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FRANCO D'ALESSANDRO (1969 - ) |
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Nationality: USA / Italian Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
Manager: Michael Casieri: mcasieri@earthlink.net . Franco is native of New York and has been educated and worked both in Italy (Rome and Siena) and New York
Plays by Franco D'Alessandro
(My Little) Love Gun | ||
| 1st Produced: | SOHO Rep Walker Space, NY | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Time To Storm | |||||
| 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 | #51764 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Produced under the title ODI ET AMO: The Sweet Life Three One Act Plays by D'Alessandro | |||||
Synopsis: | a woman's waking dream involves her cheating husband and the hand gun she pleasures herself with | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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All-Star | ||
| 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 | #62324 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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And On. . . | ||
| 1st Produced: | HERE Arts Centre, Off Broadway, NY | - - - | ||||
Company: | Time To Storm | |||||
| 1st Published: | in STRANGER LOVE: Five Short Plays by Franco D'Alessandro published by Finishing Line Press November 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | 1-159924-621-X | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51767 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Produced under the title WORLDS COLLIDE at the Bottom of a Glass - Three One Act Plays by D'Alessandro | |||||
Synopsis: | Son, Mother and Grandmother argue over whether we love because we have lost or we feel loss because we love. Three generations struggle with the residual power of family trage | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Beauty of Exile | ||
| 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 | #62325 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A young woman struggles with her identity in New York | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Before & After | ||
| 1st Produced: | HERE Arts Centre, Off Broadway, NY | - - - | ||||
Company: | Time To Storm | |||||
| 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 | #51768 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Produced under the title WORLDS COLLIDE at the Bottom of a Glass - Three One Act Plays by D'Alessandro | |||||
Synopsis: | Two plays performed as one. In Before, a teacher and student battle it out for power. In After, friends gather -after a cataclysmic terrorist attack- in their local bar waiting for the arrival of the man who links them all together, even though they know he will never show up. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dying From The Details | ||
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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 | #51905 | |||
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Synopsis: | a TV news anchor comes undone while spewing the lurid details of the daily news | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Elephant Bones | ||
| 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 | #62326 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A young writer who has lived with his aunt and uncle since early childhood has to face to consequences of those who like art and artist and those who do not. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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House (Or What If) | ||
| 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 | #62327 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | An Italian Jew returns home after the War only to discover that Hitler won. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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I Could Eat | ||
| 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 | #62328 | |||
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Is That You or Is That Me? | ||
| 1st Produced: | HERE Arts Centre, Off Broadway, NY | - - - | ||||
Company: | Time To Storm | |||||
| 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 | #51769 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Produced under the title WORLDS COLLIDE at the Bottom of a Glass - Three One Act Plays by D'Alessandro | |||||
Synopsis: | Art struggles against the machine as self-importance and technology mania reign supreme in the 22nd Century | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Jesus, Mary & Joseph | ||
| 1st Produced: | SOHO Rep Walker Space, NY | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Time To Storm | |||||
| 1st Published: | in STRANGER LOVE: Five Short Plays by Franco D'Alessandro published by Finishing Line Press November 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | 1-159924-621-X | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51766 | |||
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Genre: | Dark Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Produced under the title ODI ET AMO: The Sweet Life Three One Act Plays by D'Alessandro | |||||
Synopsis: | about a power-couple debate having a child and get help from a sexy Italian Jesus. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mother's Day or Half the Story | ||
| 1st Produced: | Time To Storm | 1998 | ||||
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 | #51763 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy/Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Produced as a workshop at the John Houseman Theatre | |||||
Synopsis: | Three widows -Jewish, African-American, and an Italian immigrant- share the weekend with their estranged children. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Museum Hours, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2005 | ||||
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 | #51909 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Two old college friends (Frank and Laura) who are also former lovers and two-thirds of a love triangle meet up in a Florence museum one year after the other third (Adrian) has died. In front of Donatello's little known but stunning 'Penitent Magdalene', the two confront and confess the lies, demons and passions that not only involve the lover they both lost, but also inextricably ties them to each other. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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My Love Gun | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in STRANGER LOVE: Five Short Plays by Franco D'Alessandro published by Finishing Line Press November 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | 1-159924-621-X | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62329 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A woman, a cheating husband and a gun. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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One Hundred Dollars Worth of Change | ||
| 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 | #51907 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A man struggles with the prospects of marriage, abandoned dreams and drugs. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Passionate Thief | ||
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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 | #62320 | |||
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Roman Nights | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York City | - - - | ||||
Company: | produced by Suzanne Corso and Samcor | |||||
| 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 | #49091 | |||
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Genre: | Bio-play / Drama Biographical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Fleeing the glare of publicity in the US following the success of A Streetcar Named Desire', Tennessee Williams escapes to Rome. There he hopes to make the acquaintance of the star of Roberto Rossellini's neo-realist masterpiece 'Rome, Open City', Anna Magnani, whom he imagines imperiously strolling the streets of her native metropolis like the empress Calpurnia. When playwright and performer do come face to face, they begin to talk - and their conversation continues, with interruptions, foraquarter of a century, as the great Italian actress assumes the roleof muse tothegaywriter. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shattering, The | ||
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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 | #51904 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | An immigrant woman and her mother struggle to reconcile their tragic past and the death of the family's only son | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Song Of The Crickets, The or The Beauty Of Exile | ||
| 1st Produced: | HERE Arts Centre, Off Broadway, NY | 1996 | ||||
Company: | In Vino Vertitas | |||||
| 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 | #51762 | |||
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Genre: | Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Two act version entitled "The Beauty of Exile" | |||||
Synopsis: | A young woman struggles with her identity and culture in New York while married to a man who only wants to possess her. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tale of Hot House Flowers | ||
| 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 | #62330 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | 1950 and a young Afro-American girl falls for an Italian guy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tennessee & Anna | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA | Sep 2011 | ||||
Company: | Rising Phoenix | |||||
| 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 | #128161 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | This is the 90-minute version of ROMAN NIGHTS, which tells the tumultuous story of Tennessee Williams and Anna Magnani. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Venice, Again | ||
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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 | #51906 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | To Be Produced Under the Title: "Maximum Happiness: in Fall 2005 | |||||
Synopsis: | Two couples share a vacation full of secrets before and after September 11, 2001. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Waiting Station | ||
| 1st Produced: | SOHO Rep Walker Space, NY | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Time To Storm | |||||
| 1st Published: | in STRANGER LOVE: Five Short Plays by Franco D'Alessandro published by Finishing Line Press November 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | 1-159924-621-X | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51765 | |||
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Genre: | Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | two men meet while meeting at a train station. Are they friends or strangers? Do they share a past? Selfishness and Loneliness come at a high price in this play. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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What Play? | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cherry Lane Alternative Theater Festival | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in STRANGER LOVE: Five Short Plays by Franco D'Alessandro published by Finishing Line Press November 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | 1-159924-621-X | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51908 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A young writer gets put through the ringer - make that "the process" by a Hollywood agent and producer | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Who's On Top? | ||
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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 | #62331 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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