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JAMES CHRISTY (1970 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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James' first full-length play NEVER TELL was produced by Broken Watch Theatre Company in August 2006 and was published by Playscripts Inc. in April 2007. His latest play LOVE AND COMMUNICATION, was presented at Northern Kentucky University's YES Festival in spring 2009. A GREAT WAR was a finalist for the 2008 Playpenn conference. His short play CREEP, which won the Actors Theater of Louisville's Heideman Award for best short play in 2001, has been published in multiple anthologies and produced throughout the U.S. and Canada. CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELIN' was produced by Passage Theatre in November 2009. "Mr. Christy has a real gift for contemporary, insightful, sometimes darkly funny dialogue that reflects believable human interaction." - Anita Gates, NY Times July, 2006
Plays by James Christy
Broken Christmas Carol, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Michael Weller Theatre, NY | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Broken Watch Theater 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 | #80823 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written by James Christy, J Holtham, and Kendra Levin | |||||
Synopsis: | It's a "Broken" take on a Christmas classic as three playwrights conspire to irreverently update Dickens' masterpiece for the 21st Century. Scrooge gets shoved out of the spotlight when two Jewish kids search for the true meaning of Christmas, a lapsed homeboy is spooked into keeping it real, and Bob Cratchit pimps his family out to reality T.V. Filled with laughs, gasps, and (we swear) real Christmas Spirit, A Broken Christmas Carol will haunt you like "an undigested bit of beef." This ain't your daddy's Christmas Carol. | |||||
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Can't Fight This Feelin | ||
| 1st Produced: | Passage Theatre | Jun 2009 | ||||
Company: | Passage 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 | #110000 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | One is smart, hip, cool, stylish and eminently sensible. The other is pudgy, stodgy, stiff and laughably rigid. But today, after taking it on the chin again, PC decides not to play along, and MAC reveals there's more to him then his seemingly unflappable persona implies. | |||||
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Love and Communication | ||
| 1st Produced: | YES Festival, undergraduate production, No. Kentucky University. | Apr 2009 | ||||
Company: | Northern Kentucky University | |||||
| 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 | #109999 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | A face touched by God. This is how Samuel Holden is described by his normally reserved case manager. He is, by all accounts, a spectacularly beautiful child. His parents, school administrators, therapists and lawyers fighting about the best way to treat his autism all agree on that. And practically nothing else. For Sammy's father Rob, it's simple. Do anything necessary to get him into Turning Point, a highly regarded school that uses principles of Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) to treat children with autism. Despite a years-long waiting list and impossible tuition fees, Rob pursues the school's founder, hoping to turn a personal connection into an opportunity for his child. For Sammy's mother Megan, the answer is a new and scientifically untested therapy called LAC, patented by a charismatic doctor, Silverman, who sells his plan on DVDs, seminars and consultations. Both Rob's efforts to persuade the administrator at Turning Point and Megan's connection to Silverman grow increasingly personal. As these efforts take them in different directions, their marriage -- and their relationship with their son -- hang in the balance. | |||||
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Never Tell | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York International Fringe Festival (New York, NY, United States) | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55428 | |||
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Genre: | 110-120 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 5 males, 2 females (6-8 actors possible: 4-5 males, 2-3 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | Never Tell centers around two enigmatic creations: a controversial video installation that includes documentary-style footage of a rape, and a ground-breaking computer program with vast business potential. The creations tear apart a lifelong friendship between slacker computer programmer Manny and ambitious gallery-owner Will, transforming the lives of those closest to them. Will becomes a media celebrity as a result of the installation, while Manny's computer program is stolen in a surreal corporate power play. In a vivid series of ironically comic and emotionally explosive scenes, Never Tell presents a contemporary story of friendship and betrayal. | |||||
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No Change | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
Company: | Access 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 | #71594 | |||
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