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Frank Galati

FRANK GALATI

  (1943 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Gersh Agency  

Frank Galati's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         After the Quake         As I Lay Dying         Duel, The         Earthly Possessions         East Of Eden         Everyman         Flea In Her Ear, A         Grapes Of Wrath, The         Heart Of A Dog         Invitation To A Beheading         Kafka On the Shore         Loving Repeating         March, The         Oedipus Complex         She Always Said No, Pablo         Snow Queen, The         Winnebago

After the Quake

Synopsis:
In this adaptation of two of Haruki Murakami's brilliant short stories, Tony award-winning director Frank Galati has fashioned an enchanting and deeply moving play that follows the lives of characters struggling with the aftermath of the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan, that nearly destroyed the city. Rich in dreamlike imagery and haunting in its evocation of survival in the wake of terrible disaster, after the quake makes masterful use of storytelling to reveal and explore our primal fears.

Notes:
based on Honey Pie And Superfrog Saves Tokyo from the novel After the quake by Haruki Murakami, Adapted for the stage by Frank Galati

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2009   978-0822222255

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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As I Lay Dying

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the novel by William Faulkner

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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

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Duel, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the story by Anton Chekhov

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Music:
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Earthly Possessions

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the book by Anne Tyler

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

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East Of Eden

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the novel: "East Of Eden" by John Steinbeck

1st Produced:
Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago     2015

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Adaptation

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Everyman

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the "everyman" plays

1st Produced:
Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre, Chicago     22 Nov 1995

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Flea In Her Ear, A

Synopsis:
Complications come fast and furious as the wife of a noble lord misinterprets a note.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Georges Feydeau

1st Produced:
Goodman Theatre, Chicago     25 Apr 1988

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Grapes Of Wrath, The

Grapes Of Wrath, The
Renowned first as a novel, and then as a prize-winning motion picture, the story of the Joad family and their flight from the dust bowl of Oklahoma is familiar to all. Desperately proud, but reduced to poverty by the loss of their farm, the Joads pile their few possessions on a battered old truck and head west for California, hoping to find work and a better life. Led by the indomitable Ma Joad, who is determined to keep the family together at any cost, and by the volatile young Tom Joad, an ex-convict who grows increasingly impatient with the intolerance and exploitation which they encounter on their trek, the Joads must deal with death and terrible deprivation before reaching their destination-where their waning hopes are dealt a final blow by the stark realities of the Great Depression. and yet, despite the anguish and suffering which it depicts, the play becomes in the final essence a soaring and deeply moving affirmation of the indomitability of the human spirit, and of the essential goodness and strength which-then as now-resides in the hearts and minds of the "common man," throughout the world.

Notes:
from book by John Steinbeck

1st Produced:
Dundee Repertory Theatre , Dundee     1988

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Warner Chappell Plays, London, 1991   978-0856761522

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Heart Of A Dog

Synopsis:
the action centers on the difficulties encountered by Professor Preobrajansky, an innovative medical practitioner who specializes in sexual rejuvenation (by organ implantation), in his running battle with the management committee of his apartment house-who want the Professor to give up some of his many rooms. Fortunately the professor (who counters their demands by insisting that he needs even more space) has been able to enhance the sex lives of some quite highly placed people (with occasional side effects, such as having their hair turn green) and his life has been protected and enriched by such rarities as fresh meat and French wines. But when the professor takes in a stray dog, Sharik, and transplants human testes and a pituitary gland into his scrawny body, his troubles begin to multiply. Sharik not only learns to walk upright and talk, but becomes "Comrade Sharikov," the head of the Moscow Communal Property administration in charge of exterminating homeless cats. He also spouts Marx and engels, guzzles

Notes:
Original Playwright - Mikhail Bulgakov

1st Produced:
Northlight Theatre, Stokie, Illinois     1985

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  several roles may BF doubled

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Invitation To A Beheading

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov

1st Produced:
Festival Theatre, Evanston, Illinois     1983

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Kafka On the Shore

Synopsis:
the greatest strength of the story is that none of the riddles are ever solved. Beautifully adapted by Frank Galati, the play acts as a kind of kaleidoscope of images and characters who morph, combine, and fall into patterns of perfect dream logic.

Notes:
adaptation by Frank Galati from the novel by Haruki Murakami in a translation by Shunsuke Hiratsuka.

1st Produced:
Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre, Chicago     18 Sep 2008

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  9+            Female:  9+            Other:  -

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Loving Repeating

Loving Repeating
Whilst lecturing in Chicago Gertrude Stein looks back on her life

Notes:
by Frank Galati; Music by Stephen Flaherty; lyrics by Gertrude Stein

1st Produced:
Museum Of Contemporary Art, Chicago     2006

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "a Long Gay Book" published by Northwestern University Press, 2004   978-0810120051

Music:
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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, historical characters

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March, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on the book by e L Doctorow

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Oedipus Complex

Synopsis:
Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother

Notes:
Original playwright - Sophocles

1st Produced:
Goodman Theatre, Chicago     28 Apr 2007

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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She Always Said No, Pablo

Synopsis:
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Notes:
words by Gertrude Stein

1st Produced:
-     1987

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Snow Queen, The

Synopsis:
Based on Hans Christian anderson's beloved winter tale about a boy lost in the cold, and the girl who won't give up until she finds him, the Snow Queen is the rare family musical that sings to children, and speaks to adults.

Notes:
adapted by Michael Smith, Frank Galati, And Blair Thomas

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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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Winnebago

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1974

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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