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Richard Mazda

RICHARD MAZDA

  
Nationality:    British
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Richard Mazda is a British born playwright, director and actor who founded the Queens Players in January 2005. He currently lives in Sunnyside, New York with his wife Lesley and daughter, Savannah. Produced plays include 7 Stories, All the Wild Horses, CinderElla [ A Peculiarly English Pantomime], the Bloomsbury Butcher, the Poacher's Game, Home James, Pirate Pete's Parrot and Touch of Death. As an actor Mazda has appeared in Home James, Nuit De Noces, Dark of the Moon, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Edward II and many others in London and in multiple productions in New York including the role of 'English' in Bag Fulla Money at Theater Row's Clurman Theatre. Besides directing for the Queens Players he has also directed My Inner Mark Berman at Theater For the New City. Mazda is also a ASCAP award winner songwriter and has had many hits as a record producer including Wall of Voodoo's seminal, 'mexican Radio' and Jamie Morgan's 'Walk on the Wild Side'. More information at www.richardmazdA.com.

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         7 Stories         All the Wild Horses         Bloomsbury Butcher, The         Catz 'n' Dogz         Christmas Carol, A         Cinderella [ A Peculiarly English Pantomime]         Double Crossed         Good Death, The         Home James         Pirate Pete's Parrot         Poacher's Game, The         Poe: An Imaginary Waltz         Princess Particular         Touch Of Death

7 Stories

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All the Wild Horses

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Bloomsbury Butcher, The

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Catz 'n' Dogz

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Joolz a dog falls in love with Romeow a cat. Their friends Bones and Tab try to thwart their relationship

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Christmas Carol, A

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In this multimedia contemporary adaptation of A Christmas Carol, a young woman in corporate America has lost sight of the meaning of Christmas. As Christmas Eve approaches she is haunted not only by the ghosts of Christmas but by the ghosts and shadows in her own life. the Ghosts of Jacob Marley, Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come are all played by puppets and the production features live music and Christmas carols. Through this use of puppets and projections Scrooge is forced to confront the love and music she walked away from and the bleak and fatal future she is chasing in the name of success. This Christmas Eve, Scrooge is given one chance to change the course of her life, and therefore the lives of all those around her
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from Charles Dickens

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Secret Theatre, NY    2007

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the Queens Players

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Cinderella [ A Peculiarly English Pantomime]

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Double Crossed

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What happens when Madame X, a dominatrix learns from her sex slave, Diaper Man, that her maid, Fifi, is having an affair with her husband Sebastian? the Madame takes revenge on the illicit lovers for their disrespect and deceit. themes of fetishism, torture, and comedy are melded together in this brand new play.
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part of theatre of Fear, A program of gothic And macabre Grand Guignol plays just in time for the Halloween season

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the Secret Theatre, NY    2008

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Good Death, The

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the Good Death is based on an original Grand Guignol play, Euthanasia. the contemporary discussion of mercy killings is examined in a play where two doctors with opposing views debate the right to assisted suicide. Eleonora, a chronically ill, wheelchair-bound but lucid patient, wishes to die. Her sister Rhea has come to accept her morbid wish. Will Dr Mortice prevail or will Dr Porter insist that the sanctity of life overrides Eleonora's free will?
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part of theatre of Fear, A program of gothic And macabre Grand Guignol plays just in time for the Halloween season

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the Secret Theatre, NY    2008

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Home James

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Following his father's death from bowel cancer, Jamie Beddard finds himself on a strange and surreal journey of self-discovery. He is gently pushed out of a comfortable yet banal existence in Poughkeepsie and sent to live with a cousin, Crystal, who lives in the Big Apple. During his journey he briefly re-unites with an ex, meets an extremely odd cockney barman at the Telephone Bar, hooks up on random dates and then finds himself on an unexpected trip to Tijuana. In Mexico he finds love and a sketchy hotel owner, Jimmy, who asks him to take a mysterious package back to New York. . .
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a comedy by British playwright Jake Wood Adapted for American Audiences by Richard Mazda

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the Secret Theatre, the L.I.C. Arts Center    2007

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Pirate Pete's Parrot

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This is a family show, which will genuinely appeal to both adults and children alike. It is written and performed in a style which is closely allied to the traditional English pantomime that is occasionally ribald but unerringly decent. Shades of Commedia and Benny Hill may be found in the show, with Pete's mother played by a man. Bruce the Lion would rather be King of Comedy than King of the Jungle and he's channeling Dangerfield whilst our villain, Baron Bigbutt is a real 'no ifs or b. . .'. Oops. Just don't say the word B*@t around 'stingy'. You thought the Grinch was grumpy? Scrooge contemptible? Bring your Grammy or Rugrat, either way the infectious humor will keep both amused and while you watch your kids being entertained you may also feel that your teeth are not being pulled. We are so confident that you will enjoy the show that we will offer a total no quibble refund to anyone who doesn't have a great time.
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Arthur Seelen Theatre, NY    2006

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Poacher's Game, The

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Poe: An Imaginary Waltz

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POE: An Imaginary Waltz takes classics such as the Tell Tale Heart and the Black Cat and retells these iconic American tales in a unique cross Guignol-environmental theatre style. Full staging of these thought provoking Poe gems along with strange characters who interact with the audiences, an original one act where Poe's dead wife Virginia returns from the dead for the last dance they never had and live piano soundtrack promises a theatre experience to remember.
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4402 23rd Street, NY 11101-5000    27 Oct 2011

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Princess Particular

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Princess Particular wants to be a ballerina. Her parents - the King and Queen want her to attend to her princess duties

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Secret Theatre, Long Island, New York    May 2013

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Touch Of Death

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