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Daria Polatin

DARIA POLATIN  

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DARIA POLATIN's plays include Guidance (O'Neill Conference semifinalist), Eggs in a Basket (Princess Grace Award Finalist, Cherry Lane Mentor Project Nominee), The Ideal Home (optioned by MTV Networks), Skye Blue, Here or Now (reading with Kathleen Chalfant), Ninja: The Musical (with Joe Iconis), La Fete, D.C. and A Fair Affair. Her work has been presented and developed at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Naked Angels Lab, New York Theater Workshop, Electric Pear Productions, The Kennedy Center, Berkshire Playwrights Lab and The Hen and Chicken's Theatre in London. Other writing includes "The Ideal Home" pilot (The N/MTV), development work with NBC and Oxygen Networks, as well as work in film and young adult fiction. Royal Court Playwriting Residency, Wasserstein Prize Nominee, P73 Playwriting Fellowship Semifinalist, former member of Youngblood. Daria has received awards from The Kennedy Center/ACTF, The Armenian International Women's Association, The Bette Davis Foundation and The Leopold Schepp Foundation. BFA Boston University, MFA Columbia.

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

 Case of The Lost Lady, The         Company Kept, The         DC         Eggs In a Basket         Fair Affair, A         Guidance         Here And Now         La Fete         Ninja: The Musical         Skye Blue         Stoop

Case of The Lost Lady, The

Synopsis:
A film noir-style play about a husband, his missing wife, and of course--a detective.

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1st Produced:
The Kraine Theater, NY    2006

Organisations:
Youngblood Playwrights Group

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Company Kept, The

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1st Produced:
Sanford Meisner Theatre, New York    Mar 2005

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Genre:
Short play

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DC

Synopsis:
Two overachieving teens get an after-school lesson in spelling, and a bitter dose of R-E-A-L-I-T-Y.

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Eggs In a Basket

Synopsis:
What do an Eastern European mail-order bride, an insecure political activist and a strange man in bowler hat have to do with each other? They all end up in Alvin Clogsworth's living room on the outskirts of London. When Alvin, a chemical engineer, finally gets his mail order bride-to-be, Katya, he is the happiest man around - even though Katya speaks little English. Things get more complicated when unbeknownst to Alvin, Katya's overprotective brother Misha and her revolutionary ex-fiance Alexi show up with a bigger plan in mind: to steal a deadly poison that Alvin has discovered, and assassinate the Prime Minister of their unstable country. Misunderstandings, lies and double crossing ensue in this dark and farcical look at love and international espionage in the hands of the incompetent.

Notes:
Princess Grace Award finalist 2007; Cherry Lane Mentor Project nominee 2007

1st Produced:
Berkshire Playwrights Lab (Staged Reading)    -

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Genre:
full length Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Fair Affair, A

Synopsis:
A FAIR AFFAIR explores the "backwards" relationship of two secret lovers as they attempt to reconcile their romantic dreams. Based on the Chekhov short story "The Lady With The Pet Dog," this bittersweet love story unfolds with a timely twist.

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Based on Chekhov's short story "The Lady with the Pet Dog"; Winner Kennedy Center/ACTF One Best One Acts Plays

1st Produced:
The Kennedy Center/ACTF    -

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1st Published:
in Best Student One Acts - Volume 7, Dramatic Publishing, IL, USA   -

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Genre:
Drama One Act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Guidance

Synopsis:
When the new high school guidance counselor gets caught up in the lives of his students, involved with a frazzled parent, and placed on an "educational" committee that's banning books, not even his Advil addiction can save him.

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O'Neill Playwrights Conference semifinalist 2009

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama, Full Length

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Here And Now

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1st Produced:
New York Theater Workshop    -

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La Fete

Synopsis:
On Christmas Eve in Paris, sparks fly between a mother and daughter, while the new stepdad gets caught in the crossfire.

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part of the ninth Annual edition of Thicker Than Water, A festival of new work by the members of the Artists collective Youngblood

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Youngblood

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Genre:
Comedy

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Ninja: The Musical

Synopsis:
Three singing Ninjas who fight injustices in the word--overcoming everything from personal issues to wardrobe malfunctions. . .who else would you want on your side?
- http://www.aatrevue.com

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1st Produced:
Desipina    2006

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Skye Blue

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Electric Pear Productions

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Stoop

Synopsis:
Two teen girls begin to grow apart as college starts, and small differences that seemed insignificant, now create chasms

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part of A program of nine "smart plays About stupidity." It's presented by Columbia's School of the Arts Playwriting Class of '07. The playwrights Are Rehana Mirza, Elizabeth Emmons, Jeremy Basescu, Alex Beech, Daria Polatin, Jon Kern, Julian Camilo Pozzi, Christine Chambers, And Reuben Jackson. The directors Are Ali Ayala, Michael Lew, And Shira Milikowsky. The plays Are About "white kids Analyzing hip-hop culture, A woman suing herself, A starship captain fending off space pirates, global politics rewritten As A bad breakup, Artists incurring mass debt to earn An MFA, botched blind dates, sensitive robbers, teenage Angst, And failed Actors turned failed psychics."
nytheatre.com

1st Produced:
The Magnet Theater, NY    2007

Organisations:
Stupid: The Plays at The Magnet Theater, NY

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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