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Jenny Seidelman

JENNY SEIDELMAN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Jenny Seidelman is a Chicago area native. Her plays have received staged readings at Chicago Dramatists, Around the Coyote, the Illegitimate Arts Festival, the Children's Theater of Western Springs, TADA! Theater Company in New York and her alma mater, Knox College, where she was a three-time winner of the Davenport Award for Playwriting. Her plays for young people, A Crime in a Rhyme and Searching for Him, are published by TADA! Theater. Her short play Wet Work was produced as part of n.u.f.A.n. ensemble's Seven Plays in Seven Days festival and her piece Jerry Springer: I'm Having God's Baby! was produced by TantA Productions in San Francisco. She was commissioned by Northlight Theatre to write a script for their Performing Arts Camp and by Chicago director Lavina Jadhwani to adapt antoine de Saint Exupery's the Little Prince. For WNEP Theater in Chicago she co-wrote Dirty Bible Stories with Seth Fisher and Dave Stinton and contributed to Armageddon Radio Hour New Years Eve, Christmas My Ass (redux), RAW: a Write Club Sampler, Soiree Dada: Soiree Dada Schmuck Der Hallen and Nighthawk Sandwich/the (Edward) Hopper Project. Her poetry has been read at Great Beast Theater, Messenger Theatre Company, the Gwendolyn Brooks Spoken Word Poetry Contest and WNEP Theater's the Gong Show. In 2000 she won the International Wizard of Oz Club's Otto Award for Short Fiction.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Another Sparrow Flies         Barber Shop, The         Boxing St Stephens         Crime in a Rhyme, A         Crossings and Wheeling & Dealing         Deborah         Dr Mysterious         Gift, The         Henry Moore Is Melting         Jerry Springer: I'm Having God's Baby!         Outside/Inside         Paul: Behind the Apostle         Quest         Reckoning         Searching for Him         This Is Grand         Traveller of Tenby, The         Wartime Nurses in Love         Wet Work
Another Sparrow Flies

Synopsis:
In this short play inspired by the novel Girl by Blake Nelson, a young woman struggles to find a balance between conformity and rebellion, while immersing herself in a world of sex, drugs, and rock n roll.

Notes:
Produced As part of the Festival of Plays

1st Produced:
Children's Theater Of Western Springs, Western Springs, Il     23 May 1995

Organisations:
Children's Theater of Western Springs

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  2 m or f

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Barber Shop, The

Synopsis:
In New York's Little Italy in 1931, a barber, Guiseppe, and his sister-in-law Rosa, a manicurist, quietly commemorate the birthday of Rosa's deceased son. the arrival of Rosa's husband and Guiseppe's brother Georgio brings to the surface long-buried tension over a secret that the barber and the manicurist share.

Notes:
Part of "Nighthawk Sandwich"

1st Produced:
Storefront Theater, Chicago, Il     2010

Organisations:
WNEP Theater

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Boxing St Stephens

Synopsis:
In a pub in Belfast, Roj and his wife Fan discuss the meaning and purpose of Boxing Day, also known as St. Stephen's Day. Over the course of a few hours and after a few drinks, Fan begins to enjoy having time away from responsibilities while Roj becomes concerned about spending the day away from their children.

Notes:
Part of "Raw: the Write Club Sampler"

1st Produced:
Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, Il     13 May 2008

Organisations:
WNEP Theater

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Crime in a Rhyme, A

Synopsis:
In Nursery Rhyme Land, poor Little Bo Peep has lost her favorite lamb Lamberta. Soon after, Mary Had A Little Lamb shows up at school with an adorable lamb. Failing to hide her from Mrs. Pumpkineater, Mary is accused of stealing Bo Peep's lamb. After a heated trial, Lamberta is returned to her rightful owner and Mary and her accomplice Tom Tom, the Piper's Son are sentenced for their wrongdoing. the play involves audience participation and a lesson is leaned about the importance of standing up for the truth when the hero Jack (of Jack and Jill) must help bring Mary and Tom Tom to justice.

Notes:
Produced As part of the Festival of Plays

1st Produced:
Children's Theater Of Western Springs, Western Springs, Il     25 May 1995

Organisations:
Children's Theater of Western Springs

1st Published:
TADA! theater, New York, NY (Spring 1997)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Children's Play

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  8            Other:  2 m or f, doubling possible

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Crossings and Wheeling & Dealing

Synopsis:
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Notes:
featured in the 3rd Annual Chicago One-Minute Play Festival

1st Produced:
Victory Gardens Theater     17 Jun 2013

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
one min play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Deborah

Synopsis:
the story of the Deborah, Prophet and Judge of the Israelites, done in the style of a 1940's screwball comedy.

Notes:
Part of "Dirty Bible Stories"

1st Produced:
Wnep Theater, Chicago, Il     07 Feb 2003

Organisations:
WNEP Theater

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Dr Mysterious

Synopsis:
In an homage to the old-time radio crime Drama "the Shadow", Professor Hardwood Monroe becomes "Dr. Mysterious" in order to solve the Curse of the Scarab!

Notes:
Part of "Armageddon Radio Hour"

1st Produced:
Apollo Theater, Chicago, Il     31 Dec 2005

Organisations:
WNEP Theater

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Mystery, Radio Play

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Gift, The

Synopsis:
One friend gives another a Christmas gift, but the present alone does not prove his love - only the absurd and awful length at which he went to get it can express his affection.

Notes:
Part of "Soiree Dada Schmuck Der Hallen"

1st Produced:
Storefront Theater, Chicago, Il     21 Nov 2008

Organisations:
WNEP Theater

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
avant garde Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 m or f

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Henry Moore Is Melting

Synopsis:
The perpetrators were no art thieves - they were travellers (Irish gypsies) who sold the priceless work for scrap. Henry Moore is Melting imagines the story behind the true-life heist, examining the consequences for one traveller who values art more highly than the bonds of his community.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Cold Basement Dramatics In Chicago, Il     01 Nov 2013

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Jerry Springer: I'm Having God's Baby!

Synopsis:
A spoof of "the Jerry Springer Show" - 3 female guests, all of whom claim to be pregnant by immaculate conception, confront the Angel who serves as messenger of the absent Father God.

Notes:
Part of "Christmas My Ass (Redux)"

1st Produced:
Wnep Theater, Chicago, Il     05 Dec 2003

Organisations:
WNEP Theater

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Outside/Inside

Synopsis:
Outside/Inside is a comedy that explores race and cultural identity in the modern era.

Notes:
finalist for Polarity Ensemble Theatre's 2014 Dionysos Cup of New Plays, Chicago, IL. [reading] Greenhouse Theater, Chicago, IL (22 Apr 2015)

1st Produced:
18 Bleecker Street. New York, NY     23 Feb 2015

Organisations:
Ground UP Productions

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
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Paul: Behind the Apostle

Synopsis:
the story of the Apostle Paul, as done in the style of "VH1 Behind the Music"

Notes:
Part of "Dirty Bible Stories"

1st Produced:
Wnep Theater, Chicago, Il     07 Feb 2003

Organisations:
WNEP Theater

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Quest

Synopsis:
an action-fantasy that plays with the mechanics and tropes of myths and fairytales and reimagines the classic adventure story from the perspective of the lowly sidekick character

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Heartland Studio 7016 N. Glenwood Ave.. Chicago, Il 60626     26 Apr 2015

Organisations:
Blades Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
action fantasy

Parts:
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Reckoning

Synopsis:
Reckoning is the story of three generations of travellers (Irish gypsies) - matriarch Mae Deacon, daughter Carrie and Carrie's daughter Vivian. Together, Mae, Carrie and Vivian are forced to face a past that haunts them - and avenge a grave transgression that was committed against their family.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
[Staged Theatre] Art Square Theatre, 1025 First St. Las Vegas, Nv     08 Feb 2015

Organisations:
Asylum Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Searching for Him

Synopsis:
Two teenage girls, best friends, search to find themselves through unhealthy relationships with boys. Tatyana lacks self-confidence and so, rather than meeting boys on her own, she creates imaginary relationships with those her best friend Alice meets. Alice wants so badly to leave her school and family that she is willing to leave town with Chris, her controlling boyfriend. the two debate what is best for each other.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
TADA! theater, New York, NY (Fall 1999)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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This Is Grand

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Traveller of Tenby, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
reading as part of Ground UP Productions' From the Ground Up reading series

1st Produced:
Theatrelab 357 W. 36th Street, 3rd Fl. (Btwn 8th & 9th Ave.), NYC     24 Feb 2014

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Wartime Nurses in Love

Synopsis:
In an homage to 1940's radio soap-operas, this episode of Wartime Nurses in Love has Nurse Helen Truehart falling for a wounded and disillusioned soldier named George and Nurse Betty Keen gets urgent news from her fiancee Joe, who is serving in the Pacific.

Notes:
Part of "Armageddon Radio Hour"

1st Produced:
Apollo Theater, Chicago, Il     31 Dec 2005

Organisations:
WNEP Theater

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama, Radio Play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Wet Work

Synopsis:
An seasoned hipster hitman attempts to usher his new partner into the world killers-for-hire and ends up wondering if he might need to dispose of his irritating sidekick instead.

Notes:
Part of the "Seven Plays in Seven Days Festival"

1st Produced:
City Lit Theater, Chicago, Il     2009

Organisations:
n.u.f.a.n. ensemble

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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