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Jacqueline Goldfinger

JACQUELINE GOLDFINGER

  (1978 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Abrams Artists Agency  represented by Amy Wagner

Jacqueline Goldfinger is a Dramaturge and an award-winning playwright from Tallahassee, FloridA. She earned her M.F.A. from the University of Southern California (2004) and her B.A. from agnes Scott College (2000). Ms. Goldfinger's work has been developed and produced at Theaters around the country and in Sydney, Australia. Ms. Goldfinger's writing has won numerous awards including Playwrights Theatre's Nationwide Plays for the 21st Century Competition, the Ohio Independent Film Festival Screenplay Competition, and the Film Industry Network Screenplay Competition. For more information, visit her website at www.jacquelinegoldfinger.com.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2016)

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         Arsonists, The         Babel         Blood Oranges         Bottle Fly         Burning Season, The         Christmas Carol, A         Click         Deception Of Eve         Ghost's Bargain, The         His Last Fight         Lannie's Lament         Little Women         Love Sometimes         Oath, The         Raw Stitch         River Street         Scenes From A Yellow House         Serial Bride         Skin and Bone         Slip/Shot         Terrible Girls, The         Terrible Girls, The         Waiter, The

Arsonists, The

Synopsis:
A father and daughter live in the Florida swamp with only their unhappiness

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1st Produced:
Know Theatre of Cincinnati     22 Sep 2017

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Play with music

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Babel

Synopsis:
In this version of a near future society, prospective parents learn within the first month of conception which traits their child will have and what behaviors it is likely to exhibit. Based on these test results, they are either issued a PRE certification which legally guarantees the baby will be a "good" person or not. Without the certification, the child will be limited in what it is allowed to do. Two couples, both early in their pregnancies, collide over whether or not to open the PRE certification test results, and what to do once they know the results. With rapid advances in reproductive technology, modern eugenics is sciences Wild West. What will we do to civilize it and ourselves? How far will we go when playing God?

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Winner of the 2017 Smith Prize for Political Theater

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Blood Oranges

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1st Produced:
Short + Sweet Festival, Sydney, Australia     2008

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Genre:
Dark Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Bottle Fly

Synopsis:
The masks we wear when out in public and the ones we wear at home

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Genre:
Gay full length

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Burning Season, The

Synopsis:
a Southern Gothic love triangle with a surreal twist. a husband returns home from prison to discover that his wife cheated on him while he was away. While dealing with her betrayal, we learn the family shame and secrets behind his imprisonment.

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Won 2007 Playwright theatre's National Plays for the 21st Century Competition. Staged Reading At the experimental theatre in San Diego.

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Genre:
Southern Gothic Play/Drama 80 min

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Christmas Carol, A

Synopsis:
This swift adaptation of the Christmas classic remains true to the original story by incorporating portions of the Dickens' novElla not usually seen on the stage or screen. Infused with a myriad of popular Christmas carols and a subtle twist of contemporary humor, the morality tale of ebenezer Scrooge is once again alive with holiday spirit.

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1st Produced:
North Coast Repertory Theatre (Solana Beach, Ca, United States)     2007

Organisations:
North Coast Repertory Theatre

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   

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Genre:
70-85 min Family Drama/comedy

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Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  7 males, 3 females (10-44 actors possible: 4-27 males, 3-17 females)

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Click

Synopsis:
The identities of online avatars begin to mingle with their creators and cross into the real world

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Genre:
Black comedy

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Deception Of Eve

Synopsis:
When eve's fiancee dies, her mother and sisters come together to comfort her. However, each woman's recollection of her fiancee differs, and eve learns about the man she thought she knew.

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1st Produced:
Horizon Theatre Company     2000

Organisations:
Young Playwrights Festival

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Genre:
Drama One act

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Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Ghost's Bargain, The

Synopsis:
This stirring new adaptation of the Dickens Christmas novElla is a redemptive tale of the world-weary Professor Redlaw, who is offered the gift of forgetting all of his bad memories. This "gift" becomes a contagious curse that spreads to all those around him, creating a harsh, memory-less society that the Professor can only save through an act of self-sacrifice.

Notes:
from the novElla the Haunted Man And the Ghost's Bargain by Charles Dickens

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  4 either

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His Last Fight

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1st Produced:
Compass Theatre     2008

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Genre:
Southern Ten min

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Lannie's Lament

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1st Produced:
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Philadelphia Theatre Company

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Little Women

Synopsis:
editor's Pick! Graceful adaptation. . .as adaptations go, this one doesn't borrow so much as distill the rich characters and bittersweet ethos of alcott's sprawling novel. It's like Little Women steeped into a pleasing tea, then sugared with humor and plenty of period music. -San Diego Union Tribune "Best Bet! Delightful new adaptation. . .enchanting. . .Timeless, touching and sweetly sentimental testament to family, loyalty, love and the power of the imagination." -San Diego News Network "elegantly written by Jacqueline Goldfinger. . .Little Women is well worth seeing." -San Diego theatre Scene "Her touching adaptation. . .does an excellent job of fleshing out the main characters in alcott's novel. . .a very tender and pleasing piece of theater." -North County Times

Notes:
Production of Adaptation commissioned by NCR.

1st Produced:
North Coast Repertory Theatre     2010

Organisations:
North Coast Repertory Theatre

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   

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Genre:
Dramady

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Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Love Sometimes

Synopsis:
they are supposed to be the perfect couple but appearances can be deceiving

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1st Produced:
New Perspectives Studio, New York     17 Aug 2009

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Genre:
Short play

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Oath, The

Synopsis:
In this Southern Gothic tale, a wandering preacher is embroiled in the passions and politics of a swampy Florida outpost ruled with a macabre sense of justice by two rival sisters during the Great Depression. a darkly comic look at balancing ambition and ideals in a time of crisis. "Magnificent" & "Soulful" -theatre Buzz . "Near-perfect. . .the archetypes give way to remarkable layers of moral ambiguity." -OffOffOnline. "Goldfinger deftly weaves the concepts of survival and integrity throughout the plot." -Laurie Lawson, eLJ. "an intriguing journey through the swampy American South. . .'the Oath' sends its audience upon a mind-enriching exploration in which we leave with more questions than answers-questions that will haunt even the most resistant audience member's mind." -Show Business Weekly

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1st Produced:
Arclight Theater, New York City     25 Apr 2009

Organisations:
Maieutic Theatre Works

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-oath   

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Genre:
Southern Gothic Tragedy 120 min

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Male:  1            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Raw Stitch

Synopsis:
A pub comedy for the enthusiastically inebriated and sexually active. In this series of wickedly comic monologues, eight women go on gloriously drunken quests to explore their sexual identities in search of the eternal orgasm of self-knowledge.

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1st Produced:
Philadelphia Live Arts-Fringe Festival     01 Sep 2012

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/raw-stitch   

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Genre:
comedy 60 min

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Male:  1            Female:  8            Other:  -

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River Street

Synopsis:
after a tragic fire decimates the family business, a husband and wife - haunted by their inability to have children - struggle to give their love another chance.

Notes:
2005 Staged Reading At the Drama Garage (Los Angeles). Also Available As A screenplay (the screenplay won numerous Awards). For further information visit www.jacquelinegoldfinger.com

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Scenes From A Yellow House

Synopsis:
a collection of scenes about coming-of-age written, directed, and starring the FST Intern Company.

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1st Produced:
Florida Studio Theatre     2001

Organisations:
FST Intern Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Serial Bride

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Short play

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Skin and Bone

Synopsis:
Twin sisters Madge and Midge run a bed and breakfast which is soon to be demolished. A young woman arrives searching for details of someone who once stayed there. Some things are best left in the past

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Genre:
Black comedy

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Slip/Shot

Synopsis:
Racial tensions come to the boil in a small Florida town

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1st Produced:
Adrienne Theater Second Stage, Philadelphia     11 Apr 2012

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Genre:
Drama

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Terrible Girls, The

Synopsis:
a wicked dark comedy of friendship, obsession, and Southern sensibilities. Two women battle for the love of one man, while the third guards his terrible secret. "Ominous. Mysterious. Three Stars." -Time Out, New York. "all the smokiness of a Southern Gothic Drama." -Backstage. "Suspenseful and provocative. . .a refreshing new story admirably written. . .What makes this play different than a mundane portrait of the modern South is its mythic quality. the terrible girls forces us to reflect on the duality of human nature and witness how deceit, desire, and obsession can lead to transgression." -NYtheatre.com.

Notes:
2007 Staged Reading At the Playwrights Collective At the Athenaeum (San Diego)

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the Present Company

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Genre:
1h 20m Comedy Drama One act

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Terrible Girls, The

Synopsis:
Three women work in a run down bar. They have a big secret that becomes more and more difficult to keep

Notes:
a one-act version was produced At the NYFringe Festival in 2007. Azuka will be producing the World Premiere of the new full-length version in the spring of 2011.

1st Produced:
Azuka Theatre Company    

Organisations:
azuka Theatre Company

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   

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Genre:
full length Dark comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Waiter, The

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Genre:
Short play

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