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DAVID AUBURN (1969 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Creative Artists Agency NY |
David Auburn (born 1969) is an American playwright. He was born in Chicago, and raised in Ohio and Arkansas. He attended the University of Chicago and got a degree in English literature. Following a fellowship with Amblin Entertainment, he moved to New York City and spent two years in The Juilliard School's playwriting program, studying under the noted dramatists Marsha Norman and Christopher Durang. His first full-length play, Skyscraper, ran off-Broadway in 1997. His short play, What Do You Believe About The Future? appeared in Harper's Magazine and has since been adapted for the screen. Auburn is best known for his 2000 play Proof. It won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play, as well as the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Auburn has adapted it into a film, which was released in 2005. He has also been awarded the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His most recent work is the screenplay for the movie The Lake House, to be released by Warner Bros. in June 2006. He currently resides in Manhattan, New York.
Plays by David Auburn
Amateurs | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ensemble Studio Theatre, 549 West 52nd Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10019 >>> | 30 May 2010 | ||||
Company: | Ensemble Studio Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Outstanding Short Plays, Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #114605 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of Marathon of One-Act Plays 2010 | |||||
Synopsis: | A young woman confronts the political operative whom she believes destroyed her father's career. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Are You Ready? | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1269 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | The fates of three people drawn to the same restaurant are altered in an instant. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Columnist, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre | 04 Apr 2012 | ||||
Company: | Manhattan Theatre Club | |||||
| 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 | #138485 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Columnists are kings in midcentury America and Joseph Alsop wears the crown. Joe is beloved, feared and courted in equal measure by the Washington political world at whose center he sits. But as the 60s dawn and America undergoes dizzying change, the intense political drama Joe is embroiled in becomes deeply personal as well. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Damage Control | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1270 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Examines a politician and his aide during a moment of crisis | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fifth Planet | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1271 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Charts the friendship between two observatory workers as it waxes and wanes over the course of a year. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Journals of Mihail Sebastian, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39302 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | In the decadent, politically explosive Bucharest of the 1930s and 40s, a young writer struggles to maintain his career, his integrity and his Jewish identity, even as his closest friends ally themselves with Fascism. Based on the controversial journals, this epic one-man play spans eight tumultuous years and opens a uniquely personal window on the Romanian Holocaust and the Second World War. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Miss You | ||
| 1st Produced: | Das Neue Theater am Bahnhof Dornach | 2009 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1272 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two couples rearrange via call-waiting | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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New York Idea, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lucille Lortel Theatre | 26 Jan 2011 | ||||
Company: | Atlantic Theater Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, Inc, 2011 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123384 | |||
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Genre: | comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | This is a new adapatation by David Auburn of a 1906 comedy by Langdon Mitchell. Cynthia Karslake is a freewheeling young divorcee in 1906 New York City society. She has decided to settle down again into a much more stable, reliable relationship with the prominent Judge Philip Phillimore. Little does she know, however, that neither of their impetuous and unpredictable ex-spouses, nor her beloved race horse Cynthia K, is yet down for the count. In this sharp-tongued comedy, Auburn sheds new light on a little known play from a century ago that offers a surprisingly contemporary look at social mores, status, and attitudes about sex and divorce in upper crust New York. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Proof | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadway, NY | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1273 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father's madness-or genius-will she inherit? | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 08 Page 428 | |||||
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Skyscraper | ||
| 1st Produced: | off Broadway | 1997 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1274 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Jessica, a young photographer fighting to save the building, has injured herself trying to take pictures of the crumbling skyscraper. She and her lawyer, Jane, are suing the demolisher, Raymond. Raymond has his own troubles: He has just been forced to fire his dreamy and unreliable brother, Joseph. Meanwhile, Louis, a 110-year-old man whose life is bound up with the building, tries to rescue Vivian, a distraught young woman determined to leap from the roof. Jessica inadvertently saves Raymond's life; Jane seduces Joseph; Louis struggles with Vivian and his failing memory; and all of their lives are changed as they uncover the threads that connect them to Chicago, this building, and each other. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Three Monologues | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1275 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Depicts a young woman's solitude | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Upset, An | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Outstanding Short Plays, Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84175 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of the 30th annual marathon of new short plays | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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We Had A Very Good Time | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1276 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Follows a married couple on a journey to a menacing foreign country | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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What Do You Believe About The Future | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1277 | |||
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: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Ten people answer the title question | |||||
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