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christopher oscar pena

CHRISTOPHER OSCAR PENA  

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Gersh Agency, NY  


christopher oscar pena is a playwright from California currently living/working in New York City. His plays include one of us (2005 Corwin Award), 5 letter word or how orpheus became learned, mnemonic, point of reference, how should i address you?, icarus burns, . . .and the rain. . . and the rain. . . and the rain.., and the collaborative piece X+Y=Z. and he made his LA debut with the co-authored Shifting Sands: The Desserted Tales for Qualia Productions. He has developed work at the Public Theater, NYU Graduate Acting, INTAR, and the UCSB Summer Theatre Lab. Current projects include the musical (e)vaporate: a screwed up reinvention of orpheus & eurydice in the form of a made up love song and the play maelstrom. Christopher is also a resident playwright with LA's Push-To-Talk Theater and a member of INTAR's writers lab. He has studied with Naomi Iizuka, Lisa D' Amour, Marsha Norman, Itamar Moses, Luis Alfaro, Eduardo Machado, Anne Garcia-Romero, Oskar Eustis, and Rinne Groff, among others. He received his BA in Dramatic Arts from UC Santa Barbara and holds an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts

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 (e)voporate         5 letter word, or how orpheus became learned         and the rain. . .and the rain. . .and the rain         cautionary tail, a         how the salts got down: a family history in parties         i wonder if its possible to have a love affair that lasts forever; or things i found on craigslist         icarus burns         mnemonic         one of us         point of reference         X + Y = Z

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and the rain. . .and the rain. . .and the rain

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cautionary tail, a

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Parents and children: the hardest relationship of all. The Tiger Spirit takes over one Lower East Side family, forcing the children to bend to the will of an exacting mother. How the quest for perfectionism creates perfect chaos is at the center of this world premiere play.

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Atlas Theatre Location, 111 2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor, NY    01 Dec 2011

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New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program and the Department of Design for Stage and Film

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how the salts got down: a family history in parties

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You know the Salts, right? Theyre your neighbors down the street, your moms best friend from high school, those kids you always saw at the park on Saturdays. Theyre throwing a dance party (or three) and youre invited. Join art party as we blow out the candles on mom Mollys 25th birthday, welcome Uncle Walter back from jail, and celebrate daughter Monicas (surprise) pregnancy. Meet the guests, boogie down, and join the art party family as we celebrate the Salts magic moments by cutting loose. Booze, tunes, family: dont worry - there will be more twisting than shouting.
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written by Nastaran Ahmadi, David Ingber, and christopher oscar pena; conceived by Mary Birnbaum, christopher oscar peņa, and Andrew Broussard

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Hartley House, 413 W 46th St, NY    25 Oct 2012

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i wonder if its possible to have a love affair that lasts forever; or things i found on craigslist

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As epic as your first kiss and a personal as a Facebook poke, i wonder if it's possible to have a love affair that lasts forever, or things i found on craigslist, written by christopher oscar pena, is The Big Chill for millennials. Still searching for perfection, a sense of purpose, and their high school crushes on Facebook, a group of 20-somethings still caught up in yesterday wake up to find themselves tripped up by their own faith. In the face of a ten-year high school reunion, the group is forced to confront their crippling insecurities and emotional baggage. Secrets are shared and people are "no longer in a relationship" as the personal becomes public in this gripping, witty insight into making it all work in web 2.0. . . .things i found on craigslist is about ambivalence, connection and finding yourselfand lovein the internet age.
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Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue, New York, NY 10009    28 Aug 2011

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Xoregos Performing Company

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icarus burns

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