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Henry Murray

HENRY MURRAY  (1947 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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One of five siblings, Henry Murray, was raised and educated in the South. Now lives in Venice, CA.

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

         Down For the Count         Going Down         Hearing Trumpet, The         Monkey Adored         Skeletal Remains of an American Indian by the Light of the Harvest Moon, The         Three Views Of the Same Object         Treefall

Down For the Count

Synopsis:
Jesse has fallen and can't get up. Poppy can't quite reach his wheelchair. What will they do now.

Notes:
Heideman Award Finalist

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Genre:
dramedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Going Down

Synopsis:
the plane is crashing it is time to clear your conscience

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Last Frontier Theatre Conference    May 2009

Organisations:
Last Frontier Theatre Conference Fringe Festival

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Genre:
comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Hearing Trumpet, The

Synopsis:
When Marian Leatherby's best friend gives her a hearing trumpet, a whole new world opens up.

Notes:
Based on Leonora Carrington's novel the Hearing Trumpet

1st Produced:
the Electric Lodge, Venice, CA    May 2001

Organisations:
JuxtAproductions

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Genre:
full length Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Monkey Adored

Synopsis:
Sonny, the monkey, is a terrorist about to blow up a human laboratory to protect the world from a thermonuclear war. Brown Spot, the Dog, who loves Sonny but who still feels his deep sense of loyalty to humans, who aren't loyal to him, tries to stop Sonny's sacrifice-suicide. But on the night before Sonny acts out his belief that only violence brings about change, a large white puppet appears at the door and speaks gibberish. Sonny's plot has been discovered by humans. This is an ironic twist that asks us to turn our human thinking upside down and see the world through an animal's eyes. Monkey Adored is a delightful piece about a terrifying subject-nuclear holocaust.
- Rosalind Lacy, dctheatrescene

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1st Produced:
Page to Stage festival, Washington, DC    2009

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Skeletal Remains of an American Indian by the Light of the Harvest Moon, The

Synopsis:
When Marian Leatherby's best friend gives her a hearing trumpet, a whole new world opens up.

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1st Produced:
the Back Alley Theatre (reading)    -

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Genre:
Drama (long one act)

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Three Views Of the Same Object

Synopsis:
Poppy and Jesse an elderly couple, have a suicide pact. they will kill themselves before they get so decrepit that they lose control over their lives. But how do you know when that moment comes? How do you gauge when it's just before being too late? And what if one is ready to go and the other isn't?

Notes:
finalist for the Israel Baran Award

1st Produced:
reading at theatricum Botanicum in Los Angeles    2011

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Treefall

Synopsis:
Beyond the end of the word, where trees are dying and sunlight must not be allowed to touch human skin, three teenaged boys survive by reinventing a culture they never really knew. they cling to the shreds of civility by playing Daddy, Mommy and Junior, but the game has worn quite thin. And just when it seems that things can't get any worse, a stranger arrives with a terrible secret that changes everything. Named one of the ten best plays of 2009 by LA Weekly, TREEFALL is a tragicomic exploration of gender identity and the meaning of family.

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1st Produced:
Theater theatre    30 Jul 2009

Organisations:
Rogue Machine Theatre

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2010   978-0-8222-2466-2

Music:
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Genre:
Eco-Drama (full length)

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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