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Dorian Palumbo

DORIAN PALUMBO

  
Nationality:    USA
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Dorian Palumbo was born and raised in central New Jersey, and has lived in Manhattan for just shy of 30 years. She is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts' Dramatic Writing Program, where she studied with Pulitzer Prize-winner Tad Mosel. She is also an alumna of Columbia University Teachers College, (M.A. - teaching writing), and the MBA program at NYU's Stern School of Business (Entertainment Marketing). Her comedy Carnegie Hill was optioned for Broadway by Tony winning producer John O'Boyle (Radio Golf, Is He Dead, A Catered Affair, LaCage Aux Folles (2010) [Tony Award]) Carnegie Hill was also produced by the Clockwise Theatre in Waukegan, Illinois, opening their 2013-2014 season. Her play Panic and Persuasion was produced at the Bristol Riverside Theater in Bucks County, PA. She has written, produced and directed her own work in New York - a sketch comedy show called "Hanging by a Thread" (Duplex Cabaret, New York), and "Laughter Dark" (Upstairs at Etc. Etc.). Dorian was a quarter finalist in the 2005 Scriptapalooza screenwriting competition, with a comedy called Gone, Daddy, Gone Her screenplay Isolation, a sci-fi thriller, was a semi finalist (Second Rounder) in the Austin Film Festival screenwriting competition, 2006, and her script Choosy Mothers, a female ensemble comedy about the Austin Texas Rock Music scene, was announced as a quarter-finalist at Scriptapalooza 2011. Dorian studied acting for two years at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York, which was founded by David Mamet and William H. Macy, and directed a short film,The Mentor starring Terasa Livingstone. She was Associate Producer on the independent feature film Anne B. Real which features performances by Carlos Leon ("Empire"), Mike Starr ("Dumb and Dumber", "Ed") and Ernie Hudson ("Oz"). Dorian has been a member of the Dramatists Guild since 1986

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

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         Actor's Fans, The         Carnegie Hill         Cong         Femmes Fractale         Hanging by a Thread         Panic and Persuasion         Peter Pan Gets It         Softer Stone, The         Vehicles - an Evening of One Act Comedies

Actor's Fans, The

Synopsis:
Two fans of a famous actor struggle for domination.

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1st Produced:
Upstairs At Etc. Etc.     27 Oct 2009

Organisations:
Laughter Dark

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Genre:
Comedy

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Carnegie Hill

Synopsis:
Six real estate saleswomen under pressure to succeed on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

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1st Produced:
Clockwise Theatre In Waukegan     18 Oct 2013

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Comedy

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Cong

Synopsis:
Ireland, 1987 - Two young American women decide, against one's better judgement, to hitchhike through the West Country. they are picked up for a very wild ride by a man who may, or may not, be a member of the IRA.

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1st Produced:
Great New Play Reading Series, Clockwise Theatre, Waukegan, Il     2014

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Femmes Fractale

Synopsis:
A series of comic monologues, and scenes between the characters that link the monologues together, culminating in a final scene.

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Genre:
Comedy, Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Hanging by a Thread

Synopsis:
Sketches and monologues, all challenging the validity of cultural and religious stereotypes.

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1st Produced:
Duplex Cabaret, NY, USA >>>     01 Apr 2001

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Genre:
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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Panic and Persuasion

Synopsis:
A young man entertains the object of his affection - picnicking in a corporate bomb shelter.

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Bristol Riverside Theatre

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Peter Pan Gets It

Synopsis:
Two young sisters lay in wait for the return of Peter Pan - to get their revenge.

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Accepted for Production At the Hedgerow theatre, Rose Valley PA, in 1989

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Genre:
Comedy

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Softer Stone, The

Synopsis:
After a messy divorce and during a lull in her theatrical costuming career, Martha needs a temp job to pay the bills. Rupert needs a temp - and, it seems, a costumer; in addition to being a high-powered hedge-fund manager, Rupert is also a closeted cross-dresser. Rupert's wife is not best pleased about his obsession with dressing "en femme" and though Martha is a bit more open, she gets a bit more than she bargained for when she begins exploring a relationship with a "gender-flexible" older man.

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  1 (Male or female actor who can pass for either gender)

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Vehicles - an Evening of One Act Comedies

Synopsis:
An evening of five short plays, all taking place in the front seat of a vehicle.

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

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