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Wendy Hammond

WENDY HAMMOND

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Judy Boals, Inc  

Wendy Hammond's plays have been produced by New York City Theatres (Atlantic Theatre, Second Stage, Soho Rep, Home for Contemporary Theatre and art), by regional Theatres (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Long Wharf, S.L.A.C., Charlotte Rep, Purple Rose), and in London. Her works include Julie Johnson (published by Dramatists Play Service and in an anthology by Smith & Kraus), Family Life: 3 Brutal Comedies (published by Broadway Play Publishing), Jersey City, and the Hole at the Purple Rose Theatre, which was nominated by the American Theatre Critics association for best new American play, and Road Rage: a Love Story which was commissioned by the Purple Rose, developed at the O'Neill Center, and workshopped at Steppenwolf Theatre. Ms. Hammond wrote the screenplay for Julie Johnson, produced by Shooting Gallery Films, co-written by director Bob Gosse, starring Lili Taylor, Courtney Love and Spalding Gray. the film premiered in the Sundance Film Festival and played in film festivals all over the world winning many awards including Best Feature in the Barcelona Film Festival and an audience award in Berlin. Ms. Hammond wrote the screenplay for Jersey City, currently being developed by Calla Productions. Ms. Hammond wrote and directed a short film, Lehi's Wife, through aFI's Directors Workshop for Women. James Greene and Kathryn Joosten starred in the film. Ms. Hammond is a recipient of an Nea grant, an NYFa grant, a McNight Fellowship and a Drama League award. She has been invited to the Sundance Play Unit, the O'Neill Center, and New River Dramatists. She is a New Dramatists alumnus, holds an MFA from New York University's Dramatic Writing Program and has taught playwriting courses in several universities, the SewAnnee Writers Conference and in the prison ward of Bellevue Hospital. For five years she served on the faculty of the University of Michigan teaching playwriting and screenwriting. She now lives in Connecticut with with her beloved husband and delightful son where she writes and studies at Yale Divinity school.

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

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

         Absence         Family Life         Hole, The         Jersey City         Julie Johnson         Lights Up!         Minna And the Space People         Mom And the Razor Blades         Mormons in Malibu         Road Rage         Transmogrification, The

Absence

Synopsis:
the effect that working for the CIa has on a marriage

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1st Produced:
Peoples Light And Theatre Steinbright Stage, Malvern, Pa    14 Oct 2009

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Family Life

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Three Plays

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Man In The Moon Theatre, London    1993

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Hole, The

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World Premiere

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The Purple Rose Theatre Company, Chelsea, Mi    1999

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Jersey City

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Second Stage Theatre, New York    1989

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Julie Johnson

Synopsis:
Julie Johnson has had enough. Filled with passions that sometimes terrify her, she embarks on a journey to the ends of the universe - without ever leaving Hoboken, New Jersey. In this fiercely comic tale of extraordinary courage, one woman explores love and physics in her overwhelming need to expand inward

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Dramatists Play Service, Inc. and by Smith & Kraus in Humana Festival '94, the Complete Plays, 1994   -

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Lights Up!

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written by Arlene Hutton, Silvia Gonzalez S., Catherine Filloux, Neena Beber, Wendy Hammond, Liz Duffy Adams, Barbara Wiechmann

1st Produced:
Players Theatre, NY    2007

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Wizard Oil Productions

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Minna And the Space People

Synopsis:
Brian goes to visit his sister Minna who has been placed in a mental institution. Minna claims that Aliens are communicating with her through her mascara applicator and they have made her pregnant

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Part of Family Life

1st Produced:
Man In The Moon Theatre, London    1993

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Family Life" published by Broadway Play Publishers Inc 1990   978-0881450859

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One act

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Mom And the Razor Blades

Synopsis:
Mom wants to celebrate her birthday with the family but her husband refuses to leave his office and most of her 37 children have either killed themselves or run away.

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Part of Family Life

1st Produced:
Man In The Moon Theatre, London    1993

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Family Life" published by Broadway Play Publishers Inc 1990   978-0881450859

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One act

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Mormons in Malibu

Synopsis:
The 1960s. A Mormon family move from Salt Lake City to Malibu. They encounter the ghost of Brigham Young

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Road Rage

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Transmogrification, The

Synopsis:
Mrs White stands up to her husband and insists that their daughter go to the church dance. Mr White is in a bad mood - his boss called him a cockroach. He decides to turn his wife into a cockroach. She however turns the daughter into one

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Part of Family Life

1st Produced:
Man In The Moon Theatre, London    1993

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Family Life" published by Broadway Play Publishers Inc 1990   978-0881450859

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Genre:
One act

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