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CHERI MAGID |
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Cheri Magid. Cheri Magid's plays, which include The Tavern Wench, et al;, Manna, The Cliffs of Moher, and The Lock, have been seen in New York, Los Angeles, and several points in between. Her work has been done by The Keen Company, The New Group, Women's Project and Productions, Rattlestick, La Mama, Makor, The Slipper Room, Vital Theatre Company, Abingdon Theatre Company, The Lark, and the West Bank Theatre in New York, as well as by M.Y.E Productions in LA, South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The University of Iowa, and Calvin College in Michigan. et al; was commissioned by South Coast Repertory, which recently appointed Ms. Magid to write an adaptation of the children's story, The Reluctant Dragon. Ms. Magid was also commissioned by Playscripts and The Keen Company to write her children's play The Ghost of Enoch Charlton. Her radio play Lydia, or the Girl at the Wheel, which navigates the early days of burlesque, aired on National Public Radio in the summer of 2001. Pretty Things Press published The Cliffs of Moher in 2006; Cleis published her short story, She Grinds Her Own Coffee, in 2007; and Playscripts, Inc. published Manna in 2008 and The Ghost of Enoch Charlton in 2009. Mannawas also excerpted in The Best Stage Scenes 2009, published by Smith and Kraus. Ms. Magid's short film, Carnophobia, is in post-production and her short film Hot Yogawill shoot in the fall of 2009. She is currently writing a screenplay, Story of D, for Nicole Kidman and Dan Wigutow Productions about the real story behind the writer ofStory of O. Ms. Magid served as New Dramatists' Literary Director from 1995-1999 and as the New York Creative Executive for Robert Redford's film company, Wildwood Productions, from 1999-2001. She was also a member of Rattlestick's writers' group in 2001 and The Women's Project writers' group from 2005-2006. Unbeknownst to many, she writes erotica under various and sundry pseudonyms.
Plays by Cheri Magid
Ghost of Enoch Charlton, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Keen Teens at The Kirk Theatre (New York, NY, United States) | 2009 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98602 | |||
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Genre: | 30-35 min Murder Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | 4 males, 8 females (11-16 actors possible: 4-7 males, 7-10 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | When Mercy finds a murder confession from 1795 in the crumbling hearth of her mom's bed and breakfast, her history lesson of a life is turned upside down. Mercy and her motley crew of friends encounter everything from a ghost to a suspicious confession, and even a possible murder. After several failed experiments turn up nothing, Mercy begins to realize that her beloved scientific method may not be the only way to solve a mystery. . . (This play was specially commissioned by Playscripts for high school actors.) | |||||
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Manna | ||
| 1st Produced: | Rattlestick Theater (staged reading) (New York, NY, United States) | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #107054 | |||
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Genre: | 120-130 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | 4 males, 5 females (9-14 actors possible: 2-7 males, 2-7 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | Madeleine thinks she's found God through the act of baking. Jobless and spiritually lost, she tries mixing her blood and prayers into a batch of challah bread. The resulting challah proves so transformative that she must open a bakery to meet the growing demand. Eventually, Madeleine must face the darker side of the magic that infuses her baked goods, as well as her intense though timid love for an attractive rabbi. A modern-day tale taken from the Old Testament,Manna is tinged with humor and ethereal mystery. | |||||
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Standards of Decency 3: 300 Vaginas Before Breakfast | ||
| 1st Produced: | Access Theatre | 02 Jun 2011 | ||||
Company: | Blue Coyote Theater 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 | #138148 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
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Notes: | written by David Johnston, Matthew Freeman, David Foley, Mac Rogers, Jordan Seavey, Bruce Goldstone, Jacqueline Christy, Cheri Magid, Adam Szymkowicz | |||||
Synopsis: | Blue Coyote Theater group commissioned eight of their favorite playwrights to create new short plays meditating on new media and pornography. Presented in a stripped-down style, the plays are raunchy, funny, and surprisingly tender. Is our pornutopia breaking down our capacities for empathy and reflective thought, for intimacy and sustained attention? Standards of Decency 3: 300 Vaginas Before Breakfast uses a very old medium to explore what the new media are doing to us, publicly and privately, for better and for worse, at the place where technology, sex, and relationships collide. | |||||
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