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David Zarko

DAVID ZARKO

  
Nationality:    USA
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David Zarko was producing artistic director of Electric Theatre Company from 2001 to 2011. He was also founding artistic director of the Metropolitan Playhouse of New York (1991 - 2000), now on East Fourth Street, and was previously artistic director of Parsifal's Players and the Fabulous Theatre Company, both in California. Based for seventeen years in New York City, he was an director and instructor at American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Long Island University C.W. Post Campus, and SUNY Old Westbury. He has over 75 professional directing credits and over 50 in academic Theatre. He is also a produced playwright, and an actor, is a member of the Dramatists Guild and Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and holds a BFA in Dramatic Production from the University of Arizona, Tucson. As a playwright, he has written, translated, and adapted more than fifteen scripts, most of which have been produced in the U.S. He is currently on the part-time faculty at the Theatre Program at Marywood University in Scranton, PA, a free-lance director, and is working on a half dozen scripts.

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         Barbarian, The         Celebration, The         Forgeries         Fran and Felicity         Fried Prawns         History Lessons         Husband, The         Pockets         Private Life of Richard Tarno         Proposal, The         Reverend Tartoofe, The         Seeking Paris         Servant of Two Masters, The         Truth About Romance, The         Urban Renewal         What Happened to Jones         Woman, The

Barbarian, The

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Adapted from the play by Anton Chekhov

1st Produced:
Catskill Mountain Theater, Margaretville, New York     1989

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Celebration, The

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Adapted from the play by Anton Chekhov

1st Produced:
Catskill Mountain Theater, Margaretville, New York     1989

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One act

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Forgeries

Synopsis:
An actor realises that he has killed himself and his artistic director replays his final moments for him.

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-     1980

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One act

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Fran and Felicity

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[Reading] Westbeth Community Room, 155 Bank Street. NY, Pa 10014     07 Feb 2015

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Fried Prawns

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History Lessons

Synopsis:
A history professor and his much younger wife bicker and get involved with the amorous couple at the next table.

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Husband, The

Synopsis:
A romantically inclined servant makes sure that love runs smoothly.

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  7            Female:  7            Other:  -

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Pockets

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1st Produced:
[Reading] Ophelia Group Theatre. Astoria, NY     31/2015

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Private Life of Richard Tarno

Synopsis:
An ad agency is to make a commercial for a new piece of computer software.

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1st Produced:
Metro Playhouse, New York     1995

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Proposal, The

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Adapted from the play by Anton Chekhov

1st Produced:
Catskill Mountain Theater, Margaretville, New York     1989

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Reverend Tartoofe, The

Synopsis:
Set in 1930s New York. Young Tartoofe has a bicycle and Elmirs finds him rather attractive.

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Adapted from Tartuffe" by Moliere

1st Produced:
Studio 3 Group, New York     1991

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Seeking Paris

Synopsis:
A young man develops an infatuation for a male dancer.

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Genre:
One act. - - Gay, one act

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Servant of Two Masters, The

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Original Playwright - Carlo Goldoni

1st Produced:
West Valley College, Saratoga, California     2001

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Genre:
Translation

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Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  extras

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Truth About Romance, The

Synopsis:
the love life of a man from college to marriage.

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Adapted from Arthur Schnitzler's "Anatol"

1st Produced:
Studio 3 Group, New York     1990

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Play/Drama

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Urban Renewal

Synopsis:
When his father announces he is going to close a landmark downtown retail outlet that has been there for a century - Connor makes a video about it that goes internationally viral. His father is full of admiration for him. Connor's younger sister sees danger in this and organizes a surprise for her father that changes lives

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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What Happened to Jones

Synopsis:
Escaping from the police Jones wanders into a house where he is mistaken for the awaited guest - an Archbishop from Australia.

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Based on the farce by George Broadhurst

1st Produced:
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Woman, The

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Based on the play "The Woman" by William C DeMille

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Genre:
Adaptation

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