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Kimberly Shelby-Szyszko

KIMBERLY SHELBY-SZYSZKO  

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below is a list of Kimberly Shelby-Szyszko's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Bibliotika         Celestial Hurl         Elephant in the Room is Feeding the Ducks, The         Facing the Minotaur         Grimke's Shadow         Placebos Dress For Comfort         Trip to My Lou         Whispers in Three-Part Atrophy         Zorah's Magic Carpet

Bibliotika

Synopsis:
In a modest, faraway municipality, a hard-nosed librarian discovers her soft spots while enduring a host of excitable patrons, increasingly sparse bookshelves, and the haunting of German romanticist.

Notes:
part of Experiments 11 - Concert Readings of experimental plays At the La MaMa Club

1st Produced:
La MaMa The Club
74A East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003    02 May 2011

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Celestial Hurl

Synopsis:
A psychodramatic ride through the afterlives of poisoning victims. What goes down always comes back up.

Notes:
Experimental Play Reading Series

1st Produced:
La MaMa The Club
74A East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003    16 Apr 2012

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Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Elephant in the Room is Feeding the Ducks, The

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1st Produced:
The Shell Theater    2010

Organisations:
Left Hip Productions

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Facing the Minotaur

Synopsis:
Red Thread Theater's new play, Facing the Minotaur, weaves together real life journeys of courageous self-confrontation by ensemble members DR Mann Hanson, Quai Nystrom and Kimberly Shelby-Szyszko. Julie Rosier directs an ensemble of six in a play framed by the Greek myth of Theseus, a young Athenian who braves the labyrinth to slay the man-eating minotaur at its center, relying only on a magical red thread to guide him back to freedom once the heroic deed is done. The multi-plot narrative unfurls as three storytellers descend into the twisting maze of lived experience to face the shadowy creatures that dwell at the core of consciousness. One protagonist searches for the antidote to her "toxic" voice while battling her aging ovaries. Another pushes boundaries by revisiting an interrupted childhood. The third struggles to reconcile authentic sexual expression with fervent religious strivings. After these modern-day heroes have faced their minotaurs will the red thread, a timeless and unbreakable bond of common human experience, reveal itself in time to lead them to a triumphant return?
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
created by DR Mann Hanson, Quai Nystrom, Kimberly Shelby-Szyszko And Red Thread Ensemble

1st Produced:
Spoon Theatre
38 West 38th Street, 5th floor, New York, NY 10018    03 Jun 2011

Organisations:
Red Thread Theater

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Grimke's Shadow

Synopsis:
Circa 1926, a blocked, weary writer searches for story and solace in a Harlem cafe, but she instead finds a stormy flirtation. This is the story of the two most passionate, tormented poets of the Harlem Renaissance who were never officially, really, actually, technically part of the Harlem Renaissance.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    2010

Organisations:
Xoregos Performing Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Placebos Dress For Comfort

Synopsis:
Placebos Dress For Comfort explores social constructs of gender through the absurd experiences of its protagonist Devin, as she rejects the gift of a skimpy bikini from boyfriend Ungar and is attacked by Reva, a woman claiming to be an alien, who is also doing role-playing research to spice up her own relationship. Reva attacks Devin for treason, as well as for shopping at Bergdorf's. By the end of the play, the distinctions between genders, opposing activists, and even species, become blurred.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Manhattan Repertory Theatre
303 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036    14 Aug 2010

Organisations:
Manhattan Repertory Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Trip to My Lou

Synopsis:
A loopily lucid tale of New York lust, loneliness, Lou's, and lunchboxes.

Notes:
Staged Reading

1st Produced:
Brooklyn, NY    2009

Organisations:
S&J Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  1

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Whispers in Three-Part Atrophy

Synopsis:
A surreal pillow talk in which stories are chased and identity is washed clean.

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Zorah's Magic Carpet

Synopsis:
A Moroccan woman redecorates her life with curiosity and creativity, and learns how to fly.

Notes:
Adaptation of the short story by Stefan Czernecki

1st Produced:
Brooklyn, NY    2009

Organisations:
Trilok Fusion Arts

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  7            Other:  potentially

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