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Caleen Sinnette Jennings

CALEEN SINNETTE JENNINGS

  
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Caleen Sinnette Jennings is professor of Theater at American University in Washington, D.C. She teaches acting, voice and speech, acting Shakespeare, playwriting and academic courses in Theater. Jennings was a 2007 finalist for the O'Neill Playwright's Conference, and she is a two-time Helen Hayes nominee for Outstanding New Play. In 2002, she received the Heidman award from actor's Theatre of Louisville for her play Classyass. In 1999 she received a $10,000 grant from the Kennedy Center's Fund for New American Plays for her play Inns & Outs. Her play Playing Juliet/Casting Othello was produced at the Folger Elizabethan Theatre in 1998. In 2000, her children's play Free Like Br'er Rabbit was produced for the Kennedy Center's New Visions/New Voices festival. Her two short plays Pecos Bill and the People Could Fly are featured in Walking the Winds, which premiered at the Kennedy Center and toured nationally with Kennedy Center's Programs for Children and Youth. Jennings received her bachelor's degree in Drama from Bennington College and her M.F.A. in acting from the N.Y.U. Tisch School of the Arts. She has been a faculty member of the Folger Shakespeare Library's Teaching Shakespeare Institute since 1994. She moderates panels, does workshops and presentations for cultural institutions such as the Smithsonian, Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Ford's Theatre, the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Shakespeare Theatre. In 2003, she received American University's 2003 Scholar/Teacher of the Year award. That same year, she won the award for Outstanding Teaching of Playwriting from the Play Writing Forum of the association of Theatre in Higher education.

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         Casting Otheloo         Chem Mystery         Classyass         District Views         Elsewhere In Elsinore the Unseen Women Of Hamlet         Eurzulie         Free Like Br'er Rabbit         Grown Up Tree         Inns And Outs         Out of Silence: Abortion Stories from the 1 in 3 Campaign         Playing Juliet         Same But Different         Sparks: Short Works by The Welders         Sunday Dinner

Casting Otheloo

Synopsis:
the New Vista theatre Company after their hit with "Romeo and Juliet" decide to put on "Othello" but who should get the lead part?

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Contained in: "Playing Juliet Casting Othello" published by Dramatic Publishing Company,    -

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One act

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Chem Mystery

Synopsis:
Storytelling Snake takes us on a trip to Imagine Nation on the shores of the Whim Sea. there, all the animals attend Zooville School and take their one favorite class. Readin' Rabbit takes reading. Muskular Muskrat takes gym. But poor Curious Cat can't figure out which class will answer all of her many questions. One day, while strolling the shore of the Whim Sea, Curious Cat meets Ms. Panda Petrie, who explains that the answers to all questions can be found in chemistry. the very next day, Ms. Panda Petrie is kidnapped by the selfish Ominous Octopus. Curious Cat's chemistry questions, Readin' Rabbit's tales from around the world, and Muskular Muskrat's bravery are the perfect mix of elements in their plan to rescue Ms. Petrie. area staging. approximate running time: 50 minutes

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Genre:
50 min Youth audience

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  8 to 23 actors either gender

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Classyass

Synopsis:
It's 3:47 a.m. at WBMR, the voice of Bellmore College, and the D.J., a smart-assed freshman named amadeus, is about to learn a lesson he won't soon forget. 'Cause you don't have to be uptight and white to love classical music.

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in Humana Festival 2002: the Complete Plays, edited by Tanya Palmer and amy Wegener, Smith and Kraus, 2002   -

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Genre:
Ten Min

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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District Views

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Written by Caleen Sinnette Jennings; Wendy MacLeod; Ken Zacarias and Stephen Belber

1st Produced:
Arena Stage, Washington Dc    2001

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Elsewhere In Elsinore the Unseen Women Of Hamlet

Synopsis:
What are the women of elsinore Castle doing while Hamlet plots revenge? elsewhere in elsinore: the Unseen Women of Hamlet is a play in verse which explores the lives and motives of Ophelia and Gertrude. Shakespeare's Hamlet takes on new dimensions as we meet the other women of elsinore Castle: the ladies-in-waiting, seamstress, washerwomen, mAIDS, as well as wives and girlfriends of the play's male characters. When Ophelia comes of age she stumbles upon a pagan ritual in the forest. She is shocked to discover the participants are the women who raised her: her nursemaid, cook, parlor maids and washerwomen. they urge Ophelia to heed the ghost of Lady Hilda, Ophelia's mother, who appears with compelling prophecies. Ophelia cannot see her mother's ghost and rejects the women's rituals as witchcraft. When her tutor, Gruen, tells Ophelia her mother's story, she vows to avenge her mother's death. In another part of the castle, Queen Gertrude very much sees the ghost of Lady Hilda and is shaken by her prophecies. She enlists the aid of her ladies-in-waiting (fiancees to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern). the murders of King Hamlet and Polonius force Ophelia and Gertrude to protect themselves from each other and from everyone else, while the peasant women of elsinore labor hard to keep the castle intact. Ophelia's journey empowers, transforms and enlightens the women of elsinore. area staging. approximate running time: 90 minutes without intermission.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  17            Other:  May be doubled to 14w

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Eurzulie

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The Kennedy Center hosts its 11th annual Page-to-Stage festival, featuring more than 40 D.C.-area theater companies. This three-day event offers free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers

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Genre:
ten min play

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Free Like Br'er Rabbit

Synopsis:
Harris Chandler inherits his father's plantation and now finds that his childhood friends are now his property.He tries to make things as they were by re-enacting the tales of Br'er Rabbit.

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1st Produced:
Imagination Stage, Maryland    2000

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Dramatic Publishing,    -

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Genre:
Childrens Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Grown Up Tree

Synopsis:
Inspired by the Seventh Commandment.

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in 10 by 10, Dramatic Publishing   -

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Inns And Outs

Synopsis:
these six short plays are perfect fare for anyone who's had to get through a holiday and a relationship at the same time! Memorial Day. Two 30-something professionals try to consummate their relationship, despite the fact that they have very different views on absolutely everything. Independence Day. To her dismay, Paula discovers that her dreams for her daughter and son-in-law's future don't fit their '90s lifestyle. Labor Day. Two married couples test the bonds of their longstanding relationship as they discover what, if anything, will hold their marriages and their friendship together. Halloween. an interesting evening unfolds as Maxine and Claire have a Halloween rendezvous with Doug after swapping poetry with him over the Internet. Christmas. Crystal, a young girl with extraordinary spiritual gifts, helps recently widowed Chet as they both make peace with loss and find hope for their futures. New Year's eve. Louise, tired of being taken for granted by friends and family, hides away at the inn and receives not only precious advice from a housekeeper but also a surprise reunion. One int./ext. set. approximate running time: 20 to 25 minutes each.

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  (expandable to 9m., 14w., multiracial.)

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Out of Silence: Abortion Stories from the 1 in 3 Campaign

Synopsis:
From the halls of Congress to pulpits and court houses around the country, there is so much noise around abortion - but its womens personal stories that have been silenced. Until now. Now our stories come Out of Silence.

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written by Allyson Currin, D.W. Gregory, Caleen Sinnette Jennings, Nicole Jost, Jacqueline E. Lawton, Kristen LePine, Jennifer L. Nelson, Anu Yadav and Karen Zacarķas

1st Produced:
Capital Fringe Festival, Washington DC    10 Jul 2015

Organisations:
1 in 3 Campaign

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Genre:
piecet 75 min

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Playing Juliet

Synopsis:
the New Vista theatre Company is putting on a multi-racial "Romeo and Juliet" but problems arise when the boyfriend of the actress playing Juliet tells her to quit.

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Contained in: "Playing Juliet Casting Othello" published by Dramatic Publishing Company,    -

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Genre:
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Same But Different

Synopsis:
Young teens love plays about their own lives. This musical intersperses songs and raps with scenes about the bittersweet challenges of being young. Growing up sometimes seems so adversarial: the in-group vs. the out-group; boys vs. girls; parents vs. children; all facing issues of race, culture, looks, popularity. award-winning playwright Caleen Sinnette Jennings Dramatizes these conflicts with honesty and a sense of humor. In a particularly poignant scene, three hearing youngsters learn that being deaf doesn't mean you can't be an awesome soccer player. In another, boys who pride themselves on being jocks learn they aren't alone in having a sneaky affection for a teddy bear. Same But Different provides enough characters to showcase your entire group. Individual scenes are ideal to use as a class activity. Simple staging. approximate running time: 50 minutes.

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  14            Other:  chorus of either gender

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Sparks: Short Works by The Welders

Synopsis:
The company presents excerpts from several original works.

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written by Bob Bartlett, Renee Calarco, Allyson Currin, Caleen Sinette Jennings, Gwydion Suilebhan. Page-to-Stage Festival 2014. The three-day, Center-wide Page-to- Stage event offers a series of free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers.

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Sunday Dinner

Synopsis:
Sisters Charl, Nat and Ray are three African-American women who have chosen very different paths. Nat, the eldest, is a schoolteacher who lives for the church and preserves the family home, an old house in a formerly beautiful-now rundown-neighborhood, as a monument to her deceased mother. Ray, the middle sister, is a homemaker whose sisters think she married beneath her. She is pregnant again with two little ones and an unemployed husband at home. Charl, the baby sister, is an up and coming TV reporter, living in the fast lane. after a long period of estrangement, the three sisters come together for Mama's traditional Sunday dinner in their childhood home. Nat prays, Charl does aerobics, and Ray shows off pictures of her children, as each tests the possibility of reconciliation. the spirit of their mother and the memories that linger in the house alternately act as catalysts and obstacles. One minute the three sisters snipe at each other and physically fight; the next minute they share their dreams and their innermost longings. One int. set.

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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