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Sam Havens

SAM HAVENS

  (1936 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Born in Beaumont, TX on November 15, 1936. B.A. and M.A. from Lamar U., Beaumont, TX. Has worked as an announcer and director for KFDM-TV, acted in summer stock, taught in public school and instructed and directed at alley Theatre Merry-Go-Round School. Since 1970, Chairman of the Drama Dept. at U. of St. Thomas, Houston. Recipient: Ford Foundation Grant; Texas Committee for the Humanities and Public Policy and NeH commission to write a play for Plays For Living; participated in Com-monwealth Stage Festival of New Plays.
address (in 1981) : 3415 audubon, Houston, TX 77006 (713) 523-0306
agent (in 1981) : earl Graham, 317 W. 45th St., New York, NY 10036 (212) 489-8288

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

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

         Blanko         Bubba         Bumper To Bumper         Canzada And the Boys         Couple Of the Year         Middle Distance, The

Blanko

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Lamar U., Tx    -

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I.e. Clark, Inc., Saint John's Road, Schulenberg, TX 78956,    -

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Bubba

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the story of a young wife, nicknamed Bubba, who discovers she is more brother to her husband than wife. She decides to rebel and assert her own identity - which includes restoring her real name, Sarah Jane.

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Bumper To Bumper

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Plays For Living, Houston, Tx    -

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Plays for Living, Family Service Center, 3635 W. Dallas, Houston, TX,    -

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Canzada And the Boys

Synopsis:
the story of a retired teacher who has taken three lonely young men under her wing. the group finds happiness and comfort together but their world is shattered by the ar-rival of Canzada's son.

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Dallas Theater Center, Tx    -

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Couple Of the Year

Synopsis:
the story of Lionel, a successful architect who, on this particular easter Sun-day, reaches a crisis point in his life. He decides to stop the world and take a look at his life and especially his marriage with wife, Jill.

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Theatre In The Works, Commonwealth Stage, Ma    -

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Middle Distance, The

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[Reading] 12 Peers Theatre. Pittsburgh, Pa    17 Aug 2014

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