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Anne L Thompson-Scretching

ANNE L THOMPSON-SCRETCHING  

 Nationality:    USA
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In a male dominated business this strong woman goes against the odds, taking risks that most people would back away from. Encouraged by the famous Mr. Sidney Poitier, she rose to meet the challenge by using her personal experiences as a resource to develop characters in her work. Anne comes out of the American Theatre Of Actors (ATA) home of "URINETOWN" where stars like Bruce Willis, Dennis Quaid, Danny Aiello, Kevin Spacey, Harvey Keitel, Edie Falco (the Sopranos) and Michael Chinuchin (Playwright/Producer) of Law&Order got their start. Her stage play, "You Shouldn't Have Told" (YSHT) has been published by Samuel French, Inc. and can be found at Barnes & Noble, AMAZON.com and Samuel French.com. She is the first and only black female recipient of three (3) Jean Dalrymple Awards in New York City. In 1996-7 BEST Playwright, Drama (You Shouldn't Have Told) an AUDELCO nominee in 1997, BEST Playwright, Drama (You Shouldn't Have Told) in 2000, BEST Comedy (Four Men On A Couch) and in 2004, Best Play From Another Medium", her breakout work, John Milton's classic poem "Paradise Lost", adapted to the Fall From Grace She is a former "resident playwright" at the AfricanGlobe Theatre in Newark, New Jersey and is now in residence at the American Theatre Of Actors. Looking For Love In Darkness was her first stage play about a family coping with teenage AIDS, ran fourteen (14) weeks at the ATA in N.Y.C. the celebrated "You Shouldn't Have Told" had a three (3) year run that began at the ATA on 54th. Street and then to Playwrights Horizons on 42nd. Street to rave reviews from the NEW YORK TIMES, the NEW YORK POST, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK AMSTERDAM, the NEW YORK BEACON, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, TIMEOUT and INTHRATRE magazines. "YSHT" opened the 1999-2000 theatrical season of the KARAMU Performing Arts Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio and the AfricanGlobe Performance Center Newark, New Jersey to sold-out performances and rave reviews and was selected by the N.J. Star Ledger as one of ten (10) best stage plays in the state of New Jersey, 2003 That same year she was selected as one of NYC's "Unsung Hero's" in the NEW YORK POST. In 2006 Ms. Scretching and Ms. Novella Nelson collaborated on Four Men On A Couch that opened at the ATA's Sargent Theatre in New York City, was reviewed by producers from the FOUND Theatre and invited in Long Beach, Cal. She is looking forward to You Shouldn't Have Told to to have the same success in 2007. Both works directed by Gary DeWitt Marshall. Look for her website: annelthompsonscretching.

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below is a list of Anne L Thompson-Scretching's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Certain Audacity, A         Colored Garden, The         Fall Of Man, The         Four Men On A Couch         Looking For Love In Darkness         Reunion, The         Sanctuary, The         Turning Around         You Shouldn't Have Told

Certain Audacity, A

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1st Produced:
American Theatre of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019    2009

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Colored Garden, The

Synopsis:
about racism

Notes:
This play can be expanded to Accommodate

1st Produced:
-    2003

Organisations:
Shining Star Productions

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Childrens Youth Audience

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Fall Of Man, The

Synopsis:
about racism

Notes:
from Paradise Lost by John Milton

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Adaptation

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Four Men On A Couch

Synopsis:
Four men are kicked out of their girlfriends apartment on the same night and move in together

Notes:
Production ran for 12 weeks & reviewed by Peter Filichia of New Jersey Star Ledger. Can be reviewed online At Broadwayonline.com under "the Funniest Comedy you didn't see.'

1st Produced:
-    2000

Organisations:
the American Theatre Of Actors & Shining Star Productions

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Genre:
Comedic Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Looking For Love In Darkness

Synopsis:
Two families with teenagers are confronted with AIDS.

Notes:
Production ran for 40 weeks. Was reviewed by the theaterWeek, Arts & Propaganda, the Daily Challenge (weekend Addition - March 25-27, 1994), New York Trend (June 1994) And the Amsterdam News

1st Produced:
-    1994

Organisations:
Shining Star Productions

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Genre:
Comedic Drama Comedy

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Reunion, The

Synopsis:
Matriarch of the family has raised grandson as a white man. Because she is dying, she summons him home and he is confronted by his family.

Notes:
Production ran for A total of 14 weeks

1st Produced:
-    2001

Organisations:
the American Theatre Of Actors

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Genre:
Comedic Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Sanctuary, The

Synopsis:
Battered women and how they relate to each other

Notes:
Projected opening

1st Produced:
-    2003

Organisations:
the American Theatre Of Actors & Shining Star Productions

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Music:
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Genre:
Comedic Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Turning Around

Synopsis:
about how broken family's affect children.

Notes:
Will be produced Again in April 2003

1st Produced:
-    2002

Organisations:
Shining Star Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Childrens Youth Audience

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You Shouldn't Have Told

Synopsis:
middle class black family cope with decent mother who refuses to believe her three daughters when they tell her that her boyfriend is sexually molesting them

Notes:
Production ran for over 300 performances. Reviewed by Peter Filichia of New Jersey Star Ledger. Can be reviewed online At Broadwayonline.com under "the Funniest Comedy you didn't see.', New York Times (Friday July 10. 1998 by Anita Gates), Patrica Boswo

1st Produced:
the American Theatre Of Actors    1996

Organisations:
Shining Star Productions

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1998   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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