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ELIZABETH SWADOS (1951 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Elizabeth Swados has composed, written, and directed over 30 theater pieces includingThe Trilogy, Nightclub Cantata, Runaways, Alice in Concert, Doonesbury, Rap Master Ronnie, The Haggadah, Jonah, Job, Esther, Jerusalem (with Yehudah Amichai), The 49 Years, andMissionaries. Her work has been performed at The Flea Theater, La MaMa, The Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carnegie Hall, on Broadway, Off-Broadway, at regional theaters throughout the United States and at locations all over the world. She has published novels, non-fiction books, children's books and poetry. Recent productions include Atonement, a theatrical oratorio presented by the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, her own adaptation of S. Ansky's The Dybbuk at NYU/Tisch, Spider Operas at PS122 (with Mabou Mines), andPolitical Subversities, a political revue that has been presented in two Culture Project festivals as well as at Joe's Pub. My Depression: A Picture Book, was published in April 2005 and her theater textbook, At Play: Teaching Teenagers Theater, was published by Faber & Faber in June 2006. Ms. Swados recently wrapped a children's CD, Everyone is Different, in conjunction with Forward Face in March, 2007. Currently, she is working on several new musicals, including Kaspar Hauser, Piano Bar, and an evening of Roald Dahl poetry set to music. She is a faculty member at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Awards include Five Tony nominations, three Obie Awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Ford Grant, a Lila Acheson Wallace Grant, a PEN Citation, and others. Most recently Ms. Swados received a special grant to record selections from all of her music from over the past thirty years. These new renderings of her music will be available on CD and the Internet over the next three years.
Plays by Elizabeth Swados
49 Years | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors Studio Theatre, New York | 1997 | ||||
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 | #123841 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | At the age of 47 a woman committed suicide and as a punishment she had to wander for 49 years alone. She now returns to visit her daughter who is celebrating her 70th birthday | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Aladdin | ||
| 1st Produced: | Commonwealth Inst, London | 1982 | ||||
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 | #33746 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Aladdin rubs the lamp of his dreams and wishes | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Alice In Concert | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123842 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based on "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" | |||||
Synopsis: | The actors arrive at the rehearsal room to go through a production of "Alice" | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Books Cook! | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 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 | #123843 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Crow | ||
| 1st Produced: | 15 Mar 1974 | |||||
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 | #90312 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Composer: Elizabeth Swados | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dispatches | ||
| 1st Produced: | Public Theater. New York | - - - | ||||
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 | #96035 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based on the book by Michael Herr | |||||
Synopsis: | The stories of various American soldiers in Vietnam. "The scared, lonely kids fighting a senseless war" | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Doonesbury | ||
| 1st Produced: | Biltmore Theater, New York | 21 Nov 1983 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | mca-6129 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: MCA: (6129) 1983 | doollee no | #123844 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Elizabeth Swados; lyrics and book by Gary Trudeau | |||||
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Esther | ||
| 1st Produced: | American Jewish Theater, NY | - - - | ||||
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 | #40705 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Great Divorce, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theater 315, NY | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Magis 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 | #61576 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Adapted by George Drance, music by Elizabeth Swados | |||||
Synopsis: | musical adaptation of The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis, featuring music by Elizabeth Swados and puppets by Ralph Lee. According to the press release, "The Great Divorce takes audiences to an unfamiliar world where conscience is magnified and faults personified: A whispering lizard torments his keeper. A talking waterfall reaches out to a misguided opportunist. A melodramatic giant steals the voice of a husband reunited with his wife. A magical stallion appears just when all seems lost. It is a wild ride from Hell to Heaven that will forever change your view of life on Earth." | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Groundhog | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1992 | ||||
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 | #123084 | |||
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Synopsis: | The Mayor of New York insists that a homeless man be taken off the streets and put in to care for his own good. Groundhog - the homeless man - sues the Mayor and wins. He becomes a celebrity | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Haggadah, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123845 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 19 actors multiple roles | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The story of Moses | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Holiday Movies | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Flea Theater (New York, NY, United States) | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #90892 | |||
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Genre: | 10-15 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 male, 1 female, 8 either (10 actors possible: 0-10 males, 0-10 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | This Christmas, the cheesy holiday movies we all know and love have taken a turn for the gruesome and gory. A cheerful chorus sings us through every bloody plot, while some rapping elves wrap presents. The holidays have never been so hilariously horrific. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play 'Twas the Night Before. . .) | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Jabu | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
Company: | The Flea | |||||
| 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 | #77411 | |||
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Synopsis: | Madame de Rachide has a literary salon. She becomes infatuated with Alfred Jarry. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Jerusalem | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1984 | |||||
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 | #91257 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Composer: Elizabeth Swados. Based on the "Book of Jeremiah" and the poetry of Yehuda Amichai | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Jewish Girlz | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123846 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 10 to 12 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music, lyrics and book by Elizabeth Swados | |||||
Synopsis: | Two rabbis take a group of teenage girls away for a retreat | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Judith | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2001 | ||||
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 | #123847 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kaspar Hauser | ||
| 1st Produced: | 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 | #95020 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | written by Elizabeth Swados and Erin Courtney | |||||
Synopsis: | Kaspar Hauser: a foundling's opera is a true tale about a wild child found on the streets of Nuremburg in 1828. With a story much like a Dickens novel, the piece explores all the good and evil that happens when an innocent is introduced into society. Kaspar Hauser is a fairy tale, a fable, and a Brechtian gaze at our addiction to stars (and the tabloids) and the society that lifts them up only to slam them down. Says co-creator Elizabeth Swados, 'Kaspar Hauser is a musical theatre piece, you might call it an opera, somewhere between Beethoven and Queen'. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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La MaMa Cantata, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ellen Stewart Theater, La MaMa | 07 Nov 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 | #133919 | |||
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Genre: | musical theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | As part of its 50th anniversary season, La MaMa will present the world-premiere of a new music theater work, The La MaMa Cantata - the text of which will be comprised of quotes from the theatre's late founder Ellen Stewart, and others' remembrances of her - to be performed on what would have been her 92nd birthday. A multi-lingual piece, The La MaMa Cantata will be performed by a company of 25, accompanied by a three-piece piano and percussion ensemble. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lullaby and Goodnight | ||
| 1st Produced: | Odyssey Theatre Ensmble, Los Angeles | 1982 | ||||
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 | #123085 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Missionaries | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
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 | #95621 | |||
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Synopsis: | The stories of missionaries and other religious workers who were murdered for their faith in El Salvador | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Narcisus | ||
| 1st Produced: | LaMaMa, New York | 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 | #123848 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Night Club Cantata | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kreeger Theatre, Washington D C | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #33747 | |||
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Genre: | Cabaret Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Utilizing a fast-moving revue format, this immensely inventive theatre piece provides a truly distinctive and delightful experience for performers and audiences alike. The material, all set to original music by Miss Swados, is drawn from the works of such writers as Sylvia Plath, Muriel Rukeyser, Carson McCullers and Miss Swados herself, and runs the gamut from hilarious farce to the sadness of lovers' parting. The result, in the words of Clive Barnes, "is an all-singing, all-dancing, all-acting show a show that is clearly a life view about people, animals and the things we do to one another." | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Prince and the Pauper | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manhattan Theater Club, New Ork | 1994 | ||||
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 | #123849 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based on the book by Mark Twain | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rap Master Ronnie | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Top Of The Gate, New York | 03 Oct 1984 | ||||
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: | aei-012 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: AEI (012) 1986 | doollee no | #123850 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Elizabeth Swados; lyrics and book by Gary Trudeau | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Red Sneaks, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #33748 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A young drifter accepts a pair of red sneakers. Whoever wears them is granted a wish. But be careful what you wish for. . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Room to Panic | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | LOCO 7 | |||||
| 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 | #89401 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | conceived and created by Federico Restrepo and Denise Greber, music by Elizabeth Swados | |||||
Synopsis: | Room to Panic is a new work by LOCO7 depicting, in movement and visual theater, the struggles of the immigrant's mind on the path toward assimilation. It brings together magical puppets, choreography, three-dimensional scenery and video. Typical of Federico Restrepo's style, the puppets will include huge winged creatures, 15-foot high politicians and mothers, a dancing puppet house and body-puppets of Restrepo himself. The following information is from the press release: "Room to Panic is the culminating production of a trilogy that Restrepo began in 2002, exploring the phenomenon of being a stranger in a strange land. Compared to the preceding two shows, it is more autobiographical and psychological. There is a living collage of images on the experience of living in a new culture. Since immigrants in a new country feel like fluttering birds without a home, the show opens with a flock of giant puppet birds plunging through the oceans on a huge boat. A 'Memory Box' with a huge ear glides through the space, representing what's nagging at them that they can't forget. Large 'Mother' puppets suggest memories of home; cooking videos suggest the foods that are left behind. A 'Panic Room Dance' illustrates the feeling of being trapped in a new place." | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Runaways | ||
| 1st Produced: | Public Theater Cabaret, New York | 09 Mar 1978 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573680977 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #33749 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 12 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | Music, lyrics and book by Elizabeth Swados | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shekina ( The Bride) | ||
| 1st Produced: | 03 Dec 1971 | |||||
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 | #89933 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Written by Leon KatzComposer: Liz Swados | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Twas the Night Before | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | The Flea Theater & The Chelsea Art Museum | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #58901 | |||
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Genre: | 60-85 min Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 5 males, 3 females, 8 either (11-41 actors possible: 5-33 males, 3-31 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | A collection of five Christmas-themed short plays from New York City's acclaimed Flea Theater. From a family sitting down to read "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" with unexpected results (Not a Creature Was Stirring), to elves rapping about bloody films (Holiday Movies), to an irreverent take on the story of Jesus' birth (Away in the Manger), these comedies and dramas take on the holiday season like never before. To purchase this book of 5 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below: | |||||
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Urban Odyssey | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ellen Stewart Theater, La MaMa | 22 Mar 2012 | ||||
Company: | Loco7 Dance Puppet 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 | #137541 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | puppeters | |||||
Notes: | Conceived by Federico Restrepo and Denise Greber; Music Composed by Elizabeth Swados; Text by Elias Khoury | |||||
Synopsis: | Urban Odyssey depicts the experience of immigration to America through movement and visual theatre. This new work is the culmination of a ten-year investigation that began in 2002 with a production created from Federico Restrepos personal experience as a Colombian immigrant. The first episode 9 Windows revealed a series of multi-media experiences of being a displaced immigrant. The second episode Open Door (2006) addressed the impact of the many immigrants from diverse cultural backgrounds that make up NYC; revealing their histories and states of mind. The third episode Room to Panic (2008) depicted the joy, fear, alienation and struggle that reveal the allure, disillusionments and rites of passage to achieve the American Dream. Urban Odyssey will merge all these concepts, creating an epic journey that acknowledges the inevitability of a new American culture. A voyage of human experience, from leaving ones homeland, to finding a new country, to making a new home and setting down roots. | |||||
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