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Julian Sheppard

JULIAN SHEPPARD

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Gersh Agency  

Julian Sheppard. Julian Sheppard's playBuicks was produced by the Underwood Theater; the production received two Drama Desk nominations, including one for Outstanding Play. In 2007, Los Angeles was produced at the Flea Theater in New York. Other plays have been produced in New York at Soho Rep, Miranda Theatre, Blue Heron Arts Center, the Lincoln Center Directors' Lab at the Salon, Juilliard, the Cherry Lane Alternative, MCC Performance Lab, New York Performance Works, and Nada; his work has also been developed at numerous Theaters, including New York Theatre Workshop, New York Stage & Film, Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth, Manhattan Theatre Club, Primary Stages, MCC, WPA, Rattlestick, Bat Theatre Company, and the Workhouse Theatre. Regionally, his plays have been produced by the Barrington Stage Company and the Pacific Resident Theatre, and his playWhatever was produced in South AfricA. Other full-length plays include Love and Happiness, Roommates, Keys, and From Now On. Mr. Sheppard has been a resident at the MacDowell Colony, the Millay Colony, Blue Mountain Center, and the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. He has twice received the Le Comte de Nouy Award and four times has been a finalist for the Actor Theatre of Louisville's Heideman Award -- for Rollie & Fitch, Everything Else, Smile and You Are My Butterfly. Mr. Sheppard is a member of MCC Theatre's Playwrights Coalition, and is a graduate of the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwrights program at the Juilliard School.

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         Anticipation         Buicks         Everything Else         Los Angeles         Love And Happiness         Owned         Sunday Night         Whatever

Anticipation

Synopsis:
Somewhere in the East Village, two strangers going nowhere are suddenly faced with a turning point in their lives. Can a late-twenties slacker and an oversexed teenager find something together that's more lasting than their fleeting late-night hook-up?

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1st Produced:
New York Performance Works (New York, NY, United States)     1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
35-45 min Drama with comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1 male, 1 female

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Buicks

Synopsis:
Bill isn't sure how he got to this point in his life. He's thirty-five, married with two children and lives in Fresno, California, where he owns a car dealership. Life should be full, but Bill is miserable, even if he won't admit it. His Father doesn't respect him; his employees don't like him; and he's treating his wife, Kathy, badly. the only person who seems to have any esteem for him at all is his secretary, Naranja, a twenty-two-year-old Mexican immigrant who wants Bill to be her sponsor for her Green Card. When Kathy leaves Bill, taking their kids, he snaps. Desperate to bring them back, Bill hits the road to Albuquerque, where he believes they have gone, convincing Naranja to come with on the promise of helping her with the Green Card. Naranja is nervous about traveling with Bill but tries to make the best of it. Stopped at a motel that night she tells him that she would be a good car salesman and tries out her sales pitch on him. In the morning Bill discovers Kathy's parents left Albuquerque months ea

Notes:
part of Writers' Block : A week of new work.

1st Produced:
Actors Centre, London     2005

Organisations:
Operating Theatre

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Everything Else

Synopsis:
Phil and Jane's calm existence is altered when a disagreement erupts over Jane's purchase of a purple hat. An innocent question about how the hat looks leads to a startling moment of truth for a couple who didn't even know they were in trouble.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Atlantic 453 (New York, NY, United States)     2002

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
8-10 min Drama with comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1 male, 1 female

Further Reference:
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Los Angeles

Synopsis:
Sex. Drugs. Swimming Pools. Traffic. Smog. Carjackings. the search for the next big thing. This is Los Angeles, where one damaged young woman needs more than a map to find her way through the pitfalls of Tinseltown.
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Love And Happiness

Synopsis:
Allen's happily underachieving life is changed forever when Margaret, his divorced mother, brings home a new man, Clark. Clark sure likes Margaret and thinks Allen is cool just for being sixteen. But Allen cannot come to grips with the fact that Clark exists and so launches an all-out assault to rid himself of the interloper, at the same time feverishly attempting to reunite his estranged parents. As Allen struggles mightily to come of age and negotiate the limits of loving his mother, he loses his virginity to his girlfriend, then loses her to his best friend, and his mother to her boyfriend. When all else fails, Allen resorts to violence, stealing a gun and even firing it at Clark. But even this backfires on him, as the gun proves to be a water pistol, and though Clark is knocked down for a while, he recovers. But through his chaotic and desperate actions, Allen and his mother grow closer than ever, and he is able to see for the first time the true meaning of family in today's fractured world. In the end, A

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Owned

Synopsis:
Two down on their luck bartenders have ambitious dreams

Notes:
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1st Produced:
TBG Theatre, New York     26 Apr 2013

Organisations:
Knife Edge Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sunday Night

Synopsis:
After seven years, theo and Eliza have finally tied the knot. Sure they promised "till death do us part," but this couple isn't sure they'll survive the first night of their honeymoon. What do you do after you've made the biggest decision of your life?

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1st Produced:
New York Performance Works (New York, NY, United States)     1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
35-45 min Drama with comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1 male, 1 female

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Whatever

Synopsis:
Daphne, Roy and Jen have all slept with the same man, Carlo, unsafely. Carlo had been dating Jen, and Roy and Daphne's affairs with him had been secret. When they learn Carlo is HIV-positive, secrets find their way into the light. Daphne and Roy both start relationships with new men. Craig, whom Roy had introduced to Daphne, seems to be a solid, dependable guy. But, after a few dates, Craig learns that Daphne might be positive, and he cannot handle it. Jen meets Adam and thinks he's perfect for Roy. their first date is right after Roy has learned that he is HIV-positive, but Adam is willing to try a relationship. Jen learns she is negative; Daphne, that she's positive. Everyone tries to pick up the pieces of their lives. Adam seems unaffected by Roy being positive. Craig tries to win Daphne back into his life and fails. Daphne, trying to repair her relationship with the media-hungry Jen, goes on a talk show, but due to Jen's machinations, the appearance backfires. Jen and Daphne stop speaking. Adam reveals th

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  flexible

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