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John Walch

JOHN WALCH  

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Susan Gurman Agency, LLC  


John Walch 's play THE DINOSAUR WITHIN was winner of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American plays and premiered at Austin's State Theater. CIRCUMFERENCE OF A SQUIRREL premiered at Austin's Zachary Scott Theater Center and was subsequently produced by the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, opened off-Broadway at Urban Stages, and was recently revived at New Jersey Rep. John's plays have been developed through the Public Theater New Works Now Festival, the National Playwrights' Retreat sponsored by A.S.K. Theatre Projects, the Shenandoah International Playwright's Retreat, the Playwright's Center of Minneapolis, the State Theater's Harvest Festival of New American Plays, the WordBRIDGE Playwright's Lab, Play Works, and the New Work Festival at the Mark Taper Forum. In addition, several of Jon's monologues can be found in the Monologues for Men series published by Heinemann. He received the Marc Klein Playwriting Award for JESTING WITH EDGED TOOLS; three Austin Critic's Table Awards for Best Original Script for CRAVING GRAVY, CIRCUMFERENCE OF A SQUIRREL, and THE DINOSAUR WITHIN; the James Michener Fellowship from the Michener Center for Writers at University of Texas; the 2003 Osborn Award recognizing an emerging American playwright from the American Theatre Critics Association; and the Charlotte Woolard Award from the Kennedy Center recognizing a promising voice in the American theatre. John is an Alfred P. Sloan playwriting fellow with Manhattan Theatre Club.

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 Aisle 17B         Alice Threw the Looking Glass         Circumference of a Squirrel         Craving Gravy         Dinosaur Within, The         Elements Of Style, The         Iraq: A Love Story         Jesting With Edged Tools         Nature Of Mutation         Rebirth of Beautiful, The

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Synopsis:
What's the difference between the Turkey & Giblets Dinner and Fisherman's Catch Banquet? This seemingly benign question arises in the pet food aisle of a grocery store as privileged college grads Michael and Conrad argue over the ethics of caring for an abandoned cat in their apartment complex. But as their debate heats up, Michael has a surprising and unsettling encounter that starts to reveal the complexity and proximity of the world hunger crisis.

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1st Produced:
Austin Script Works (Austin, TX, United States)    2002

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
10-12 min Political drama/comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  3 males (3 actors possible: 0-3 males, 0-3 females)

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Alice Threw the Looking Glass

Synopsis:
First-year college student Alice is in serious danger of failing her English course when she follows her composition paper into the trash -- and ends up in a hallucinatory world where the rules of grammar are turned upside-down. If she wants to pass, she'll need to deal with gunslinging run-on sentences, thugs hawking colloquialisms, fearsome Modifier Leeches, and more. Inspired by Lewis Carroll and parodying the terse manual The Elements of Style by Strunk & White, this ingenious comedy explores the fantasy world of language in all its grotesque mutations.

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1st Produced:
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR, United States)    2000

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
65-85 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1 male, 1 female, 6 either (8-40 actors possible: 1-39 males, 1-39 females)

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Circumference of a Squirrel

Synopsis:
An inner-tube, a bagel, a donut, a lifesaver, a holiday wreath, a tire-swing, a cycle of abuse, a halo of hatred: circles, both real and figurative, whirl out of control in this darkly comic one-man show. And at the center of them all sits an enigmatic squirrel. Orbiting that squirrel is Chester, a self-described rodentophobe who spins the outlandish, funny, and bruising tale of growing up with a father who developed a rabid hatred for squirrels -- a hatred that eventually infected every aspect of his and his son's life. Pursued by memories of his intolerant father and the legacy of bigotry, Chester is pulled into the black hole at the center of his own life where he encounters the mistakes, the fears, the guilt, and the humanity that make him whole again.

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1st Produced:
Zachary Scott Theatre Center (Austin, TX, United States)    2001

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
75-90 min Drama/Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  1 male

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Craving Gravy

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Dinosaur Within, The

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Notes:
winner of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American plays

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Austin's State Theater    -

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Play/Drama

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Elements Of Style, The

Synopsis:
Veteran Los Angeles director Ted Walch's Fringe debut delightfully interweaves Lewis Carroll's 'Alice In Wonderland', Shaw's 'Pygmalion', and Strunk & White's classic American text! A deliciously witty romp through the perils and pedantry of language! www.rembiko.com

Notes:
re-titled Alice Threw the Looking Glass: A Parody of Stunk & White's The Elements of Style

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Organisations:
HWS Rembiko

1st Published:
playscriptsinc.com,    -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Iraq: A Love Story

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Jesting With Edged Tools

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Play/Drama

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Nature Of Mutation

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1st Produced:
New Mexico State University    2007

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Rebirth of Beautiful, The

Synopsis:
Joseph wants a baby to help put his life back in order, but Mary isn't ready to consider a baby untilJoseph puts his life back in order. And his truth-telling puppet therapy is bringing up things they'd both rather not hear, in this funny and moving examination of a shaky marriage.

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1st Produced:
Austin Script Works (Austin, TX, United States)    1999

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
10-12 min Comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  1 male, 1 female (2-3 actors possible: 1-2 males, exactly 1 female)

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