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Mark Troy

MARK TROY

  (? - 2013)
Nationality:    USA
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Produced, New York; Desperation (Samuel French Short Play of the Year), the Plot (Winner RiANT Play Festival Week 1), Jewel Avenue (Writer's Theater), Aggravation (Theatre-Studio), Produced, Los Angeles; Paging Dr. Chutzpah, (Sidewalk Studio Theatre),Tsuris (Sidewalk Studio Theatre), Belladonna's of the Court (Five Valley Theatre League Awards including Best New Comedy, and published by Brooklyn Publishers), the Secret Nymph of New Hyde Park (Renegade Theater), Peking Duck (Next Stage), One Man's Devotion (the Rose Theatre). Produced; Century Village Boca, the Proposal, Birdy (All finalists at the Actors Theatre of Louisville Short Play Festival), Balloon (Chicago Dramatist Short Play Winner), Getting You Bupkus, the Misguided Production, and Shiksa, (Malibu International Play Festival), Everyone I know (Los Angles Play Festival Winner), Sister Snell (Boston), How To Marry Your Stalker, (Harrogate, England), and Man on the Mountain - a World Premiere in Vancouver, British ColumbiA. Troy is the winner of the Claire Donaldson Prize for Playwrighting with his play Afterpiece. His play the Plot is being published (Smith & Kraus) Best Play for Two Characters, 2007, and his play Join the Club and Sister Snell, Best Play for Three or More Characters, 2008. In film, Mark has projects in development at Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, and MGM. He has worked with Rob Reiner, Tom Hanks, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Robin Williams. Mark wrote an early draft of the the Guru with Heather Graham. His new feature Kid Friendly is being produced by Willie Kutner. And he is working on a feature Sweepstakes with producer John Fogel. Mark also does script doctoring for many film and TV shows. He also wrote the cult classic Zipperface. the independent feature he co-wrote, Driving Me Crazy starring Joe Bologna, Renee Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Celeste Holm, Louise Lasser, Dick Cavett and Maxine Bahns, is in production. Mark has taught/lectured at Harbor College, Gettysburg College, Queens College, Learning Tree University, Universal Studios, Learning Annex, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Temecula Film Festival, Flatland Writer's Conference, the Burbank Schools, and many Theater groups around the country. He is a member of the Writer's Guild of America and the Dramatist Guild of America.

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

         Aggravation         Anxiety         Avenues         Balloon         Basic 7, The         Belladonna's of the Court         Birdy         Century Village Boca         Conservative Plight of Robert Mendelson, The         Desperation         Everyone I Know         Family Calamity         Getting You Bupkus         Join the Club         Mental Health         Misguided Production, The         Modern American Romance Not Often Seen, The         New York Scenes         Peking Duck         Plot, The         Proposal, The         Secret Nymph of New Hyde Park, The         Sister Snell         TSURIS

Aggravation

Synopsis:
When a yuppie couple wants to bring a little fun into the bedroom, Chuck dreams of a sexy model joining him and his wife, only to find she has other ideas: the world's formest Jewish male prostitute.

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1st Produced:
Venice, California    1990

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Anxiety

Synopsis:
Which is worse - death or planning a wedding

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1st Produced:
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Los Angeles    15 Aug 2012

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Avenues

Synopsis:
Three short plays intertwined all taking place on various New York streets. Part I is a down and out photographer trying to get girls naked in his studio. Part II is sexual harrassment in the workplace, and Part II is role reversal when an engaged couple literally puts each other in the others shoes for one week. He as a woman, and she as the man.

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1st Produced:
Off-Broadway    1993

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Balloon

Synopsis:
When a meager accountant takes a balloon ride with his overbearing boss, he had no idea that the boss was going to accuse him of stealing company funds and that this was a one-way trip.

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1st Produced:
Chicago Dramatists    2000

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Genre:
Comedy

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Basic 7, The

Synopsis:
A young couple stuck in a rut decide to break the Seven Deadly Sins starting with greed when they rob a convenience store of a pack of gum and some razor blades.

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1st Produced:
Miles Playhouse, Santa Monica, Ca    2008

Organisations:
Secret Rose Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Belladonna's of the Court

Synopsis:
when a housing complex is torn down, neighbors have to learn about each other, even if it means learning too much

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1st Produced:
Los Angeles, Ca    1985

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1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers, 2004   -

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Genre:
cartoon comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Birdy

Synopsis:
: When it becomes intolerable to hear her neighbors bird quacking all day, a confrontation is coming.

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1st Produced:
The Actors Theatre Of Louisville Short Play Festival    -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Century Village Boca

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
The Actors Theatre Of Louisville Short Play Festival    -

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Conservative Plight of Robert Mendelson, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Seventh Annual Outworks Festival    01 May 2012

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Genre:
Gay one act

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Desperation

Synopsis:
when a young lady shows up for a blind date, she is not shocked at all that the man she has come to see, has murdered the two pervious women who showed up because they didn't get along

Notes:
Samuel French Short Play of the Year

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Genre:
Black Comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  there are two non-speaking roles

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Everyone I Know

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Los Angles Play Festival Winner

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Family Calamity

Synopsis:
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Getting You Bupkus

Synopsis:
When their 24 year old son returns home after running away on the night before his Bar Mitzvah, his very religious parents must come to terms with how they raised him and what love and religion means to each of them.

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1st Produced:
Rose Theatre. Venice, Ca    1990

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Brooklyn Publishers (under the title NEW YORK SCENES), 2005   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Join the Club

Synopsis:
Although he would do anything for his fiance, a young Irish-Catholic boy about to marry a Jewish girl is shocked when he actually get himself circumcised before the wedding only to learn from his Priest and the family Rabbi, that it was an awful idea.

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1st Produced:
Malibu Stage Company    2007

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Smith & Kraus, 2009   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Mental Health

Synopsis:
the world's most renounded psychiatrist must impress his nephew who looks up to him even though as a psychiatrist he is pretty much a pig. So when he steals his nephews fiance, it is no surprise.

Notes:
This play was produced under the title PAGING DR. CHUTZPAH

1st Produced:
Sidewalk Studio Theatre    2007

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1st Published:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Misguided Production, The

Synopsis:
When a young naive Jewish girl visits her rabbi so that she can acquire a role in the Temple's production of "Fiddler on the roof" she is shocked to find out that the rabbi wants to do the show in a new light -- with nudity.

Notes:
Malibu International Play Festival Winner

1st Produced:
Malibu Stage Company    2005

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Modern American Romance Not Often Seen, The

Modern American Romance Not Often Seen, The
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1st Produced:
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1st Published:
in the Best Ten-Minute Plays 2011, Smith & Kraus; (June 1, 2012)   978-1575257822

Music:
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Genre:
10 min play

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New York Scenes

Synopsis:
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Peking Duck

Synopsis:
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Plot, The

Plot, The
A young woman is horrified when her over-bearing mother shows up on her door-step to announce that she has bough her a cemetery plot.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Baruch Theater, New York City    -

Organisations:
Riant Play Festival

1st Published:
in 2007: the Best Ten-Minute Plays For 2 Actors, Smith & Kraus; Lawrence Harbison edition (July 15, 2008)   978-1-57525-589-7

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Proposal, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Actors Theatre Of Louisville Short Play Festival    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Secret Nymph of New Hyde Park, The

Synopsis:
When a senator runs for election on Long Island, he has to keep all his secrets from his wife, who has even more secrets

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Off-Broadway    1980

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1st Published:
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Genre:
Political Farce

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sister Snell

Sister Snell
On an average job interview for a position with the world's renounced architect, a young just-out-college student is shocked to find her mentor dressed like a nun, with a potty mouth, and a Lesbian coming on to her.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
No-Ho Arts Center, Los Angeles, Ca    2006

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in 2008: the Best Ten-Minute Plays 3 or More Actors, Smith & Kraus, (2009)   978-1575257105

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Ten Min

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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TSURIS

Synopsis:
When a young man visits his retired parents in Florida to tell them that he and his wife are planning to start a family, he is shocked to realize that his wife has also gone to see the parents to tell them she wants a divorce from their son.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Sidewalk Studio Theater, Toluca Lake, Ca    2007

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1st Published:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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