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Stanton Wood

STANTON WOOD

  
Nationality:    USA
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Stanton Wood is a playwright, screenwriter, and game designer whose plays include Eating Dirt (City Theatre), Down the Drain(adobe Theatre company), and the Night of Nosferatu (Rabbit Hole Ensemble -- nominated for 6 New York Innovative Theatre Awards, including Outstanding Full-Length Script). He was resident playwright at Urban Stages Theatre Company for three years, and his plays the Snow Queen, the Magical Forest of Baba Yaga, and the Blue Bird (with Lori Ann Laster) were produced by the company over successive seasons. He is the recipient of an ACTF Playwriting Award, a City Theatre Hamburg Partnership Grant, and the Urban Stages Emerging Playwright Award. Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Class Company, the Hangar Theatre, Primary Stages, and New York Theatre Workshop have supported the development of his work, and he is a resident artist at Off World Theatre Company and Rabbit Hole Ensemble. As a game designer, he has worked on award winning projects at Zoesis Studios and Pandemic Studios, including Otto and Iris, Mr. Bubb in Space!,and Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers.

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         Big Thick Rod         Blue Bird, The         Candide Americana         Doctor Frankenstein's Magical Creature         Down the Drain         Frankenstein's Daughter         Land of the Undead         Magical Forest of Baba Yaga, The         Mr Hoover's Tea Party         Night of Nosferatu, The         Nosferatu: Land of the Undead         Silkie, The         Snow Queen, The         Tragic Story of Doctor Frankenstein, The

Big Thick Rod

Synopsis:
Cricket's ready to hump the table leg. Her husband wants to improve her mind. Can they find satisfaction with a three-armed gardener, a busload of Japanese tourists, and someone named Rod? Aren't you supposed to screw the ones you love? www.bigthickrod.com 1h 30m, Brooklyn, New York Comedy, Drama
- http://www.fringenyc.org/

Notes:
aka Nymph

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Organisations:
Rabbit Hole Ensemble

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
1h 30mComedy, Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Blue Bird, The

Synopsis:
A mysterious visitor on Christmas Eve leads a materialistic city girl named Martha on a fantastical journey in search of the 'blue bird of happiness' in this multimedia musical based on Maurice Maeterlinck's play. Armed with a magic hat that reveals the 'true nature' of things and accompanied by her household pets, Martha embarks on a journey of exploration
- press release

Notes:
Original Playwright - Maurice Maeterlinck. Adapted by Stanton Wood And Lori Ann Laster

1st Produced:
Urban Stages, NY    2007

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Music:
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Genre:
holiday show Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Candide Americana

Synopsis:
Our immigrant hero Candide's epic journey leads him through 9/11, Katrina, white supremacists, Arab-seeking lynch mobs, abortion clinic bombings, self-immolating activists, the no-fly terrorist list, hijackers, and ponsy schemes. Is this REALLY the best of all possible worlds?

Notes:
Based on "Candide" by Voltaire

1st Produced:
CSV Cultural and Educational Center  Flamboyan, New York International Fringe Festival    2009

Organisations:
Rabbit Hole Ensemble

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
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Genre:
1h 30m Comedy Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  playing over 40 characters

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Doctor Frankenstein's Magical Creature

Synopsis:
Rabbit Hole Ensemble is back with Part Two in the Frankenstein series! Stanton Wood's new play, Doctor Frankenstein's Magical Creature, tells the strange and wonderful story of the female creature. Both a sequel (to last fall's the Tragic Story of Doctor Frankenstein) and an independent play, this dynamic new version will feature multiple actors playing the same role and the narrative techniques of story theatre to put a new spin on one of the world's classic stories. It features the same Kabuki theatre techniques, strong physicality, innovative design, and signature minimalism.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll St. at 7th Ave., Park Slope (Brooklyn), NY    17 Mar 2011

Organisations:
Rabbit Hole Ensemble

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Down the Drain

Synopsis:
DOWN the DRAIN is a play about Annie Wilson, a woman who brutally murders her children one night. the play explores not just how Annie gets to the point where she can kill, but also the ramifications of this event (and her subsequent attempts to conceal the truth) on both herself and her community. Seven actors (4m, 3f) play over twenty characters from the town and Annie's family. the play is highly theatrical, using doubling of actors to reinforce theme, and balancing Annie's vision of reality with monologues from the people around her.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Ohio Theatre, New York City    2000

Organisations:
Adobe Theatre Company

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Frankenstein's Daughter

Synopsis:
By completely re-imagining and integrating the competing narratives from our two earlier Frankenstein projects, Rabbit Hole Ensemble has crafted a cohesive new play that honors and invigorates Mary Shelley's classic story by giving it a surprising new twist. Rabbit Hole Ensemble has changed the genders of the Doctor and Creature to sharply focus on the powerful consequences and responsibilities of creation. Is Doctor Frankenstein's crime creating her monster/daughter. . .or rejecting it? the production naturally features Rabbit Hole Ensemble's signature minimalism including specific physical work, innovative design, techniques from story theatre, musical elements from Kabuki theatre, two actors playing the same role, and multiple points of view.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
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1st Produced:
BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 421 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope (Brooklyn), NY    13 Oct 2011

Organisations:
Rabbit Hole Ensemble

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Land of the Undead

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
WHERE Eagles Dare Theatre, NY    2007

Organisations:
MITF Development Series/Rabbit Hole Ensemble

1st Published:
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Music:
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Magical Forest of Baba Yaga, The

Synopsis:
Russian fairy tales come alive through magic, fun, theatricality, and music in the Magical Forest of Baba Yaga, based on the beloved Russian character who lives in a log cabin that moves around on a pair of dancing chicken legs. In a world where children are turned into trees and impossible tasks are everyday chores, poor Lisa has to use all her inventiveness to find and free her lost children from the clutches of Baba Yaga.

Notes:
by Eugene Schwartz, translation by Stanton Wood, orginal music by Gregg Adair And Colm Clark

1st Produced:
Urban Stages, NY    2006

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mr Hoover's Tea Party

Synopsis:
explores the relationship between Martin Luther King, Jr., and J. Edgar Hoover, during the time when Hoover kept King under surveillance. Putting their clashing ideologies aside, the two men met in 1964 to try to mend fences. the play tells their story with live actors and puppets.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Puffin Cultural Forum, New Jersey    2006

Organisations:
Off World Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
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Night of Nosferatu, The

Synopsis:
stage adaptation of the F.W. Murnau film, Nosferatu, and Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula. the following description is from the show's press release: "Jonathan and Mina Harker are plunged into a nightmare from which there may be no awakening as they meet the mysterious Count Nosferatu; a creature of the undead. Sensing in Mina a kindred soul, he plans to take her into his world of darkness. Told in two parts, earlier versions of each having been performed earlier this year, the cast of six (playing multiple roles) brings the story to life via a form of story theatre, telling the tale with minimal sets and using their voices and bodies to create the scenes and action."

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Rabbit Hole Ensemble

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Nosferatu: Land of the Undead

Synopsis:
stage adaptation of the silent film, Nosferatu: a Symphony of Horror
nytheatre.com

Notes:
the Midtown International theatre Festival inaugurates its new Next Step MITF Developmental Series, which showcases new works by six MITF Alumni

1st Produced:
WHERE Eagles Dare, NY    2007

Organisations:
Midtown International Theatre Festival

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Silkie, The

Synopsis:
The Silkie is about the Celtic legend of the seal people, who are seals who can shed their skins and walk the land as humans. The play explores the myth in modern America through the eyes of an Irish-American girl living in Brooklyn.

Notes:
Based on a series of Celtic folktales, this whimsical play is filled with magic, adventure, and a generous dose of humanity. The Silkie uses puppetry and songs to tell the mythic story of an ordinary Brooklyn girl whose small act of kindness is repaid by a wondrous fairy tale creature from beneath the sea. (For ages 5 and up). Can be performed with a cast of 1-3 actors.

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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Snow Queen, The

Synopsis:
Kay is playing with Gerda when a tear from the Snow Queen's mirror becomes lodged in his eye, forcing all the thoughts that make him sad to become magnified. Unable to face the world, Kay retreats to the South Pole with the Snow Queen where all his pain is replaced by numbness. Armed with the power of hope and love, Gerda braves many obstacles, including a giant squid, a river, and a Robber Maiden, to find and save her best friend. Set in New York City, this play puts a new spin on Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Urban Stages Theater (New York, NY, United States)    2005

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
65-70 min Comedy/Drama for young audiences

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  3 males, 5 females, 1 either (4-10 actors possible: 2-5 males, 2-5 females)

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Tragic Story of Doctor Frankenstein, The

Synopsis:
Rabbit Hole Ensemble is celebrating their fifth anniversary with a year-long, Brooklyn-based exploration of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. the piece - the first installment of which will premiere at Brooklyn Arts Exchange in Park Slope on October 28th - will be a gender-bending horror (in the old-fashioned, creepy sense of the word) that casts Dr. Frankenstein as a Columbia University coed, and her monster as a Linda Blair-esque young girl. the production will utilize Rabbit Hole's signature minimalism and physical theatre techniques to create the terrifying story. This is the company's second horror-theatre project, following up on 2008's award-winning the Night of Nosferatu. As part of Rabbit Hole's theatre for Communities initiative, free tickets of the show will be provided to area non-profits.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 421 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope (Brooklyn), NY    28 Oct 2010

Organisations:
Rabbit Hole Ensemble

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Piece

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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