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Michael Maiello

MICHAEL MAIELLO

  
Nationality:    USA
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Michael Maiello is a playwright, a fiction scribe, and a journalist on staff at Forbesmagazine. He is also a resident playwright with Manhattan's critically acclaimed Godlight Theatre Company, where he is the co-creator, with composer Andrew Recinos, of the musical Principia, which has its New York debut 2003. Mr. Maiello's work has received other New York productions at the Joseph Papp Memorial Public Theatre, La Mama eTC, and Dixon Place.

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

         Night Of Faith         Principia         Troy, Troy, Troy!         Waiting For Death

Night Of Faith

Synopsis:
Sylvia is a difficult dinner date, but Henry is determined to get beyond her apathy. as the increasingly fantastical evening unfolds, the waiter comes to embody Sylvia's ideal man -- a scimitar-wielding arabian prince. If Henry wants to win Sylvia, he must set aside rationality and best this prince in battle.

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1st Produced:
Theatre Studio Inc. (New York, NY, United States)    1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
25-35 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  2 males, 1 female (3 actors possible: 1-2 males, 1-2 females)

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Principia

Principia
Principia is a mass for the masses. a lunatic ensemble of gods, pirates, preachers and Magic 8 Balls confound a man named Kerry on his journey from Middle-American obscurity to the height of power. Inspired by the notorious faux-religious text the Principia Discordia.

Notes:
written by Michael Maiello And Andrew Recinos

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Organisations:
the Godlight Theatre Company

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Genre:
Comedy Musical, 90 min Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Troy, Troy, Troy!

Synopsis:
Troy! Troy! Troy! retells the story of the Trojan War through the lens of Americas experience in Iraq and the subsequent global financial crisis. When the invading Greeks finally breach the walls of Troy they must confront an unexpected truth, Helen was never there.

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

Music:
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Genre:
play 90 min

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Waiting For Death

Synopsis:
a wealthy, shallow couple throws a wealthy, shallow party in honor of a famous author, but Death shows up instead. Death has come to claim someone, but he's keeping the identity of this doomed soul a sadistic little secret. the couple and their friends -- including a television writer, a plastic surgeon, and a gossip columnist -- are suddenly compelled to put their petty concerns aside and face the mortality that may be imminent.

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1st Produced:
West Coast Ensemble (Los Angeles, Ca, United States)    2000

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
25-30 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  3 males, 3 females, 1 either (7 actors possible: 3-4 males, 2-3 females)

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