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Martin Zimmerman

MARTIN ZIMMERMAN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Martin Zimmerman's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Foreign Tongue         Let Me Count The Ways         Making of a Modern Folk Hero, The         Seven Spots on the Sun         Solid Sand Below         Three Movements         White Tie Ball

Foreign Tongue

Synopsis:
Sometimes it's hard to find the write words.

Notes:
Finalist for Actor's theatre of Louisville's Heideman Award.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
part of the Source festival

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Let Me Count The Ways

Synopsis:
A battle between a libertine poet, a pious bishop, Pope Clement VII over some explicit prints

Notes:
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1st Produced:
La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA    17 Feb 2014

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Making of a Modern Folk Hero, The

Synopsis:
Having failed utterly as an actor, Renzo finally finds his calling playing superhero Volo Publicus, a character created by his former roomate, Congressman David Dover, to stop the unjust bulldozing of a public housing complex. But as Volo's popularity grows, Renzo realizes that he's not playing a superhero. . .he is one. A seamless blend of live actors and shadow puppets, this graphic novel for the stage stirs the passions, hopes and fears that leave us all yearning for and believing in the possibility of a superhero.

Notes:
part of the Source festival

1st Produced:
Source, 1835 14th Street NW, Washington, DC    Jun 2011

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
70 min play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Seven Spots on the Sun

Synopsis:
the village of San Isidro has been without its doctor for eighteen months. Moises has remained a recluse, refusing to even look at a patient, since the day the army took his wife away during the country's civil war. But when a mysterious plague begins to ravage the countryside around San Isidro, Moises discovers he has the power to heal with the touch of his hand, and he is forced to confront his past and the violence that tore the village apart.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ignition Festival

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Solid Sand Below

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT    03 Jul 2013

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Three Movements

Synopsis:
Based on the life of ballet legend George Balanchine, Three Movements follows a fictional choreographer, Alex, as he nurses polio-stricken Sonia, his wife and his greatest dancer. Unable to face the reality that she will never dance again, he convinces himself that he can save his muse. When he becomes frustrated with her lack of progress, though, he leaves her to pursue a promising young dancer, Lindsay. the play examines the complex relationship between choreographer and dancer, the power of eroticism in art, and how people choose (or refuse) to confront illness and the aging process
- press release

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Heiress Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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White Tie Ball

Synopsis:
After being elected the first Latino Pima County Attorney in half a century, Edward Moreno's bond with his brother Beto is the strongest it has been in years. But when one of Beto's former friends kills an on-duty police officer as she breaks into the friend's home under questionable circumstances, Edward has to prosecute the case. the decisions Edward faces about what charges to pursue not only put his career in jeopardy; they also re-ignite long-suppressed tensions between Edward and Beto, who share the same parents but not the same skin color.

Notes:
Winner of the National Play Network's 2010 Smith Prize. Finalist for the Alliance theatre's 2010 Kendeda Competition. Developed At the Kennedy Center's MFA Playwrights Workshop.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
theatro Vista

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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