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Richard Medugno

RICHARD MEDUGNO

  (1959 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Richard Medugno has written numerous plays, many of which have been staged and several have been published. A graduate of the UC Irvine School of Fine Arts, Richard's work has been produced by many small theatres across the US. Richards memoir Deaf Daughter, Hearing Father was published by Gallaudet University Press in 2005. His drama for hearing and Deaf actors Silent Salzburg was produced at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont and the Pensacola Opera Company in 2006 and 2008, respectively. Richard's short play Cyrano Truncated received critical acclaim in San Francisco at Pianofights Short Lived 2.0 in 2009 and was a 2013 finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville Heideman Award. Richards one-act adaptation of Gogols short story The Overcoat was staged by Arclight Repertory Theatre of San Jose in 2010. The Overcoat and his adaptation of Gogols short story The Nose were published by Playscripts.com in the spring of 2011 under the title Gogols St. Petersburg Stories. Richard collaborated with Oregon Shakespeare Festival actor Howie Seago on an epic drama titled Preying Hands. The new piece received a round table reading with OSF company members in Ashland, 2011 and a staged reading at Deaf Spotlight in Seattle, 2012. It was published in May, 2014. In April 2012, Richard had a workshop production of The Captive Flowers - a full-length play at City Lights Theatre in San Jose. Richard has also acted in Unspoken and Sonnet 29, two short films.

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

         Bigger Dreams         Captive Flowers, The         Cyrano Truncated         Gogol's St.Petersburg Stories         Mulligan Marriage, The         Near Death Experiment         Piece of Work in Roxbury, A         Preying Hands - A Drama in Two Parts Inspired by Actual Events         Savannah         Silent Salzburg         To See You Again         Whales In the Channel

Bigger Dreams

Bigger Dreams
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1st Published:
1st Book Library   978-1410725370

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Genre:
Drama

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Captive Flowers, The

Synopsis:
The Captive Flowers is the story of a family of adult women, one domineering mother and five daughters headed for spinsterhood, living alone and loving only each other, in a small town in 1890 France. When Vincent Van Gogh moves in with a doctor who lives nearby, one of women, thirty-year-old Margot becomes attracted to him, which threatens her sisters' and mother's stable family life. Margot follows Vincent into the fields, spying on him as he paints. Vincent - just months away from death - knows his madness has control of his mind and does his best to avoid the bloom of the relationship Margot so desperately wants to help her escape her oppressive home life. Vincent succumbs to Margot's unconditionally love and for a brief time it looks as if they will be able to marry and make each other happy. Though not a true story, the drama was inspired by Van Gogh's biography and his paintings.

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1st Produced:
Workshop production at City Lights Theatre Company    Apr 2012

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City Lights Theatre Company

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Genre:
Full-length period drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Cyrano Truncated

Synopsis:
Cyrano Truncated finds two drunken swashbucklers debating the benefits and dangers of amateur rhinoplasty. It received critical acclaim in San Francisco at Pianofight's Short Lived 2.0 in 2009 and was a 2013 finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville Heideman Award.

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1st Produced:
PianoFight - San Francisco, CA    Jun 2009

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PianoFight

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Genre:
10-minute Period Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Gogol's St.Petersburg Stories

Synopsis:
Gogol's St. Petersburg Stories is based upon two Nikolai Gogol short stories: The Overcoat and The Nose. It was published by Playscripts.com in the spring of 2011. The Overcoat begins when a poor newspaper clerk makes over his mediocre life by splurging on a new coat, only to have it stolen. Meanwhile, in the same bleak world, a bureaucrat awakens one day to find his nose gone, only to mysteriously find it again in The Nose. These overlapping tales of wit join two men as they discover the absurdity and despair of uncontrollable circumstances.

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1st Produced:
Arclight Repertory Theatre    Apr 2010

Organisations:
Arclight Repertory Theatre

1st Published:
Playscripts.com (Spring 2011)   -

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Genre:
Two Tragicomedic Period One-Acts

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  4

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Mulligan Marriage, The

Synopsis:
A recently divorced woman has an accident and appears to have lost her memory of the last 5 years. Her ex-husband is presented with the dilemma of turning back the clock and having a "do-over" and perhaps avoiding the mistakes that doomed their marriage.

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Genre:
Full-Length Dramedy

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Near Death Experiment

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Piece of Work in Roxbury, A

Synopsis:
The story of the growing friendship between two young men (one white and one black) set in the mid-90's in an accounting office in Boston during the O.J. Simpson "Trial of the Century." Their bond grows deep as they enjoy office hijinks with co-workers and then face down their difference of opinions when the verdict is announced.

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Genre:
Full-length Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  Male voice (off stage)

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Preying Hands - A Drama in Two Parts Inspired by Actual Events

Synopsis:
Preying Hands is a drama that spans four decades. It is inspired by actual events. It tells the tale of the intrepid students of the St. John's School for the Deaf in Wisconsin who were molested by a Catholic priest in the 1960's and 1970s, and their fight for justice.

Notes:
Co-written with Deaf actor Howie Seago and Richard Medugno

1st Produced:
Round table reading at Oregon Shakespeare Festival - Ashland, Oregon    -

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1st Published:
CreateSpace - https://www.createspace.com/4779488 (May 2014)   149-9272898

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Genre:
2 Full-Length Plays

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  A group of 10-12 (deaf and hearing) actors (male and female), some must take on multiple roles, and must know American Sign Language.

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Savannah

Synopsis:
A young woman is hit and killed by a train. Her ghost helps her teenaged friends deal with her death as they try to figure out if it was an accident, a murder, or a suicide.

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For teenaged actors

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Genre:
One-Act Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Silent Salzburg

Silent Salzburg
World War Two. An Austrian Christian family go into hiding so the Nazis wont be able to sterilise their deaf teenage son

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1st Produced:
Little Theatre, California School for the Deaf, Freemont    2006

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1st Published:
AuthorHouse   978-1425990589

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Genre:
Drama

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To See You Again

Synopsis:
Twenty years after their romance broke up Joseph persuades Jennifer to re-enact their first meeting for the camera. the gay waiter is roped in to be cameraman

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View, California    10 Dec 2006

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Genre:
Comedy. - - Gay theme/character, full length

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Whales In the Channel

Synopsis:
the effect that a stranded whale has on a group of strangers

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View, California    06 May 2007

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