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Al Schnupp

AL SCHNUPP  (1953 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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 Antigone and Letters to Soldiers Lost         Censored         Falling Up         Living Stones         MerryWinkle International Troupe of Vagabonds Performs a Delicious Potpourri of Fantastical Fairy Tales and Astonishing Folk Legends, The         Site, The         Site, The         Stone Circle, The         This Fabled Isle         Trapdoors and Detours         Zero To Infinity

Antigone and Letters to Soldiers Lost

Synopsis:
An adaptation of the drama by Sophocles, underscored with letters from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. A portrait of loss, civil disobedience, honor and reconciliation.

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1st Produced:
California Polytechnic State University    -

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Genre:
Drama

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Censored

Synopsis:
The works of Käthe Kollwitz, an artist and activist of great renown today, were labeled degenerate during the Nazi regime. Wendall, branded a sexual degenerate, joins a subversive group that makes copies of condemned paintings to save the originals. He and Käthe become friends and support each other in their causes.

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1st Produced:
California Polytechnic State University    -

Organisations:
The Invisible Theatre, Tucson

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Falling Up

Synopsis:
Daedalus is a gifted sculptor and celebrated inventor, but the real source of his inspiration is his saucy model, Lydia. His son, Icarus, is a simpleton. His agent, Takus, is ineffective. His most loyal customer, King Minos, plagues him with unusual demands. What more could go wrong - imprisonment, a misguided escape and life as a fugitive. A comic saga of a man who creates problems that others must solve. 10 actors.

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Living Stones

Synopsis:
A collage of six classic myths with a contemporary twist. It features Medusa, who turns men into stone, Daedalus, sculptor and builder of the labyrinth, Zeus, whose father was tricked into swallowing a stone, Orpheus, whose music animates stones, Prometheus, bound to a rock for his generosity, and Teiresias, who was transformed into a woman after tossing a pebble at a snake.

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California Polytechnic State University    -

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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MerryWinkle International Troupe of Vagabonds Performs a Delicious Potpourri of Fantastical Fairy Tales and Astonishing Folk Legends, The

Synopsis:
A collection of eight folk tales from around the world. One is performed with marionettes; one is presented as a shadow puppet piece.

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California Polytechnic State University    -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Variable

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Site, The

Synopsis:
Dr. Roth, a neurotic scientist, travels the world to isolated research stations with his crew of misfits. The doctor's wife, a crazed but insightful poet, accompanies them. While excavating toads on assignment, a bizarre stranger arrives; this visitor wields absolute power over the group, prompting them to reveal horrific secrets.

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1st Produced:
American Theatre of Actors, NYC    -

Organisations:
Walkerspace, NYC

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Site, The

Synopsis:
In The Site, fickle scientist Professor Harold Roth travels the world to isolated research stations where he conducts unusual field studies. Currently, Harold is digging up toads under a dry lake bed in Arizona. He is accompanied by his wife, a once successful but now crazed poet, as well as a crew of misfits, his delinquent son Matt and Matt's pregnant girlfriend. When a bizarre stranger arrives, she wields absolute power over the group, threatening to reveal deep and horrific secrets
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1st Produced:
Walkerspace, NY    2008

Organisations:
Ivy Productions

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Stone Circle, The

Synopsis:
A journey through time with Atom

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1st Produced:
California Polytechnic State University    -

Organisations:
Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta

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Music:
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Genre:
Puppet Play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Variable

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This Fabled Isle

Synopsis:
The natives of an idyllic island have been enslaved by a band of foreigners. When the island begins to sink into the sea, King Egar, the hedonistic ruler, ignores the crisis as pandemonium ensues. 14 actors.

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California Polytechnic State University    -

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Genre:
Political Satire

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Trapdoors and Detours

Synopsis:
Tobias, a playwright, is exiled from Athens after he assaults Sophocles. Accompanied by his wife and children, Tobias travels though time with his cart of belongings. The family is transformed by the characters they meet: Strangers with Red Hands, Merchants on the Silk Road, Godot and his Nurse, Van Gogh's Roommate, Lord Elgin who ransacked the Parthenon, The Weird Sisters, and a Comedia Dell'arte Troupe.

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Genre:
Tragicomedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Zero To Infinity

Synopsis:
Maxie convinces her husband, Zero, to campaign for leader of their country. With Horace as Campaign Manager, the trio embarks on a whirlwind of fundraising, cover-ups, debates, makeovers and scams. Meanwhile, Inspector Oodles assumes a variety of disguises to uncover the true identity of Zero and his cohorts. An outrageous fable, in the spirit of King Ubu, that lampoons politics.

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1st Produced:
California Polytechnic State University and KCACTF Regional Festival    -

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Genre:
Political Satire and Spoof

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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