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ROB CARDAZONE (1965 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Rob Cardazone graduated from The University of The Arts (Philadelphia), with a BFA in acting. He has lived in and has worked as an actor in NYC since 1987. His writing began with his one character play, How to Tuna Cello, which he wrote as a vehicle for himself and which was later developed into a multiple character one-man-show and then into a full cast production. (It was, in fact, developed to death.) El Fotografo which he also directed was produced by himself and the cast under the name Modern Artificial Theatre. The day after his fathers death he began work on the play that would become Plastered Up. In the spring of 2001 his company Two Cups and a String Theatre, Inc. was established, and The Shrew Sketch was performed at the NYC Fringe that summer, which was awarded a grant sized donation by the Charles O'Neill estate. We all know what happened that Fall. Rob's response was a serious identity crisis: act, write or direct; or go back to school for something like social work. The decision was to stop acting and focus on the writing and directing, which he accomplished by studying with Seth Barrish and Arlene Hutton of the Barrow Group. The Birth and Death of Stars was finished by February, 2002 and shortly after was the winner of the George R. Kernolde New Play Competition. Two Cups and String Theatre produced What Sprang Off a Gypsy Rooster in April 2004, with good press, excellent audience response, and an offer from the Access Theater to help nurture future productions. In May, 2007 Two Cups. . . produced The Present's Tiny Point, about which Joe Franklin exclaimed, "Great writing. Great cast. You kids are gonna go far!"
Plays by Rob Cardazone
Birth and Death of Stars, The | ||
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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 | #77008 | |||
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Genre: | Dark Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | 1st Prize winner of the George Kernolde New Play Competition | |||||
Synopsis: | The Birth and Death of Stars takes you on a journey of life's moments within a Brooklyn neighborhood, before and after 9/11. Interweaving personal events in a non-chronological order, show a common thread that binds these passionate characters. Joe deals with his wife's infidelity, and almost has a one-night stand with. . . Ginger, a conflicted artist that moves on with a bisexual. . . Lester, who suffers from writers block, moves into a new apartment and meets. . . Pretty, who when angered by her husband Joe, wants to set-up a mob hit while. . . Ma tries to get Lester to date her daughter Pretty, and her brother. . . Louie, attempts to put things into a big-picture-perspective by talking of stars. 9/11, merely a backdrop to this play, seems to affect these characters in subtle and not so subtle ways. Is it the times or people that effect how we behave? Is it decisions that we make or tragic events that dictate change? The "mob hit" asks: Were the attacks on 9/11 completely irrational; purely motivated by evil or are there questions that our society doesn't ask? The style is minimal, the questions are many. "The Birth and Death of Stars" gets people talking. | |||||
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Death without Shedding Blood in The Field of Flowers | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #93016 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 6 male (or more depending on doubling) | |||||
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Synopsis: | (Subtitle: The Life and Martyrdom of Brother Giordano Bruno the Nolan, and The Story of What Happens to Two American Gay Boys When They Try to Tackle Too Much While on Vacation in Rome) Bruno and Dan on vacation in Rome, stop to look at a statue of the 16th century philosopher Giordano Bruno. The American Bruno finally decides to tell Dan that he is HIV positive. This doesn't go well. They debate about honesty and safety. But, this isn't a two-person play. Rome is riddled with ghosts. The story of the 16th century Giordano Bruno (little known in America) is weaved through the story of the young lovers. Today, many of his philosophies are considered givens. The Catholic Church considered his philosophies to be blasphemous. On February 17th 1600, he was burned at the stake. Much like the 16th century Giordano Bruno, the American Bruno dares to fight for what he believes in. People who are HIV positive are being pressured to disclose their status. Why are "negative" people not being encouraged to ask? The AIDS epidemic belongs to the community, not just the people who are infected. Why are we not encouraged to share this responsibility? | |||||
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Go Gently Forward | ||
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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 | #93015 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Gus, a lonely NYC bus driver attempts to rescue one of his passengers, Veronica, from her domestic nightmare, which includes not only her alcoholic, abusive husband but a whole cast of crazies. Gus starts off with heroic intentions, but is a little more stalker than savior, and ironically ends up resorting to drunken violence. | |||||
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Henry Descending | ||
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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 | #77010 | |||
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Genre: | Dark Romantic Comedy/Gay One Act. - - Gay, one act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Developed at the Barrow Group | |||||
Synopsis: | Henry, a New York Artist, who has yet to see any success, meets Marius, a beautiful, young boy from Poland, and they quickly become boyfriends. Their age difference, along with Henry's insecurity, and Marius's friend Peter create the basic conflicts in this dark (romantic) comedy. The title, plus the title of one of Henry's paintings, "Orifice Descending" are inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Henry, in a sense like Orpheus, destroys his love because of his insecurity. | |||||
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Lana on Redemption Lane | ||
| 1st Produced: | reading: Loewe Theatre at CUNY Hunter, on 68th and Lexington, NY | 19 May 2012 | ||||
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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 | #139727 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Not So Clean | ||
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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 | #77009 | |||
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Genre: | Dark Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Developed at Access Theater | |||||
Synopsis: | Members of a very dysfunctional family reunite for the first time since childhood. Grey memories, long over due apologies, and the absurd ramifications of alcoholism, physical, and sexual abuse are the themes of this dark, one act, comedy. | |||||
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Once Upon a Cottage | ||
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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 | #110894 | |||
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Genre: | Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Once Upon a Cottage is a one act comedy based on European history and the Princess that was the inspiration for the Snow White fairytale. | |||||
Synopsis: | 1553: Prince Philip (based on Philip II of Spain who marries Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII.) is a sensitive dreamer and wants to get away from his responsibilities at court. Mary (later, Queen Mary I of England, nicknamed Bloody Mary for burning Protestants at the stake) longs to bring her people back to Catholicism. To achieve this end, she is determined to marry Prince Philip. Before their wedding, Philip travels to Brussels and falls in love with Princess Margarete Von Waldeck (the inspiration for the fairytale, Snow White). Queen Ota, Snow's Stepmother has been trying to kill her so she that can be the fairest. . . Mary sets out disguised as a peddler to poison Snow. Herman, a rather flamboyant miner (basically all seven dwarves), comes home from work, finding Snow and Philip together. Philip becomes more interested in Herman. Mary arrives and a door slamming farce ensues. Finally, Philip saves Snow and with a couple more twists the play ends in a double wedding! The play's style is a bawdy spoof on the innocent Disney version of Snow White, with each scene progressively accented with more and more anachronisms, leading to a commentary on gay marriage. | |||||
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Outsider | ||
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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 | #77007 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Eddie, a graffiti artist and Sean, a recent Art School graduate have a way of running into each other. Their two different worlds collide and clash, and it seems that there isn't room enough in the city for both artists. Two friends from "another world" help them come together. | |||||
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Present's Tiny Point, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Turtle Shell Theatre, NY | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Two Cups and a String Theatre, Inc | |||||
| 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 | #66661 | |||
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Genre: | A collection of short plays, scenes and songs Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Audience favorite "Go Gently Forward" has been developed into a full length play | |||||
Synopsis: | a collection of scenes and short plays by Rob Cardazone. The following description is from the show's press release: "In The Present's Tiny Point, 21 lonely characters, haunted by their pasts and fearful of their futures, scramble to connect and live in the present. From a former drug addict aggressively trying to say sorry, to an ominous gay gentleman in the rambles of Central Park; from an eager journalist pushing for an answer, to a fragile mother whose son has drowned her in disappointment and despair." | |||||
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Shrew Sketch, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Mazur Theater, FringeNYC | 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 | #77006 | |||
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Genre: | Contemporary Comedy/Shakespeare Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Awarded a grant sized donation from the Charles O'Neill Estate. | |||||
Synopsis: | A team of 1950's live television comedy writers, need material for their next installment of The Billy Shakes Comedy Program. In their office, improvising and typing away at their desks, they come up with "The Taming of the Shrew" (as if Shakespeare never wrote it), or "The Shrew Sketch" as they call it. The text for this play is more than 50% Shakespeare's words and performed in a mix of Elizabethan costume and the fashions of the1950's. The small team of writers play all of the roles, occasionally swapping genders. They include an adamantly reluctant secretary to play Kate. The over all production focuses on sexism from 1590 to 1950. | |||||
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What Sprang Off a Gypsy Rooster | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
Company: | Two Cups and a String 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 | #77005 | |||
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Genre: | Absurdist Dramedy Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | This play is a fiction based on a true story. Awarded the playwright/producer future co-productions at Access Theater. | |||||
Synopsis: | Dale Vincent Bogle, alias Rooster, is the son of a gypsy, and this play is about his off "sprang." A large ensemble cast of three generations of criminals living in rural Alabama. Excerpt: ROOSTER, "My mother was a Gypsy from Germany. And she brung the gypsy way here to the big, beautiful US of A. She taught me everything she know'd. And I did the same for my youngin's. By the time the boys were 10 years old they were breaking into liquor stores, the little rascals, or stealing tractor trailer trucks. They did right good. They got away with hundreds of 'em. The girls did a little stealin' too. Never nothin' major. Just enough to keep them in makeup and cigarettes. . ." MS. FAY GENTLE (a social worker), "An analysis by my office found that the cost of incarcerating just five of the 28 people in your family, who were convicted, was almost 3 million dollars. That is not counting the expense of their trials, or of probation or parole after their release, or the costs if they are arrested again." | |||||
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