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Daniel Kelley

DANIEL KELLEY

  (1984 - )
Nationality:    USA
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a Brooklyn native, playwright Daniel J. Kelley's one act and full length plays have been produced in New York, across the U.S and as far away as Italy. His plays include Yes Fear (Gallery Players, NY), the Boy and His Stove (Manhattan ensemble Theatre, NY; the Chance Theatre, Ca; the Liber accademia, Italy) and the Handkerchief Bandit Rides again (MCC Theatre, NY). His latest work, a trilogy of one acts entitled Love, Death and Vengeance, was commissioned for the Lancaster County Day School, and will receive its world premiere there in the fall. He received his B.A. in Playwriting from Sarah Lawrence College in May.

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

         Boy And His Stove, The         Bulba         Convenience Of Modern Living, The         It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's Unemployed!         Legend Of Sunshine, The         Love, Death, And Vengeance         Plagued - A Musical Comedy Adventure Through Diesease Ravaged 14th Century Europe         Sharon Is My Name         Show Me A Rose (Or Leave Me Alone)         Song Of Bentle         Twas the Night Before. . .Monsters!         Wearing the Pants         Yes Fear

Boy And His Stove, The

Synopsis:
Thomas, a little boy full of dreams, learns the truth about friendship when he finds that his only friend in the world, a wood-burning stove, is just a stove and not a friend at all.

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Drama Ten Min

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Bulba

Synopsis:
a rollicking mock-epic tragic-comedy about the Dnieper Cossacks, a group of nomadic Ukranian marauders in the 12th Century. Based on the novElla by Gogol, it's the story of Taras Bulba, the leader of the Cossacks, and his son andrei Bulba, who chooses the path of love to the path of war. It features heroic sword fights, original music and a story of star-crossed love between two men.

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Sarah Lawrence College    2006

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Genre:
full legth Comedy

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Male:  9            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Convenience Of Modern Living, The

Synopsis:
a married couple loose their child. Will a ten year old boy desperate to go to basketball camp or a talking dryer dreaming of getting back home to IKea be substitutes?

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Written by Daniel Kelley And Emily Plumb

1st Produced:
Painted Filly Theatre, Dublin    Jul 2008

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http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-conveniences-of-modern-living   -

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Genre:
Black comedy 90 min

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  1 either sex

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It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's Unemployed!

Synopsis:
a comedy about what happens when superheroes and supervillians lose their jobs, and are faced with the real world of job hunting. Strega Chaos is a villain who is sick of being constantly thwarted, and decides to quit and look for other kinds of work. This sends her heroic counterparts, Captain Cataclysm and Donkey D-lad, into a tailspin of uncertainty and doubt, with hilarious consequences.

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Genre:
full legth Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  1-4

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Legend Of Sunshine, The

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part of Capture the Flag: A Festival of New American plays. written by Daniel John Kelley with music by Nick Moore

1st Produced:
Access Theatre, 380 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10013    2008

Organisations:
New York Theatre experiment

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Love, Death, And Vengeance

Synopsis:
Al Gibbins is horror-stricken. On the eve of the school dance, he has stained his best shirt with ketchup-a tragedy so great he resolves never to see his beloved Lily Droshpat again. He flees, vowing to end his own life. Lily hears of his supposed death and is so heartbroken that she kills herself. With the help of the Gods, Gibbins is able to remove the stain and comes back joyfully, only to find his true love dead. Heartbroken, he vows never to love another for longer than three weeks. Cut to five years later, Gibbins is in college and has fallen head over heels for angelica enebrius. Gibbins decides to journey to Hades to receive Lily's blessing and break the curse. What follows is an epic tale of mythological proportions that follows this love to the very edge of the universe, and beyond
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Plagued - A Musical Comedy Adventure Through Diesease Ravaged 14th Century Europe

Synopsis:
Peasant Sarah dares to dream of a better life than the daily drudge she leads. Troubadour Manny the Rascal shows her how

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Music by Nick Moore; lyrics And book by Daniel Kelley

1st Produced:
Seaport Theatre, New York    Jul 2009

Organisations:
Dog Run Rep

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  5 to 10 either sex

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Sharon Is My Name

Synopsis:
When she was ten Sharon's Father taught her "the Merchant Of Venice" and then left

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
Northwoods Ramah Theatre Company

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http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

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Show Me A Rose (Or Leave Me Alone)

Synopsis:
1970. a musical about the life of Grouch Marx is in rehearsal. Only problem is that Groucho keeps turning up and interfering. the producer arthur Whitelaw gets his secretary 19 year old alexis to take Groucho to lunch each day to keep him away

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Genre:
Black comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Song Of Bentle

Synopsis:
the song is un-extraordinary. . .and somewhat uninteresting.
nytheatre.com

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the Mirror Repertory Company presents the Young Mirror's No Boundaries Play Festival. the following description is from the show's press release: "Too often, new writers Are encouraged to shrink their ideas down in order to get their plays produced. Two And three character scripts with one setting Are the norm. Mirror Repertory Company believes that in order to create extraordinary Art, writers must work without limits. they have started the No Boundaries Festival, which invited writers to write whatever they wanted; letting Mirror Rep worry About solving the technical problems."
nytheatre.com

1st Produced:
14th Street Y, NY    2006

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Mirror Repertory Company

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Genre:
Short Play One act

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Twas the Night Before. . .Monsters!

Synopsis:
Mainspring Collective and the Brooklyn Lyceum present the first installment of their new children's theater series, Monster Literature, written and conceived by Daniel John Kelley. the first episode, 'Twas the Night Before. . .MONSTeRS! offers a new twist on an old classic when an evil wizard threatens to destroy the holiday spirit by changing the poem "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" by unleashing his army of silly monsters. Young heroine Benjy Bleeglehorn (along with her dashing sidekick, Bravo Kirkwood) must battle this army of misguided monsters with their wit and compassion in order to restore the poem and rediscover the spirit of the holidays.
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Brooklyn Lyceum, NY    40159

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Mainspring Collective

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Wearing the Pants

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part of Script Tease. A new play reading series of readings of thematically related new works, performed by professional Actors, followed by cocktails And conversation. "Under the Bed" by Theresa Giacopasi, "Stalk Me, Baby" by C.S. Hanson, "Wearing the Pants" by Daniel John Kelley, "Ten Year Twilight" by Crystal Skillman, "Regulations" by David L. Williams,"Yoga Time!" by Ethan Youngerman.

1st Produced:
Reading At Union Hall, 702 Union Street At 5th AVenue, Brooklyn, NY    16 Oct 2010

Organisations:
Black Box New Play Festival

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Yes Fear

Synopsis:
a comedy about brotherhood, love and a jewelry store. Leon and Jimmy Midas are two brothers down on their luck who attempt to rob a jewelry store in their own special, ineffective way. What results is not so much a robbery but a series of mishaps and bungles that lead Leon and Jimmy to learn the truth about their relationship to each other.

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Black Box New Play Festival

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Genre:
Short Comedy One act

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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