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Chris Weikel

CHRIS WEIKEL  (1967 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Chris Weikel , a 2008-09 Dramatist Guild Fellow, is the 2007 recipient of the Robert Chesley Award for emerging gay playwrights. He is a founding member of TOSOS II and was a member of Emerging Artists Theatre Company (EAT) from 1999 to 2005. TOSOS recently produced an evening of one-acts called WeikelWorks, as well as Weikel's SPEAKING PARTS, GARETH AND LYNETTE, and PENNY PENNIWORTH ("must see" show - 2003 FringeNYC Festival). EAT workshopped his the WAY-WEARY (Kennedy Center Finalist, Playwright's First Semifinalist) and produced the premieres of his LOST BOYS, DANSPORT, GARETH AND LYNETTE and FAITHFULLY PRESENTED. PENNY PENNIWORTH and GARETH & LYNETTE were presented under the title TALES TOLDS by MadLabs Theater in Columbus, Ohio. In New York, D-Stages premiered Chris's SPEAKING PArts and APPOINTED LIMITS in the Off-Center festival. Weikel's play DANSPORT was featured in the Samuel French Festival of New American Plays in 2002. His CHANGING OF the GUARD was a semifinalist in the Mill Mountain New Play Competition, and he was commissioned by American Stage Company (St. Petersburg, FL) to write an adaptation of Dylan Thomas's A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES for the company's 2000 season. His plays PENNY PENNIWORTH, GARETH & LYNETTE and DANSPORT have been published by United Stages, and he has just completed work on a new musical with composer Bill Solly entitled SMILE AND SAY HELLO. Chris's PIG TALE is the 2008 recipient of the Irv Zarkower Award.

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

         Child's Christmas in Wales, A         Dansport         Faithfully Presented         Gareth & Lynette         Penny Penniworth         Pig Tale         Speaking Parts         Way-Weary, The         WeikelWorks

Child's Christmas in Wales, A

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An Adaptation of the Dylan Thomas story with traditional carols Arranged by Bob McDowell

1st Produced:
American Stage, St. Petersburg, FL    2000

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  Optional Children's chorus

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Dansport

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Contained in: "Two Short Comedies" published by United Stages, 2003   978-15978-30089

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Short Comedy Ten Min

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Faithfully Presented

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A southern Belle and her fiance have a parting of the ways in 1960's Atlanta

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Play with music Ten Min

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Gareth & Lynette

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Contained in: "Two Short Comedies" published by United Stages, 2003   978-15978-30089

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Short Comedy, 20 mins

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Penny Penniworth

Penny Penniworth
A flawless four person cast portrays a cavalcade of comic characters in this riotous send-up of Dickens. "Weikel's script playfully addresses role reversal, gender issues and 'great expectations' with a wry sense of humor." (Robert Kent - NEXT Magazine)

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For sale At: http://www.Dramabookshop.com/NASApp/store/Product;jsessionid=acbCQefB-1Iz2gVHXW3Zr?s=showproduct&isbn=1597830038

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TOSOS 2

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United Stages, 2004   978-15978-30034

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Genre:
Comedy FringeHIGH, 50 min One Act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Pig Tale

Synopsis:
Johnny and Dave have been casually dating until one night Dave turns into a pig-literally. Does this mean it's all over?"
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1st Produced:
Wings Theater, 154 Christopher Street, Basement, New York, NY 10014    2008

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TOSOS

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Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Speaking Parts

Synopsis:
the Tarzan movie you never saw. the Witch Doctor can't dance. the Ape Man can't speak. So what's going on in the back lot jungle?

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http://www.tosos2.org/movielover.php

1st Produced:
Naive Aliens Flatiron Playhouse, New York, NY    2004

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TOSOS

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Genre:
Short Comedy Ten Min

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Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Way-Weary, The

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T E Lawrence. October 1918 and Ned remembers events from 1903 and 1913

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full length Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, historical characters

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Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  doubling

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WeikelWorks

Synopsis:
TOSOS II presents an evening of three plays by Chris Weikel. the following descriptions of each play are from the show's press release: "Liebestraum is an unrequited romance between a girl and a piano. Family Vote exposes a domestic Drama with political implications (or perhaps a political Drama with domestic implications). Making it up as We Go Along: Two Lives Improvised in One Act introduces a unique brother and sister team that can fabricate their way out of anything except each other's affections."
nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Duplex, NY    2006

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TOSOS 2

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Three plays

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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