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JOSEPH ZETTELMAIER |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Joseph Zettelmaier is thrilled to see It Came From Mars debut at the Performance Network and Williamston Theatre. It Came From Mars was a recipient of this year's Edgerton Foundation Grant. He is a two-time nominee for the American Theatre Critics Award for best new play, first in 2006 for All Childish Things (Planet Ant Theatre and BoarsHead Theatre) and then in 2007 for Language Lessons (Performance Network). Other plays include Dr. Seward's Dracula and One Man's Trash (Planet Ant Theatre), Snow Angels and Blackwater Ballad (Eastern Michigan University), Night Blooming (Blackbird Theatre), Point of Origin and The Stillness Between Breaths (Performance Network). Point of Origin won Best Locally Created Script 2002 from the Ann Arbor News, and The Stillness Between Breaths also won Best New Play 2005 from the Oakland Press. The Stillness Between Breaths was also selected to appear in the 2005 National New Play Network's Festival of New Plays. Language Lessons was named Best New Play 2007 by the Ann Arbor News, who also called Zettelmaier "the Playwright to Watch." Most recently, he co-authored Flyover U.S.A. at the Williamston Theatre (Winner of the 2009 Thespie Award for Best New Script.) He also adapted Christmas Carol'd this winter for the Performance Network. This fall, the Planet Ant Theatre will produce his three-part play cycle The All Childish Things Trilogy. Zettelmaier is an Associate Artist at Performance Network, an adjunct lecturer at Eastern Michigan University and the Playwriting Mentor for Pioneer High School.
Plays by Joseph Zettelmaier
Christmas Carol'd | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre and Place where 1st Produced only: | 19 Nov 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 | #112523 | |||
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Synopsis: | Sometimes the true spirit of Christmas is found in the simplest of places: the fellowship of friends, a meal prepared with love, or the song of the littlest caroler. This holiday season, let five masterful actors take you on a journey of imagination to the heart of this beloved classic. Inventive and funny, heartwarming and richly poetic, Zettelmaier's adaptation fleshes out Dickens' well-known characters, exploring their humor, their humanity and their hope. | |||||
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It Came From Mars | ||
| 1st Produced: | Performance Network, Ann Arbor, MI, USA and Williamston Theatre | 18 Feb 2010 | ||||
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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 | #112524 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | An off-the-wall story about a group of radio actors terrified by Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast. Passions ignite and secret identities are revealed when a washed-up director, his diva ex-wife, a wanna-be war hero and a German sound effects wiz think they are about to be annihilated by men from Mars. | |||||
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Language Lessons | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre and Place where 1st Produced only: | 18 Jan 2007 | ||||
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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 | #112525 | |||
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Synopsis: | Life is made up of moments. Some are the biggest moments of our lives, weddings, anniversaries, births and deaths. Some are barely noticed, the quiet smile of a stranger, a cool breeze rustling fall leaves, stepping on a crack But each moment changes the direction of our life. Every interaction, large or small shapes who we are destined to be. In LANGUAGE LESSONS, a 28-year old Russian ballerina on her final tour becomes a guest of a retired American diplomat. Over the course of a summer they unearth each other's long-buried secrets and learn how similar their worlds are. What begins as a humorous clash of cultures and ideals becomes a deeper understanding of the things that make us human. | |||||
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Stillness Between Breaths, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Performance Network, Ann Arbor, MI, USA | 03 Mar 2005 | ||||
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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 | #112526 | |||
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Synopsis: | the script features Zettelmaier's lyrical prose and it's shaped by his knack for characters. Bit by bit, he reveals the story from each sister's viewpoint, holding back just enough to deliver some surprises along the way. Judith Cookis Rubens, The Oakland Press. When you take a leap of faith, who holds the safety net? For the O'Shea sisters it was always Dad. But when his death leaves them struggling with a sense of profound isolation, they must learn how to build the bonds of family anew. The Stillness Between Breaths explores the notion that there's more to family than blood and more to faith than believing. | |||||
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