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Doug Haverty

DOUG HAVERTY

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Robert A Freedman Dramatic Agency  

Doug Haverty's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

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

         Could I Have This Dance?         Flavia and the Dream Maker         In My Mind's Eye         Inside Out         Love Again

Could I Have This Dance?

Could I Have This Dance?
Woodie Guthrie had it. arlo may have it. It's usually hereditary, but not always passed on to every offspring. the symptoms do not normally appear until a person reaches their mid-forties. Referred to as 'the Dance of Death,' Huntington's Disease is a complete degeneration of the nervous system. Recently, medical researchers developed a blood test to determine if the disease is present in young people. the question is: Should we know? there are over 100,000 people in the U.S. that are currently 'at risk.' Of these people, only 500 have actually taken this test. Could I Have this Dance? is about two sisters in their 30's: Monica and amanda. their mother, Jeannette, has Huntington's and lives with her daughters. the action takes place in the Los Angeles office/home where the girls run a thriving public relations firm, Grapevine, which was started by their mother. During the course of the play, we come to understand the time bomb these two sisters live with. their possible fate is Dramatically evidenced in the characterization of Jeannette which is interpreted through dance. the effects of the disease are 'visible' to those onstage, but 'invisible' to the audience, except in a few rare instances where the actualization of the disease is revealed. the other characters in the play are the men in these women's lives. Jeannette's husband (and the girls' father), Hank, has come to accept his wife and still loves her very much. Both Monica and amanda have shunned long-term romantic relationships because of their unknown fate; bitter Monica plays it safe and vibrant amanda takes every chance with young, one-night-stands. Yet the girls and their Father never lose their sense of humor. as the play unfolds, both women have met men they'd like to get serious with and the knowledge of the test both repels and attracts them: amanda, desperate for the answer and Monica, in morbid fear of it. Could I Have this Dance? is ultimately about love and cherishing what life we are given. This is a deeply romantic play about difficult choices. as the once-murky medical crystal ball becomes clearer, the universal question remains: are we better off not looking at what the future holds?

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1st Produced:
Colony Studio Theatre Playhouse, Los Angeles, Ca     1991

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Genre:
Dramatic Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Flavia and the Dream Maker

Flavia and the Dream Maker
Due to financial problems Flavia, her mother and brother have to move in with grandmother. Uncle Jack teaches her to dream. Jack's dream is to fly and serve his country. He joins up

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Music by Shelly Markham; lyrics by Bob Garrett; book by Doug Haverty. Based on the book "Flavia and the Dream Maker" by Flavia Weedn

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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing 2004   -

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Genre:
Childrens musical

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  chorus

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In My Mind's Eye

Synopsis:
two women a 13 year old student and a 26 year old teacher are legally blind but refuse to be handicapped, eventually it becomes apparent that they are the same person

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Samuel French, NY,    -

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Genre:
Dramatic Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Inside Out

Synopsis:
about six women in group therapy

Notes:
Music by Adryan Russ; lyrics by Doug Haverty And Adryan Russ

1st Produced:
Cherry Lane Theater, New York     1994

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Original cast recording: DRG (19007) 1996

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Genre:
Musical

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Love Again

Synopsis:
In the tradition of Broadway's charming The Apple Tree (a series of three musical playlets, each with its own storyline) Love Again features three engaging mini-musicals tied together by a common theme: What would you do in a situation like this?

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Book By Douglas J Haverty, Lyrics By Adryan Russ, Douglas J Haverty And, Music By Adryan Russ

1st Produced:
The Group Rep, Lonny Chapman Theatre. North Hollywood, CA 91601     15 May 2015

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Genre:
musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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