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ELIZABETH HEMMERDINGER |
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Elizabeth Hemmerdinger earned her MFA in dramatic writing in 2003 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she won the Harry Kondoleon playwriting prize for her body of work. Her play We Can Do It! won the Goldberg Prize. The same year We Can Do It! had a staged reading at Twelve Miles West Theatre in New Jersey, directed by Robert Cioffi. In January 2004, directed by Isaac Robert Hurwitz, the play was presented as an equity workshop by chashama in New York City. Now We Can Do It! is being adapted as a musical, Dupsky Does It!, by Ms. Hemmerdinger in collaboration with Anne de Mare. Larry Gatlin, of The Gatlin Brothers, is writing the music and lyrics. The new piece was workshopped in July, 2009, at the Southampton Writer's Conference under the auspices of Craig Lucas, Emma Walton and Steven Hamilton and Ensemble Studio Theatre. Star Dust (now Squall), starring Joan Van Ark and Vanessa Marshall, ran at the Tiffany Theatre in Los Angeles under the direction of Ron Link. Squall was a winner of the U.S. West Theatre festival at the Denver Center. A ten-minute play, Rug Rage, won the regional KC/ACTF regional competition in 2002, and was one of ten plays presented at the Kennedy Center in June of that year. This production of Rug Rage and Stageworks' mounting of Road Rage inspired a larger cycle of Rage Plays.Rug Rage is also the winner of the Speaking Ring Theatre's Vitality Playwriting contest, which awarded it a full production in 2003. In July 2004, Pulse Ensemble produced The Pier Group and Rug Rage, and in March 2005, Theatre Studio Inc. presented Rug Rage. Ms. Hemmerdinger has taught literacy at the Bedford Hills Correctional Center, has served as a panelist and mentor at the Vassar College Drama and Film Conference, and sits on the Deans Council of the Tisch School of the Arts. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Women's Voices For Change and a contributor to its website www.womensvoicesforchange.org. Ms. Hemmerdinger is particularly proud to be a founding board member of Dancing Dreams, which offers girls with severe physical disabilities the chance to dance.
Plays by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
Pissed Sister | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102735 | |||
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Genre: | 10-15 min Black Comedy | |||||
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Parts other: | 1 female | |||||
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Synopsis: | Helene, a lawyer and faithful daughter, defends her decision to remove her mother from a nursing home. As she states her case and recounts her strange care-taking choices, what seems to be a case of toxic sibling rivalry reveals itself to be homicidal dementia. | |||||
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Squall | ||
| 1st Produced: | Concrete Stage (New York, NY, United States) | 1996 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51818 | |||
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Genre: | 85-95 min Psychological thriller | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 2 females | |||||
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Synopsis: | Diana is a celebrated TV journalist, and a fierce guardian of her own privacy. Isolated on an island off the coast of Maine while sorting through the personal effects of her recently deceased mother, Diana is surprised and intrigued when a young stranger, Cordelia, rings the bell. Once a fierce summer storm washes out the bridge connecting them to the mainland, however, Cordelia reveals an unnerving intimacy with Diana's past. A compelling game of cat and mouse ensues, culminating in a violent life-and-death struggle. | |||||
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