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Alan Olejniczak

ALAN OLEJNICZAK

  (1965 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Alan Olejniczak (born 28 Jun 1965) is a San Francisco playwright and opera librettist. Alan is on the board of Theatre Bay Area Board, a member of the Dramatist Guild and Opera America. Alan is an Associate Artist with FaultLine Theater and is co-founder of bicoastal At Last Theatre, which produced House/HOME last October for the O+ Festival in Kingston, New York. Alan produced and wrote Dominion at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco and Present Tense at The A.C.T. Costume Shop in 2015. His one-act play Transgress was presented in April 2017 at the 36th Annual William Inge Festival in Independence, Kansas and The Bechdel Group in New York City. In June, 2018 Alan will premier an immersive play about Eleanor Roosevelt at Val-kill in Hyde Park, New York. He will also begin a month-long expeditionary residency with The Arctic Circle, starting in International The Territory of Svalbard and sailing the high arctic. Alan currently has three full-length chamber operas in development.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2016)

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

         Dominion         Heaven and Earth         Helte Texas         House/HOME         Last Laughs         Lethe         Present Tense         Trangress         Val/Kill
Dominion

Synopsis:
In a religious dystopia where questioning dogma is forbidden, three women learn the power of friendship, love, and the dangers of sacrifice.

Notes:
The play has a 90-minute running time. Rik Lopes director with original music by Charlie Burke. Eddie Reynolds voted it Five Honorable Mention Plays of 2016

1st Produced:
Young Performers Theater at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA     07 Apr 2016

Organisations:
At Last Theatre

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Heaven and Earth

Synopsis:
The Galileo affair

Notes:
Written by Alan Olejniczak and Jeff Matlin

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Helte Texas

Synopsis:
Sarah an atmospheric scientist goes to Torbjorn to continue her researches. There she meets an ex-boyfriend and a Norwegian businessman

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Drama

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House/HOME

Synopsis:
What makes a house a home

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1st Produced:
At Last Theatre, Kingston, New York     2017

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Genre:
Twelve minute play

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Last Laughs

Synopsis:
Last Laughs has been re-worked into a comic reading. With humor, wit, and refreshing honesty, Everett Mattlin offers his reflections on the realities of aging.

Notes:
One-act comedy with a running time of 24 minutes, Adapted fromEverett Mattlin's, book, Last Laughs: A Pocket Full of Wry for the Aging

1st Produced:
Mountain View , Sun City West, AZ     21 Oct 2014

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Theater West

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Genre:
adaptation

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Lethe

Synopsis:
Drink from the river of oblivion

Notes:
Part of the SF Olympians Festival VII: Harvest of Mysteries

1st Produced:
Exit Theatre, San Francisco     12 Oct 2016

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Genre:
Short play

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Present Tense

Synopsis:
Present Tense is a play of five unrelated vignettes, tied together thematically. It is a drama, a theatrical poem about Middle America. It's about our dilemmas, failed expectations, difficult choices, and unwillingness to live in the present.

Notes:
Rik Lopes, director.

1st Produced:
ACT Costume Shop, San Francisco, CA     Mar 2016

Organisations:
At Last Theatre

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Drama

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Trangress

Synopsis:
Dora Ratjen an athlete in the German team at the 1936 Olympics. When he was born there was confusion over whether what sex the baby was. It was decided that the baby was a girl and was bought up as such. There was an arrest for impersonating a man

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Genre:
Transgender short play historical charcter

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  1 transgender

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Val/Kill

Synopsis:
Eleanor Roosevelt navigating her roles as wife, First Lady and activist

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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