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Michele Willens

MICHELE WILLENS  

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Michele Willens is a longtime journalist. She has written often about children and is credited with coining the phrase "tweens" in the New York Times. She is Chairman of the Board of City Lights Youth Theatre. She lives in New York City with her husband, NBC News executive David Corvo and two children, Lily and Michael.

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

 Dear Maudie         Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Helen Gahagan Douglas         Family Dinner

Dear Maudie

Synopsis:
At age 9, Nicki and Maudie become instant best friends, vowing to keep writing notes and emails until they turn 13. . . "or one of us gets a pimple." But cliques and the pressures of becoming a teen threaten to break them up at this vulnerable time in their lives. Hilarious and heartbreaking, Dear Maudie deftly examines the challenges of growing up and keeping friends.

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1st Produced:
Triad Theatre (Equity Showcase) (New York, NY, United States)    2004

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
55-60 min Comedy for young audiences

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  15            Other:  6 males, 15 females (11-21 actors possible: 3-6 males, 8-15 females)

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Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Helen Gahagan Douglas

Synopsis:
he play is based on the 1950 California Senate race between Douglas and Nixon, both members of Congress. Although Douglas was initially the favorite, Nixon managed to paint her as a Communist sympathizer, pink down to her underwear, and won the election.

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written by Wendy Kout And Michele Willens

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Family Dinner

Synopsis:
n the first act of Family Dinner, we meet the Wells family in its suburban Southern California home in 1963, a seemingly typical family that reflects the American values as we understood them at that time: father Howard's business is enjoying unexpected growth, mother Jane remains at home to look out for their three school-age children. The family sits down to dinner together every night, with the cocktails and casseroles that were the order of the day in the early '60s. Act 2 revisits the Wells family 40 years later (the daughter in the first act is the mother now and the family is located in post-9/11 NYC), and the tradition of conversation and word-play at the family dinner are long-forgotten. In fact, the very idea of a such a dinner is seemingly impossible.
- nytheatre.com

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reading, Midtown International Theatre Festival, NY (2009

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Genre:
100 minutes Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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