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Rosary O'Neill

ROSARY O'NEILL

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Marton Agency  

Rosary O'Neill's agent is Tonda Marton at the Marton Agency (Tonda@martonagency.com). Rosary Hartel O'Neill is an author, playwright, director, teacher and mother. Rosary is the author of fourteen plays, produced internationally by invitation of the American embassy in Paris, Bonn, Tibilisi, Georgia, Budapest, Hungary, London and Moscow. Her play Uncle Victor was chosen Best New American Drama by the Cort Theater, Hollywood, and celebrated in the Chekhove Now Festival in New York. Blackjack was selected for Alice's Fourth Floor Best New Play Series. She was founding artistic director at Southern Rep Theater from 1987 to 2002. she has been playwright-in-residence at the Sorbonne University, Paris; Tulane University, New Orleans; Defiance College, Ohio, the University of Bonn, Germany and Visiting Scholar at Cornell. And she is the mother of four fabulous children: Barrett, Dale, Rachelle and Rory. Recent professional achievements include: Degas in New Orleans, which was invited to the New End Theatre (a heralded Theater for contemporary plays) in London and featured in the Best New American Play Oktoberfest of the Ensemble Studio Theatre (a leading Theater for new work) in New York City and in the Reading Series of the Abingdon Theatre and the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Awakening Of Kate Chopin, The         Beckett at Greystones Bay         Black Jack: the Thief Of Possession         Degas In New Orleans         John Singer Sargent And Madame X (Which Should Be Called Madame X - But That's Another Story. . .)         Louisiana Gentleman, A         Marilyn / God         Property         Solitaire         Turtle Soup         Uncle Victor         White Suits In Summer         Wing of Madness, The         Wishing Aces

Awakening Of Kate Chopin, The

Awakening Of Kate Chopin, The
Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and heralded by theaters in Kate Chopin's home town of Alexandria, Louisiana, Kate Chopin, author of the Awakening, must pick between her dying husband and her lover, the wealthy planter next door. She picks her lover, and he leaves her. In agony she goes forth to become the great writer she was meant to be. A tour de force Drama of obsession rooted in the real life of the famous first great American novelist and based on detailed, shocking facts from her life. the selective setting of interior of old post-Civil War house provides poetic staging opportunities.

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Full Length, Historical Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  expandable casting; up to 8f extras

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Beckett at Greystones Bay

Beckett at Greystones Bay
utilizes movement choreographed from the original stage directions of Samuel Beckett's plays in the framework of a short piece about Beckett's early life in Ireland. Set in the crushing world of social conformity in his native Ireland, Beckett walks the desolate beach of Greystones Bay battling the inner voices of family and former loves
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1st Produced:
Arthur Seelen Theatre, NY     2007

Organisations:
Roust Theatre Company

1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc   978-0573697685

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Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Black Jack: the Thief Of Possession

Black Jack: the Thief Of Possession
Blackjack follows an eccentric Southern family as it is squeezed into the close quarters of a Mississippi cruise ship for the New Year's holiday. Kaitlyn is convinced that she is channeling the poet Baudelaire, and certain that her husband is having an affair with a larger-than-life ship entertainer. Irene, the matriarch of the family, suspects a rift in her daughter's marriage. Her sexy maid sets her sights on the grandson, a successful Southern rock star. Everyone dons costumes for New Year's Eve, casting off their old identities and trying on new loves.

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Samuel French, Inc   978-0573697678

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Full Length, Southern Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Degas In New Orleans

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A historical Drama that explores Edgar Degas' scandalous visit to New Orleans in 1872. Edgar Degas, the French Impressionist painter, is torn between helping his relatives in America and pursuing a career as a painter. Fame and family obligations come to a head when he discovers he is still in love with his sister-in-law, who is now pregnant and blind. As Edgar struggles with his own ethical conundrum, he discovers that his aggressively charming brother has gone through all the family money in an attempt to save his uncle's sugar business.

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Full Length, Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  6            Other:  -

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John Singer Sargent And Madame X (Which Should Be Called Madame X - But That's Another Story. . .)

John Singer Sargent And Madame X (Which Should Be Called Madame X - But That's Another Story. . .)
John Singer Sargent, an up-and-coming American artist, is eager to collaborate on a portrait that would catapult him and Madame X, the most beautiful woman in Paris, to the pinnacle of society. With its revelations about Madame X's identity and an eyebrow-raising cast of characters, including Richard Wagner, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, Sarah Bernhardt, and Dr. Samuel Pozzi (Madame X's notorious gynecologist/lover), this romantic comedy exposes the tale of beauty, infatuation, obsession, and betrayal that lies behind Sargent and Madame X's masterpiece

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Samuel French, Inc   978-0573697630

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Louisiana Gentleman, A

Louisiana Gentleman, A
Blaine Ashton, a medical student in his mid-twenties from a prominent New Orleans family, has fallen in love with a middle-aged actress and is getting married, much to the chagrin of his mentally disturbed sister and his eccentric, alcoholic old Aunt. His Aunt forces him to take care of his sister after he's married and all the southern belles in the household are almost too much to bear. the histrionics never stop as the women compete for Malter's love and attention. Ultimately, an uneasy truce is called once a baby is born and Christmas rolls around, but continued craziness is undoubtedly in their future. Especially powerful roles for women.

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Samuel French, Inc   978-0573697654

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Genre:
Full Length, Southern Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Marilyn / God

Marilyn / God
the action takes place n the mind of Marilyn on an empty stage with a chair. In this play, Marilyn confronts voices in her head to validate her life as an actress. She finds in the afterlife that she must audition and interview to get into heaven and that her judges are her enemies and aborted children. Along the way she is confused and intrigued by the signs she must follow to climb her way into heaven. the play explores the multi-levels of complexity of cult goddess Marilyn Monroe--her vulnerability, anger, and loneliness and the ways that American culture and the worship of beauty and fame shaped, aborted and forwarded her rise to stardom. In the afterlife she relives three painful scenes from her life and a life review and strains to justify her choices to male unsympathetic judges as well as shocking people from her past.

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One Act

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  2 voices

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Property

Property
Property is a contemporary romantic comedy set in a Garden District mansion in New Orleans. Rooster Dubonnet, a young artist suffering from a terminal disease, is dazzled by love. Raised by an imperious society-driven mother, he has fallen in love with a New-Age nurse. Set during Mardi Gras--when a whole tradition of fun, revelry, and prestige seizes the city-- Rooster is caught between his dedication to his family's past (and property) and his own very different future.

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Samuel French, Inc   978-0573697609

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Genre:
Full Length, Southern Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Solitaire

Solitaire
the Mississippi Gulf Coast estate of Irene Dubbonet is an unforgetable place to visit, but who would want to live there? All of her relatives, who hope to inherit it! This is a play about manipulation and what happens to family members' dreams when the odds are stacked against them. A cloud of doom hangs over Serenity Manor, until at last, virtue triumphs. Irene's son, the artist, Rooster, deeply anxious to prove himself, connives a scheme to help his "down and out" brother-in-law seize the estate. Funny situations sparked by witty lines bring the audience into an intriguing overview of topsy-turvy privileged life today

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Samuel French, Inc   978-0573697906

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Full Length, Southern Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Turtle Soup

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A young woman fights for her inheritance. Her "dying" uncle mocks her life, as well as that of her actor husband. A tirade occurs over Turtle Soup that culminates in its spillage and her Uncle's guffaws over his prank. He reminds her that it's April first --All Fools Day--and he is playing a joke on her.

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Short Play, Southern Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Uncle Victor

Uncle Victor
Uncle Victor is a historical comedy inspired by the classic Russian play, Uncle Vanya, by Anton Chekhov. In this version O'Neill takes the structure of Uncle Vanya and some characters and places them on Waverly Plantation in 1899 Louisiana. While the dialogue and characters are typically Southern, the Louisiana story perfectly parallels the situation of turn-of-the century Russia, where a new urban economy was destroying the country's agrarian base. While Russians were suffering from typhoid and peasants were going hungry, Southerners were dying from yellow fever and displaced farmers were starving. In Uncle Victor, the Mallory family, running Waverly Sugar Plantation, confronts a totally changed Louisiana.

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Samuel French, Inc   978-0573697616

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Genre:
Full Length, Historical Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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White Suits In Summer

White Suits In Summer
This contemporary Southern romance set in the topsy-turvy world of art. Celebrity artist Susann is determined to reclaim her lost love, Blaise, now married to a sedate New Orleans socialite. Convinced that she cannot live without him, Susann arranges an exhibition of her works to be held in his new house. Susann's readiness to sacrifice her career, his new wife, and her Mama's boy manager leave Blaise both angry and aroused. theatrical excitement abounds in this comedy of love vs. duty.

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Samuel French, Inc   978-0573697661

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Wing of Madness, The

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Set in a tacky funeral parlor on a highway outside New Orleans, a murdered beauty taunts the audience, exposing her bare unshrouded back, and explaining why she was murdered. Other imaginary characters--her husband and daughter--add an eerie quality to her already surreal tale

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Genre:
Short Play, Southern Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Wishing Aces

Wishing Aces
A Southern comedy about mature love found later in life, and the trouble and insight that such discoveries can bring. Though well-warned, Kitten, a runaway housewife, decides to travel with her Tulane professor, Beau, on a train trip through the Louisiana swamp. their plans are upset when her son, Bunky, in an effort to punish her, shows up as a stowaway on the train. Kitten and Beau struggle through their disappointments, mourning the futility of their lives, while the hurricane brewing outside the train builds toward its inevitable whirlwind of destruction.

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Samuel French, Inc   978-0573697715

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Genre:
Short Play, Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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