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MOLLY SMITH METZLER (1977 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC represented by Jon Buzzetti |
Molly Smith Metzler is the author of Close Up Space, Elemeno Pea, Carve and Training Wisteria. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, playwright Colin McKenna, and their awesome dog, Bella.
Plays by Molly Smith Metzler
Carve | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | Side Step | |||||
| 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 | #85235 | |||
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Genre: | Dark Comedy, full length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | When a prominent New York gallery debuts his gruesome painting CARVE, struggling artist Josh Darbin finally hits the big time. But when the fictional female subject of his painting appears shivering, angry, and most definitely alive on his Brooklyn fire escape, he is forced to confront his long-time assistant Jessa, and the secrets they've both been harboring. (Minimal Set; No Intermission) | |||||
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Close Up Space | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manhattan Theatre Club (City Center Stage 1), NY | 19 Dec 2011 | ||||
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 | #111638 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy, full-length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Two-time Tony AwardŽ and Four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce (Accent on Youth, Curtains, "Frasier") brings his signature wit back to the MTC stage as Paul Barrow, an obsessive book editor on a major deadline. With an assistant who's been camping in the office, a famous author threatening to bail on him and an intern who is no help at all, Paul's just about had it! But when his fiery daughter shows up and lambasts him in Russian, Paul faces a glaring personal error that can't be corrected with red ink. Don't miss this new play about how hard it can be to communicate. . . in any language. (Unit set; no intermission) | |||||
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Decoding Fruit | ||
| 1st Produced: | City Theatre's Summer Shorts co-produced by Humana; The Boston Theatre Marathon @ Boston Center For the Arts; Tisch (NYU) Play Festival, 2005 | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Smith & Kraus: BEST TEN MINUTE PLAYS OF 2005: 2 or More Actors, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55688 | |||
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Genre: | drama Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | unit set | |||||
Synopsis: | It's dawn and Paige is about to leave for her first book pour to promote her super boring book on baroque architecture. As her cabbie arrives to take her to the airport, so does an unexpected guest: her bipolar, grocery-store-clerk brother, who has decided not to take his meds. | |||||
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Elemeno Pea | ||
| 1st Produced: | 08 Mar 2011 | |||||
Company: | Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Humana Festival 2011: The Complete Plays, Playscripts, Inc - New York (2012) >>> | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-9819099-8-1 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #111639 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy, full length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | part of the 2011 Humana Festival. | |||||
| When Devon visits Simone for an end-of-summer sibs fest on Martha's Vineyard, she finds her little sister changed beyond recognition. As personal assistant to wealthy and demanding trophy wife Michaela Kell, Simone enjoys a lavish beachfront lifestyle that these girls never could have imagined growing up in blue-collar Buffalo-but is all this luxury really free of cost? Worlds collide and sisters square off in this keenly-observed comedy about ambition, regret and the choices that shape who we become. (Unit Set; No intermission) | |||||
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Training Wisteria | ||
| 1st Produced: | Boston Playwrights Theatre | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Actor's edition by Dramatic Publishing; anthologized in The Kennedy Center Presents edited by Gary Garrison with a foreward by Neil LaBute, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #52148 | |||
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Genre: | full -length tragic-comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | two acts; unit set; very few technical requirements. | |||||
Synopsis: | On the eve of her son's graduation party, Lynn's in home-improvement overdrive: she's got one day to revamp the house, bag compost, and train a tree. Not that her house is the only thing she's neglected since Stephen left her last year: ex-golden son Dylan divides his time between Gameboy, booze, and self-abuse; preteen Kacie is the lone liaison with Dad; and sis Rachel comes home full of recrimination. In this funny, honest ride through the tragicomedy of divorce, Lynn and Stephen are forced to confront each other and their past; only they can save their kids from going the way of the yard | |||||
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Trojan Horse | ||
| 1st Produced: | NYU Tisch Ten Minute Play Festival | 2006 | ||||
Company: | NYU Ten Minute Play Festival | |||||
| 1st Published: | Smith & Kraus: BEST TEN MINUTE PLAYS OF 2006: 3 or More Actors, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55689 | |||
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Genre: | comedy Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | 10-minute dramatic comedy (more comedy than drama) | |||||
Synopsis: | A lost box of Trojan condoms can sure stir up a seemingly happy marriage. . . | |||||
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Wii Tennis | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ars Nova | 01 Feb 2011 | ||||
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 | #124472 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Part of The Wii Plays. This is an evening of original short plays and live music, inspired by the titles of Nintendo Wii games. The selections are: Wii Tennis by Molly Smith Metzler, directed by Lila Neugebauer, Barbie as the Island Princess by Tasha Gordon-Solmon, directed by Lila Neugebauer, Let's Tap by Janine Nabers, directed by Portia Krieger, Marvel Superhero Squad by Chad Beckim, directed by Stephen Brackett, Buck Fever by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Portia Krieger, Alien Monster Bowling League by Matthew Lopez, directed by Laura Savia, Tomb Raider: Anniversary by Kara Lee Corthron, directed by Laura Savia, Burger Island by Gregory Moss, directed by Portia Krieger, All Star Cheer Squad by Jenny Connell, directed by Laura Savia, Sword Play: Speed Slice by Kristoffer Diaz, directed by Lila Neugebauer, Bob the Builder: Festival of Fun by Amy Herzog, directed by Stephen Brackett, and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games by Joe Tracz, dir. by Stephen Brackett. | |||||
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