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Jeffrey Stingerstein

JEFFREY STINGERSTEIN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Full-length plays include Where the Body Is Not, Angel, Martha Martinez Washington, Battle Not with Monsters, Hear Me Pray, and others. A number of Jeffs plays have been included in the Smith College New Play Reading Series, including Martha Martinez Washington, which was work-shopped at Smith College in August, 2012 (John Hellweg directed). Additionally, Where the Body Is Not was nominated for the Cherry Lane Mentor Project 2013, and was also a semifinalist for the Eugene ONeill Theater Centers 2012 National Playwrights Conference. Hear Me Pray was a semifinalist for the 2013 National Playwrights Conference. Jeff has been writing plays since 1998 when he wrote, produced, and directed Edgar at Niagara County Community College, where he completed his A.S. in Theater. He received his M.F.A. in Playwriting from Smith College in May 2011, where he studied under Len Berkman, and his B.F.A in Dramatic Writing from Purchase College (SUNY) in 2006, where he studied under Kathleen Tolan. Both teachers had an incredible impact on his understanding of how plays work.

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         Angel         Battle Not with Monsters         Dinner With Peter and Polly         Edgar         Forgive Us Our Trespasses         Hear Me Pray         Martha Martinez Washington         Seeing and Being Seen         Shared Intimacy: Underground         Towed         Unravellings and Catastrophes         Untitled Play         Weaving         Where the Body Is Not

Angel

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Battle Not with Monsters

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Dinner With Peter and Polly

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Peters paranoia mixed with Pollys sexual desire ends with the death of Veronica.

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part of Unravellings and Catastrophes consists of four short plays, each with a plot and characters unrelated to the next, and with very different styles, but linked by the thematic exploration of agendas that come undone.

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Northampton 24 Hour Theater Project    2010

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ten min farce

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Edgar

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Forgive Us Our Trespasses

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In April 1984, Claire Stukel was brutal attacked. When she wrongly identified the attacker, an innocent man, Gene Shephard, spent 17 years in prison, only to be released on DNA evidence in 2002. His release forces Claire to reconsider all that she believes, including how to raise her son, Justin. But as Claire struggles to forgive herself, the past comes back to victimize her anew, and Genes innocence isnt as clear as it was the day he was released.

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Roving Roots

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Hear Me Pray

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Martha Martinez Washington

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Seeing and Being Seen

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In Seeing and Being Seen, Snyder and Francis are locked in an erotic power struggle, as Snyder tries to help Francis overcome his voyeuristic tendencies.

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part of Unravellings and Catastrophes consists of four short plays, each with a plot and characters unrelated to the next, and with very different styles, but linked by the thematic exploration of agendas that come undone.

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Roving Roots at Access Theatre in New York    Nov 2013

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short play

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Shared Intimacy: Underground

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What happens when three playwrights, three actors, and a director are given two weeks to create a thirty minute play about a relationship that is falling apart in a very public place? Most of us have seen and/or participated in very publicly displayed private-moments in NYC. Whether it's the couple making out on the subway, or the couple arguing in the street, our sharing intimate moments with strangers is almost unavoidable. In this site specific play, a small audience follows a couple as they come to the brink of a break-up during their commute. Whether the couple will remain together or not is a decision that hangs in the balance in a very public way.

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concett: Jeffrey Stingerstein. Playwrights: Rose Martula, Sarah H. Haught, and Troy Deutsch

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Roving Roots

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30 min play

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Towed

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In Towed, Sam attempts to get justice for the towing of his car, but finds himself giving more than he gets.

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part of Unravellings and Catastrophes consists of four short plays, each with a plot and characters unrelated to the next, and with very different styles, but linked by the thematic exploration of agendas that come undone.

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Roving Roots at Access Theatre in New York    Nov 2013

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Genre:
short play

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Unravellings and Catastrophes

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Unravellings and Catastrophes consists of four short plays, each with a plot and characters unrelated to the next and with very different styles, but linked by the thematic exploration of agendas that come undone. Among the four plays, there are three one acts and a ten minute play. In the one act, Weaving, Henry attempts to juggle his married life with his adulterous life, with poor results. In Seeing and Being Seen, Snyder and Francis are locked in an erotic power struggle, as Snyder tries to help Francis overcome his voyeuristic tendencies. In Towed, Sam attempts to get justice for the towing of his car, but finds himself giving more than he gets. And, finally, in the ten minute farce, Dinner with Peter and Polly, Peters paranoia mixed with Pollys sexual desire ends with the death of Veronica.

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four short plays

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Untitled Play

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Jeffrey Stingerstein's Untitled Play tells the story of Jack, a man in his late 70s, as he attempts to reconcile with his estranged son, Robert, after Robert's husband dies. Years of familial conflict and identity crises resurface, as they each attempts to have his choices validated by the other. But it soon becomes clear that both are harboring secrets.

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play reading series at Goodbye Blue Monday in Brooklyn, NY    17 May 2014

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Roving Roots

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Weaving

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In the one act, Weaving, Henry attempts to juggle his married life with his adulterous life, with poor results.

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part of Unravellings and Catastrophes consists of four short plays, each with a plot and characters unrelated to the next, and with very different styles, but linked by the thematic exploration of agendas that come undone.

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Roving Roots at Access Theatre in New York    Nov 2013

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short play

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Where the Body Is Not

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