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Paul Mullin

PAUL MULLIN

  (1967 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Paul Mullin's Dramatic innovations have flourished in productions across the United States. Paul Mullin recently premiered the SEQUENCE at the Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena in October of 2008. Earlier that year he premiered the TEN Thousand THINGS at Washington Ensemble Theatre in Seattle. His LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA won the L. A. Drama Critics Award for Outstanding World Premiere, and was read by invitation before scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. the SEQUENCE, was originally commissioned by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in collaboration with Ensemble Studio Theatre. In addition to work for the stage, Mullin has written several feature film scripts and television documentaries. Mullin was recently recognized by Seattle's preeminent alternative weekly, the STRANGER with a "Genius Award" for achievement in Theatre. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Paul Mullin now makes his home in Seattle with his wife and two sons.

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

         American Book Of the Dead - the Game Show,, An         Crossing         Damned Fugue         Don Juan Cult Concerto, The         Ellison And Eden         Erasable Inc         Feanor And the Gods         Good Ship Manhattan, The         Grendel         Hitting the Ground         Light From the Sun         Louis Slotin Sonata         More Loesser         New You Boat, The         Often Lie         Philosophes         Pool Parlor         Septarchy, The         Sequence, The         Ten Thousand Things, The         Tuesday

American Book Of the Dead - the Game Show,, An

American Book Of the Dead - the Game Show,, An
Plucked from the audience, three contestants live and die their way through a myriad of American incarnations as they compete for the ultimate prize, perfect enlightenment. the entire history of the United States becomes the playing field, from Jamestown to the World Trade Center attack and beyond, as they struggle towards their individual goals. In between lives, the contestants visit the bardo realms, wacky worlds between death and rebirth where Stonewall Jackson and Harriet Tubman are husband and wife; and people reincarnate as corporations. When things seem like they couldn't get any weirder, as the contestants start to be born as each other and the understanding begins to dawn that enlightenment is now here and nowhere; a trillion light-years and just a blink away.

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1st Produced:
Circle X Theatre Company, Los Angeles, California.    2002

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1st Published:
Original Works, Los Angeles >>>    978-1934962336

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Crossing

Synopsis:
Two boatmen ferry an Irish canon commander and his weapon across the Delaware River

Notes:
Also known As "Jonas Spongeman Crossing"

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Organisations:
Annex Theatre

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Genre:
Drama Ten Min

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Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Damned Fugue

Synopsis:
the playwright interweaves in fugal form the story of his window cleaning accident with the last desperate days of Kurt Cobain.

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Organisations:
Annex Theatre

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Genre:
Drama in fugal form Ten Min

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Don Juan Cult Concerto, The

Synopsis:
Les Newman's half-brother Jonathan is in Seattle to compose a concerto inspired by the legendary Don Juan, but it seems he'd rather study the Arts of seduction than actually write the score. Meanwhile, Les is too busy getting his own heart broken to pay much attention as the eager composer zeroes in on his ultimate challenge: a reticent receptionist with a savagely sad secret of her own. the DON JUAN CULT CONCERTO explores the often brutal- often brutally hilarious- territory of unbridled romantic rapacity, as two men and three women each come separately to a single inevitable conclusion: no matter how you see yourself- predator or prey- you are, like it or not, always and forever, a member of the cult.

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1st Produced:
Seattle, Washington    2008

Organisations:
North Seattle Community College

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Genre:
Romantic Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Ellison And Eden

Synopsis:
Ellison wants to save his dead brother's life - he is working on a computer programme that will reach into the past. Eden has participated in an orgy in a muddy field. Young love

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1st Produced:
The Conservatory Theatre, New York City,    1990

Organisations:
A Voice in the Well Ensemble

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Erasable Inc

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1st Produced:
Stamp Union, University Of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.    1986

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Genre:
Ongoing Improv and Sketch Comedy

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Feanor And the Gods

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1st Produced:
University Of Maryland Experimental Theatre, College Park, Maryland    1987

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Good Ship Manhattan, The

Synopsis:
Richard escaped to New York from a life of quiet desperation teaching junior high history in Baltimore. Now he subsidizes his alcoholic flirtation with oblivion by temping at a Madison Avenue advertising conglomerate. But once his boss Greg finally convinces him to "go permanent", all corporate hell breaks loose. What do an obsessive-compulsive corporate comptroller, an ex-piano prodigy, a poetess-bartender and a burnt-out schoolteacher have in common? Well, for one they're all mates on the Good Ship Manhattan, and as the action builds through the summer of 2001, whether they sense it or not, they're sailing into some of the roughest seas this beaten old boat has ever seen.

Notes:
9/11 takes place during the intermission of this play.

1st Produced:
2100 Square Feet Theater, Los Angeles, Ca    2003

Organisations:
the Smaller Project

1st Published:
Original Works (2008)   978-1934962343

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Grendel

Synopsis:
the Beowulf story told from the point of view of the dragon

Notes:
Based on the book by John Gardner

1st Produced:
Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle, Washington    1997

Organisations:
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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hitting the Ground

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1st Produced:
Nymburu Cultural Center, College Park, Maryland    1988

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Light From the Sun

Synopsis:
Two lovers have only nine and a half minutes left to live

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Annex Theater

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Louis Slotin Sonata

Synopsis:
At 3:20 PM on Tuesday, May 21, 1946 Louis Slotin's hand slipped-- a small, practically insignificant blunder, except that Slotin was the chief -bomb builder at Los Alamos, and at that fateful moment he held in his hands a plutonium bomb core named "Rufus". the slip caused a chain reaction that in turn released a deadly "prompt burst" of radiation. Slotin and others saw a blue glow and felt a momentary flux of heat on their faces. Slotin flung the shell to the floor but it was too late. the damage was done. In the milliseconds it took for the plutonium to spit its deadly neutrons, Louis Slotin became a walking dead man. With a structure inspired by classical music's sonata allegro form, LOUIS SLOTIN SONATA traces the true story of a brilliant scientist's last nine days, as his body and mind gradually succumb to the chaos wrecked by radiation. Reliving the moment of his accident again and again, Slotin slowly makes his own unique way to redemption.

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WINNER of the LA Drama Critics Circle Ted Schmitt Award for the World Premiere of An Outstanding New Play; WINNER of the LA Weekly Award for Best New Play; WINNER of the Backstage West Garland Award for Playwriting; WINNER of the Seattle Times Footlight Award for Best New Play (NW Premiere).

1st Produced:
Hollywood Court Theatre, Hollywood, California    1999

Organisations:
Circle X Theatre Co.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

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More Loesser

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1st Produced:
The Market Theatre, Seattle, Washington.    1992

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New You Boat, The

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1st Produced:
Annex Theatre, Seattle, Washington    1992

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Often Lie

Synopsis:
A government official meets Queen Mab on a commuter train

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1st Produced:
Chac Lower Stage, Seattle, Wa    2005

Organisations:
Double Duck Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
horror Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Philosophes

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
University Of Maryland Experimental Theatre, College Park, Maryland.    1986

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Pool Parlor

Synopsis:
based on the 1942 painting of the same name by Jacob Lawrence, staged as part of larger evening of plays based on important paintings called BEYOND the FRAME

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1st Produced:
Theatre Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington    2005

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Genre:
Short Play One Act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Septarchy, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Annex Theatre, Seattle, Washington    1993

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Music:
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Sequence, The

Synopsis:
Renegade researcher Craig Venter develops a controversial "shotgun" technique for sequencing DNA, then quits the National Institute of Health in frustration over an institutional lack of imagination. He quickly makes a fortune in the private sector, and becomes simultaneously the most loved and hated figure of contemporary science. A folksy doctor named Francis Collins inherits the U.S. government's colossal Human Genome Project from no less a giant in the field than James Watson. When his victory in the sequencing race is threatened by Venter, he quickly makes the transition from apparent bumpkin to fierce competitor. Kellie Silverstein, an eager young journalist, cuts her teeth on the biggest science story of all time, the race to decipher the dynamic code of life hidden within the human genome, while she simultaneously runs a race with her own mortality. In the competition to sequence the human genome, will the grand prize be the public good or private profit? And how will three people, amid the frenzied race to determine what makes a human being, discover their humanity?

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1st Produced:
Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Pasadena, California    2008

Organisations:
Theatre @ Boston Court

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Ten Thousand Things, The

Synopsis:
Somewhere in the mountains of the American West a clock keeps time for ten thousand years. Or, at least that's the legend that drives a young woman to hunt down an old man in the wilderness; and keeps the consciousness of a savagely brilliant woman named Swastika locked in a fist-sized cube of gold; and compels an aging archivist cross a continent on foot to search for the fabled cube; and inspires an embittered playwright to start a play intended to change through the centuries like the clock in mountains, ticking one word at a time. Inspired by the Long Now Foundation's actual plans to build a decamillenial clock, the TEN Thousand THINGS interweaves stories across deep time in an attempt to answer, or perhaps only ask, the questions of what it means to be a human being beyond a human lifespan

Notes:
the play is exactly 10,000 words of dialogue And changes by one word every time it is publicly performed.

1st Produced:
The Little Theatre, Seattle, Washington    2008

Organisations:
Washington Ensemble Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Tuesday

Synopsis:
TUESDAY is the story of a day in the life of Audie McCall; no ordinary thing, since every day in Audie's life is, in a way, a life in itself. Audie suffers from an extremely rare form of Korsakoff's Syndrome, a kind of amnesia that causes him to forget everything he knows about himself every time he falls asleep. So this Tuesday morning, just like every morning, he must be painstakingly re-taught every detail of his existence. Through the course of the day, using ruthless psychoDrama and insidious metaphysics, Audie's doctors lay bare the events that brought him to the fateful night he lost his life story and the humanity the rest of us take for granted.

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1st Produced:
Aha! Theatre, Seattle, Washington    1996

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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