhattan Theater Club in association with Ars Nova) was nominated for both Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Play and won the John Gassner award for Playwriting. Her plays have been produced and developed at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Naked angels, Manhattan Theater Club and Ars Nova. She is currently working on commissions from Manhattan Theater Club and the Keen Company. Ms. Flahive also volunteers with the 52nd Street Project, an organization that creates original Theater with inner city kids. She is a founding member of the Ars Nova Play Group and is currently writing for the Showtime original series, Nurse Jackie.

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

         Axel F         Bohemia         Firebirds         From Up Here         Madrid, The         See Jane

Axel F

Synopsis:
Two sisters at their father's second wedding bicker over what they are going to say when it is their time to toast the happy couple

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Contained in: "Great Short Comedies volume Four" published by Playscripts   -

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Ten minute play

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Bohemia

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part of the Wikipedia Plays is A mini-marathon of short plays that surf the wikipedia wave through 17 related entries. the press materials describe it thusly: "In this brave new world of instant gratification where the internet can live in your pocket, one group of writers has created A mini-marathon of short plays that surf the wikipedia wave through seventeen related entries." the plays And playwrights Are: Mike Batistick (Castration Anxiety), evan Cabnet (Prokop the Great), Ron Fitzgerald (Turbulent), Liz Flahive (Bohemia), Sam Forman (Fetish), etan Frankel (the Defenestration of Prague), Kyle Jarrow (Troposphere), Nick Jones (Global Warming), Barry Levey (Yale Law School), Carly Mensch (Democracy), Elizabeth Meriwether (Particle Board), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Golf Ball), Rachel Shukert (Stiletto Heels), Mat Smart (Weather Forecasting), Aurin Squire (Uncertainties), Adam Szymkowicz (Bill Clinton) And Beau Willimon (Wooden). the Wikipedia Plays Are directed by evan Cabnet, Michael Goldfried, Maria Goyanes, Meredith McDonough, Shira Milikowsky And Moritz von Stuelpnagel.

1st Produced:
Ars Nova, NY     2007

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Genre:
short play One act

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Firebirds

Synopsis:
emotions are running high as graduation looms for a group of high school seniors, who all scramble to overcome last minute challenges before getting their diplomas. everything goes awry as best friends find they weren't accepted into the same college, school news anchors struggle with their feelings for one another, and a choir girl attempts to step out of her shell. For these "Firebirds," their lives may just be beginning, but they must first tackle some unfinished business in this funny, heartfelt homage to high school. (This play was specially commissioned by Playscripts for high school actors.)

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1st Produced:
Keen Teens At The Kirk Theatre (New York, NY, United States)     2009

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
35-45 min Comedy/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  3 males, 5 females, 5 either (13 actors possible: 3-8 males, 4-10 females)

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From Up Here

From Up Here
Kenny Barrett did something that has everyone worried. He wishes he could just make it through the rest of his senior year unnoticed, but that's going to be hard since he has to publicly apologize to his entire high school. at home, his mother is struggling with a rocky start to her second marriage and a surprise visit from her estranged sister. a new play about a family limping out the door in the morning and coming home no matter what.

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Nominated for the 2008 Drama Desk And Outer Critics Circle Awards

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Genre:
Dramatic comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Madrid, The

Synopsis:
Falco stars as Martha, a kindergarten teacher with a life many would want: a loving husband, a devoted daughter. But when she leaves it all behind, it's up to her daughter Sarah to pick up the pieces. Two-time Obie winner, Leigh Silverman (Chinglish, From Up Here, In the Wake) directs this hilarious and heartbreaking story about motherhood, freedom, and trying to see the people in your family as they really are.

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1st Produced:
New York City Center - Stage I, 131 West 55th Street, New York, NY     26 Feb 2013

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http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/56757/madrid-the   978-0573703850

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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See Jane

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