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Dano Madden

DANO MADDEN

  (1974 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Dano Madden grew up in Boise, Idaho. His plays have been produced by Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Source Festival, Mile Square Theatre, Northwest Playwrights alliance, Idaho Theatre for Youth, Kitchen Theatre Company, Rutgers University, the University of Tulsa, and Sand and Glass Productions, among others. Dano's plays have received readings and/or development at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Boise Contemporary Theater, Boston Theatre Works, the NNPN's University Playwrights Workshop, and the Bonderman. He has received numerous Kennedy Center/aCTF awards including: the 2008 Quest for Peace Playwriting award for Beautiful American Soldier; the 2007 National Student Playwriting award for In the Sawtooths, and the 1997 National Short Play award for Drop. Dano was a runner-up for Primary Stages' 2005 Bug-N-Bub Playwriting award and a finalist for the 2008 Cherry Lane Theatre Mentor Project. His work has been published by Samuel French, Inc., applause Books (Best American Short Plays 2005-2006), Playscripts, Inc. and by the Northwest Playwrights alliance. He was the recipient of the 2001 Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship in playwriting. Dano was recently named one of "50 Playwrights to Watch" by the Dramatist magazine. He received his Ba from Boise State University and his MFA from Rutgers University. He currently lives in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Photo by Mike Hipple)

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         Ariel On the Train         Beautiful American Soldier         Billy's Suitcase         Calling Of Caravaggio, The         Drop         Dude Derrick         Ella         Foothills Park         Forecast         Girl With the Keys, The         Honeymoon, The         In the Sawtooths         Leaving Ikea: A Play In Two Cantos         Loving Again         New, The         Painting A Room         Raccoon, The         Red Giant In the Milky Way         Rules Of the House         Save, The         Sheryl Ann's New Boyfriend         Soft Sand, The         Something Creative         Stamp, The         Sundays         Survival         Third Ward Scandal         Two Uncles         Wealthy Life Of Sam Tyler         Whitman's Brooklyb (And Beyond)         Yo-Yo

Ariel On the Train

Synopsis:
Bob meets a mysterious woman on the train

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Beautiful American Soldier

Synopsis:
Two sisters, unexpectedly lost along a quiet roadside in war-torn Iraq, find an unexpected friend in a man peddling junk. Together, their shattered hearts must find a way to deal with the consequences of war.

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*the Kennedy Center's 2008 Quest for Peace Playwriting Award. *Second Place, Boston theatre Works 2008 *Second place, University of Tulsa's 2007 New Works for Young Women. *Winner of the 2006 New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest, New York City

1st Produced:
Rutgers University     2006

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Best American Short Plays 2005-2006 (Applause Books), 2008   -

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Billy's Suitcase

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Calling Of Caravaggio, The

Synopsis:
the last moments of Caravaggio's life

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Fifteen minute play

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Drop

Synopsis:
Orflong and Zip are the lone dwellers on the planet Gavanuuy. they hunt Kalakazula worms with their sucknas (plungers) and play Gerfle, an infinite game. When Drop appears, they are fascinated by this english speaking creature and the games she brings. the closer Orflong and Zip get to Drop, the more estranged they become from each other until they can no longer communicate. Drop presents a unique challenge as it is scripted in the Gavanuuyian language spoken by Orflong and Zip. Winner of the Kennedy Center's National Short Play award and the anchorage Press theatre for Youth Playwriting award.

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1st Produced:
The Morrison Center For The Performing Arts, Stage Ii     1996

Organisations:
Boise State University

1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc., 1998   -

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Genre:
Comic Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Dude Derrick

Synopsis:
Derrick's wife and mother-in-law persuade him to accept the offer to have a reality television show

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Ten minute play

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Ella

Ella
Ella an African-American artist is involved in a tragedy. She no longer able to sculpt. She meets 19 year old white farm boy and gator hunter - probably the last person to get life back on track

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1st Published:
Contained in: "the Best American Short Plays 2009 - 2010" published by Applause Theatre Book Publishers   978-1557837622

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Foothills Park

Synopsis:
A New Yorker moves to Idaho and becomes embroiled in a neighbourhood dispute over vandalism in a local playground that has been blamed on Iraqi refugee children

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Drama

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Forecast

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Girl With the Keys, The

Synopsis:
Two basket ball players are trapped in the locker room and cannot get out to join in the game. An Iraqi girl gets in to the locker room

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Genre:
Short play

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Honeymoon, The

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In the Sawtooths

In the Sawtooths
as Oby, Nellie and Darin prepare for their annual backpacking trip in the mountains of Idaho, their bond is unexpectedly shattered by tragedy. What will become of their longtime friendship as they navigate through an immense and unexpected wilderness?

Notes:
the Kennedy Center National Student Playwriting Award, 2007. Runner-up, Primary Stages Bug-N-Bub Playwriting Award, 2005

1st Produced:
Stage Ii, Morrison Center For The Performing Arts, Boise, Idaho     01 Sep 2006

Organisations:
Boise State University

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Leaving Ikea: A Play In Two Cantos

Synopsis:
a coming out gone wrong, an angry gnome, and two hundred pounds of Swedish meatballs: welcome to IKea, friends. as two couples venture through their local Swedish superstore, they become trapped in a blue and yellow purgatory, unable to escape until they solve the problems in their ailing relationships. Will they be able to put all of the parts together without any instructions? Will they ever get home? Join two ordinary couples as they take an extraordinary journey to find the arrows that will lead them out of the relationship inferno that is IKea.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Monica Flory & Dano Madden

1st Produced:
Brooklyn Lyceum
227 4th aVenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215     07 Jun 2012

Organisations:
the Artful Conspirators

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/leaving-ikea   -

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Play/Drama

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Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Loving Again

Synopsis:
Ryan's heart was broken when his last affair broke up. He has now fallen for emily - but can he reveal his dark secret?

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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New, The

Synopsis:
Three people at a convenience store on New Year's eve have difficult decisions to make

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Ten minute play

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Painting A Room

Synopsis:
the entire apartment has be painted puke green

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1st Produced:
Washington D.C.     2008

Organisations:
the Source Festival

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Ten Min

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Raccoon, The

Synopsis:
the students of Oakwoods High are celebrating their graduation, when the appearance of an old friend forces them to confront their memory of the one day when their desire to get back at the class troublemaker went horribly wrong.

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1st Produced:
Idaho Theater for Youth in Stage II of the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts in Boise, Idaho     17 Jul 1998

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http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-raccoon   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama (reading)

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Red Giant In the Milky Way

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Rules Of the House

Synopsis:
A wife and daughter celebrate the death of their husband and father

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Save, The

Synopsis:
an ordinary day for two little league moms is upended when an unkempt stranger arrives to watch their children play baseball. Worried for their children's safety, the women try to have the stranger removed, only to realize that the game they take for granted offers peace of mind and simple reassurance to this troubled war veteran.

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Celebrating And exploring themes from America's favorite pastime, the Baseball Plays: 7th Inning Stretch is A collection of short comedies And Dramas from the Mile Square theatre's Annual event. From A couple Arguing over the use of steroids (Off Base by Theresa Rebeck) to A priest's fight to preserve the Abandoned lot where the local children play ball (asphalt Green by Rogelio Martinez), to A marriage dissolved over fantasy baseball (Fantasy League by Lee Blessing), this collection captures the love, frustration, And nostalgia surrounding this beloved sport.

1st Produced:
Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken, Nj     18 Jul 2005

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1st Published:
in the Baseball Plays: 7th Inning Stretch, Playscripts Inc   -

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Genre:
10 min comedy Drama

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Sheryl Ann's New Boyfriend

Synopsis:
Sheryl Ann is desperate to have a boy friend and she has found one - trouble is he is one of the undead - a vampire

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Genre:
eight minute play

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Soft Sand, The

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the Soft Sand is in An Anthology of ten-minute plays published by the Northwest Playwrights Alliance. Copies can be obtained by contacting the publisher, Bryan Willis: willis@olynet.com

1st Produced:
Morrison Center For The Performing Arts, Stage Ii     1994

Organisations:
Boise State University

1st Published:
NorthNorthwest 2007, Northwest Playwrights alliance, 2007   -

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Something Creative

Synopsis:
Two office temps copy and shred documents to the point of a near nervous breakdown.

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part of 3rd New York New Playwright Festival (NYNP)

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Project Y Theatre Company

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Genre:
short play

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Stamp, The

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Sundays

Synopsis:
Boozer is emotional when his football team are eliminated from the play-offs

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Genre:
Monologue

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Survival

Synopsis:
In Survival, against all odds, Mac has survived. . .but can his marriage do the same?

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1st Produced:
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, NY     2009

Organisations:
34th Off Off Broadway Samuel French Short Play Festival

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Third Ward Scandal

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part of Technoplays: This original production of 11 short plays focuses on the themes of our last reading series: Science, Technology and Human Connection.

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Project Y Playwrights Group

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http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/technoplays-part-a   -

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Two Uncles

Synopsis:
5.30 in the morning and Maggie wants to leave her boyfriend

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Six minute play

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Wealthy Life Of Sam Tyler

Synopsis:
Sam Tyler is the wealthy owner of a casino. When his Father dies he changes and starts giving his money to needy customers

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  8            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Whitman's Brooklyb (And Beyond)

Synopsis:
Life and works of Walt Whitman

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Genre:
One act

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Yo-Yo

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