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John Longenbaugh

JOHN LONGENBAUGH

  
Nationality:    USA
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John has worked as a playwright, Theatre critic (Seattle Weekly, 1993-2000), freelance director, and was artistic director for Theatre Babylon 2004-2005. He is a strong advocate for the Arts and his writing often reflects this, containing a vein of political enquiry and social criticism under what are mostly comedies. He considers it an honor to be a playwright, and considers anyone who feels the same way to be a friend.

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

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         Argus         Auld Acquaintance         Cafe Angst         Center Cannot Hold, The         Eternal Vaudeville, The         Happy Voles         How To Be Cool         Important Dates In History         Influence         Little White Pill         Man Who Was Thursday, The         Petting Sounds         Scotch And Donuts         Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol

Argus

Synopsis:
about a man with a dog inside of him

Notes:
. Winner of the Out North New Play Competition in 1990

1st Produced:
Reading At The Central School Of Speech And Drama, London    2003

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Auld Acquaintance

Synopsis:
a prophetic look at the year to come, and how world events can impact trying to get a date.

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1st Produced:
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Cafe Angst

Synopsis:
about young urban Seattleites trapped within a mysterious cafe where each is given the chance to exchange angsts

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1st Produced:
Moe's Mo Rockin' Cafe    1995

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Center Cannot Hold, The

Synopsis:
study of a working menage e trois

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1st Produced:
-    2002

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Ten Min

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Eternal Vaudeville, The

Synopsis:
about a theater filled with the ghosts of past entertainers, and a modern-day street performer who is offered a lengthy run

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1st Produced:
Seattle Theater Group. Moore Theater    2000

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Genre:
Play with Music

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Happy Voles

Synopsis:
was a cheerful look at the near-future of genetic behavioral modification

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1st Produced:
14/48 Play Festival    2000

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Genre:
Short Play One act

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How To Be Cool

Synopsis:
a lecture, of sorts, by a self-professed "Student of Cool" to a classroom in middle America, in 1962. a love story about music, monkeys, and the culture of cool

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1st Produced:
Seattle Fringe Festival    2003

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Important Dates In History

Synopsis:
abe loses his girlfriend, so just to show her, he builds a time machine and travels through history in search of a relationship

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1st Produced:
Conworks As Part Of 14/48    2003

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Influence

Synopsis:
a theatre critic seeks to produce an autobiographical play, only to have the worlds of the play and his own life collide to humorous effect

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1st Produced:
Fringeact 2004    2004

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Little White Pill

Synopsis:
a go-getter e-commerce executive finds mortality gets in the way of his life's plans

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1st Produced:
Fringeact    2002

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Man Who Was Thursday, The

Synopsis:
Chesterton about a poet-policeman who infiltrates a cabal of anarchists out to destroy the world

Notes:
from the novel by G.K. Chesterton

1st Produced:
Taproot Theatre    2002

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Genre:
adaptation

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Petting Sounds

Synopsis:
Sounds concerned strange noises coming from an apartment

Notes:
to A radio production As part of Taboo: An evening of Live Radio for New Waves Productions, August 2000

1st Produced:
14/48 Play Festival    2000

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Scotch And Donuts

Synopsis:
about friendship, with three guys awaiting a trip to sunny Mexico in a dank Sea-Tac hotel room

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1st Produced:
Brown Bag Theater, Seattle    1997

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Genre:
Comedy

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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol

Synopsis:
In this ingenious meeting of two Victorian classics, Dr. Watson visits his old friend Sherlock Holmes on Christmas Eve, finding him in a dark and misanthropic mood, planning to retire from the dull work of solving crimes. But soon, Holmes is visited by the ghost of his great enemy Professor Moriarity, who warns Holmes that he is heading towards his own damnation and tells him of an upcoming visit by three spirits. During the visits that follow, we learn about Holmes' childhood and his lost love, the chaos that his early retirement has caused his friends and associates throughout London, and finally a terrifying future: Holmes sees himself, a cold creature of pure intellect, supplying weapons to the battlefields of the First World War. Waking on Christmas morning, the repentant Holmes makes amends with his friends and rededicates himself to his higher purpose.

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, Inc   978-0822229346

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Genre:
comedy/drama

Parts:
Male:  16            Female:  6            Other:  doubling, flexible casting

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