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Quincy Long

QUINCY LONG

  (1945 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Bret Adams Ltd  

Quincy Long. Quincy Long's the Only Child, a musical play for families, was produced by South Coast Repertory Theater in June 2008. the Only Child was commissioned by SCR, and was the first such commission produced by the Theater.People Be Heard, a play with songs, was produced in 2004 by Playwrights Horizons and published by Dramatists Play Service. Mr. Long recently completed the book forHorse Opera, a musical commissioned by the Nea and the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC. Mr. Long's the Lively Lad, a play with songs, was produced by the actors Theater of Louisville at the 2002 Humana Festival of New American Plays. the play was also produced at the Power House Theatre at Vassar, by New York Stage and Film, and by Zoo District in Los Angeles, and was subsequently published by Dramatists Play Service. the Joy of Going Somewhere Definite, also a play with songs, was commissioned and produced by the Mark Taper Forum. the play, which won a Fund for New American Plays award and has also been published by Dramatists Play Service, was first produced by the Atlantic Theater in New York, where it was directed by William H. Macy and starred Felicity Huffman. Mr. Long has adapted the play for film for Mel Gibson's company, Icon Productions, and has adapted another of his plays, Shaker Heights, for Atlantic Films.the Year of the Baby, produced by Soho Rep, was a Time Out New York Pick of the Week. Mr. Long is a recipient of playwriting grants from the Nea and NYFA. In addition to South Coast Repertory Theatre and the Mark Taper Forum, Mr. Long has been commissioned by Sundance Children's Theatre, Soho Repertory Theatre, A.S.K Theater Projects, Playwrights Horizons, and the ensemble Studio Theatre / Sloan Foundation Science and Technology Project. He was a finalist for the Outer Circle Drama Critics award, the Kesselring Prize, and a winner of the aSCaP/ Cole Porter prize for playwriting. Mr. Long is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and a member of ensemble Studio Theatre and New Dramatists. He is from Warren, Ohio and lives in New York City.

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

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         5 Story Walk Up: Seven Card Draw         Adventures Of Por Quinly         Aux Cops         Brecht And the West Coast Offence         Daughters of Io         Falderal         Horse Opera         Huntsman, The         Johnstown Vindicator, The         Joy Of Going Somewhere Definite         Korea         Lively Lad, The         Loulou the Acrobat         Only Child, The         People Be Heard         Scene At Mount Rushmore         Shaker Heights         Snapshot         Something About Baseball         Virgin Molly, The         Wedding Pictures         Whole Hearted         Year Of the Baby, The         Yokohama Duty

5 Story Walk Up: Seven Card Draw

Synopsis:
This is an evening of dark tales about risk and reward, featuring never-before-produced short plays and monologues
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written by Neil LaBute, John Guare, Clay McLeod Chapman, Quincy Long, Laura Shaine, Daniel Levin, Daniel Gallant

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Adventures Of Por Quinly

Synopsis:
a little boy with enormous ambitions braves the land of sorrows in order to become president

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Sundance    1992

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Musical

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Aux Cops

Synopsis:
an outer-borough police lieutenant initiates a new auxiliary recruit.

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the Thirteenth Street Repertory Company presents Five Story Walkup, An evening of new short plays And monologues by some of today's leading Dramatists, including John Guare, Neil LaBute, Quincy Long, And Clay McLeod Chapman. the following description is from the show's press release: "Follow the travails of mismatched lovers, A webcam provocateur, small-town philosophers, And urban pioneers As they strive to maintain or escape from their domestic situations. these works cover wide narrative territory, exploring cityscapes And rural settings, but Are tied together by An intimate focus on the bond between identity And home." Proceeds from this production will go towards Thirteenth Street Rep's Legal Fund.
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Brecht And the West Coast Offence

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Elephant Asylum Theatre. Los Angeles    06 Jun 2003

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echo Theatre Company

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Daughters of Io

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Original Playwright - Aeschylus

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Falderal

Synopsis:
the American Revolutionary War. the armies of General Washington and General Howe take to the stage.

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Ten minute play

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Horse Opera

Synopsis:
an attempt to win the Triple Crown with a horse called Potential

Notes:
Music And lyrics by Chris Jeffries; book by Quincy Long

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Genre:
Musical

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Huntsman, The

Synopsis:
a boy has dark dreams that lead him into trouble

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Johnstown Vindicator, The

Synopsis:
the news that a local evAngelist has been murdered throws the Vindicator into the crisis it's been putting off for years. Jack, the city editor, grapples with the secrets of his dubious parentage, and manages to alienate Janet, his ace staffer, in the process. JJ, the cub reporter, stumbles in and out of competence, while Pepper, JJ's nubile girlfriend, bypasses competence altogether and breaks into print-profoundly irritating the veteran Hump, who proceeds to drink himself out of a job. Carl, the minister's son (and self-proclaimed patricide), can't get anybody to believe that he killed his Father (because he didn't) so he shifts focus and proposes to Jack's oddball mother, who, as it happens, orchestrated the murder as a boon for her son, who is trying to get the goods on Tucci, his arch enemy and long-lost brother. all very bizarre-but, in the end, evil is punished, good is rewarded, Mom expires, and the boys (finally) grow up.

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1st Produced:
Harold Clurman Theatre, NY    1987

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Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Genre:
full legth Comedy

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Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Joy Of Going Somewhere Definite

Synopsis:
Three out-of-work loggers, fueled by alcohol, God and song, set forth from a northwoods bar one night on a misguided errand of mercy. Raymond, Merle and Junior have met a stranger in the bar even drunker and lonelier than they are, and, after accidentally shooting him, decide to reunite the poor fellow with his estranged wife somewhere north of the border in Canada. Hampered at every turn by misunderstanding, confusion, stupidity, drunkenness, desire and mistaken identity, the chivalrous loggers resolutely attempt to do the right thing, while achieving precisely the opposite. In the end, wild certainty yields to a chastened amazement over what man won't do for a little peace.

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Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998   -

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Genre:
Comedy Drama, full length Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  1 man or woman (flexible casting): 7 total

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Korea

Synopsis:
Sig and Ota decide for the umpteenth time to marry

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Yale    1984

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Lively Lad, The

Synopsis:
Jonathan Van Huffle, a wealthy but weak-willed widower, has promised his immensely spoiled daughter, Little eva, a eunuch for her birthday. all the other girls have one. It's an absolute requirement in her society, where the daughters of the wealthy are introduced to the joys and perils of sophistication by their personal eunuchs. the trouble is, Jonathan has also fallen in love with the scrumptious but scrupulous Miss McCracken, a progressive waitress at a tea shop who is adamantly opposed to the castration and sale of human beings. How can Jonathan reconcile the powerful desires of his daughter and his beloved? With the help and hindrance of a pair of nutty household servants, Little eva goes on to triumph at the ball, though not in the way she or anyone else expects in this faux-Victorian comedy with songs.

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in Humana Festival 2003: the Complete Plays, edited by Tanya Palmer and amy Wegener, Smith and Kraus, 2003   -

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Genre:
Comedy with Songs, full length

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Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Loulou the Acrobat

Synopsis:
a man sits in a prison cell. He has been tortured by one of the guards. there is graffiti on the walls including the words "I will always love LouLou the acrobat". the man dreams of LouLou and when he manages to escape from jail he makes his way to the circus and meets LouLou - but she has her own problems. then the sadistic guard tracks him down

Notes:
Music by Marc Jordan; Steve MacKinnon; Amy Sky; book by Quincy Long

1st Produced:
Banff Centre, Alberta    12 Jul 2010

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Only Child, The

Synopsis:
Tina used to be an only child but then siblings Lolly and Toby change all that. Only one solution - get rid of them.

Notes:
Music by Dennis McCarthy; book by Quincy Long

1st Produced:
South Coast Repertory Theater, Costa Mesa, Ca    08 Jun 2008

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People Be Heard

Synopsis:
When a small town becomes embroiled in a brouhaha over the teaching of evolution in the schools, a single mom who moonlights as a stripper is unwittingly drawn into the fray and forced to confront values she and her community hold dear. PeOPLe Be HeaRD is an offbeat, distinctly American ode to the freedom of choice and the power to effect change.

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music by Michael Roth

1st Produced:
Playwrights Horizon, New York    03 Aug 2004

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Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006   -

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Genre:
Comedy with Songs, full length

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Scene At Mount Rushmore

Synopsis:
In this beautiful, humorous family Drama, brothers Bobby and Did contemplate stone-faced presidents and their momma's memory. This piece is part of Snapshot, an anthology of short plays. To perform this piece independently, click "add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform this piece as part of the full-length collection, go to Snapshot.

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1st Produced:
Actors Theatre Of Louisville (Louisville, Ky, United States)    2002

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
5-10 min Comic Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  2 males

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Shaker Heights

Synopsis:
a disciple of Shaker teachings breaks up his sister's romance with the local golf hero

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Montpelier, Vt    1988

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Snapshot

Synopsis:
a photograph captures and documents a single moment in time and space -- a snapshot of history, of a reality bounded by the photo's frame. But what lies outside, beyond, behind the photograph? and what stories, memories, or associations does an image of place inspire? In this multi-writer project from Actors theatre of Louisville, a diverse assortment of talented playwrights encounter and transform Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, 1969, a compelling image of the monument by renowned photographer Lee Friedlander. their thought-provoking scenes and monologues range from delightful comedy to utterly serious tragedy, each approaching the photo's themes through a new lens. To perform the entire collection, click "add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual piece independently, click on its title below:

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Genre:
80-100 min Drama/Comedy

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Male:  11            Female:  11            Other:  11 males, 11 females (4-25 actors possible: 2-15 males, 2-15 females)

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Something About Baseball

Synopsis:
obsessive German intellectual decides she must break into the major leagues

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1st Produced:
Yale    1985

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Genre:
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Virgin Molly, The

Synopsis:
What begins as a simple investigation of the sexual orientation of Marine Corps recruit Molly Peterson turns into an absurd sideshow of sexual politics. Using all the tricks and tactics at their disposal, the Captain and his mad dog Corporal attempt to determine who among their hapless charges is telling the truth about what happened that night.

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1st Produced:
Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berleley, Ca, United States)    1990

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
80-90 min Comedy. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  6 males

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http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Resources/Bibliographies/VN_drama_bib.php

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Wedding Pictures

Synopsis:
the only way out of the problem is to marry the bride to the groom and to her lover

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part of the 30th Annual marathon of new short plays

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Genre:
short play

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Whole Hearted

Synopsis:
after much struggle, the man finds the right woman for himself

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staged reading At Mark Taper New Work Festival

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Year Of the Baby, The

Synopsis:
Donna borrows the neighbour's baby

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1st Produced:
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HOMe for Contemporary Theatre and art

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Yokohama Duty

Synopsis:
the identity of the Unknown Soldier is finally revealed

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1st Produced:
London    1991

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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