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LAURA LYNN MACDONALD |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Laura Lynn MacDonald is a Milwaukee area playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker. Films include: MATTRESS WORLD (writer) - Blue Damen Pictures, TRACKS (associate producer/actress) - Brainstorm Pictures. TRACKS won the 2009 Jury Prize for Best Feature Film at The Wisconsin Film Festival. Laura Lynn's video: A POEM OF HOPE, featuring children speaking out to the 2008 Presidential candidates, won Shattered Thoughts spoken word contest. Plays include: THE DOTTED LINE* (American Theater Company, The Silver Project), an adaptation of Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA (TITAN Teatergruppe: Oslo, Norway), CHICAGO CHRONICLE VOL.3 (a docu-drama about the Logan Square neighborhood in Chicago at American Theater Company), THE BLOOD LINES OF ISAAC DIGGS* (American Theater Company, Chicago Dramatists, American Blues Theater), HIGH ON THE MOUNTAIN, a musical celebrating the life of Bluegrass pioneer, Ola Belle Reed, (Americana Play Festival: Banjo Jim's, NYC), an adaptation of Ibsen's PEER GYNT (Gorilla Rep, Central Park), D'TENSION* (Milwaukee Repertory Theater 2009 Educational Touring Show), and SUBURBAN STATUES* (Pink Banana Theatre Company, Broadway Theatre Center, Milwaukee.) Laura Lynn is a founding member of Gorilla Rep in NYC, and she serves as the Literary Advisor for Uprooted Theatre Company in Milwaukee. Other memberships include: TCG, The Dramatists Guild, The Playwrights' Center, LMDA, Chicago Dramatists and Women in Film.
Plays by Laura Lynn MacDonald
Blood Lines of Isaac Diggs, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | American Theater Company | 2009 | ||||
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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 | #102241 | |||
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Genre: | short play - drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | diverse cast. | |||||
Synopsis: | THE BLOOD LINES OF ISAAC DIGGS, is about a man who transcends his racial prejudices to save the life of a man he's just met - a man who shares his name. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Chicago Chronicle Vol. 3 | ||
| 1st Produced: | American Theater Company | Mar 2010 | ||||
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 | #118085 | |||
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Genre: | docu-drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | American Theater Company selected eight playwrights to create: Chicago Chronicle Vol.3, a docu-drama about the people who live in the Latino Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. The docu-drama was created with students from Chase elementary School. | |||||
Synopsis: | Chicago Chronile Vol. 3 weaves together the stories of two families in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. One story is about an artist creating his own legacy for his family. The other is about a multi-generational family of women who are losing their house because the neighborhood is rapidly gentrifying. | |||||
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Dotted Line, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | American Theater Company | Jun 2010 | ||||
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 | #118084 | |||
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Genre: | short play, 15 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part of American Theater Company's THE SILVER PROJECT, featuring new plays about the American Experience of the last 25 years, including playwrights: Craig Lucas, Regina Taylor, David Henry Hwang and others. | |||||
Synopsis: | In The Dottted Line, a young man tries to save his boyfriend from being recruited into the Army. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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D'Tension | ||
| 1st Produced: | Educational touring show | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Milwaukee Repertory Theater | |||||
| 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 | #102243 | |||
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Genre: | drama for young adults One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | D'TENSION follows three students through a tumultuous after school detention where they discover they might be able to help each other instead of hate each other. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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High On The Mountain | ||
| 1st Produced: | First Americana Festical of Plays - Banjo Jim's NYC | Oct 2009 | ||||
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 | #118086 | |||
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Genre: | musical review | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | We incorporated additional musicians: fiddle and guitar. . . | |||||
Synopsis: | High On The Mountain is a two person musical review celebrating the life and music of Bluegrass legend, Ola Belle Reed. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Peer Gynt | ||
| 1st Produced: | Summit Rock in Central Park, NY | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Gorilla Rep | |||||
| 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 | #101929 | |||
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Genre: | drama Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 or 6 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Henrik Ibsen. Laura Lynn MacDonald's new adaptation of Ibsen's PEER GYNT was produced in Central Park by Gorilla Repertory Theatre Company. The role of Peer can be played by one or two actors. Running time: 2 hours. | |||||
Synopsis: | Laura Lynn MacDonald's new adaptation of Ibsen's PEER GYNT was produced in Central Park by Gorilla Repertory Theatre Company in 2009. This adaptation runs 2 hours. The role of Peer can be played by one or two actors. | |||||
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Suburban Statues | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadway Theatre Center, Milwaukee | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Pink Banana Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #102242 | |||
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Genre: | short play - drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | In SUBURBAN STATUES, two women meet on a suburban driveway in the middle of the night to decide the trajectory of their lives | |||||
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Uncle Vanya | ||
| 1st Produced: | TITAN Teatergruppe, Oslo, Norway (workshop) | May 2010 | ||||
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 | #118083 | |||
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Genre: | serious comedy Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov | |||||
Synopsis: | Laura Lynn MacDonald has written a new adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya that embraces a modern rhythm and accentuates the humor of the play. Running time: 90 min. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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