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JENNIFER BERRY |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: The Gersh Agency |
Playwright Jennifer Berry uses her singular brand of writing, performing and directing to generate great entertainment. Berry studied theater at the American Conservatory Theater, film at USC and received an M.F.A. in Playwriting from San Francisco State University. Berry's well-known play Big Pharma received rave reviews from LA Weekly, The Denver Post, The San Francisco Examiner and "Gerri Garner Entertainment File" on American Radio Network. Big Pharma was also featured on PBS in Fall 2007. Jennifer is the author of several additional plays including Permanently Missing, which she also directed. The Daily Camera declared Berry "an author creating heroines for our time" and the direction for Permanently Missing "flawless." Berry's play The Three Types of Sex, which she directed, was revered as "captivating" by The Denver Post. She is also the author of the children's book The Prayer Box and a children's animation series "Rosetta's World." In 2003 Jennifer was named resident stage director for the Colorado Opera Troupe. Jennifer directed a cast and crew of one hundred and fifty for the opera Carmen. Following her success with Carmen she went on to direct and adapt two more operas for the Colorado Opera Troupe: Othello and Salome. Jennifer is a former radio host and writer for the popular radio program "Zocalo" on Southern California's NPR American Public Media network KPCC 89.3.
Plays by Jennifer Berry
Big Pharma | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Marsh Theater, San Francisco | 2006 | ||||
Company: | The Marsh Theater | |||||
| 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 | #102096 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Also produced at Bmoca, Boulder CO. & The Hudson Theater, Los Angeles, CA. | |||||
Synopsis: | The rise of the anti-depression drug industry and the loss of a generation. | |||||
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Ojala | ||
| 1st Produced: | CASA 0101, Los Angeles, CA | 07 May 2010 | ||||
Company: | CASA 0101 | |||||
| 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 | #6926 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 7 | ||
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Synopsis: | Set in the 1960's, Ojala explores the cultural phenomenon of Mexican nanny-maids and the affluent children they care for. It is the journey of two women both jilted by the men they love and forced to live together as they tend to Hope, a little girl that will determine their future | |||||
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Permanently Missing | ||
| 1st Produced: | Acoma Center, Denver | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Curious Theater Company/Magilian 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 | #102095 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Permanently Missing revolves around Raina, a thirty year old, pregnant, cocktail lounge singer who finds herself alone after her husband suddenly vanishes. Her husband's disappearance leads her into a labyrinth of secrets, lies, and memories as she attempts to find him with the help of an eccentric inspector. | |||||
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Three Types of Sex, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bmoca Theater, Boulder CO | 2000 | ||||
Company: | Boulder Museum of Art | |||||
| 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 | #102094 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Also produced at The Changing Scene in Denver, CO, The San Francisco Fringe Festival, and The Hudson Theater in Los Angeles | |||||
Synopsis: | Maggie Malone, an ex-sex symbol returns to her Mid-western hometown. Upon her arrival, she is confronted by her young niece who asks."What is sex like for women?" | |||||
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