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Nick Gandiello

NICK GANDIELLO

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Bret Adams Ltd  

Nick Gandiellos plays include Oceanside (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), Sunrise Highway (Ojai Playwrights Conference), and Black Fly Spring (Xavier University). He is the 2015 Page 73 Playwriting Fellow. Nick is an alum of the Ars Nova Play Group. His work has been presented or developed by Williamstown Theatre Festival, Premiere Stages, Capital Stage, The Claque, Wide Eyed Productions, Crashbox Theatre Company, and others. Nick was the Literary Manager of Young Playwrights Inc. from 2012 to 2015, for which he led playwriting workshops in NYC, Virginia, and Miami. As a Teaching Artist, he has worked with Naked Angels and the New School for Drama. MFA Playwriting, the New School for Drama.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         At the Finish         Black Fly Spring         Hip-Hop Documentaries (How I Feel)         Ithaca         Keepers         Oceanside         Off the Realness         Screen         Sunrise Highway         Travis Winters         Wedge Horse, The

At the Finish

Synopsis:
Becca has enough to deal with,running her own kettle corn business - not to mention the philosophical and moral dilEmmas of her girlfriend and employee, Casey. As they prepare for a big business day outside of a marathon, they confront deep rifts in their relationship. . . and head toward a future they couldn't predict.

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1st Produced:
Saloon NYC    25 Apr 2013

Organisations:
Play on Words Productions

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Genre:
Drama, Comedy, 15-Minute

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Black Fly Spring

Synopsis:
A year after her sister is killed while working as a war photographer, a young woman is set to present the photographs at a memorial. When she and her fiance retreat to a lakeside mountaintown in order to reflect and prepare, they find themselves at odds over their secrets, desires, and their place in an increasingly complex global community.

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Semi-Finalist, Premiere Stages Play Festival; Featured in The Claque Reads series

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hip-Hop Documentaries (How I Feel)

Synopsis:
Part rap concert and part relationship drama, this play is a cross section between Trevors gangster rap performance and an evening at home with his girlfriend Georgie, who needs a deeper form of expression from him.

Notes:
Ars Novas THE NETFLIX PLAYS

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  and possibly 1 band

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Ithaca

Synopsis:
On their last night in Ithaca, two best friends are partying hard, but it comes crashing to a halt when their memories of the previous night - mostly blacked out - don't match. He tries to recreate his version of the previous night, and it leads to discoveries and confrontations about their history and college life.

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1st Produced:
Generic Theatre Company    Sep 2010

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Genre:
Drama, comedy, 10 minute

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Keepers

Synopsis:
Real-estate agents Rusty and Sandy discover the difference between losing things and losing everything after they declare bankruptcy and hide it from their family.

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1st Produced:
Unity Stage Company    12 Jul 2010

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Genre:
Drama, comedy, one-act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Oceanside

Synopsis:
Gwen has left behind a troubled past to settle in to a pleasant beach side lifestyle with her husband, Kevin. But when her adult daughter Ginnie goes missing, it brings her ex husband Tommy back into her life. as the three decide how to handle Ginnie's disappearance, unlikely bonds are formed and dangerous passions are rekindled, forcing them to confront addictions and confused identities within their families.

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Off the Realness

Synopsis:
addy, a white rapper from the suburbs, has a shot at a record deal with rap star K-Raise if he can nail an upcoming concert, but he worries that he can't prove his 'Realness' without the help of his estranged brother, Ty. When he lures Ty back into the world of the gangster image he left behind, it forces them both to confront truths about the source of the violence in addy's lyrics and life. as they prepare for the concert, addy struggles to find a definition of 'Real,' Ty slips deeper and deeper into his old ways, and the brothers' identities and the nature of Hip-Hop today are called into question.

Notes:
Featured in Crashbox Theater Company's reading series

1st Produced:
The New School For Drama    30 Mar 2011

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Genre:
Drama, Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Screen

Synopsis:
as Chelle prepares for her father's wake, she finds a terrible secret on his laptop, and when she shares it with her volatile brother Jimmy, they must decide whether or not they can shatter their younger sister's beautiful memories of him or if some truths are better off buried.

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1st Produced:
Lion theatre
410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036    19 Jul 2011

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sunrise Highway

Synopsis:
In mid-90s Long Island, a budding relationship is bringing an African-American family and an Italian-American family together. But when Dani and Eddie, the teenagers in either family, discover a potential danger in the relationship between their younger siblings, they make a secret pact that jeopardizes all involved. Identity is stretched across race, family, and sexuality in this bittersweet coming-of-age drama.

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Featured in Ars Nova's Out Loud Reading Series; Developed at Page 73's Summer Residency at Yale

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Genre:
Drama / Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Travis Winters

Synopsis:
Ronnie has discovered something very bad on her husband's laptop. When she wakes him up in the middle of the night to find out the truth about Travis Winters, their marriage, their identities, and life on the internet are all called into question.

Notes:
part of 16th Annual New York City 15 Minute Play Festival. Winner: Best Play, Audience Favorite

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Turnip Theatre Company and American Globe Theatre

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Genre:
15 Min Drama, Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Wedge Horse, The

Synopsis:
Siblings must make their minds up whether to use the memory of a loved one for healing or violence

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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