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Wayne Lemon

WAYNE LEMON

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC  

Wayne Lemon is an American playwright whose work has been performed at South Coast Repertory, the Denver Center Theatre Company, Hartford Stage and Steppenwolf Theatre Company, among others.

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

         8 Feet Of Water         Drive By Jesus         Jesus Hates Me

8 Feet Of Water

Synopsis:
the true story of two young men, both African American, who drown while in police custody, 8 feet of water examines issues of race, guilt, persecution and redemption while revealing the shattering truth of what really took place out on the lake that night.

Notes:
Male nudity

1st Produced:
dramatic reading at New Haarlem Arts Theater in Harlem, NY    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Drive By Jesus

Synopsis:
A repressed young woman converts an abandoned Fotomat into a drive by prayer chapel with devastating results.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
dramatic reading at Horizon Theater in Atlanta    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Jesus Hates Me

Jesus Hates Me
Search for meaning by twentysomethings beneath a Jesus mannequin on the New Testament themed Blood of the Lamb Miniature Golf course.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Ricketson Theater, Dctc, Denver, Co    2005

Organisations:
Denver Center Theatre Company

1st Published:
chap book by Denver Center Theatre Company (2005)
in 2009: Best New Playwrights, Smith & Kraus, NY (01 Dec 2009)   978--1575257624

Music:
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Genre:
dark comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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