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LAURA ABBOTT (1988 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Laura Abbott is a native Vermonter who will earn her B.A. in Drama in May 2011 from Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY. Her one-act, Trapped, was performed at several venues around Vermont, was a finalist in Stephen Sondheim's Young Playwrights Festival, and is currently published through Playscripts, Inc. Several of her unpublished plays have also been produced, including The Memory Project (IC Players), The One (No Bucks: New Works Festival), and A Scene from: In the Eye (IC Players Showcase). Laura was most recently seen at IC in the first staged production of Robert Moss' Cashel Byron's Profession portraying Adelaide Gisborne. To contrast the Shaw adaptation, her most recent work outside of college theatre was her performance as Mrs. Pinkerton in the St. Michael's Playhouse staging of the children's musical Pinkalicious.
Plays by Laura Abbott
Memory Project, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Whalen Center, Ithaca College | Dec 2008 | ||||
Company: | Ithaca College Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #118880 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 11 | ||
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Notes: | Several nominations and a win at the IC Gorges Awards. Whether or not the play will be published is TBD. | |||||
Synopsis: | The Memory Project focuses on the Larson family as they struggle to cope with their loved one's memory loss (a complication of Korsakoff's Syndrome caused by alcohol abuse.) The play examines not only how memories are fundamental to who we are as human beings, but also cautions against avoidance and denial as responses to loss. Before the Larsons' world shatters completely, the youngest family member-in either a move of bravery or defiance-decides to drag all of their skeletons out of the closet. . . | |||||
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Trapped | ||
| 1st Produced: | Milton Jr./Sr. High School (Milton, VT, United States) | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #104892 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 45-60 min Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | 4 | |||||
Notes: | One-act, minimal set, and some mild adult language. Winner of a Vermont Regional One-Act Festival (2007) and a finalist in Stephen Sondheim's Young Playwrights competition (2007). | |||||
Synopsis: | As a teenager, it's not uncommon to feel trapped. But what traps us? After realizing that she might not have all the answers, high school student Maria Catelli is determined to find out. She sets out on a spiritual and philosophical quest. However, her boyfriend throws a wrench into the works when he reveals a shocking secret. He is transgender-a woman trapped in a man's body. Maria has to decide what's more important: pursuing her own passion and enlightenment, or helping a friend in need. | |||||
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