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Matthew Sheridan

MATTHEW SHERIDAN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Playwright-composer-lyricist MATTHEW SHERIDAN's work has been presented by National Alliance for Musical Theatre, Cardiff Musical Theatre Festival (UK), American Globe Theatre with Turnip Theatre Company, The Human Race Theatre Company, the Dramatists Guild, Opera on the Go, Around the Block with the New York Public Library, Camino Real Playhouse, and Theatre Resources Unlimited. Audition is published by Playscripts in Great Short Comedies. Awards include: for Small Talk - 15 Minute Play Festival Audience Favorite (NYC) and Finalist for the Heartland 10-Minute Play Contest (IL); for Unfinished - Second Place in Ohio State University's New Play Contest and Finalist for the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival.

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

         Ambition Bird, The         Audition         Boy Without Fear, The         Mirabella         Small Talk         Strawberry         Unfinished

Ambition Bird, The

Synopsis:
Home alone one windy November night, estranged from loved ones, haunted by memories, poet Anne Sexton writes to stay alive.

Notes:
book, music And lyrics by Matthew Sheridan

1st Produced:
Workshop Production: Loft Theatre, Dayton, Ohio     2007

Organisations:
the Human Race Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Audition

Synopsis:
An ambitious performer stresses out -- and lashes out - while waiting to audition for a well-regarded theatre composer.

Notes:
ShowOff! International Playwriting Festival

1st Produced:
Staged Reading: Camino Real Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano, California     2008

Organisations:
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1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Boy Without Fear, The

Synopsis:
Ten-year-old Ron runs away from home in search of "fear," something he's never felt.

Notes:
https://sites.google.com/site/fearwithoutboythe/

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Children's and Family Audiences Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Flexible casting, minimum of three performers

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Mirabella

Synopsis:
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Notes:
book by Fernando Costa Pinto, music And lyrics by Matthew Sheridan

1st Produced:
Queens Theater In The Park, New York     1998

Organisations:
Opera-on-the-Go

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Family Audiences Musical

Parts:
Male:  4 or 3 (w/doubling)            Female:  3            Other:  1 male of female

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Small Talk

Synopsis:
A man revisits a coffee shop that was a hangout in his youth, and finds himself having an unusual conversation.

Notes:
Finalist for the Heartland theatre 10-Minute Play Festival, Illinois

1st Produced:
American Globe theatre
145 West 46th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10036     01 May 2011

Organisations:
www.Theatermania.com/new-york/shows/17th-annual-15-minute-play-festival_177327

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Strawberry

Synopsis:
Suspenseful, offbeat two-hander where identities, situations and intentions aren't always what they seem.

Notes:
Honorable Mention in FirstStage LA competition

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama For adult audiences One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Unfinished

Synopsis:
Accidentally reunited, two once-close college friends confront the past, each other and themselves.

Notes:
Finalist for the Saints And Sinners Literary Festival; Semifinalist for O'Neill Playwrights Conference; Semifinalist for Princess Grace Award. Won Second Place in the Ohio State University New Play Contest

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Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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