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Sean Owens

SEAN OWENS

  (1968 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Born in Sacramento, CA, in 1968, Sean Owens moved to San Francisco in 1986 to pursue training as an actor at San Francisco State University. There he met Cliff Mayotte, with whom he co-authored a set of noir parodies entitled "The Saga of the Six Chick Dicks." As a playwright in residence for Harvest Theatre Company, he penned two more plays, "Getting To Know Your Mechanism: An Evening of Self-Help Vaudeville" (as his producer rightly observed, "Even the title needs editing,") and "Folie A Deux," a two-man farce based on the life of Freud. Since that time, Sean has written over 35 short and full-length plays, ranging from the deliriously daft to the deliciously dark. "The Big Drag," another noir-themed gender parody earned him the Bay Area Critic's Circle Award for Best Original Script in 1997. In 2006, he was named "SF's Best Comic Playwright" by the SF Weekly, and has enjoyed a decade-long partnership with the EXIT Theatre, co-founders of the NY Frigid Festival. "Naught But Pirates," his contribution to FRIGID's inaugural run earned him an Audience Choice Award in 2008. Sean has also graced stages on both coasts with his solo show "Girlesque" (with longtime composer Don Seaver) and in Liz Duffy Adam's off-Broadway run of "WET", as the Viscountess Marlene.

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

         Buried Alive by the Hottest Guy         Chattanooga, The         Climax         Danger at the Dardenelles (or, The Valet of Death)         Dispatch         Girlesque         Her Majesty         Naught But Pirates         Odd By Nature: An Evening in Sean Owens' Shorts         Stale Magnolias         Story, Story, Story, Story         Sudden Descent         Tincture         When She Comes

Buried Alive by the Hottest Guy

Synopsis:
the thoughts of a toy boy.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Exit Theatre San Francisco, Usa    -

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Genre:
black comedy/short play One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Chattanooga, The

Synopsis:
A respectable woman receives a six foot long vibrator

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1st Produced:
Exit Theatre San Francisco, Usa    -

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Genre:
comedy/short play One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Climax

Synopsis:
A couple get ready to go out but have nowhere to go

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1st Produced:
Playground @Traveling Jewish Theatre, San Francisco, Ca    1999

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Music:
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Genre:
comedy/short play One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Danger at the Dardenelles (or, The Valet of Death)

Synopsis:
A lost work by Noel Coward.

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1st Produced:
Exit Theatre San Francisco, Usa    -

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drawing-room meloDrama MeloDrama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Dispatch

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
-    1999

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Girlesque

Synopsis:
Sean arrives home from school and finds his wardrobe full of women's clothes. His mother needs space in hers so this is the overflow and a drag quenn is born. . .

Notes:
Original score by Don Seaver.

1st Produced:
Exit Theatre San Francisco, Usa    2001

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Her Majesty

Synopsis:
Backstage at a production of "Hamlet" two actors struggle to play all the parts in the play

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1st Produced:
Frigid New York Festival    28 Feb 2008

Organisations:
EXIT Theatre

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/her-majesty   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy one act 60 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Naught But Pirates

Synopsis:
An evening of dining, debauchery and dandyism, viewed through the eyes of three untrustworthy characters-- a scheming historian, a captivated composer and their hero, the legendary pirate, Black Dick.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Red Room, NY, USA >>>    07 mar 2007

Organisations:
EXIT Theatre as part of the FRIGID New York Festival

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/naught-but-pirates   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Gay one act 60 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Odd By Nature: An Evening in Sean Owens' Shorts

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Buried Alive, the Chattanooga, Climax, Danger At the Dardenelles, And Sudden Descent were All performed

1st Produced:
Exit Theatre San Francisco, Usa    2006

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Genre:
short plays One Act

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Stale Magnolias

Synopsis:
Six ladies in the hot, dry town of Rectal, Texas, share their dreams and confront enemies, new and old, in the Last Chance Salon, when they are forced together by Fate-- and a tainted water supply.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Glam-Rama Hair Salon, San Francisco    02 May 2009

Organisations:
Foul Play Productions

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/stale-magnolias   -

Music:
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Genre:
Gay of interest 120 min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 Gender Neutral Characters

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Story, Story, Story, Story

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on "Stories 1,2,3,4" by Eugene Ionesco

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Sudden Descent

Synopsis:
Four people gather to mourn the passing of a flying pig

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1st Produced:
Playground @Traveling Jewish Theatre, San Francisco, Ca    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in the Best of PlayGround 1997-2001. (available @ www.playground-sf.org),    -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

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Tincture

Synopsis:
Six womens' lives intersect in this quick-witted and thoughtful celebration of color and causality.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Exit Theatre San Francisco, Usa    2001

Organisations:
part of DIVAfest

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
two act Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  6            Other:  -

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When She Comes

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
-    1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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