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TOPHER CUSUMANO (1987 - ) |
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Nationality: Italian Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
Topher Cusumano is a recovering child actor turned poet & performance artist. His one man show "Roughhouse", which explores the relationship between gay men and violence, premiered at Stage Left Studio's 2009 Left Out Festival to critical acclaim, including Nytheatre.com which wrote, "Cusumano is a compelling and original artist. He presents difficult, controversial concepts that disturb our world view-performance art at its best." Topher is a regular contributor to indiefeed.com's performance poetry pod cast. Topher's new project is an art blog titled "QUEER NOIR" where he shares his multi-media and written art a regular readership of fans. Topher studies Gender/Women's Studies and Theatre at West Chester University. Topher is the creator and producer of Queernoir.com, an art blog that features poetry, video, media, and interviews. Topher is currently serving as artist in residence for Coffee Black Productions in NYC.
Plays by Topher Cusumano
Getting Away With Mother | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bar 82, New York | 12 Nov 2011 | ||||
Company: | Coffee Black 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 | #136175 | |||
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: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Gay writer Avery Strong has had a strained relationship with his mother Matilda. When Matilda's husband dies they are forced to confront their problems | |||||
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Old Time Jazz | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stage Left Studio, 438 W. 37th St., Suite 5A, New York, NY 10018 >>> | 18 Apr 2010 | ||||
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 | #113114 | |||
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: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Roughhouse | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stage Left Studio, 438 W. 37th St., Suite 5A, New York, NY 10018 >>> | Apr 2009 | ||||
Company: | 2009 Left Out Festival | |||||
| 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 | #119879 | |||
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: | Performance Art | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | A review of Roughhouse could be found at the following link: http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=left7878 | |||||
Synopsis: | Roughhouse explores the relationship between gay men and violence through poetry, multimedia, and audience alienation. Nytheatre.com said, ""Cusumano is a compelling and original artist. He presents difficult, controversial concepts that disturb our world view-performance art at its best." | |||||
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Shame, Simon, Shame | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stage Left Studio, 438 W. 37th St., Suite 5A, New York, NY 10018 >>> | 16 Apr 2010 | ||||
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 | #113115 | |||
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: | short play Play/Drama | |||||
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Notes: | part of The Left Out Festival | |||||
Synopsis: | takes a look behind the leather mask of the fetish community and explores the concepts of normality, shame, and power, all while asking the question, "Is something real only because we believe in it?" The play is infused with stunning multimedia, designed and directed by Dan Kontz, taking the audience on a journey with Simon and his clients as they search for truth, love, and maybe a good hard spanking. | |||||
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Stealing Season | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | Coffee Black 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 | #119880 | |||
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 | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Was commissioned as a part of Coffee Black Production's "Rape Of Persephone" reading series. | |||||
Synopsis: | A young Latina woman named Season is kidnapped and locked away in a box. Through a disconnection with her body Season attempts to understand her position as woman, Latina, and working class through one man's fantasies of the perfect woman. | |||||
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Thekla With Child: A Poetic Greek Tragedy | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bar 82, New York | 26 Jun 2011 | ||||
Company: | Coffee Black 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 | #136176 | |||
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: | Short play | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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