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Megan Ford

MEGAN FORD  

 Nationality:    USA
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Megan Ford is an American writer and comedy performer based in London. She is one-half of the writing and performing team Pistol & Jack, a TimeOut Critic's Choice comedy cabaret double-act who have performed at the Soho Theatre, Assembly edinburgh, Leicester Square thetare, Nu:Write Festival Croatia, Secret Garden Party Festival, and several comedy and cabaret venues around London. She is also the founder and artistic director of Racked Theatre Collective, through which she produced her play the Assassination of Paris Hilton to a sold out run at the Assembly in edinburgh 2009. She is a playwright for the Old Vic New Voices, and was a member of the Soho Theatre Core Group of young writers. Her plays have been performed at the Old Vic, the Assembly Rooms edinburgh, Latitude Festival, Trafalgar Studios, the Jerwood Space, Soho Theatre, the Riverside Studios, the Southwark Playhouse, the New Players Theatre, and the Tristan Bates Theatre. She trained in Classical Acting at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama.

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         3886 (Rehearsed Reading)         After the Flood         And the act going home tonight is. . .         Anniversary         Assassination Of Paris Hilton, The         Birdhouse, The         Coming Second         Evolution Project, The         Futon         Greek Street         Human Interest         In the Den         Nantucket         Other Places / Let 'er Rip / Man / Louisa Lockhart         Philippa Project, The         Pistol & Jack: SMASH*GLAM*SeX*MUSIC         Ram by the Horns         Wedding Planner

3886 (Rehearsed Reading)

Synopsis:
A woman deals with the loss of her husband in the war in Iraq as both his estranged mother and a prying television journalist pay her visits.

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Organisations:
Soho Theatre Core Group

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After the Flood

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Written by Cesar Abella, Alex Christofi, Megan Ford, Joyce Lee, Martin Murphy, Mwewa Sumbwanyambe, And Jennifer Tuckett

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Old Vic New Voices

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short Play

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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And the act going home tonight is. . .

Synopsis:
An American 'Valley Girl' tries to convince the audience that she is the most worthy to advance to the next level of a popularity competition. An experiment in whether or not being a good or nice person is what the public want to see, or if being horrible, but entertaining, is enough.

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Organisations:
DryWrite

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Music:
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Genre:
theatre

Parts:
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Anniversary

Synopsis:
On the anniversary of their friend's death, five people come together to celebrate his life and examine their own.

Notes:
Part of the Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Old Vic New Voices

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Music:
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Genre:
theatre

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Assassination Of Paris Hilton, The

Synopsis:
It's gonna be hot. Site-specific 30-minute comedy set in the ladies' room of a Hollywood nightclub. Three girls gossip and scheme, while two others plan to kill the girl they love to hate."High-octane, top-decibel Drama... Bursts with talent, potential and energy...Leaves its audience gasping for breath..." the Scotsman (Joyce McMillan) "Megan Ford's slice of celebrity wannabe and back-stabbing bitchiness...has a raw energy, a scabrous humour and would appear to be a distressingly accurate portrait of a generation of young women who think that you can never be too blonde, too thin, too rich or too famous. even if achieving the latter can only be done by having a video of yourself having sex all over the internet. the girls drip envy and bitchiness in equal measure, their personal relationships tainted by unrealistic celebrity worship and the need to walk all over each other to get ahead in the fame game... Performed with real brio, and pointedly reminds that when you join the herd you lose your sense of self." the Guardian (Lyn Gardner) "An unique piece of theatre that never outstays its welcome." (Hairline)

Notes:
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1st Produced:
assembly @ George Street (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)    Aug 2009

Organisations:
Racked

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
theatre/Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Birdhouse, The

Synopsis:
After the death of her mother, a woman returns to her estranged family's isolated home. When she attempts to manipulate her family out of their inheritance, she discovers a disturbing family history.

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Genre:
theatre (Rehearsed Reading)

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Coming Second

Synopsis:
Originally performed by Mikyla Dodd for the Body Gossip live events to promote a positive body image. A woman confesses to her date that he will always come second to her first love, food.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
the Hub Islington, London    2009

Organisations:
Body Gossip

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
theatre

Parts:
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Evolution Project, The

Synopsis:
Created as part of a response to the Old Vic theatre's production of Inherit the Wind. A short comedic play about a panel of experts discussing the subject of evolution vs. creationism.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Old Vic New Voices / IdeasTap

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
theatre

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Futon

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Part of the NYT 100 Words Festival 2006.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
National Youth Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Greek Street

Synopsis:
Jimmy searches the streets of Soho for a boy he fell in love with a week ago. Juliet's balcony speech for a new generation.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Latitude Festival    2009

Organisations:
Tristan Bates Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Human Interest

Synopsis:
Megan Ford's Human Interest focused on the vacuity of party leaders' wives' appearances on daytime TV and imagined a breaking news story being spiked because it wouldn't fit the fluffy-trivia agenda of the genre
- Ian Shuttleworth, Financial Times

Notes:
part of election Drama. Supporting Wall invited A number of writers to come up with playlets within hours of the polls closing in Thursday's general election

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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In the Den

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Part of the NYT 100 Words Festival 2007.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
National Youth Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Nantucket

Synopsis:
A young waitress at a roadside diner strikes up a conversation with a quiet old man wearing an eye patch. She joins him on a road trip up the eastern coast of America and as their secrets are revealed they form an unlikely bond.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Soho Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Other Places / Let 'er Rip / Man / Louisa Lockhart

Synopsis:
A selection of pieces performed at various DryWrite events at the George Tavern between 2007 and 2009. Other Places: A young woman recounts dealing with the end of her relationship on the morning of the 7/7 bombings. Let 'er Rip: A young woman on the rebound speaks to the audience about humiliation and moving on. Man: A piece exploring the history of masculinity and gender as expressed through an archetypal arrogant and powerful man. Louisa Lockhart: At a midsummers' eve celebration, a house maid drunkenly confesses about her sexual encounter with and ensuing crush on the lady of the house.

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1st Produced:
the George Tavern, London    2007

Organisations:
DryWrite

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
theatre

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Philippa Project, The

Synopsis:
An exploration of the life of Philippa Schuyler based on the music of Abram Wilson. A collection of short scenes performed as a public sharing developed through workshops.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
the Jerwood Space, London    2012

Organisations:
the theory of everything

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Pistol & Jack: SMASH*GLAM*SeX*MUSIC

Synopsis:
She's an American pop princess. He's a depraved Cockney rocker. Preaching the filth and mashing up hits from Beyonce to Bowie, Pistol & Jack will grope your soul and bring you to your knees& Making their edinburgh Fringe debut in SMASH*GLAM*SeX*MUSIC, cabaret artists Pistol & Jack perform their own special brand of mashed-up pop songs and share stories of the super-injunctions, Jewish pop groups, ex-Presidents, jackals, and stage dads they've encountered clawing their way towards celebrity as the world's only Anglo-American Male-Female Pop-Rock Mash-Up Cabaret-Comedy Double-Act. Pistol & Jack's, twisted co-dependent relationship might seethe with hurt and betrayal, but their shared religion of zeitgeist idols and a cut-throat desperation for superstardom keeps them together. This Is Spinal Tap meets Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, SMASH*GLAM*SeX*MUSIC explores the ruins left behind when the glitter and champagne run out. Most light entertainment is just a blow job in an alley. Pistol and Jack are proper sex with cuddling and crying. Tonight, you'll get lucky and experience both. "the maestros of meaningful mash-up. Hilarious. Solid characterisation... Big laughs... Impressive musicality..." (Time Out, Critics' Choice) "If there's a better and funnier live mash-up act, we haven't seen them" (Londonist) "Sublime talent, humour, and intelligence" (Fringe Report)

Notes:
Written and performed by Martin Murphy and Megan Ford

1st Produced:
Assembly @ George Square (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)    Aug 2011

Organisations:
Racked

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy/Cabaret

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Ram by the Horns

Synopsis:
excerpts performed from a new play about evAngelism.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
WLS    2009

Organisations:
Open Arts Cafe

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Wedding Planner

Synopsis:
A one-on-one site-specific monologue experience. A woman escapes a trashy hen do and confides in the listener about her own judgments and loneliness.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Midnight Matinees

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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