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Naomi Iizuka

NAOMI IIZUKA

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Gersh Agency, NY  represented by Leah Hamos

Jon Jory calls Iizuka one of the most important playwrights now writing in their 30s. Naomi Iizuka's plays have been produced all over the country, ranging from larger repertory companies like the Public Theater and New York Theater Workshop to smaller companies like Seattle's Annex and Printer's Devil. Ms Iizuka is the recipient of the 1998 PeN Center USA award-an honor given for outstanding work by living American playwrights, a Whiting Writers'award (past recipients include Tony Kushner and august Wilson), Princeton University's Hodder Fellowship, a McKnight advancement Grant, and a Jerome Playwriting Fellowship. She received her Ba from Yale and her MFA from UC San Diego.
- http://www.aatrevue.com

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         17 Reasons (Why)         36 Views         Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls         And then She Was Screaming         Anon(Ymous)         At the Vanishing Point         Carthage         Citizen 13559: the Journal Of Ben Uchida         Coxinga         Crazy Jane         Freak         Ghost Written         Good Kids         Greenland         Hamlet: Blood In the Brain         Ikeniye         Language Of Angels         Lizzie Vinyl         Marolowe's Eye         Polaroid Stories         Portrait Of Bianca         Scheherazde         Skin         Strike-Slip         Tattoo Girl         This Girl I Used To Know         War Of the Worlds

17 Reasons (Why)

Synopsis:
The history and stories of the people who lived in the Mission District of San Francisco

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1st Produced:
Campo Santo + Intersection    2003

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1st Published:
in "Breaking Ground": adventurous New Plays from adventurous theaters,    -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  4            Other:  doubling of 31 characters

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36 Views

Synopsis:
Taking its title from the series of woodblock prints by ninteenth-century Japanese artist HokUSAi (which, contrary to its label, consists of fourty-six images of Mount Fuji), the play has several threads, but at its heart is an art dealer and an art historian who discover what they think is an ancient manuscript- a priceless Japanese pillow book-- and try to learn whether its authentic. their search becomes an erotic game of greed, love, and mental hide-and-seek as the play explores the relationships between feeling and words, objects and photographs of objects, antiques and perfect copies, and a woman's heritage and her physical features.

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1st Produced:
The Public    2000

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1st Published:
American Theatre Magazine, NY - February, 2002    -

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls

Synopsis:
a man moves to write the great American novel. a woman moves to alaska to start a new life. Babies, wild dogs, komodo dragons, and hula dancers abound in this play about finding your tribe in a world gone haywire.

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
90-120 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  5 males, 4 females (9-11 actors possible: 5-7 males, 4-6 females)

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And then She Was Screaming

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1st Produced:
Source Theatre: Washington, Dc    1990

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Play/Drama

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Anon(Ymous)

Synopsis:
Separated from his mother, a young refugee called anon journeys through the United States, encountering a wide variety of people -- some kind, some dangerous and cruel -- as he searches for his family. From a sinister one-eyed butcher to beguiling barflies to a sweatshop, anon must navigate through a chaotic, ever-changing landscape in this entrancing adaptation of Homer's Odyssey.

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1st Produced:
Kennedy Center For Performing Arts, New Visions/New Voices (Staged Reading) (Washington, Dc, United States)    2004

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
90 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  5 males, 6 females (11-35 actors possible: 5-15 males, 6-20 females)

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At the Vanishing Point

Synopsis:
Memories and stories of Butchertown in Louisville

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1st Published:
Humana Festival 2004: the Complete Plays,, 2004   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  Chorus: 3 used in the first production

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Carthage

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1st Produced:
Theatre E: San Diego    1994

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Citizen 13559: the Journal Of Ben Uchida

Synopsis:
adapted from the Scholastic book. For ages 9 and up. In lean, poetic language and short, cinematic scenes, she tells the story of Ben Uchida, whose family was forced into an internment camp in the desert when he was 12. Recalling the events with the help of his journal, Ben comes to understand why his dad, a kindly optometrist, lost his self-respect there.
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1st Produced:
Kennedy Center Family Theatre    2006

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Coxinga

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1st Produced:
New York University: New York    1994

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Crazy Jane

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1st Produced:
Hudson Theatre: Los Angeles    1992

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Freak

Synopsis:
Somewhere in America, there's a New Girl at the high school who may or may not be a robot. Freakexplores the Pygmalion myth through skateboards, chewing gum, rockers, swimmers, poets, and a wild cafeteria dance number. In a world of high achievers and Drama kids who want to change their world, New Girl wonders if she'll ever be more than a Freak. (This play was specially commissioned by Playscripts for high school actors.)

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1st Produced:
Keen Teens At The Kirk Theatre (New York, NY, United States)    2008

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
40-50 min Drama/Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  7            Other:  6 males, 7 females (8-15 actors possible: 4-7 males, 4-8 females)

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Ghost Written

Synopsis:
an American woman hitchhiking through Southeast asia strikes a bargain with a mysterious stranger. Twenty years later, she's an acclaimed chef specializing in Asian cuisine with an adopted Vietnamese-born daughter and a life that is successful beyond her wildest dreams. Into her life the stranger from her past reappears collecting on an old debt. a retelling of the fable of Rumpelstiltskin, Ghostwritten explores the legacy of the Vietnam War and what it means to come face to face with the ghosts from your past
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1st Produced:
Seattle Rep    2007

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Good Kids

Synopsis:
At a college party Chloe passes out from drinking too much. She is raped by the football team who post videos of it on social media

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1st Produced:
-    2014

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Greenland

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Reading: Audrey Skirball-Kenis: Los Angeles    1992

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Hamlet: Blood In the Brain

Synopsis:
This adaptation of Shakespeare's classic relocates Hamlet's kingdom to the drug-ravaged world of late 1980s Oakland, California. When H's Father is murdered, he must not only deal with the shock of a sudden loss, but also attempt to uphold the status of his community, and face his corrupted lineage as enemies begin encroaching. Featuring beat-boxing and battle rap, this is an intense, unflinching look at a place and people torn apart by drugs and violence.

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1st Produced:
San Francisco, Ca    2006

Organisations:
California Shakespeare Theater and Campo Santo + Intersection for the Arts

1st Published:
Playscripts Inc, NY, 2007   -

Music:
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Genre:
full length Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Ikeniye

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1st Produced:
Nada: New York    1994

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Language Of Angels

Synopsis:
an eerie cycle of ghost stories, set in the cave country of North Carolina. after a young girl is lost in a cave on the edge of town, there is a Rashomon-like investigation of her disappearance and the fate of those who survive her.

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1st Produced:
Campo Santo + Intersection For The Arts (San Francisco, Ca, United States)    2000

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
70-80 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  4 males, 4 females

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Lizzie Vinyl

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Marolowe's Eye

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  extras

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Polaroid Stories

Synopsis:
To the sounds of transistor radios, video arcades and a thousand collect phone calls in the night, Naomi Iizuka transforms the chaotic life of a group of street kids into a fierce elegy of emptiness, sensation, desire and fear. By an abandoned pier at the edge of an old city, young "speed-racers" scan for "pharmaceutical treasure" while "neon girls" drink from the river of forgetfulness, echoing in their words and deeds ancient stories of gods and humans. This haunting evocation of Ovid's Metamorphoses reimagined for the 1990s lends mythic power and social immediacy to America's lower depths

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1st Published:
Humana Festival 1997: the Complete Plays, ed Michael Bigelow Dixon & Liz engleman, Smith & Kraus, 1997   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Portrait Of Bianca

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Alice's Fourth Floor: New York    1992

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1st Published:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Scheherazde

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Skin

Synopsis:
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Based on "Woyzech" by Anton Bruchner

1st Produced:
Dallas Theater Center, TX, USA >>>    1994-1995 Season

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Out of the Fringe" published by TCG Publications   -

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Strike-Slip

Synopsis:
In the urban sprawl of Los Angeles, three diverse families each carry a dream, but a recent shooting creates an unexpected seismic shift that rocks each family's foundation. Faults that were once inactive or dormant suddenly appear and abruptly change the way they think about themselves, their community and their dream.

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Humana Festival 2007

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Tattoo Girl

Synopsis:
In this adaptation of Donald Barthelme's short story "Perpetua," a trumpet player and a tattooed pinup girl navigate a chaotic world populated by hops farmers, cathedral builders, and an aging Nadia Comaneci, all in pursuit of a little happiness.

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1st Produced:
Annex Theatre (Seattle, Wa, United States)    1994

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
70-80 min Seriocomedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  6 males, 4 females (8-15 actors possible: 4-11 males, 4-5 females)

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This Girl I Used To Know

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1st Produced:
San Diego Asian American Repertory Theatre    14 May 2010

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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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War Of the Worlds

Synopsis:
His radio broadcast War of the Worlds sent Americans into hystErical panic. He took Hollywood by storm with Citizen Kane, a larger-than-life film about a mover-and-shaker not so very different from himself. Mercurial, controversial, inspiring, infuriating -- Orson Welles entranced and enraged everyone. His fall from grace mirrored the magnitude of his talent -- and the massiveness of an ego steered straight to self-destruction. Director anne Bogart, her remarkable SITI Company, and playwright Naomi Iizuka join forces to explore the myth and myth-maker, charlatanism and genius of Orson Welles.

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Conceived by Anne Bogart, created by the SITI Company, written by Naomi Iizuka

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Organisations:
Saratoga International Theatre Company

1st Published:
Contact Saratoga International theater Institute, Old Chelsea Station, PO Box 1922, New York, NY 10011,    -

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Genre:
Short Play One act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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