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Matt Ocks

MATT OCKS  (1984 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Matt Ocks studied dramatic writing with Bruce Graham, Andy Wolk, and Albert Innaurato. His plays have been developed and produced by the Cardboard Box Collaborative, the MK Memorial Theatre Project, and the Front Row Theatre Company. Matt lives, works, and writes in Philadelphia.

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

 Cromwell and Monks         Herschel the Handless         Rizzocrats Forever         Shine, The         White Man's Burden

Cromwell and Monks

Synopsis:
Thornwald Cromwell, a decrepit English professor about to be forced into early retirement, sees a chance for rebirth in the paper of Milton Monks, a mysterious young student who knows as much about the novel Frankenstein as the professor himself.

Notes:
Winner of the 2nd Annual Front Row Theatre Company Playwriting Fellowship

1st Produced:
The Heyer Space, Philadelphia    2006

Organisations:
Front Row Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Melodrama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Herschel the Handless

Synopsis:
Herschel Shornapolski, the baker with the droopy cheeks, wants the milliner Yelena to marry him, but she's got her sights set on the stage. Romance, mandel bread, and Jewish mysticism collide in this poignant and hilarious tragicomedy about immigrant life and the search for the Promised Land at the turn of the last century. Part 1 of the Immigrant Saga.

Notes:
Produced As part of the 2008 Philadelphia Fringe Festival

1st Produced:
Theatre at the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia    2008

Organisations:
Cardboard Box Collaborative

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Rizzocrats Forever

Synopsis:
The statue of Philadelphia's most notorious and misunderstood mayor comes back to life, making one last attempt to proclaim his love for the city.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Monologue

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Shine, The

Synopsis:
Marcel the Mime learns to embrace her love of speech thanks to the teachings of a carefree, magical rhinoceros who just escaped from the zoo.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Plays and Players Theatre, Philadelphia    2007

Organisations:
Cardboard Box Collaborative

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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White Man's Burden

Synopsis:
All Georgie wants is to get home to his wife and daughters, but his mysterious captors won't let him. As he undergoes a series of executions and re-births, he matches wits with Rudkip, the opium-infused ghost of a Nobel Prize winning author, and Mama T, a robotic replicant of the patron saint of the slums of Calcutta. The Bahgavad Gita is conflated with the history of American Imperialism in this rollicking, futuristic satire set near the outskirts of Kurdu's Field Studios, someplace near Bollywood.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
staged reading: Pearl Studios in New York City    2008

Organisations:
MK Memorial Theatre Project

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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