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E Warren Perry Jr

E WARREN PERRY JR

  (1963 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Warren Perry, a native of Memphis, Tennessee, holds graduate degrees in medieval literature and creative writing from the University of Memphis and in Drama from the Catholic University of America. His one man shows on Walt Whitman and Lyndon B. Johnson have been produced by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (2006, 2007), and his addendum to the corpus of Elvis literature, Lanterns on Lamar, was produced by Yellow Taxi Productions of New Hampshire in March 2006. His play the Sitters was a finalist in the Riant Theatre Strawberry One-Act Festival in New York in August 2006 and will be included in the publication the Best of the Strawberry One-Acts Volume 4 in July 2007. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife Shannon.

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         Curartor, The         HOV         King Lyndon Lear         Lanterns on Lamar         Sherman In Atlanta         Sitters, The         Swift to My Wounded: Walt Whitman and the Civil War         Talent Free Bird         War Over Feldspar
Curartor, The

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1st Produced:
Catholic University Of America     01 Jul 2005

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Genre:
Drama

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HOV

Synopsis:
Two officers discuss war and linguistics during their daily commute up Interstate 95 to the Pentagon.

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1st Produced:
American Theatre Of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019     2007

Organisations:
Riant Theatre

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Genre:
dark comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  One (corpse)

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King Lyndon Lear

Synopsis:
Lyndon B. Johnson reflects on his accomplishments as he decides not to seek another term in office.

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1st Produced:
Nan Tucker Mcevoy Theatre, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution     2007

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Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in conjunction with the Washington DC 2007 Shakespeare Festival

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Genre:
Dramatic Monologue

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  One (offstage voiceover)

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Lanterns on Lamar

Synopsis:
August 16th 1977 and Elvis has just died. His ghost appears saying that there is treasure buried in the lawn at Graceland.

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1st Produced:
Pinkerton Black Box, Derry, New Hampshire     2006

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Yellow Taxi Productions, Nashua, New Hampshire

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  Four (fans, any sex)

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Sherman In Atlanta

Synopsis:
Sherman goes through the items currently bothering him in an attempt to understand why he has no friends.

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1st Produced:
American Theatre Of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019     2008

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Riant Theatre

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  Four (voices offstage)

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Sitters, The

Synopsis:
One Act, three scenes, with various historical characters beginning with George Washington And concluding with Andy Warhol, the Sitters is the story of portrait Artists And their subjects

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1st Produced:
The Producers Club, New York, NY     2006

Organisations:
the Riant Theatre, New York, NY

1st Published:
Riant theatre, New York, New York, 2007   

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Genre:
comedy One Act

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  1

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Swift to My Wounded: Walt Whitman and the Civil War

Synopsis:
Walt Whitman discusses his journals written during his time in Washington DC beginning in 1863. He talks about the soldiers and the Civil War, and he spends some moments reading his poetry and sharing his thoughts on the value of politics, life, and combat.

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1st Produced:
Nan Tucker Mcevoy Theatre, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery     2006

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Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC Stage Guild, CU Later Productions

1st Published:
Smithsonian Institution, 2008   

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Genre:
Historical Monologue

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Talent Free Bird

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Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov

1st Produced:
Church Street Theatre, Washington D C     01 Feb 2009

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Genre:
One act

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War Over Feldspar

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1st Produced:
Kennedy Center, Washington D C     01 Sep 2006

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Genre:
Drama

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