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GEORGE BRANT |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Paradigm (Agent: Mark Armstrong) |
George Brant's plays include Elephant's Graveyard, Any Other Name, The Mourners' Bench, Grizzly Mama, Three Voyages of the Lobotomobile, Defiant, Dark Room, Good on Paper, Ashes, NOK, The Lonesome Hoboes, One Hand Clapping, The Royal Historian of Oz, Lovely Letters, Three Men in a Boat, Borglum! The Mount Rushmore Musical, Tights on a Wire and Night of the Mime. His work has been produced and developed by Trinity Repertory Company, the Kennedy Center, the Cleveland Play House, the Playwrights Foundation, Dobama Theatre, The Playwrights' Center, WordBRIDGE Playwright's Lab, Equity Library Theatre, Premiere Stages, Florida Studio Theatre, Trustus Theatre, Elemental Theatre Collective, Balagan Theatre, the Drama League, the Disney Channel, Factory Theatre, Debutantes and Vagabonds, StreetSigns Theatre Company, and zeppo theater company, among others. His script Elephant's Graveyard was awarded the David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award from the Kennedy Center and the Keene Prize for Literature. He has received writing fellowships from the James A. Michener Center for Writers, the MacDowell Colony, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program and the Blue Mountain Center as well as commissions from Dobama Theatre and Theatre 4. George received his Masters in Writing from the University of Texas at Austin and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. His scripts are published by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus, and Broadway Play Publishing.
Plays by George Brant
All Apologies | ||
| 1st Produced: | SAS PlayFest | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Atlantis Playmakers | |||||
| 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 | #108754 | |||
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Genre: | Dark Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | The fall guy for all of corporate America shares his secrets. | |||||
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Any Other Name | ||
| 1st Produced: | Zella Fry Theatre, Vaughn Eames Building, Kean University (Union, NJ) | 04 Sep 2009 | ||||
Company: | Premiere Stages | |||||
| 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 | #103368 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | In this compelling thriller set in 1840s London, a struggling poet visits his idol in search of inspiration. Instead, he unleashes a madness that feeds his insatiable hunger for fame. As art and ambition collide, how far will one man go to make a name for himself in a world where the truth cannot be trusted? | |||||
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Ashes | ||
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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 | #127949 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A disturbing and violent modern-day ghost story, a son is visited by the abusive spirit of his father, who is set on destroying his life a second time. | |||||
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Borglum! The Mount Rushmore Musical | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1999 | ||||
Company: | zeppo 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 | #127950 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 (flexible) | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | The pseudo-historical, semi-factual, comic musical biography of John Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of the colossus known as Mount Rushmore. | |||||
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Dark Room | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #127951 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A theatrical response to the haunting photographs of Francesca Woodman, a singular artist who flourished in the 70's before taking her own life at the age of 22. | |||||
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Defiant | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #127952 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | A woman incurs the wrath of a grieving country when she refuses to memorialize her husband following his death in a national tragedy. | |||||
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Elephant's Graveyard | ||
| 1st Produced: | Oscar Brockett Theatre, Austin, Texas | 16 Nov 2007 | ||||
Company: | University of Texas | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69815-6 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #114502 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | flexible casting (Roles may be played by any race or gender except when specified.) | |||||
Notes: | Winner of the 2008 Keene Prize for Literature. Winner of the 2008 David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award | |||||
| Elephant's Graveyard is the true tale of the tragic collision of a struggling circus and a tiny town in Tennessee, which resulted in the only known lynching of an elephant. Set in September of 1916, the play combines historical fact and legend, exploring the deep-seated American craving for spectacle, violence and revenge. | |||||
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Good on Paper | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #127953 | |||
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Genre: | Romantic Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A reverse-gender take on the Pygmalion legend, a romantic comedy in which a police sketch-artist falls in love with one of her drawings. | |||||
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Grizzly Mama | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 09 Sep 2011 | ||||
Company: | Dobama Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #127954 | |||
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Genre: | Dark Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Grounded | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #139686 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Finalist of The Internationalists' 2012 Playwriting Contest | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Lockdown | ||
| 1st Produced: | May 2009 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Boston Theater Marathon XI - 2009 Anthology - 50 Ten Minute Plays Boston Theater Marathon XI ~ By Kate Snodgrass (ed) - Smith and Kraus, 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1575257716 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #114642 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
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| Now an annual tradition, The Boston Theater Marathon utilizes hundreds of actors and dozens of directors to sponsor 50 ten-minute plays in 10 hours (five plays per hour!), each one supported by a different New England theatre company | |||||
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Lonesome Hoboes | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Factory 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 | #127955 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An ex-member of an elite Bob Dylan fan club finds himself drawn back into its orbit when he reunites with them on a stop of Dylan's NeverEnding Tour. | |||||
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Lovely Letters | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1994 | ||||
Company: | zeppo theatre company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Chicago Plays, 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | 1-56850-047-5 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127956 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 (either gender) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A parody of epistolary romances, Lovely Letters chronicles the life-long affair of two self-absorbed and rather dim star-crossed lovers. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mount Rushmore Musical, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #127957 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Mourners' Bench, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dowling Theatre | Mar 2012 | ||||
Company: | Trinity Repertory 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 | #127958 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An emotional puzzle-play that skips back and forth in time as it tells the story of a living room and its three sets of inhabitants, all struggling to overcome the tragedy that took place within its walls. | |||||
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Night of the Mime | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1996 | ||||
Company: | StreetSigns 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 | #127959 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A parody of both story theatre and coming-of-age-through-the-death-of-ones-pet stories such as Old Yeller, Night of the Mime tells the tale of the young farm girl Taffeta and her devotion to the wild mime she claims as her own. | |||||
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NOK | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | zeppo 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 | #127960 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | Knowing that her soldier son's death-notification must be delivered in person, a mother resolves to keep her son alive by never returning home again. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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One Hand Clapping | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2002 | ||||
Company: | zeppo 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 | #127961 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The most moving and perceptive one-man show ever written. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Royal Historian of Oz, The | ||
| 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 | #127962 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A (mostly) one-man show about the life and times of the author of the Wizard of Oz books. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Three Men in a Boat | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1998 | ||||
Company: | StreetSigns 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 | #127963 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An adaptation of the classic turn-of-the-century comic novel by Jerome K. Jerome, which follows the exploits of three dull-witted Englishmen as they attempt to vacation on the Thames. | |||||
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Three Voyages of the Lobotomobile | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #127964 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A play about the inventor of the American lobotomy, Dr. Walter J. Freeman, and his tireless, deluded, and ultimately tragic quest to spread the good news of his medical procedure across America. The play presents Freeman's life in a triptych of scenes - home, work, and retirement - and explores the dark side of the American myth of the confident genius, the brilliant inventor who will stop at nothing to achieve his dream. | |||||
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Tights on a Wire | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1999 | ||||
Company: | zeppo 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 | #127965 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The mock-tragedy of the Gambonis, a family of wire-walkers whose prideful Papa forces them into a doomed competition with the newest addition to the circus, a demented family of cannon-ballers. | |||||
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