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John Kolvenbach

JOHN KOLVENBACH  

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Abrams Artists Agency  


John Kolvenbach is the author of Love Song, on an average day, Gizmo Love (published by Oberon), The Gravity of Means and the recently completed Fabuloso. on an average day premiered at the Comedy Theatre in London's West End, Gizmo Love premiered at WHaT on Cape Cod. The Gravity of Means premiered at MCC in New York. Kolvenbach has recently been commissioned by South Coast Repertory for a new play.

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

 Fabuloso         Gizmo Love         Goldfish         Gravity Of Means, The         Love Song         Mrs Whitney         On An Average Day

Fabuloso

Synopsis:
Kate and Teddy are trapped in a soggy, lifeless marriage. Then Teddy's old friend arthur arrives, bearing chaos, knives, songs and his fiancee. FaBULOSO is a domestic farce about the pleasure in bedlam and a working metaphor for bringing up babies.

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2010   978-0-8222-2412-9

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Gizmo Love

John Kolvenbach
"You demand respect in this business, lemme tell you something, you ask for coffee? You make sure it comes, you don't sit around with your thumb in your ass" Gizmo Love is a hilarious black comedy thriller that delves into the cut-throat world of Tinsel Town; Hollywood at its most ruthless.

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1st Produced:
Cape Cod    2004

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1st Published:
Oberon Books, London >>>,    978-1840026856

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Genre:
Black Comedy Thriller Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Goldfish

Synopsis:
a young man raises his father. Then he leaves home. He meets a young woman who undoes him. The young woman has her own story: a mother who is a force of nature. It's a play about legacy-how do we become who we are?-and it's about leaving home. We raise our children to leave us, to walk out into the world. But then they do

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1st Produced:
Magic Theatre, San Francisco    2009

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2010   978-0-8222-2411-2

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Gravity Of Means, The

Synopsis:
Control freak Peter wants to be a man about town and impress his new girlfriend Judy. He gets his friends Marty and alan to pretend to be his butler and waiter. Judy arrives and seems to be more interested in Marty than anything else - and the two of them end up leaving together. alan who is Peter's room mate has been writing a book but has writers block because the novel he is writing is really about his true feelings for Peter

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Play/Drama. - - Gay theme/character, full length

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Love Song

John Kolvenbach
Beane is eccentric. Though his sister Joan and brother in-law Harry try to make time for him, they can't get through. When Beane's apartment is burgled, Joan is bemused to find him fabulously happy, and tries to discover the story behind his mysterious new love Molly
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1st Published:
Oberon Books, London >>>, 2006   978-1840027150

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Mrs Whitney

Synopsis:
When her daughter leaves home a middle aged woman decides to find the long lost love of her life

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1st Produced:
Magic Theatre, San Francisco    2009

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Genre:
Comedy

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On An Average Day

John Kolvenbach
after 23 years two alienated brothers are reunited in the stinking kitchen of a rotting apartment. Bob is a sociopathic slob, facing jail for throwing a man from a car; Jack seems successful and disciplined but nurses his own considerable demons. Together they piece together a dark shared history.

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1st Produced:
Comedy, London    2002

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1st Published:
Methuen Drama    978-0413773289

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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