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Larry Loebell

LARRY LOEBELL

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Elaine Devlin Literary, Inc.  

Larry Loebell. Mr. Loebell's short plays include angie and arnie Sanguine, Edward and ellie Supine, Prayers, the Lion eats His Lunch, But Who's Counting, Emma Goldman Imagines the Millennium, andJust Before the War Between the Plates.His full-length plays include the Dostoyevsky Man; Pride of the Lion; Memorial Day; the Ballad of John Wesley Reed, which was recently premiered by Theatre Catalyst in Philadelphia; Girl Science, a featured play at the first earth Matters on Stage Festival in arcata, California; and La Tempestad, recently produced at the Ohio Theater in New York City. La Tempestad is also anthologized inPlaying with Canons: explosive New Works from Literature by America's Indie Playwrights. Mr. Loebell is a four-time recipient of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Playwriting Fellowship, and a 2006 recipient of a new play commission from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. He has written a play for high school students called Living News which is performed during the school year at the National Constitution Center in PhiladelphiA. Larry is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Inc., Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDa) and, in addition to writing and teaching playwriting and Dramaturgy at arcadia University, he works as a free-lance Dramaturg.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Allure Of Oriental Wisdom, The         Angie And Arnie Sanguine         Ballad Of John Wesley Reed, The         But Who's Counting         Dostoyevsky Man, The         Edward And Ellie Supine         Girl Science         House Divided         Just Before the War Between the Plates         La Tempestad         Lion Eats His Lunch, The         Lion In His Lair         Lion Leaves His Mark         Memorial Day         Monica For Chanukah         Prayers         Pride Of the Lion

Allure Of Oriental Wisdom, The

Synopsis:
a man has to suffer bigotry when his mail order bride arrives from Thailand

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Angie And Arnie Sanguine

Synopsis:
angie plays the lottery. arnie plots to get ahead at work. the fridge is empty, but no problem -- the Prize Patrol is coming to deliver the big check. Or are they? It's just another day of hope, despair, murderous impulses, and something like love in the lives of four hyper-ambitious yuppies.

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Running time: 22-28

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Ballad Of John Wesley Reed, The

Synopsis:
September 1971. Alan Gilbert begins his first semester at Colorado Land Grant University. He is immediately befriended by John Wesley Reed, a bona fide anarchist who lives in a derelict car. He also falls head-over-heals for Cynthia, a political organizer and free love advocate working in the anti-war movement. While alan's landlord to persuade him to watch Bonanza reruns with her, and plots to sell off her farm land for a tract-housing development, alan's new friends engage him in a tug of war, alternately seducing and alienating him, and teaching him vital lessons from the front lines in the struggle against conformity

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Theater Catalyst, Philadelphia    -

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Drama, 90 min

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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But Who's Counting

Synopsis:
New Year's eve, 1999. a charismatic young woman has invited a guy back to her stylishly furnished apartment and chained him up tight, in anticipation of her 2,000th sexual escapade. But she is no crazed dominatrix: Sweet, cultured, with a zest for the pleasures of life, she's kept detailed notes on every enlightening coupling over the last twenty years. and tonight she's going to share with the audience a bit of what she's learned, in one racy, rollicking monologue.

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Running time: 15-20

1st Produced:
Outside The Fringe    2002

Organisations:
Something Cheeky Productions

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Dostoyevsky Man, The

Synopsis:
Gilbert Findlay looses his job as it is thought that Dostoyevsky is now old hat. He kidnaps various college personnel, including the one who had him dismissed, and makes listen to his lecture on "Notes From the Underground"

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Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  doubling

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Edward And Ellie Supine

Synopsis:
a couple arrive at their holiday destination to find their accommodation on fire and the picturesque lake has been drained. and that is just the start of their troubles.

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Girl Science

Synopsis:
Lois, an up and coming historian, selects her great aunt Johanna, an eminent biologist and forgotten pioneer of science as the subject for her new book. Reluctant at first, Johanna soon relents, sharing stories from her seemingly charmed girlhood. But was it? When Lois's work inadvertently reveals the startling and tragic truth, both women's lives are changed forever.

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1st Produced:
Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Mccall, Idaho    2004

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Genre:
Play/Drama 130 min

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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House Divided

Synopsis:
Two brothers. One lives in Israel and is a fervent supporter of the State. the other lives in the States and is a member of the Peace Corps.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Just Before the War Between the Plates

Synopsis:
there's conflict in the kitchen, as the forks, spoons, and knives argue over who's the greatest of utensils. the steel knife is looking for action, the grapefruit spoon longs for another function, and the sterling fork keeps touting its lofty lineage. Beneath the clash of cutlery lies a sensitive allegory about identity.

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Running time: 10-15

1st Produced:
Cuero Junior High School (Cuero, Tx, United States)    2003

Organisations:
Wilma Theater In School program

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
Comedy for young audiences Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 either

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La Tempestad

La Tempestad
On the tropical island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, Prospero practices the antiquarian Arts in self-imposed exile. after a stormy crossing in a tiny plane, three couples, including Prospero's daughter Miranda and her fiance, Ferdinand, are swept up in the island's history of passion, politics, and magic. as U.S. military pilots practice for the invasion of Iraq in the unpredictable skies overhead, each couple ponders the prospects of marriage and tests the limits of their love

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based on Shakespeare's Tempest

1st Produced:
Ohio Theater, NY    2005

Organisations:
Resonance ensemble

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Genre:
Drama, 2 hrs

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Male:  9            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Lion Eats His Lunch, The

Synopsis:
Tomorrow David Williamson surrenders to federal authorities on an insider trading conviction. Today he has lunch at his private club, and strikes up a desperate conversation with the man who has been his waiter there for many years. their strained interchange takes a surprising turn when the waiter reveals that he, too, has been playing the stock market -- using the same information that's sending Williamson to prison. (This play can be performed independently, or as act I of Pride of the Lion.)

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1st Produced:
Playworks 10.5 Festival (Philadelphia, Pa, United States)    1993

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
25-30 min Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  2 males

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Lion In His Lair

Synopsis:
David Williamson arrives home the night before he is due to go to jail. His wife has been bottling up her feelings.

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One Act taken from "Pride of the Lion"

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Lion Leaves His Mark

Synopsis:
David is beginning his sentence for insider trading. Helen is surprised that their daughter, annie has come to see her.

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One Act taken from "Pride of the Lion"

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Memorial Day

Synopsis:
Gretta Lang is having a memorial bench erected in the park in memory of her late husband. at the same time someone has been sent to turn off the fountain in front of the bench.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Monica For Chanukah

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One act

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Prayers

Synopsis:
Two men on a tourist boat to view the glaciers in alaska. One is a native and is just having a day off. the other is a visitor and plans to be left on a glacier overnight.

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Genre:
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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pride Of the Lion

Synopsis:
David Williamson is called 'the Lion' by reporters, business associates, and even his family. the day before going to prison for insider trading, he has one last lunch at his private club, and tries to enjoy a final evening of freedom with his wife Helen. She has lost the strength and love to stand by him, though, and their daughter has a spectacular betrayal in store. Pride of the Lion is a subtle, Dramatic triptych about a family slowly destroyed by greed and self-aggrandizement.

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Running time: 90-100

1st Produced:
Changing Scene Theatre (Denver, Co, United States)    1996

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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