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Amy Herzog

AMY HERZOG

  
Nationality:    USA
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC  represented by John Buzzetti

Amy Herzog received the 2008 Helen Merrill award for aspiring Playwrights. Her plays have been produced at ensemble Studio Theater, American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, the Williamstown Theater Festival, the Actors Theatre of Louisville and the Yale School of Drama; she has had readings and workshops at Manhattan Theater Club, New York Stage and Film, Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., the Black Dahlia in Los Angeles, the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, and the Juilliard School, among others. Amy recently completed commissions for the Yale Repertory Theatre and the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and her play after the Revolution will be produced at Williamstown in the summer of 2010. Her short play 508 will be included in the forthcoming Best American Short Plays: 2008-2009, published by applause Books. Amy is an alumna of Youngblood at ensemble Studio Theater, a member of the SoHo Rep Writer/Director Lab, a Fellow at the Playwrights' Realm, and the Playwright in Residence at Ars Nova. She teaches Playwriting at Bryn Mawr College. MFA in Playwriting, Yale School of Drama.

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

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         508         4000 Miles         After the Revolution         Beleville         Bob the Builder: Festival Of Fun         Christmas Present         Great God Pan, The         Hungry         Missed Connections         Too Little Too Late         Wendy Play, The         Willing

508

Synopsis:
Young ex-lovers confront a strange area code on their joint cell phone bill
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
part of the ninth Annual edition of Thicker Than Water, A festival of new work by the members of the Artists collective Youngblood

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Organisations:
Youngblood

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One act

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4000 Miles

4000 Miles
It's the middle of the night when 21-year-old Leo arrives on the doorstep of the West Village apartment where his feisty 91-year-old grandmother Vera lives. She's an old Communist who lives alone, he's a latter-day hippie, recently returned from a cross-country bike trip which ended traumatically. Over the course of a single month, these unlikely roommates infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately connect. When Leo's old girlfriend shows up and he begins to reveal the mysterious events of his journey, Leo and Vera discover the narrow line between growing up and growing old.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Duke on 42nd Street
229 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036    20 Jun 2011

Organisations:
Lincoln Center Theater

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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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After the Revolution

Synopsis:
It's 1999, and three generations of a radical leftist family meet in New York to celebrate the law school graduation of Emma, the family's youngest torch-carrier. a public revelation about her late grandfather, a victim of the blacklist, sends Emma reeling as the family begins to fracture. Shaken and betrayed, she must weigh her fierce politics and family loyalty to decide if the ends really justify the means. Developed from scratch at WTF, after the Revolution is a play about love, family secrets, and the American Left

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Williamstown Theater Festival, Nikos Stage    Jul 2010

Organisations:
Williamstown Theater Festival

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, Inc (2011)   978-0822225102

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  1 Waiter can be doubled with another role

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Beleville

Beleville
Young Americans Zack and Abby have the perfect ex-pat life in Paris: a funky bohemian apartment in up-and-coming Belleville; a stable marriage; and Zacks noble mission to fight pediatric AIDS. But when Abby finds Zack at home one afternoon when hes supposed to be at work, the questions and answers that follow shake the foundation of their seemingly beautiful life.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Yale Repertory Theater, New Haven, Connectictut    21 Oct 2011

Organisations:
-

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Music:
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Genre:
Full Length Play, Drama 90 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Bob the Builder: Festival Of Fun

Synopsis:
Part of the Wii Plays. This is an evening of original short plays and live music, inspired by the titles of Nintendo Wii games. the selections are: Wii Tennis by Molly Smith Metzler, directed by Lila Neugebauer, Barbie as the Island Princess by Tasha Gordon-Solmon, directed by Lila Neugebauer, Let's Tap by Janine Nabers, directed by Portia Krieger, Marvel Superhero Squad by Chad Beckim, directed by Stephen Brackett, Buck Fever by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Portia Krieger, alien Monster Bowling League by Matthew Lopez, directed by Laura Savia, Tomb Raider: anniversary by Kara Lee Corthron, directed by Laura Savia, Burger Island by Gregory Moss, directed by Portia Krieger, all Star Cheer Squad by Jenny Connell, directed by Laura Savia, Sword Play: Speed Slice by Kristoffer Diaz, directed by Lila Neugebauer, Bob the Builder: Festival of Fun by amy Herzog, directed by Stephen Brackett, and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games by Joe Tracz, dir. by Stephen Brackett.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Ars Nova
511 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019    40575

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Christmas Present

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of the 30th Annual marathon of new short plays

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Great God Pan, The

Great God Pan, The
Jamie's life in Brooklyn seems just fine: a beautiful girlfriend, a budding journalism career, and parents who live just far enough away. But when a possible childhood trauma comes to light, lives are thrown into a tailspin. Unsettling and deeply compassionate, the Great God Pan tells the intimate tale of what is lost and won when a hidden truth is unloosed into the world.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Playwrights Horizons Mainstage
416 West 42nd Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10036    24 Nov 2012

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, Inc (2013)   978-0822228677

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Hungry

Synopsis:
Three friends in New Jersey in the 1990s try to hold onto each other

Notes:
part of Thicker Than Water 2006

1st Produced:
Ensemble Studio Theatre    2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Missed Connections

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Part of A program of short plays And killer live music inspired by Ads for the ones that got Away. Featuring plays by Annie Baker, Bekah Brunstetter, Dylan Dawson, Kristoffer Diaz, Zayd Dohrn, Tasha Gordon-Solmon, Amy Herzog, Samuel D. Hunter, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Steven Levenson, Matthew Lopez, Janine Nabers, And Samuel Brett Williams, All of the play titles Are taken directly from Actual Craigslist Missed Connections Ads.
- nytheatre.com

1st Produced:
Ars Nova, NY    26 Jan 2010

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Too Little Too Late

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Too Little Too Late is the first theatrical venture from the young company, Red elevator Productions. Featuring original And premiere short plays from six of the most promising And Arresting young writers on the New York theater scene, Too Little Too Late explores the problem of (dis)connect in A complicated world-because in our breakneck lives of over-stimulus media, instant mass communication, restlessness, And expectation, how does Anyone really connect?
- nytheatre.com

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Red elevator Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

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Wendy Play, The

Synopsis:
In this modern comedy, Wendy, a bright, young playwright, accepts a teaching job at a prestigious private school. But she soon finds herself in a hotbed of complexity as she navigates a cloistered world of bullheaded administrators, jaded colleagues and angst-ridden teens.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, "Zeum Theater"    Mar 2008

Organisations:
American Conservatory Theater

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  12            Other:  eleven of the fifteen roles are for teenagers.

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Willing

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
part of the ernst C. Stiefel 7@7 Reading Series

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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