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Nicholas Priore

NICHOLAS PRIORE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Nicholas Priore was born and raised in Utica, NY, where he endured a Catholic education and graduated from Notre Dame High School. He studied fiction and poetry for four years at SUNY, Purchase, earning a BA in Creative Writing, and went on to study playwriting at the Actors Studio Drama School, where he graduated with an MFA in Theatre. He was a member of the Actors Studio's Playwright Directors Unit and Workshop, where he has developed his work. Nicholas taught Communications at St. Francis College in Brooklyn and was the director of their theatre group, The Troupers. One of his acting students has gone on to star on Saturday Night Live. Nicholas edited and directed the off-broadway run of That Other Woman for La Muse Venale, Inc. and has produced much of his own work in and around Manhattan. He is very excited to be a part of the Indie Theater Now community.

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

         Antiquity         Better Than Nothing         Broken Record         Fearing: Tale Of A Dreadful Town         Illumination         Immaculate         Laughing Man         Od (or) Vice Versa         One and a Half Steps         Passion: Reincarnation of the Martyr         Pennysaver         Sacrebleu!         Small Talk         Sneaky Johnny         Streetcar Named Desiree, A         Teenie         Turn 22         Unearthing the Tramp         With a Shrug

Antiquity

Synopsis:
Franky and Jesse are watching "The Antiques Roadshow" when they see a doll they used to own being valued. They are determined to get it back

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1st Produced:
-     2016

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  2 either sex

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Better Than Nothing

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/   -

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Broken Record

Synopsis:
A mother wants to have her mentally ill son cared for by one of his siblings

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/   -

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Fearing: Tale Of A Dreadful Town

Synopsis:
The inhabitants of Fearing are suffering from a disease that causes them to tear themselves and others apart

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1st Produced:
-     2016

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  17            Female:  11            Other:  -

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Illumination

Synopsis:
A secret society with plans to take over the World

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1st Produced:
-     2016

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  26            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Immaculate

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Laughing Man

Synopsis:
The most evil villian in the World tells how it all started

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1st Produced:
-     2016

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Od (or) Vice Versa

Synopsis:
Nick wakes up in hospital after taking an overdose. He tries to convince staff he is not suicidal

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1st Produced:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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One and a Half Steps

Synopsis:
Tony cannot bear seeing his wife deteriorating but how can he leave her in that condition

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1st Produced:
-     2016

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Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Passion: Reincarnation of the Martyr

Synopsis:
The actress playing Joan of Arc in the film by Carl Dreyer is driven mad by his demands

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1st Produced:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  18            Female:  10            Other:  12 either sex

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Pennysaver

Synopsis:
Tommy finally finds Penny - now he will never let her go whether she likes it or not

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1st Produced:
-     2016

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Sacrebleu!

Synopsis:
Zach returns to his hotel in Paris in the early hours. He is only wearing a bin bag and is very dishevelled. He has been mugged in Montmartre. He now needs to convince the hotel night clerk to let him in

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1st Produced:
-     2016

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  1 either sex

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Small Talk

Synopsis:
Clarence wants to talk. Gary wants to be left alone

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1st Produced:
-     2016

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sneaky Johnny

Synopsis:
A movie mogul dies and leaves his fortune to the Church. His wife and son are appalled that they got nothing. They pursued their butler to impersonate the dead man

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1st Produced:
-     2016

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Streetcar Named Desiree, A

Synopsis:
When Jack and Desiree get back from holiday they are confronted by Amanda Desiree's sister. Amanda says that Jack is spoiling Desiree

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1st Produced:
-     2016

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Teenie

Synopsis:
Nick and Tammy visit their eighteen year old daughter for the first time after injuring her as a child

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1st Produced:
-     2012

Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/   -

Music:
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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

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  1 either sex

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Turn 22

Synopsis:
Bruno turns 22 and he hopes that he does not loose his mind as his mother did at that age

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1st Produced:
-     2016

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  1 either sex

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Unearthing the Tramp

Synopsis:
A cemetry in Switzerland - 1978

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1st Produced:
Actors Studio Drama School, Pace University     24 Mar 2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/unearthing-the-tramp   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act 45 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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With a Shrug

Synopsis:
Shelley is cleaning out her old childhood home after the death of her estranged and reclusive father, when Chris, a boy from up the street, comes by to retrieve something he had let her father borrow.

Notes:
part of the 14th Annual Black Box New Play Festival

1st Produced:
Gallery Players
199 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11230     23 Jun 2011

Organisations:
the Gallery Players

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/with-a-shrug   -

Music:
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Genre:
short play (now full length 90 min)

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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