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Nicole Quinn

NICOLE QUINN  

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Nicole Quinn has written for John Singleton, Jodie Foster, HBO, Showtime, and network television. Her screenplay Slap & Tickle, which she will direct in 2008, won first prize at the 2006 Reel Sisters Film Festival (sponsored by African Voices magazine), and was also a finalist at the 2006 Moondance Film Festival. Her feature scriptRacing Daylight stars David Strathairn and Melissa Leo, and marks her film directing debut. Ms. Quinn's plays have been produced in the U.S., Canada, Germany, Switzerland, the U.K, Australia and Singapore. The Torment was a finalist at Lark Play Development and Multi Stages.Information was performed at the 2006 Samuel French New Play Festival. Her plays are published by Playscripts, Inc., Viking Vintage, and Smith & Kraus.

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

 Fugue         Information         Marchen Two by Two         Odds&Ends         Relative Time         Sandchair Cantata         Science Project         Sideout         Spirit is Willing, The         Torment, The         War at Home

Fugue

Synopsis:
A man, woman, her parents, and the family maid dissect the rise and fall of a relationship destroyed by racial prejudices. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Odds&Ends.)

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1st Produced:
Primary Stages (New York, NY, United States)    1994

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
10-20 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  2 males, 3 females

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Information

Synopsis:
College students discuss rape, sexual assault, and power abuse at a TV studio on the campus of a small Midwestern college. As each recounts his or her experiences, one fact become clear in this striking play: no matter your race, gender, or disabilities, anyone can be a victim. Are college campuses ready to step up and show some accountability?

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1st Produced:
Actors & Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States)    2004

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
15-16 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  4 males, 6 females, 1 either (10-14 actors possible: 4-7 males, 6-7 females)

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Marchen Two by Two

Synopsis:
A couple tells their love story at three different times in their lives together. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Odds&Ends.)

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1st Produced:
Actors & Writers (Olivebridge, NY, United States)    2003

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
10-20 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  3 males, 3 females

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Odds&Ends

Synopsis:
A single love story is told by the same couple at three different points in their lives together (Marchen Two by Two); a group of pigeons observe the vivid nature of their human neighbor's love affair (Sideout); six students discuss the results of their failed science project, the planet Earth (Science Project). Odds&Ends is a collection of seven unique small-cast short plays that range from comedic to dramatic to poetic. To purchase this book of 7 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
80-100 min Comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  3 males, 4 females (6-27 actors possible: 3-14 males, 3-21 females)

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Relative Time

Synopsis:
A mother and her two grown daughters relive her life after the mother's death. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Odds&Ends.)

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1st Produced:
Actors&Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States)    2001

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
8-10 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  3 females

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Sandchair Cantata

Synopsis:
Two mothers on a seaside vacation watch their children at the waters edge, and discuss the ebbs and flows of the everyday dramas in their lives. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Odds&Ends.)

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1st Produced:
Actors & Writers (Staged Reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States)    2002

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
10-15 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  2 females

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Science Project

Synopsis:
Students discuss the results of their failed science project: Earth. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Odds&Ends.)

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1st Produced:
Actors & Writers (Olivebridge, NY, United States)    1996

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
10-15 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  2 males, 4 females (6 actors possible: 0-6 males, 0-6 females)

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Sideout

Synopsis:
Three pigeons who live on a woman's window ledge narrate the tale of her love affair. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Odds&Ends.)

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1st Produced:
Actors & Writers (Olivebri, NY, United States)    1995

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
10 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  1 male, 2 females (3 actors possible: 1-2 males, 1-2 females)

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Spirit is Willing, The

Synopsis:
When two women meet at a new age fair, the discover that they share a past, and more importantly, that some things just don't stay the same. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play Odds&Ends.)

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1st Produced:
Actors&Writers (staged reading) (Olivebridge, NY, United States)    1994

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
10 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  2 females (2 actors possible: exactly 1 male, 1-2 females)

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Torment, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Dramatist Guild, NY    2005

Organisations:
MultiStages New Works Reading Festival

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
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War at Home

Synopsis:
A group of students in a New York State high school 100 miles north of Ground Zero responds to the events of September 11th, 2001. The text of this ensemble piece was created from journal writings of over 40 students, teachers, and community members in the weeks immediately following 9-11. (All royalties from War at Home will be donated to charity.)

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1st Produced:
Rondout Valley High School (Accord, NY, United States)    2001

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
40-50 min Ensemble drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  4 males, 4 females, 13 either (16-30 actors possible: 4-26 males, 4-26 females)

Further Reference:
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