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GREGORY CRAFTS (1981 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Hailing from the Washington DC area, this towering thespian graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a degree in Acting. Since relocating to Los Angeles, Gregory has been a part of over sixty productions across all forms of media. Some of his favorite credits include Trey, the gun-toting reformed bad boy in the indie sci-fi feature Broken Spirits and PFC Chester Gullette in The Birthday Boys, Aaron Kozak's dark comedy about three US Marine POWs in Iraq. He is proud to be a founding member of Theatre Unleashed and serve as its Managing Director. Working in Los Angeles has not only allowed him to grow artistically as an actor, but also afforded him opportunities to express himself as a writer, director and producer for both stage and screen. His first full-length play, Friends Like These, premiered as a part of Theatre Unleashed's 2009 Season and was produced at the Hollywood and New York International Fringe Festivals in 2010. His second play, a children's musical titled Super Sidekick (music and lyrics by Michael Gordon Shapiro), premiered in the summer of 2010 as a part of the Festival of New American Musicals. He is currently seeking new representation. He is a member of both SAG and AFTRA and an Equity candidate.
Plays by Gregory Crafts
Friends Like These | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Sherry Theatre, North Hollywood, CA | 11 Sep 2001 | ||||
Company: | Theatre Unleashed | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-9840438-0-4 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117303 | |||
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 | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | An original play by Gregory Crafts, "Friends Like These" takes a candid and poignant look at the staggering issue of violence in our high schools. Garrett is an outsider who spends most of his troubled existence in a fantasy world called Haven&that is until he meets Nicole, the popular cheerleader with a curious mind. As quickly as things begin looking up for Garrett, they come crashing down, forcing him to face both his past mistakes and his harsh present reality while he struggles for redemption. This gut-wrenching piece unswervingly explores the emotional trauma brought on by social mores during high school, forcing a confrontation with the causes and tragic consequences that left us staggered as a nation during Columbine and other high school shootings. | |||||
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Super Sidekick the Musical | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Sherry Theatre, North Hollywood, CA | 18 Jul 2010 | ||||
Company: | Theatre Unleashed | |||||
| 1st Published: | Theatre Unleashed | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #132791 | |||
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: | musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 3 | |||||
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Synopsis: | . . .perfect for small children, with audience participation, appropriate kid-approved messages, a perfect hour run-time and catchy musical numbers - LA Theatre Review. Action! Adventure! Romance! Ninja Koalas! Those are just a few of the elements that make up Super Sidekick, the brand new original children's musical from rising L.A. playwright Gregory Crafts (Friends Like These). This exciting, heart-warming and inspiring play, with original music by Michael Gordon Shapiro, follows this dynamic duo as they track the evil Sorcerer Slurm to the Cave of Doom to rescue the Princess. The modest and hard-working Inky gets his moment to shine when the bumbling Blackjack also gets caught. Now he needs to save them both before they fall prey to Slurm's Terrible Tickler in this hysterically funny, beautiful story of bravery and friendship. | |||||
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