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Mary Zimmerman

MARY ZIMMERMAN

  (1962 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Bret Adams Ltd  

Mary Zimmerman's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         Arabian Nights, The         Argonautika         Candide         Journey to the West         Jungle Book, The         M Proust         Metamorphoses         Mirror of the Invisible World         Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci         Odyssey, The         S/M         Secret in the Wings         Silk         Treasure Island         White Snake
Arabian Nights, The

Arabian Nights, The
Based on the ancient text of the Book of One Thousand and One Nights, the Arabian Nights is a story of stories, a collection of Arabic tales woven together into a theatrical experience. there once was a king called Shahryr, who one night found his wife in the arms of a slave, begins the chorus of the play. the world darkened for him, his soul grew sick, and he killed them both on the carpet of the bed. the Arabian Nights addresses topics of war, justice, prejudice, and gender issues.

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1st Produced:
Chicago     1992

Organisations:
John Jay theatrical Players

1st Published:
Northwestern University Press   

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

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Argonautika

Synopsis:
Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece. Before Aristotle, before the Iliad, a thousand years before the birth of Christ, we were these people: vain, ambitious, passionate, heroic, cowardly, treacherous, capable of great valor and generosity of spirit, and willing to risk life and treasure to obtain something of trivial intrinsic value. Sound familiar?

Notes:
First presented in written form by Apollonius of Rhodes

1st Produced:
Shakespeare Theatre Company, Dc     2008

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Music:
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Adaptation

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Candide

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Notes:
Based on the novel "Candide" by Voltaire

1st Produced:
Boston University Theatre     10 Sep 2010

Organisations:
Huntingdon Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Journey to the West

Synopsis:
A monk in the 7th Century undertakes a pilgrimage from China to India - it took him sixteen years

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1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Northwestern University Press 2004   

Music:
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Jungle Book, The

Synopsis:
Mowgli's adventures in the jungle

Notes:
Music by Richard M Sherman; book by Mary Zimmerman. Based on "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling and the movie "The Jungle Book" screenwriters Ken Anderson; Larry Clemmons; Vance Gerry; Ralph Wright

1st Produced:
Goodman Theatre, Chicago     21 Jun 2013

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Musical

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M Proust

Synopsis:
Marcel Proust's housekeeper and confidante Celeste Albaret

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Metamorphoses

Synopsis:
Metamorphoses, a Dramatization based on Ovid's myths, is a retelling of classical Greek mythology in contemporary language. the play offers a compassionate view of the human condition. In Zimmerman's Metamorphoses, we witness the transformative power of love, redemption, and forgiveness in the stories of Midas, Orpheus and Eurydice, Myrrah and Cinyrus, Alycone and Ceyx, Eros and Psyche, Phaeton and Apollo, and others
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Notes:
based on a translation by David Slavitt of Ovid's Metamorphoses

1st Produced:
Gerald W. Lynch At John Jay College     2007

Organisations:
the Department of Speech, Theatre and Media Studies, John Jay College

1st Published:
Northwestern University Press, 2002   

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Mirror of the Invisible World

Synopsis:
A king falls in love and marries seven princesses from different lands. He builds a pavilion with seven sections to house them. Each night a different princess visits him in his rooms

Notes:
Based on a Persian epic

1st Produced:
Goodman Theatre, Chicago     16 Jun 2007

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
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Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

Synopsis:
The private thoughts of Leonardo da Vinci from his notebooks kept from1475 to 1519

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Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Odyssey, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Based on Homer

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
NorthWestern University Press 2003   

Music:
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S/M

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre, Chicago     17 Jan 1996

Organisations:
Lookingglss Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Secret in the Wings

Synopsis:
Murder, incest, betrayal, infanticide, cannibalism and happy ever after?

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Silk

Synopsis:
Herve Joncour acquires silkworms for the French village he lives in. The entire village is reliant on the silkworms and making silk. One year most of the World's silkworms are wiped out apart from Japan. Herve travels to Japan. He meets a wealthy lord and falls in love with the lord's beautiful young mistress

Notes:
Based on the novel "Silk" by Alessandro Baricco

1st Produced:
Goodman Theatre, Chicago     23 Apr 2005

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Treasure Island

Synopsis:
Mary Zimmerman has mesmerized audiences with her exquisite adaptations of classic tales from the spellbinding Arabian Nights to the hypnotic White Snake. This spring the Tony Award-winning director takes us aboard the Hispaniola for a heart-pounding voyage filled with tales of swashbuckling gentlemen o fortune, a malicious mutiny led by infamous Long John Silver, and a deadly quest for fabled buried booty. Caught in the middle is cabin boy Jim Hawkins, who must find uncommon courage as he faces a murderous plot and navigates the ambiguous tides of morality. Sail to Treasure Island with Mary Zimmerman for another visually tantalizing and exhilarating adventure.

Notes:
From the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Organisations:
Co-production with Lookingglass Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

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White Snake

Synopsis:
The White Snake Goddess disguises herself as a woman. She falls in love with a young scholar. A monk disapproves. White Snake has not revealed her identity to the young man. The monk wants to unmask her and gets help from the Green Snake god. White Snake uses all her magical powers to thwart the monk and the Green Snake

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  6            Other:  musicians

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