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Adrien Royce

ADRIEN ROYCE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Adrien Royce's plays have been produced/workshopped by FringeNYC, Chicago Dramatists, Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, West Bank Downstairs Theatre, Love Creek Productions, and Turnip Theatre Company, among others. Her work has been honored in numerous festivals and awards programs including Jane Chambers, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, and the New American Theatre. Her shows include: BELIEVE IN ME, A Bigfoot Musical, (adapted from her stage play, Everything That Happens In the Woods Is Real); NEUROTIC SPLENDOR, book & lyrics by Adrien Royce, music by Mark Hollmann, which received First Place honors in the 2003 Sonoma County Repertory Theatre New Works Festival and her book and lyrics for the musical, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN the WOODS IS REAL, which won Second Place honors. Other works include Swimming to the Surface, Fast Friends, Maximum Gray (published by Gary Garrison's the Loop,) Two Acts by Two Women, Hungover From the 80's -- book and lyrics by Adrien Royce, music by Mark Hollmann -- and Bigfeet , in which she also performed, directed by Mark Hollmann. Monologues from her plays and musicals are published by Smith & Kraus/Audition Arsenal Series. Adrien was writer/ lyricist/ co-director of the award-winning short film, Check It Out, a rock opera and public service program for the American Cancer Society. For her work with the Newark Literacy Campaign she was awarded a grant from the MidAtlantic Arts Foundation Artist-as-Catalyst program. Adrien received a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts from the University of Illinois/KrAnnert Center for the Performing Arts. She is a member of Dramatists Guild of America, AEA, SAG and AFTRA.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America since Sep 1996

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

         Believe In Me. . .A Bigfoot Musical         Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls         Everything That Happens In the Woods Is Real         Hungover From the 80's         Maximum Gray         Monologues from various plays         Neurotic Splendor         Swimming to the Surface

Believe In Me. . .A Bigfoot Musical

Synopsis:
In 1980 a novice documentary filmmaker with big feet researches the Bigfoot Creature only to discover more about herself than the big guy.

Notes:
music and lyrics by Michael Holland; Book by Adrien Royce (based on her play, Everything That Happens In the Woods Is Real). Further reference: http://www.Dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=8228

1st Produced:
FringeNYC     2004

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls

Synopsis:
Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls, a musical fable about a young woman who must find her lost baby, when she doesn't even know she had one: In 1981 a novice scriptwriter and size eleven narrow, Bernie Bernstein, is in denial that the surgery she had for an ectopic pregnancy due to an IUD, had anything to do with an actual pregnancy. Broke and brokenhearted, dumped by her cross-dressing boyfriend, she takes the only job she can get: writing a Bigfoot documentary. On her way into the deep woods she meets a fugitive Weatherman, a Bigfoot expert and his wife, a pregnant, illegal-alien Scottish cable-access camera crew, the Sheriff of Mt Shasta who was a former psychiatric nurse in Vietnam, and a couple of FBI agents. On her search for the elusive creature, Bernie learns not only about the Sasquatch, but also uncovers the truth about herself and her baby.

Notes:
Music And Lyrics by Mark Hollmann; Story And Book by Adrien Royce (based on her play, Everything That Happens In the Woods Is Real). Further reference: http://www.Dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=8228. Theater Review: Atlantic Stage's Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls - Paul Grimshaw, for Weekly Surge. First things first: Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls with music by Mark Hollmann, book by Adrien Royce, and directed by John Woodson, is a ton of fun - you should really see it. And not just because the singing from the cast is top notch, and not just because this is a workshop production and a chance to witness the birth of a new musical, and not just because the score was written by a Tony Award-winning composer, but because it's really, really fun. With only a few reservations I can say I loved it. . .High marks and due praise go to Hollmann, the aforementioned Tony winner, who wrote 22 songs for this quirky production that never fail to entertain. In fact, at less than two hours, this musical is so chock full of music it's almost a pop-rock opera - you could hear Andrew Lloyd Webber humming along in the wings. With well-crafted songs, simple but mostly effective sets, and Music Director Steven Gross's orchestrations and pitch-perfect live orchestra, chances are musical theater lovers will love it too. But be forewarned, with a few F-bombs dropped, and mature subject matter such as contraceptives, this show is not appropriate for children. . .Coastal Carolina University theater major Shannon Burke, as the angst-ridden hyperactive show's lead, Bernie Bernstein, is a spitfire. She's tomboyish, lovable, neurotic, and she sings her ass off. Caleb Jernigan, another CCU student, as the radical Rudy Guevara, is tall, handsome, and ready for the big stage - the kid has pipes, as does Ryan Shaefer, who plays the gender-bending Maximum Grey.. . .Royce has a long resume as an actress and writer, and offers great wit in what is essentially a dark tragic comedy. What little dialog there is between songs is sardonic, and really very funny . . .So if conspiracy theories, corrupt big medicine types, Bigfoot enthusiasts, home-grown radicals, and soul-searching characters (who sing and dance), are your cup of tea, then don't miss this opportunity to see first in Myrtle Beach what may one day be a Broadway hit.

1st Produced:
Atlantic Stage, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Usa     28 Jan 2012

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Genre:
Musical fable

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Everything That Happens In the Woods Is Real

Synopsis:
In 1980 a novice documentary filmmaker with big feet researches the Bigfoot Creature only to discover more about herself than the big guy.

Notes:
won second place honors in the Sonoma County Repertory Company New Play Contest in 2004 And was A Finalist in the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Women's Playwriting Contest in 2002.. Further reference: http://www.Dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=8228

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hungover From the 80's

Synopsis:
Musical Revue about three characters' broke and broken-hearted lives in the 1980's.

Notes:
Adrien Royce (Book And Lyrics) Mark Hollmann (Music). Further reference: http://www.Dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=8228

1st Produced:
Chicago Dramatists Workshop     1992

Organisations:
Chicago Dramatists Workshop

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Genre:
musical revue

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Maximum Gray

Synopsis:
Carpenters nails, spike heels and a dress like the one Donna Reed wore, but see-thru.

Notes:
Further reference: http://www.Dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=8228

1st Produced:
Turnip Theatre     1997

Organisations:
Turnip Theatre

1st Published:
the Loop, 2008   

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Monologues from various plays

Synopsis:
See: Neurotic Splendor; Hungover From the 80's.

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Further reference: http://www.Dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=8229

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1st Published:
Smith & Kraus Audition Arsenal, 2005   

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Neurotic Splendor

Synopsis:
Jewish woman finds love in Jesus. . .Rodriguez.

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Further reference: http://www.Dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=8230

1st Produced:
-     1999

Organisations:
Love Creek Productions

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Swimming to the Surface

Synopsis:
50-year old woman tries to find out why her mother doesn't come to her first and only wedding.

Notes:
Further reference: http://www.Dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=8231

1st Produced:
New American Theatre     2002

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Genre:
comedy Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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