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ADAM BOCK |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: International Creative Management represented by Val Day |
Adam Bocks plays include Phaedra (Shotgun Players) A Small Fire (Playwrights Horizons, Drama Desk nomination), book for We Have Always Lived in the Castle, with music by Todd Almond (Yale Rep), The Flowers (About Face Theatre), The Receptionist (MTC, 2008 Outer Critics nomination, Best Plays of 2007-2008, The Evidence Room with Megan Mullally), The Drunken City (Playwrights Horizons, 2008 Outer Critics nomination), The Thugs (Soho Rep, 2007 OBIE Award for Playwriting), The Shaker Chair (2005 Humana Festival), Swimming In The Shallows (Shotgun Players, Second Stage Uptown, 2000 BATCC Award, Clauder Prize), Five Flights (Encore Theatre and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, 2002 Glickman Award, ACTA nomination, Osborn nomination), Marcy Comes Home, and The Typographers Dream (Encore Theatre/Shotgun Players). Adam is the resident playwright at Encore Theatre, and a Shotgun Players Artistic Associate. He is a NEA grantee, a three-time resident at Yaddo, a former member of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, a NYTW Usual Suspect, and a TDF Open Doors mentor. Adams plays are published by Samuel French, Dramatists Play Service and Playscripts, Inc. He is a proud member of New Dramatists.
Plays by Adam Bock
Drunken City, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playwrights Horizons Peter J Sharp, NY | 2008 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 78-0-573-66288-1 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #82036 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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| Off on the bar crawl to end all crawls, three twenty-something brides-to-be find their lives going topsy-turvy when one of them suddenly begins to question her future after a chance encounter with a recently jilted handsome stranger. The Drunken City is a wildly theatrical take on the mystique of marriage and the ever-shifting nature of love and identity in a city that never sleeps. | |||||
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Five Flights | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playwrights Horizons (staged reading) (New York, NY, United States) | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51178 | |||
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Genre: | 85-95 min Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 3 males, 3 females | |||||
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Synopsis: | Siblings Ed and Adele inherit an enormous aviary that their late father built for his deceased wife, whose soul, he believed, had transformed into the body of a wren. The grown children are faced with the dilemma of what to do with the crumbling structure -- sister-in-law Jane wants to build tidy new houses; friend Olivia wants to build The Church of the Fifth Day honoring birds and the Fifth Day of creation; Ed wants to let the building fall to the ground. Folded into this debate are issues of religious conviction, fear of commitment, the way Russian ballet resembles a hockey game, and the courtship of Ed by Tom, a gay professional hockey player. | |||||
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Flowers, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Commonwealth Club, San Francisco | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Magic Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #70363 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Back stage rivalry and bad Shakespeare. | |||||
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Gayboy Nutcracker | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 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 | #101596 | |||
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Genre: | Gay, full length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Medea Eats | ||
| 1st Produced: | Summerworks | 2000 | ||||
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| 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 | #83974 | |||
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Percy Stripped Down | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 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 | #101597 | |||
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Receptionist, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | in The Office Plays, Samuel French, Inc - New York >>>, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #73501 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | At the start of a typical day in the Northeast Office, Beverly deals effortlessly with ringing phones and her colleague's romantic troubles. But the appearance of a charming rep from the Central Office disrupts the friendly routine. And as the true nature of the company's business becomes apparent, The Receptionist raises disquieting, provocative questions about the consequences of complicity with evil. | |||||
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Roadside Garden, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 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 | #101598 | |||
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Shaker Chair, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 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 | #75880 | |||
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Genre: | drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1 girl 1 pig | |||||
Notes: | Productions: Humana Festival of New American Plays; Encore Theatre/Shotgun Players. Workshop: ACT, San Francisco. | |||||
Synopsis: | Marions sister Dolly is staying with her; Dolly is distraught because her husband is having an affair. Jeanan environmental activistinvites Marion on an action. Marion, surprising herself, accepts and sets out on a journey to answer the question: How big should your circle of concern be? A play about three women in their sixties truly engaging their worlds. | |||||
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Small Fire, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playwrights Horizons Mainstage | 06 Jan 2011 | ||||
Company: | Playwrights Horizons | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-70003-3 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122755 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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| Adam Bocks meticulously crafted A Small Fire follows John and Emily Bridges, a long-married couple whose happy, middle-class lives are upended when Emily falls victim to a mysterious disease. As her senses are slowly stripped away smell, taste, sight Emily resolves to remain engaged with her community, relying on John to help her run her company and experience her daughter Jennys wedding. But her stoic outlook reaches a breaking point when the disease steals her hearing, leaving her with nothing but touch to communicate with the world. Suddenly, she is completely dependant on the husband whose endless devotions she had always taken for granted. | |||||
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Swimming in the Shallows | ||
| 1st Produced: | Coyote Theater (Boston, MA, United States) | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #3640 | |||
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Genre: | 80-85 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 3 males, 3 females | |||||
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Synopsis: | Barb finds out that Buddhist monks in Thailand only own eight things -- and wonders if that is all she wants. She starts giving away her things but her husband Bob keeps buying her new ones. Donna wants Carla Carla to marry her, but Carla Carla doesn't like that Donna smokes. Nick meets a shark at the aquarium -- they go on a date to the beach and Nick tries not to sleep with the shark too fast. Plus dream sequences. Plus a wedding. | |||||
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Three Girls and Bob | ||
| 1st Produced: | American Airlines Theatre, New York | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #82627 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Performed as part of 24 Hour Plays | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Three Guys and a Brenda | ||
| 1st Produced: | 24 Hour Plays (showcase) (New York, NY, United States) | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-9709046-9-0 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61221 | |||
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Genre: | 10 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 4 females | |||||
Notes: | In 1995, a group of writers, directors and actors gathered on Manhattan's Lower East Side for what was supposed to be a one-time-only event: write, direct, produce and perform new plays with the span of 24 hours. More than a decade and just over 300 plays later, The 24 Hour Plays have been produced on Broadway, in London, Los Angeles, Chicago and across the globe. | |||||
| Three guys sit around while one tries to screw up the courage to talk to a female co-worker. He does, and more. It may be hard being a guy, but these three manage to find a bit of bliss. (This play is available in the collections Great Short Comedies: Volume 1,Humana Festival 2006: The Complete Plays and 24 by 24: The 24 Hour Plays Anthology.) | |||||
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Thugs, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oct 2006 | |||||
Company: | Soho Rep | |||||
| 1st Published: | in The Office Plays, Samuel French, Inc - New York >>>, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #57143 | |||
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Genre: | Dark Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | The Obie Award winning dark comedy about work, thunder and the mysterious things that are happening on the 9th floor of a big law firm. When a group of temps try to discover the secrets that lurk in the hidden crevices of their workplace, they realize they would rather believe in gossip and rumors than face dangerous realities | |||||
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Thursday | ||
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| 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 | #101599 | |||
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Typographer's Dream, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | BrightChoice Productions - Edinburgh Festival (Edinburgh, , Scotland) | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #3641 | |||
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Genre: | 85 min Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 1 male, 2 females | |||||
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Synopsis: | A typographer, geographer, and stenographer strive to explain their work in this examination of art and business, boundaries and learning to tell your own story. Most importantly, if you are what you do -- what happens when you hate your job? A funny, honest look at how we define ourselves. | |||||
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