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Mark Hollmann

MARK HOLLMANN

  
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Mark Hollmann received the Tony award, the National Broadway Theatre award, and the Obie award for his score to Urinetown the Musical, which had its start in the 1999 New York International Fringe Festival. It won Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, and Lucille Lortel awards for best musical in addition to garnering 10 Tony nominations. Other shows as composer/lyricist include Yeast Nation (2011 New York International Fringe Festival, Perseverance Theatre and American Theatre Company), Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls (Atlantic Stage), the Man in the White Suit (New York Stage and Film), the Girl, the Grouch, and the Goat (University Theatre, U. of Kansas), alchemist the Musical (Seattle Fringe Festival), Jack the Chipper ( Greenview Arts Center, Chicago), Kabooooom! (University Theater, U. of Chicago ), I Think I Can and Deal with It! (Berkshire Theatre Festival), and Fare for all (Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, NYC). actor/co-writer for the Rack, Theater of Funny, the Mercy Ripper, LBJFKKK, Love Me, all eight Die, and after Taste (Cardiff Giant Theater, Chicago). TV: songs for Disney ChAnnel's "Johnny and the Sprites." education: B.A. in music, U. of Chicago . Guild member since 1991.

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

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         After Taste         Alchemist the Musica         All Eight Die         Bigfoot And Other Lost Souls         Fare for All         Girl, The Grouch And the Goat, The         I Think I Can and Deal with It!         Jack the Chipper         Kabooooom!         LBJFKKK         Love Me         Man in the White Suit, The         Mercy Ripper,The         Rack, The         Sting, The         Theater of Funny         Urinetown         Yeast Nation (the Triumph Of Life)
After Taste

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Alchemist the Musica

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All Eight Die

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Bigfoot And Other Lost Souls

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Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls, a musical fable about a young woman who must find her lost baby, when she doesn't even know she had one: In 1981 a novice scriptwriter and size eleven narrow, Bernie Bernstein, is in denial that the surgery she had for an ectopic pregnancy due to an IUD, had anything to do with an actual pregnancy. Broke and brokenhearted, dumped by her cross-dressing boyfriend, she takes the only job she can get: writing a Bigfoot documentary. On her way into the deep woods she meets a fugitive Weatherman, a Bigfoot expert and his wife, a pregnant, illegal-alien Scottish cable-access camera crew, the Sheriff of Mt Shasta who was a former psychiatric nurse in Vietnam, and a couple of FBI agents. On her search for the elusive creature, Bernie learns not only about the Sasquatch, but also uncovers the truth about herself and her baby.

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Music And Lyrics by Mark Hollmann; Story And Book by Adrien Royce (based on her play, Everything That Happens In the Woods Is Real). Further reference: http://www.Dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=8228. Theater Review: Atlantic Stage's Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls - Paul Grimshaw, for Weekly Surge. First things first: Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls with music by Mark Hollmann, book by Adrien Royce, and directed by John Woodson, is a ton of fun - you should really see it. And not just because the singing from the cast is top notch, and not just because this is a workshop production and a chance to witness the birth of a new musical, and not just because the score was written by a Tony Award-winning composer, but because it's really, really fun. With only a few reservations I can say I loved it. . .High marks and due praise go to Hollmann, the aforementioned Tony winner, who wrote 22 songs for this quirky production that never fail to entertain. In fact, at less than two hours, this musical is so chock full of music it's almost a pop-rock opera - you could hear Andrew Lloyd Webber humming along in the wings. With well-crafted songs, simple but mostly effective sets, and Music Director Steven Gross's orchestrations and pitch-perfect live orchestra, chances are musical theater lovers will love it too. But be forewarned, with a few F-bombs dropped, and mature subject matter such as contraceptives, this show is not appropriate for children. . .Coastal Carolina University theater major Shannon Burke, as the angst-ridden hyperactive show's lead, Bernie Bernstein, is a spitfire. She's tomboyish, lovable, neurotic, and she sings her ass off. Caleb Jernigan, another CCU student, as the radical Rudy Guevara, is tall, handsome, and ready for the big stage - the kid has pipes, as does Ryan Shaefer, who plays the gender-bending Maximum Grey.. . .Royce has a long resume as an actress and writer, and offers great wit in what is essentially a dark tragic comedy. What little dialog there is between songs is sardonic, and really very funny . . .So if conspiracy theories, corrupt big medicine types, Bigfoot enthusiasts, home-grown radicals, and soul-searching characters (who sing and dance), are your cup of tea, then don't miss this opportunity to see first in Myrtle Beach what may one day be a Broadway hit.

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Atlantic Stage, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Usa     28 Jan 2012

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Fare for All

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Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, NYC.    

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Girl, The Grouch And the Goat, The

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a village just outside athens where it has not rained in years. an old Grouch controls the only well in town. He also keeps a firm hand on his daughter and keeps her away from men. However, she has managed to get in touch with a wealthy young man who is the son of the Grouch's nemesis

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Music And lyrics by Mark Hollmann; book by Jack Helbig

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University Theatre, U. Of Kansas    

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I Think I Can and Deal with It!

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Berkshire Theatre Festival    

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Jack the Chipper

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Kabooooom!

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LBJFKKK

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Love Me

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Man in the White Suit, The

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Mercy Ripper,The

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Rack, The

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Sting, The

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Chicago 1936. Two con men plan to bring down a corrupt racketeer

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Original music Scott Joplin; Music and lyrics by Harry Connick Jr; Mark Hollmann; Greg Kotis; book by Bob Martin. Based on the movie "The Sting" screenplay by David S Ward

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Paper Mill Theatre, Milburn, New Jersey     March 2018

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Theater of Funny

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Urinetown

Urinetown
Scathing satire and winner of 3 Tonys, 'Urinetown' takes us to a time of permanent drought. It parodies traditional musicals as two young lovers struggle to overcome the tyrannical Urine Good Company which makes people 'pay to pee.'

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book by Greg Kotis, music by Mark Hollman, lyrics by Greg Kotis And Mark Hollmann

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American Theatre Of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019     01 Apr 2001

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Original cast recording: RCa (09026 63821 2) 2001

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Yeast Nation (the Triumph Of Life)

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From the writers of Urinetown! In 3,000,458,000 B.C., the first creatures ever-- the yeasts-- discover a force called "love," changing the course of history. a hilarious Greek tragedy/Shakespearean Drama/rock musical where everyone's named Jan ("yahn").

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Music & Lyrics By Mark Hollmann, Book & Lyrics By Greg Kotis. Choreographer: Wendy Seyb. www.yeastnation.com

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New York International Fringe Festival     01 Aug 2011

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