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Lenny Schwartz

LENNY SCHWARTZ

  
Nationality:    USA
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Lenny is the writer/director of such plays as Buster Keaton: Fade To Black, Fidelity, The Wire Game and many others. He will be directing a play of his, Accidental Incest: Someone For Everyone at the Planet Connections Festivity at the 45 Bleecker St Theatres in June. Lenny is also the screenwriter of Scorpio Films Releasing upcoming film Murder University(July 2012) as well as their next feature, Normal, going into production in August, He is also a writer on Breaking Branches Pictures Rhodyopolis. Lenny's next play, The Brothers Marx will be produced in the fall in RI. Lenny has won numerous Motif Magazine awards for playwriting and has been nomianted for many others. Lenny lives in North Scituate RI

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

         Accidental Incest: Someone For Everyone         Brothers Marx, The         Fidelity         Higher Methods         Lucy         Man Who Saw Snoopy, The         Newcastle         Six Month Cure, The         Squiggy and the Goldfish         Subject 62

Accidental Incest: Someone For Everyone

Synopsis:
Accidental Incest: Someone for Everyone is a sick and disturbing comedy about two people who find romance in this crazy world. the problem is that they are indeed brother and sister! So they are left with a question: Be miserable or be with the one person who truly gets who you are.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
theatres at 45 Bleecker
45 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012    12 Jun 2012

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

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Genre:
comedy 75 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Brothers Marx, The

Synopsis:
This is a bio-play about the Marx Brothers. Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo, and Gummo are all represented. It chronicles their rise in the entertainment industry from vaudeville to the early era of talking films, to the rest of their career. It is a historical, funny, and heartbreaking play about brothers who become famous and then slowly come apart.

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1st Produced:
Daydream Theatre Peformance Space At Bell Street Chapel in Providence, RI.    01 Nov 2012

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

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Genre:
2 act 120 min

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  8            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Fidelity

Synopsis:
This show is part of the Planet Connections theatre Festivity. Tom and Alison are married and decimating their relationship. . .maybe even each other. A dark, comedic thriller about a modern relationship - with deceit, betrayal, and the need to feel wanted. . .all at any cost.
- nytheatre.com

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Genre:
comedic thriller

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Higher Methods

Synopsis:
A dark play about fame and the price people pay to achieve that. Higher Methods is a dark drama about Matt, an actor whose sister goes missing in L.A. when he is eight years old. ears pass and a clue emerges as to where she might be. Matt goes to L.A. and follows her path, having the same experiences as her and meeting the same people. The path leads to a fanatical theatre group, whose leader employs horrifying methoids in sharing the art of performance. What follow for Matt is a descent down the rabbit hole until he cannot determine what is real and what is fiction.

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1st Produced:
Daydream Theatre Peformance Space At Bell Street Chapel in Providence, RI.    11 Apr 2013

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

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Genre:
2 act play 90 min

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Lucy

Synopsis:
This play is about Lucille Ball, who at age 40, produced and starred in one of the most successful television shows ever "I Love Lucy." It is a play about her rise and her relationshiop with Desi Arnaz, and how success eventually consumed their love.

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1st Produced:
Daydream Theatre Peformance Space At Bell Street Chapel in Providence, RI.    07 Nov 2013

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
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Genre:
2 act bio play 105 min

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Man Who Saw Snoopy, The

Synopsis:
The Man who Saw Snoopy is a two act play with one intermission, running 1 hour and 45 minutes. It is a bio-play about Charles Schulz, the legendary creator of "Peanuts." It is the story of a man trapped in his own world, which in his mind echoed the strip he drew for 50 years.

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1st Produced:
Daydream Theatre Peformance Space At Bell Street Chapel in Providence, RI.    06 Nov 2014

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

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To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
2 act 105 min

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Newcastle

Synopsis:
Newcastle is a one act 75 minute play that takes place in one location in real time. It is a suspense thriller about a tabloid writer who witnesses a political assassination. It is a dark play about conspiracy theories, twists, and betrayals showing our society where we have been. . .and where we might be going.

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1st Produced:
Daydream Theatre Peformance Space At Bell Street Chapel in Providence, RI.    27 Mar 2014

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
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Genre:
one act 75 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Six Month Cure, The

Synopsis:
This show is part of the Planet Connections theatre Festivity. This is their official description: In this all-female comedic Drama Kate, a middle-aged lesbian meets Mandy, a lost soul. Together they share a cross-country journey to California for the biggest comic book convention in the world. the road they take is filled with memory, bad food, heartbreak, and hope.
- nytheatre.com

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Organisations:
Daydream Theatre Company

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
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Genre:
one act 90 min. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Squiggy and the Goldfish

Synopsis:
Squiggy has a lot of problems. His home life is rough, his love life sucks, and his goldfish has just started talking to him. But things are about to change. In the play of Squiggy's life, he's about to make some cuts. Will he find the answers he's looking for or will he end up at the bottom of the goldfish bowl?
- press release

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Organisations:
Small Pond Entertainment

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Subject 62

Synopsis:
This play is a surreal drama about an artist, Chris, who is afflicted with a degenerative disease called Huntingtons. When he is signed up for a unique experiment to find a cure, he finds himself trapped in his memories, losing them as he tries to hold onto a single one to take with him.

Notes:
Subject 62 received the award for Outstanding Script-Full Length at the 2013 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
part of the 5th annual Planet Connections Theatre Festivity

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
one act 75 min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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