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ELIZABETH MERIWETHER (1982 - )
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Elizabeth Meriwether. Ms. Meriwether's play The Mistakes Madeline Made was originally produced by Naked Angels Theater, and was subsequently produced at Yale Rep and published by Dramatists Play Service. Her other plays include Heddatron, an adaptation of Hedda Gabler featuring live robots which was produced by Les Freres Corbusier, and is published by Playscripts, Inc.; Nicky Goes Goth, which was first produced in 2004 in the New York Fringe Festival; and Oliver, which will be workshopped by the Vineyard Theatre. Ms. Meriwether is currently working on commissions from the Yale Repertory Theatre, Ars Nova, and Manhattan Theatre Club.
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90 Days Clinically Negative (A Viral Comedy) Dixie's Tupperware Party Heddatron I Bought A Bunker, Bitch Little Tales of Misogyny Mistakes Madeline Made, The My Mental Illness Nicky Goes Goth Oliver Parker! Particle Board Poor Bob Sketch Comedian Sound in the Throat, The Sutton Too Little Too Late True Love Story of My Parents90 Days
Synopsis:
Abby phones her boyfriend Eliot in rehab
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Contained in: "Elizabeth Meriweather The Collected Short Plays" published by Playscripts Inc -
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Short play
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Top of PageClinically Negative (A Viral Comedy)
Synopsis:
a collectively-written new comedy about AIDS. The following description is from the show's press release: "Playwright Beau Willimon curates an evening of work by several playwrights dealing with the issue of AIDS. The result is Clinically Negative, a full length play in which each of the five contributing writers picks up where the previous writer left off. The result is a hysterically irreverent take on the experience of getting tested for HIV."
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written by Elizabeth Meriwether, Sam Forman, Billy Eichner, Annie Baker, Beau Willimon
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MC Enterprises
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Genre:
Comedy. - - AIDS, full length
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Male: 2 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageDixie's Tupperware Party
Synopsis:
The following description is from the show's press release: "Dixie Longate, the fast-talking Tupperware Lady, has packed up her catalogues, and left her children in an Alabama trailer park to journey to The Big Apple. Join Dixie as she throws a good ol' fashioned Tupperware Party filled with outrageous tales, free giveaways, and the most fabulous assortment of Tupperware ever sold on a New York stage. See for yourself how Ms. Longate became the number one Tupperware seller in the world, as she educates her guests on the many alternative uses she has discovered for her plastic products!"
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written by Elizabeth Meriwether And Kris Andersson
1st Produced:
Ars Nova, NY 2007
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Ars Nova
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: - Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageHeddatron
Synopsis:
A pregnant housewife is abducted by robots and taken to the rainforest and forced to performHedda Gabler by her robot captors. Meanwhile, her family is back home in Michigan trying to find her, and Henrik Ibsen is in Norway attempting to write Hedda Gabler, as Strindberg taunts him. A hilarious and savage journey to freedom.
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1st Produced:
Les Freres Corbusier (HERE Arts Center) (New York, NY, United States) 2006
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Play - A Journal Of Plays" issue three
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Genre:
65-75 min Comedy/Drama
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Male: 6 Female: 4 Other: 6 males, 4 females, 2 either (10-14 actors possible: 4-8 males, 4-6 females)
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Top of PageI Bought A Bunker, Bitch
Synopsis:
Bad Boy breaks up with his girlfriend. He buys a bunker and moves in to it. The salesman has provided the bunker with two French floozies who definitely are not ladies
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Genre:
Short play
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Male: 4 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageLittle Tales of Misogyny
Synopsis:
The life of Patricia Highsmith as seen through her book of short stories
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Based on the book: "Little Tales of Misogyny" by Patricia Highsmith
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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian, historical characters
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageMistakes Madeline Made, The
Synopsis:
What happens if you just stop showering? THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE is a twisted and hilarious coming-of-age story about a girl who develops Ablutophobia, the fear of bathing. Struggling with a soul-crushing job as a personal assistant, she wages a furious, funny war against all things complacent, pampered and clean. As her smell starts to overwhelm her co-workers and many casual lovers-a series of bad poets-the play raises the questions: Is dirty living a political act? And is clean living even possible in these times of unrest? An unlikely story of love and dirty people.
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1st Produced:
The Culture Project, NY 2006
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Naked Angels
1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2007 -
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Genre:
Comedy
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Male: 3 Female: 2 Other: doubling
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Top of PageMy Mental Illness
Synopsis:
Me has an anxiety attack. She hires two lesbian porn stars to interpret the attack through dance
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Contained in: "Elizabeth Meriweather The Collected Short Plays" published by Playscripts Inc -
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Genre:
Short play. - - Lesbian, one act
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Male: - Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageNicky Goes Goth
Synopsis:
The love story of Nicky Hilton and a Goth called Shithead.
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1st Produced:
- 2004
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Playscripts Inc -
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Genre:
Black comedy
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Male: 5 Female: 5 Other: -
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Top of PageOliver Parker!
Synopsis:
Oliver is 17 and Jasper is 60. They are best friends. Oliver wants to get laid, and Jasper wants to help. Jasper wants to drink himself to death, and Oliver wants to save him. And they share a secret that could ruin them both. . . if it hasn't already. A jet black comedy about hurting the ones you love, and loving the ones that hurt.
- nytheatre.com
- nytheatre.com
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the stageFARM
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Playscripts Inc -
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Genre:
Play/Drama
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Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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Top of PageParticle Board
Synopsis:
The mini-biography of the world's first and foremost Particle Board comedian, Harold Cretts, who punctuated every joke by hitting himself on the head with a piece of wood.
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1st Produced:
Ars Nova Theater (New York, NY, United States) 2007
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Playscripts, Inc - New York -
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Genre:
10-15 min Comedy
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Male: 1 Female: 2 Other: 1 male, 2 females, 3 either (3-6 actors possible: 1-4 males, 1-5 females)
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Top of PagePoor Bob
Kitty always uses the her brother, Seymour, to breakup with her boyfriends, because she is secretly obsessed with Atreyu from The Neverending Story. This time, Kitty decides that things are going to be different when she brings Bob to visit Seymour's dorm at Harvard. But after a game of Yahtzee and meeting Seymour's mysterious friend, Kitty discovers it may not be time to grow up just yet.
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In 1995, A group of writers, directors And Actors gathered on Manhattan's Lower East Side for what was supposed to be A one-time-only event: write, direct, produce And perform new plays with the span of 24 hours. More than A decade And just over 300 plays later, The 24 Hour Plays have been produced on Broadway, in London, Los Angeles, Chicago And Across the globe.
1st Produced:
The 24 Hour Company at The Signature Theater (New York, NY, United States) 2005
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in 24 by 24: The 24 Hour Plays Anthology, Playscripts Inc 978-0-9709046-9-0
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Genre:
8-10 min Comedy
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Male: 3 Female: 1 Other: 3 males, 1 female
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Top of PageSketch Comedian
Synopsis:
A college gets invited back to the apartment of her favourite comedian. She gets tongued tied and sits silently while he rambles on about his life
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Contained in: "Elizabeth Meriweather The Collected Short Plays" published by Playscripts Inc -
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Genre:
Short play
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageSound in the Throat, The
Synopsis:
explores the relationship between the United States and Australia
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part of The Australia Project
1st Produced:
Kraine Theatre, NY, USA 2006
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Contained in: "Elizabeth Meriweather The Collected Short Plays" published by Playscripts Inc -
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Genre:
Short play
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Male: 1 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageSutton
Synopsis:
The party loving, heavy drinking daughter of the President of the United States clashes with her black bodyguard.
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1st Produced:
- 2006
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Genre:
One act
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageToo Little Too Late
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Too Little Too Late is the first theatrical venture from the young company, Red Elevator Productions. Featuring original And premiere short plays from six of the most promising And Arresting young writers on the New York theater scene, Too Little Too Late explores the problem of (dis)connect in A complicated world-because in our breakneck lives of over-stimulus media, instant mass communication, restlessness, And expectation, how does Anyone really connect?
- nytheatre.com
- nytheatre.com
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Red Elevator Productions
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Genre:
short play
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageTrue Love Story of My Parents
Synopsis:
A daughter retells the story of her parents' relationship to her parents
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1st Produced:
- 2005
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Elizabeth Meriweather The Collected Short Plays" published by Playscripts Inc -
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Genre:
Short play
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Male: 2 Female: 2 Other: -
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