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Lia Romeo

LIA ROMEO

  (1981 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    agent is Katharine Sands (for fiction projects)

Lia Romeo earned her B.A. in comparative literature from Princeton University and her M.F.A. in playwriting from Rutgers, incurring staggering quantities of student loans and no marketable skills whatsoever. She somehow managed to secure a part time job writing standardized test questions, and spends the rest of her time daydreaming about pretty shoes she can't afford and writing. Her play Green Whales was read or developed at the Kennedy Center, HotCity Theatre, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, and New Jersey Repertory Theatre, and received its world premiere from Kansas City's Unicorn Theatre in March 2010. Her play Right Place, Right Time was a finalist for the O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference, the HotCity Theatre New Play Festival, and the Centre Stage New Play Festival. It received its world premiere from the Renegade Theatre Experiment in January 2010, and will be produced by Stillwater Theatre in September 2010. Her one act play "Baby Boom" has been produced by Collaborative Arts, the Looking Glass Theatre, and the New Orleans Theatre Experiment. Her one act play "Mrs. Henderson's Cat" was produced at the Hangar Theatre. Her short play "Yog Sothoth" was a finalist for the Heideman Award. This and other short plays have been produced in thirteen different states and internationally. Lia was the National New Play Network's Emerging Playwright-in-Residence at Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey in 2008-2009. She is also a humor book author and novelist; she and her brother Nick are co-authors of 11,002 Things to Be Miserable About. the book was published by Abrams Image in 2009, and garnered favorable reviews in the Boston Globe and other national publications.

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         Babies         Baby Boom         Connected         Exit Interview         Green Whales         Groundhog Everlasting Night         Hot Line         Last Call         Lovesick or Things That Don't Happen         Motherly Love         Mrs Henderson's Cat         Murphy the Cat         Neighbors, The         Right Place, Right Time         Tenth Floor         When the Gods Speak         Yog Sothoth

Babies

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Organisations:
Lark Theatre Playwrights' Workshop

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Baby Boom

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1st Produced:
New Brunswick, Nj     2008

Organisations:
Collaborative Arts, Looking Glass Theatre

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Comedy

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Connected

Synopsis:
examines love and friendship in the age of social media through a series of interrelated vignettes - a young girl's most embarrassing moment goes viral; a high school student must choose between real life and role-playing games; two girls spend Saturday night endlessly searching for the "perfect party;" and a teacher is accidentally seduced by her student on an internet dating site.

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Project Y

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Exit Interview

Synopsis:
Kelly has just been fired. . .but her bad day is about to get so much worse.

Notes:
part of 3rd New York New Playwright Festival (NYNP)

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Organisations:
Project Y Theatre Company

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short play

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Green Whales

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1st Produced:
Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City, Mo     01 Mar 2010

Organisations:
National New Play Network/Kennedy Center University Playwrights' Workshop

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Groundhog Everlasting Night

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Hot Line

Synopsis:
You never quite know who you might get on the other end of the phone.

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1st Produced:
Minneapolis, Mn     2007

Organisations:
Theatre Limina

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Last Call

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1st Produced:
Pensacola Little Theatre    

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Pensacola Little Theatre

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Lovesick or Things That Don't Happen

Synopsis:
Amy gets dumped by Chuck right before prom. Susie and Stacy are bridesmaids and think the groom is gay. Brad and Doug have a bro-mantic moment in the elevator. Brian and Jessica wake up after a night only one of them remembers. Lovesick or Things That Don't Happen is an uproarious collection of modern love songs and stories set on the most dreaded day of the year: Valentine's Day.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Book By: Lia Romeo; Conceived & Directed By: Michole Biancosino; Music & Lyrics by: Tony Biancosino

1st Produced:
59E59 theaters
59 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022     09 Feb 2012

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Genre:
musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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Motherly Love

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part of Technoplays: This original production of 11 short plays focuses on the themes of our last reading series: Science, Technology and Human Connection.

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Project Y Playwrights Group

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Genre:
short play

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Mrs Henderson's Cat

Synopsis:
A pet-sitting job goes horribly wrong.

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1st Produced:
Ithaca, NY     2008

Organisations:
Hangar Theatre

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Genre:
Comedy

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Murphy the Cat

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1st Produced:
Boston, Ma     2007

Organisations:
Devanaughn Theatre

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Genre:
Comedy

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Neighbors, The

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the New Jersey Repertory Company presents its 3rd Annual theatre Brut Festival of Short Plays. This season's theme is the Seven Deadly Sins.

1st Produced:
Long Branch, Nj     2006

Organisations:
New Jersey Repertory Company

1st Published:
Lemon Puppy Quarterly, 2005   -

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Genre:
comedy One Act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Right Place, Right Time

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O'Neill Playwrights Conference - finalist. Stillwater theatre - production pending in September 2010

1st Produced:
Renegade Theatre Experiment, San Jose, Ca    

Organisations:
National New Play Network/Kennedy Center University Playwrights' Workshop

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Tenth Floor

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1st Produced:
Fancy Pants Theater, Kalamazoo, Mi     08 Jun 2011

Organisations:
Second Ever Fancy Pants Gay-La

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Genre:
Short play

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When the Gods Speak

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1st Produced:
Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, Ak     2005

Organisations:
Kokopelli Theatre Company

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Genre:
comedy One act

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Yog Sothoth

Synopsis:
set in the perfect neighborhood. . .except for one little problem
- press release

Notes:
part of Spring Shorts 7

1st Produced:
Turtle Shell Theater     2008

Organisations:
3Graces Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Genre:
comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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