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Stephen Sachs

STEPHEN SACHS

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Susan Gurman Agency, LLC  represented by Susan Gurman

Stephen Sachs is a member of Dramatist Guild of America

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         Bakersfield Mist         Baron in the Trees, The         Central Avenue         Citizen: An American Lyric         Cyrano         Gilgamesh         Golden Gate         Heart Song         Miss Julie: Freedom Summer         Mother's Day         Open Window         Razkazy         Sweet Nothing in My Ear

Bakersfield Mist

Bakersfield Mist
the unlikely heroine of Bakersfield Mist is Maude Gutman, an unemployed, foul-mouthed, Jack Daniels swigging bartender, who lives in a trailer park in the seamy part of town. Events are set off when on a whim she purchases what she considers to be the ugliest painting in a thrift shop for three bucks, but then becomes convinced that it is a Jackson Pollock worth millions. Maude prevails in convincing the foundation that authenticates Pollock-s work to send their straight-laced, no-nonsense, and elegantly attired expert, Lionel Percy, to pass judgment on the work. there is obviously a lot at stake and Lionel has great misgivings since undocumented, and unknown Pollocks rarely surface and the market is flooded with fakes. He knows that there are forgers and charlatans constantly nipping at his heels who are anxious to take him down, and to besmirch and destroy his carefully crafted, hard-earned reputation. Lionel's no light-weight and his opinion is the final word on such matters for he is an instructor in Abstract Impressionism at Princeton University and the former director at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His negative bias is confirmed when the first encounter he has at the trailer-park is with the killer dogs of Maude's neighbor, who literally nip at his heels, as he sprints desperately for his life. Nor is he reassured when he encounters Maude's decorating skills that give the term shabby-chic new meaning. Maude knows that this is her only chance to turn her pathetic life of defeat and grinding poverty around, and that two simple words from Lionel can achieve this. She reaches desperately into her meager and threadbare bag-of-tricks to convince him of the painting's authenticity, as the play becomes a thought-provoking game of cat-and-mouse. Inspired in part by true events, Bakersfield Mist is a provocative and delightful comedy about class distinctions, truth, life, and the meaning of art.
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1st Produced:
Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles     11 Jun 2011

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1st Published:
New Playwrights: the Best Plays Of 2012. Published by Smith and Kraus, Inc.
Josef Weinberger Ltd (2014) >>>
Dramatists Play Service, Inc. NY (2015)   978-1575257945

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Genre:
comedy

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Baron in the Trees, The

Synopsis:
Rebelling against his family and society the twelve year count climbs into a tree and refuses to come down - ever

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Based on the novel: "The Baron In The Trees" by Italo Calvino

1st Produced:
Ensemble Studio Theatre, Los Angeles     01 Jul 1987

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Central Avenue

Synopsis:
Los Angeles 1940. A policeman discovers a black man out after the curfew. He is about to beat him when a young white man intervenes. He tells the policeman his father works for the mayor. The policeman leaves. The white man had recognised the black man as the famous musician Smokin' Sam Washington

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1st Produced:
Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles     08 Jun 2001

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Drama

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Citizen: An American Lyric

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Based on the book: "Citizen: An American Lyric" by Claudia Rankine

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Drama

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Cyrano

Synopsis:
a contemporary deaf/hearing adaptation of the classic tale

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1st Produced:
Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles     01 Aug 2012

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Gilgamesh

Synopsis:
Enkidu a naked wild man has been civilised by the erotic arts a sexual priestess. He is befriended by warrior king Gilgamesh. The two go on an epic journey

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Based on an ancient Sumerian poem

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Golden Gate

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Heart Song

Synopsis:
A middle aged Jewish woman having doubts about her faith is persuaded by a friend to join a flamenco class for women their age. Here she meets a group of eccentric women and faces spirituality, faith and mortality

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1st Produced:
Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles     25 May 2013

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Drama

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Miss Julie: Freedom Summer

Synopsis:
A re-imagined adaptation of August Strindberg's masterpiece, set in Mississippi on the night of July 4, 1964, two days after the signing of the Civil Rights Act during the explosive Freedom Summer of the Civil Rights Era. The white Miss Julie and her black chauffeur, John, struggle for independence and freedom from the personal and social demons that bind them. This sexually-charged social drama explores racial and sexual tensions in a riveting struggle for power, freedom, and social change.

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Based on "Miss Julie" by August Strindberg

1st Produced:
Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles     29 Jun 1905

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Mother's Day

Synopsis:
A mother is attracted to her daughter's new and handsome boyfriend

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1st Produced:
Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles     01 Mar 1999

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Drama

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Open Window

Synopsis:
Two deaf women battle for a young man's soul

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1st Produced:
Pasadena Playhouse, Pasaden, California     14 Oct 2005

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Razkazy

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Based on short stories by Anton Chekhov

1st Produced:
Sarah Cunningham Stage, Los Angeles     1987

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Sweet Nothing in My Ear

Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Dan and Laura are a happily married couple. Laura is deaf so is Adam, their son. A micro chip has been invented that can give hearing and Dan wants Adam to have it implanted so his son can become normal. Laura is against it as she see deafness as a blessing.

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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company,    978-0871299178

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  1 boy

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