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4th Of July
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Rebel Verses At Center Stage, NY
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Edie & Alexander
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Edie and Alexander are so glad you moved in next door. So very glad. They'd like to invite you over for dinner. They promise it will be an evening to remember.
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1st Produced:
Seventh Street Small Stage, NYC
13 Nov 2011
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Rising Phoenix Rep
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http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/edie--alexander
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one act 60 min
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Girl
A play about what it means to be a 'girl' in this day and age. the girls in this play show great strength, revealing their vulnerabilities in language that is honest and extremely compelling. Split into three sections, the characters speak entirely in monologues (with some overlap', providing great material for auditions and monologue work. Following are the different sections and their synopses: 'things You Can't Tell Just By Looking At Her' (1w'Hannah, a teenager (15', talks about her drug-addicted sister's recent suicide, and ponders how her relationship with their mother was always clouded by her sister's problems.'We Did What We Could With What We Had' (2w, 1m'Lucy, a teenage girl (17', her mother (30s', and her friend Isaac (17' all speak directly to the audience about their relationships with each other. Lucy thinks Isaac loves her. Isaac really cares for Lucy, but is too restless to commit. Lucy's mother is frightened that Lucy will end up making the same mistakes she did as a teenager (and become a teenage mom'. Lucy ends up not being able to follow in her mother's footsteps, which in the end is probably for the best, even though she doesn't feel so great about it.'Lesson's I've Learned' (1w'Lydia, a recent college grad, tells the story of how she became pregnant at the end of college by a guy with whom she hoped to have a real future, but instead he rejected her, citing her slutty reputation. She decides to keep the baby and sees it as the first positive decision that she's ever made.
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NYC Fringe Festival
2004
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Going After Alice
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Hawk Has No Name, The
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In the Kitchen
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The Public Theater; Center Stage, NY
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Lizards
A near-drowning accident sends Phoebe into a tailspin as she turns away from her marriage and toward her rescuer. Science teacher Victor loses his job and meets an unusual girl all in one day. While Ronnie is deciding whether to tell her newly single roommate Sebastian how she really feels. Through a masterful web of intertwined storylines and relationships, LIZARDS . . . tells the tale of six twentysomethings adapting to stress - and on the brink of change.
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Guthrie Theatre, University Of Minnesota
2007
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Play/Drama
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Male: 3 Female: 3 Other: -
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Nancy Blue Girl Detective
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The High School principal has vanished
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One act
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Male: 2 Female: 14 Other: 1 either sex
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Objects Are Closer Than They Appear
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Part of "Ninth Annual Barn Series"
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Shiva Theatre, New York
23 Oct 2008
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Short play
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Secret Lives Of Losers, The
In high school, Neely was deemed 'most Likely to Succeed,' but at 19, she's still working at the Amoco station and taking care of her meth-addicted younger brother (their mom ran out on them in search of herself'. Her best-friend is a small-time drug dealer (also 19' who's taking care of the baby he had with a girl who has gone off to college abandoning them both. Into this mess strolls a new cop, who takes an interest in Neely and starts to date her. A swift-moving, compassionate script about young adults in bad circumstances looking for a way out
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Barn Series At The Public Theater; Barrington Stage Company (Reading)
2006
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Play/Drama
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Male: 3 Female: 2 Other: 1 female voiceover
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We Did What We Could With What We Had
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1st Produced:
Hbo U.S.Comedy Arts Festival
2003
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We Said Out Loud
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Developing Artists Theater Company At Center Stage, NY
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