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ANDREW J SMITH (1982 - ) |
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Nationality: Irish-American Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Andrew J. Smith attended SUNY Oneonta where he Majored in English and Secondary Education. While attending Oneonta, he was heavily involved in the theatre department. During his senior year, he wrote his first show, a book musical revue titled Juice and Cookies. He produced and directed it in March of 2004 with great success and founded 4 Am Productions to produce his work. Shortly after he graduated, he returned to Oneonta during October 2004 to direct and produce an his newest work, Misfits are Monsters Too!, a comedy geared towards children. In March of 2005, Andrew wrote, directed, and produced the comedy Juice and Nuts at the New York Comedy Club. Fall of 2006 saw Andrew returning to school. He was accepted into the Masters of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre program at San Diego State University. For his thesis work, Andrew wrote another book musical revue, Stupid Cupid. This fall, Andrew worked with Omri Schein and Anna Ebbesen and co-wrote the book and lyrics to the original musical Manscape, which is scheduled for a staged reading February 09. Currently, Andrew is working as an actor throughout the country, but is also in the midst of his latest project, an original musical focusing on 8 New Yorkers lives during September 10 and 11, 2001. If you would like to view any of his work and/or are interested in producing any of his projects, please feel free to contact him, as he would be delighted!
Plays by Andrew J Smith
Damn Fine Road, The | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #53746 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Short Play, 30 min Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | crowd | |||||
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Synopsis: | The play follows the Works Controller as he pushes all obstacles aside to build his new road. The humour, which is often quite black, serves to reveal the more serious consequences which the road's arrival is having on the countryside and on the Controller himself. | |||||
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Holes For Us To Breathe | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #53747 | |||
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Genre: | Youth Short Play, 45 min Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Based on the true story of the Californian Grey Whales trapped by ice in Alaska in 1988, the play sees the predicament from the point of view of the whales themselves. As they attempt to stay alive, helped by humans, they discuss many aspects of humanity and man's treatment of nature, as well as telling their own endearing story in a telling yet humorous style. | |||||
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Juice and Cookies | ||
| 1st Produced: | SUNY Oneonta's Hamblin Theatre (black box) Oneonta, NY | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Orpheus Music Club w/ 4 AM Productions | |||||
| 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 | #93757 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Revue w/ book 2 acts | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Juice and Cookies, although slightly adult in humor, can be a great study tool for middle/high schoolers interested in the genre as it covers musicals from 1943 (Oklahoma!) to 2000 (Ragtime, The Full Monty). | |||||
Synopsis: | A support group is meeting, much like A.A., except the support group is for musical theater lovers. The group leader begins to take volunteers to discuss their personal problems. Each character stands, states their name, and begins their story. Each character focuses on a specific decade. Finally, after each character has told their story, the group leader confesses he is actually holding this meeting to celebrate their love of the genre, not cure them of it. They finish the rest of the meeting singing and rejoicing in Musical Theatre. | |||||
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Juice and Nuts | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York Comedy Club | 2005 | ||||
Company: | 4 AM Productions | |||||
| 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 | #93759 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Original production was done with very minimal set pieces, yet the show has potential to be as big or small as you like. | |||||
Synopsis: | Dr. Rabinowitzstienbergman at Chock Full O' Nuts Psychiatric Center has decided to treat his patients by using theatre and improv games instead of traditional medicine. When Wally Wallington visit's the hospital, hoping to commit his grandfather, he meets a female patient and falls for her immediately. He then decides to admit himself to be with her. Once in, he realizes he may have bitten of more than he can chew! | |||||
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Misfits Are Monsters Too! | ||
| 1st Produced: | SUNY Oneonta's Hamblin Theatre (black box) Oneonta, NY | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Mask and Hammer w/ 4 AM Productions | |||||
| 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 | #93758 | |||
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Genre: | Children's comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 6 | ||
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Notes: | Many of the parts can be double, and in some cases, tripled. | |||||
Synopsis: | Misfits Are Monsters Too! tells the tale of Susie, a young girl who loves scary movies, books; any and everything scary. One night, she is visited by Scaredy Ghost, head of the Misfit Monster Actors of Frightville, who comes to ask her for help in making himself and his friends more scary; scary enough to become monster movie stars. But things get tough when she is faced with head of the movie business, Mr. Deville, and head of the actors union, a British Blue-blood Sasquatch named Sir Harry Beast. Crazy antics and hysterics ensue from beginning to end. | |||||
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Stupid Cupid: A 90-Minute Session of Romance 101 | ||
| 1st Produced: | SDSU's Experimental Theatre (black box) San Diego, CA | 2008 | ||||
Company: | San Diego State University w/ 4 AM Productions | |||||
| 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 | #93760 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Revue w/ book One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Set in a "traffic school" style classroom, with Dr Romeo Lovejoy as facilitator, Stupid Cupid is the humorous new book musical revue identifying, debating, and celebrating the many stages and phases of "love." | |||||
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