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Marc Palmieri

MARC PALMIERI

  (1970 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Harden-Curtis Associates  represented by Mary Harden

Marc is a core faculty member at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York (School of Liberal Arts) and teaches dramatic writing for the MFA in Creative Writing program at The City College of New York. His plays have all premiered in New York, and are published by Dramatists Play Service. Marc has published fiction in Fiction, Inc. and his screenwriting credits include Miramax Films' 1999 film Telling You, and the theatre-themed web series, "The Thing" (www.theplayis.com).

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

         Carl the Second         Departure Of Brian O'Callahan, The         Groundling, The         Levittown         Makin' Sense Of Nothin'         Poor Fellas         Prologue         Rocks         Tough Guys
Carl the Second

Synopsis:
Midway through a life of living in the shadows of others, city bookstore manager Carl Fraser has found solace and an understanding of his place in the universe with the great also-rans of literature. At peace in the lonesome cloister of a used bookstore, Carl has somehow found dignity, comfort and a kind of sad romance in the condition to which he believes he is doomed. Enter Christine, perhaps the first woman in his life who threatens his theory with a challenge to defy the evidence and dare to be loved.

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1st Produced:
New York City     2001

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    

Music:
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Genre:
Romantic Comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  can be more m/f

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Departure Of Brian O'Callahan, The

Synopsis:
A lost soul on the brink of suicide and in pursuit of understanding from the one person who may be able to save him. He claims he is from another planet, where the population is obsessed with Earth, particularly Barry Manilow songs

Notes:
part of "Poor Fellas" collection

1st Produced:
New York City     2000

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    

Music:
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Genre:
Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Groundling, The

Synopsis:
After stumbling upon an outdoor production of a Shakespeare play in Manhattan, Long Island landscaper Bob Malone returns home inspired to write a play about his troubled marriage. He hires two reluctant New York theatre professionals to spend a week at his home and stage the play in his garage, with a cast of colorful locals. THE GROUNDLING is a comedy exploring the meaning of the final moments of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, and how the power of theatre can affect the most unsuspecting, and perhaps most deserving, of us all.

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, Inc. NY (2015)   

Music:
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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Levittown

Synopsis:
In the shadow of World War II, architect William Levitt envisioned a new American town in a Long Island potato field. After an extensive and spirited development effort, thousands of Levitt 'Cape Cod' homes were built with scrap materials. Each carefully-modeled home was designed to serve the needs of the modern family. they were sold for $8,000 to battle-weary GIs with the hope of a new life-and as a means of forgetting recent trauma. At the opening of Levittown, it is nearly half a century later. When Kevin, the grandson of a combat veteran, returns early from yet another war, he learns that his deeply troubled sister is about to be married. With renewed hope, he attempts to reconcile his family with the abusive Father who left them years before. Amidst the thin walls of their Levittown home, the members of this beleaguered family are forced to confront a concealed history and the failure of the tidy truths they have desperately embraced
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Axis Company

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2006   

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Makin' Sense Of Nothin'

Synopsis:
Two construction workers accidentally discover a horrible truth at a coworker's funeral after sharing "red hot" candies and a philosophical debate

Notes:
part of "Poor Fellas" collection

1st Produced:
New York City     2000

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Poor Fellas

Synopsis:
POOR FELLAS consists of six short tragicomedies. the PROLOGUE introduces Frank, a high-school sophomore who's just witnessed his first episode of humiliation at the local multiplex. In ROCKS, an aging minor-league baseball player has his superstitions and his hopes ridiculed by the team's hot young prospect. TOUGH GUYS presents two men facing their failure to achieve the lives about which they've always dreamed. the DEPARTURE OF BRIAN O'CALLAHAN finds a lost soul on the brink of suicide and in pursuit of understanding from the one person who may be able to save him. In MAKIN' SENSE OF NOTHIN', two construction workers accidentally discover a horrible truth at a coworker's funeral. In the title play, POOR FELLAS, two recently jilted buddies learn a stunning fact of life when they come face to face with utter abandonment. Using minimal sets and a cast that can double and triple throughout, the comic pieces come to hilarious and unexpected crises and finish on somber, thoughtful notes.

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1st Produced:
New York City     2000

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    

Music:
-

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Genre:
Collection of one-act plays

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  can be more m/f

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Prologue

Synopsis:
Frank, a high-school sophomore who's just witnessed his first episode of humiliation at the local multiplex, poses what may be the first and most important question of his life: "What if it's all just. . ..nothin'?"

Notes:
part of "Poor Fellas" collection

1st Produced:
New York City     2000

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  can be more m

Further Reference:
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Rocks

Synopsis:
In a bullpen somewhere in the minor leagues, a devoted player has his superstitions and his hopes ridiculed by the team's hot young prospect.

Notes:
part of "Poor Fellas" collection

1st Produced:
New York City     2000

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Booksellers:

Genre:
Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Tough Guys

Synopsis:
Two men face their failure to achieve the lives about which they've always dreamed in an unlikely place: a nightclub bathroom.

Notes:
part of "Poor Fellas" collection

1st Produced:
New York City     2000

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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