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Dan Kitrosser

DAN KITROSSER

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Paradigm  represented by Jonathan Mills

Dan Kitrosser is an award winning playwright, screenwriter and songwriter. His plays and musicals have been seen at The DR2, P.S. 122, Urban Stages, 45 Bleecker, The Ohio Theatre, The Brooklyn Lyceum and Bryant Park, with work developed at Primary Stages, The Lark and American Place Theatre. His play Tar Baby, which he co-wrote with Desiree Burch, opened Off-Broadway at the DR2 in January of 2013 and was hailed by the New Yorker as "entertaining. . .and maybe even necessary." Tar Baby will have a national tour beginning in the winter of 2014. His children's plays include Night of the Butterfly (Bryant Park, dir. Isaac Byrne) Le Pond (Bryant Park, dir.Kristin Skye Hoffmann) as well as The Legend of Ichabod Crane, Don't Look Back (based on Ovid's Metamorphoses) and Where You Come From (based on creation myths from around the world) which have all been awarded grants from the Brooklyn Council of the Arts (2010, 2011 and 2012) and have toured schools, homeless shelters and community centers in Brooklyn as part of Rabbit Hole Ensemble's community outreach program. Dan is adapting the national bestselling novel We the Animals by Justin Torres with Emmy-nominated director Jeremiah Zagar for UnionHZ films. Dan is currently pursuing his MFA in playwriting at New School for Drama, studying under Michael Weller, Jon Robin Baitz and Christopher Shinn, where he is the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Playwriting Fellow. He teaches playwriting at Writopia Lab and lives with his pitbull Daisy in what he believes is Harlem, but what other people call Hamilton Heights.

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

         Blizzard the Wizard         Dead Special Crabs         Grimm Reality, A         Le Pond         Legend Of Ichabod Crane, The         Night Of the Butterfly         Short Love At the Ohio         Tar Baby         theMUMBLINGS         Where You Come From

Blizzard the Wizard

Synopsis:
Blizzard the Wizard is an adventure, told by Dan Kitrosser, featuring music, costumes, and audience interaction. This description is from the press release: "Normally surrounded by his best friend the Snow, Blizzard the Wizard wakes one day to find his frozen friend missing. For the first time ever, Blizzard the Wizard will venture south to find out why there is no Snow. Meeting and making friends along the way (all played by Kitrosser), this hilarious, environmentally conscious show will have the whole family rolling in the aisles." It's recommended for kids ages 3-10.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Dan Kitrosser And Andrew Davies

1st Produced:
Urban Stages, NY    2008

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dead Special Crabs

Synopsis:
Aunt Missy has the perfect present for her neices wedding: a brand new tan Corolla. But given her Chronic Foot Condition, her nephew Loomer has to drive it down I-95 from Maine to Florida. And thus ensues this mad-cap road trip with serial killers, cults, emo poets, first-time homosexuals and noir private detectives. And crabs. Its going to be the trip of a lifetime, provided you make it out alive.

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1st Produced:
TBG Arts Complex, 312 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10018    07 Nov 2014

Organisations:
Wide Eyed Productions

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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian, of interest comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Grimm Reality, A

Synopsis:
a Grimm Reality consists of five modernized fairytales of the Brothers Grimm. Woven into a single narrative by five playwrights, a Grimm Reality celebrates the diversity, the excitement, and the "magic" of New York City and your favorite Grimm's tales. Taking place outdoors in Bryant Park and free to the public, this immersive, 3-dimensional experience happens all around the audience, in an exciting theatrical journey that will be enjoyable for both families and the discriminating theatergoer. Performances are free to the public and intended for adults and children 8 and up.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Bekah Brunsteter, Zack Friedman, Chisa Hutchinson, Cassandra Hume, Dan Kitrosser

1st Produced:
Bryant Park Reading Room, North Side of Bryant Park    24 Jul 2010

Organisations:
Theatre 4the PeOPLe

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Le Pond

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1st Produced:
Bryant Park    -

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Genre:
TYA

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Legend Of Ichabod Crane, The

Synopsis:
Ichabod Crane, Sleepy Hollow's new schoolmaster, loves exactly two things: food and scary stories. Night after night, he eagerly gobbles up both. But what happens when one tall tale about a Headless Horseman turns out to be true? Will Ichabod be able to escape the Headless Horseman? the Legend of Ichabod Crane is a hilarious spook-tacular storytelling event, where critically acclaimed storyteller Dan Kitrosser takes on more than a dozen roles as he weaves his way through Washington Irving's classic tale in his signature interactive, musical style. audiences should come ready to sing and dance, as everyone in the theater will become the sights, the sounds, and the screams of Sleepy Hollow. This show is recommended for ages 5 and up.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
based on Ovids Metamorphoses

1st Produced:
Brooklyn Lyceum, NY    17 Oct 2009

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Genre:
45 min One act

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Night Of the Butterfly

Synopsis:
Night of the Butterfly is a new family musical. Though Beetle was born with broken wings, his head is in the clouds as he yearns to break free from the humdrum world he was born into. Now that he is suddenly being forced to marry the pompous Sylvia Scarab Beetle (you know, of the North Swamp Scarab Beetles?), Beetle has decided he will go on an adventure to find a fallen butterfly. along with his pals, Pill, a very neurotic caterpillar, and Scorpy, a newly vegetarian scorpion, Beetle makes his way through the forest, searching for butterflies and adventures.
- press release

Notes:
music And lyrics by Dan Kitrosser; book by Zack Friedman; Additional material by evan Greene

1st Produced:
Bleecker Street Theatre, NY    2009

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Genre:
Musical TYA

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Short Love At the Ohio

Synopsis:
This is a program of short works by Bekah Brunstetter, Dan Kitrosser, and Justin Swain, all woven together into that big wicker basket we call Love. Some plays are funny, some touching, some far out there, some close in here, but after an evening where you'll encounter the love for Harry Potter, a big gay storytelling frog, two guys taking a road trip, an abortion and a girl on a subway, you'll see that while love is a vast, complicated thing, the best kind of love is quick and cheap.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Bekah Brunstetter, Dan Kitrosser, Justin Swain

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Organisations:
Theatre 4the People

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Tar Baby

Synopsis:
Celebrated Huffington Post and NY Magazine comedian Desiree Burch presents TAR BABY--the story of America's black & white love affair from shotgun wedding to "post-racial" relationship. Speaking to a growing majority of minority experiences in America, TAR BABY effortlessly weaves games, audiences, laughter and insight in an interactive carnival of Race & Capitalism--where no one's a winner, but everyone's still playing! Our setting is an all American old time carnival that has managed to continue touring way past its prime, our leader, is the funny and lovable Desiree Burch. As she takes us through an audience participatory experience, each of the carnivals side shows represents a story she shares of her own experiences with race in America. Using comedic metaphors and touching personal stories Desiree captivates and engages an audience in an exploration of what racism does, where and how it shows today in society and politics, and finally she presents a new approach to change the conversation revolving around race to be more productive and educational.

Notes:
written by Dan Kitrosser And Desiree Burch

1st Produced:
New Orleans Fringe Festival    Nov 2012

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Genre:
comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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theMUMBLINGS

Synopsis:
Allen, a gay childrens performer and Jodie, anthropologist of sex and gender, tell the story of their marriage while playing the myriad of people in their lives, hoping the sum of their relationship is greater than all these parts put together.

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1st Produced:
Teatro LATEA, New York Festival Fringe    Aug 2013

Organisations:
the Box Colony Theatre

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Genre:
Gay, one act 90 min

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Where You Come From

Synopsis:
based on creation myths from around the world

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Genre:
TYA

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