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Michael R McGuire

MICHAEL R MCGUIRE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Michael R. McGuire is a playwright in southeastern Connecticut. He is a recipient of a CT Artist Fellowship for his play The New Girl. His plays have been produced and workshopped at the Lark, Theatre for the New City, Horse Trade Theater, Heartland Theater, Valley Repertory Company, Bridgeport Theater Company, Slant of Light Theater, Hygienic Theaterwerks, Secret Theater and other places. He has written dozens of plays and the novel The Undertaker's Hill.

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

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

         It Comes from Beyond         Misjudgment of Oenone, The         Persephone Rules         These Flowers Are For My Mother         when half the sphere is visible

It Comes from Beyond

Synopsis:
When a Bombshell sets her sights on a Square neither her violent ex- a Hotshot- nor the Square's calculations of the world's end can dissuades her. Inspired by 1950's pulp film greats this play by Michael R McGuire addresses all of our 2012 fears. A zany, absurdist and ultimately dark comedy that explores American archetypes, xenophobia, fate, and the monsters that lurk within us.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
the Red Room
85 East 4th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10003     06 Dec 2012

Organisations:
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1st Published:
When a Bombshell sets her sights on a Square neither her violent ex- a Hotshot- nor the Square's calculations of the world's end can dissuades her. Inspired by 1950's pulp film greats this play by Michael R McGuire addresses all of our 2012 fears. A zany, absurdist and ultimately dark comedy that explores American archetypes, xenophobia, fate, and the monsters that lurk within us.   -

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Play/Drama

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Misjudgment of Oenone, The

Synopsis:
Everyone knows the Judgment of Paris; how he chose the fairest of three goddesses and in so doing won the hand of Helen, thus starting the Trojan War. Few recall, however, that Paris already had a wife: Oenone, an immortal nymph and healer. The Misjudgment of Oenone is the tragic story of a great woman who makes the wrong choices.

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1st Published:
Brookly Publishers   978-1-60003-150-2

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Genre:
Drama, Legends and Myths 100 min

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Persephone Rules

Synopsis:
Hades has just kidnapped Persephone, spiriting her to the Underworld and causing her mother, Demeter, to leave the world blanketed in winter. . .or did he? Maybe Persephone set the whole thing up because she was tired of eternally perfect Olympus, "so golden, so glorious, so blah!" Persephone Rules! Adventures of a Teenage Goddess is a zany comedy that tells what really happened between Hades (who hates his job) Persephone, her tag-along kid sister, Cypher, and the rest of those wacky Olympian gods..

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1st Published:
Brookly Publishers   978-1-60003-142-7

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Genre:
comedy 90 min

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  1

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These Flowers Are For My Mother

Synopsis:
A son of a divorced couple recounts the days and events preceding his mother's death.

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when half the sphere is visible

Synopsis:
Can there be a perfect kiss? Will a wall of water burst a burden of guilt? Can a belt buckle baffle the TSA? An escapade forking in unexpected places, this genre-bending blend of storytelling explores the dichotomies we live with (and often choose to ignore). A collaborative effort between four playwrights, five directors and nine actors, when half the sphere is visible creates a greater narrative from four interwoven stories.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Jesse Cameron Alick, Matthew Gutschick, Michael McGuire, Germono Toussaint

1st Produced:
the Red Room
85 East 4th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10003     10 May 2012

Organisations:
the Drafts

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/when-half-the-sphere-is-visible   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama 60 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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