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ALEXANDER DINELARIS (1968 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Creative Artists Agency CA |
Alex was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards in 2003 for his work on the additional book and lyrics for the Off-Broadway hit, ZANNA DON'T. Currently, he is working on writing the screenplay for Academy Award Nominee, Alejandro Gonzalez-Inirraitu's (BABEL, 21 GRAMS) next film. His critically acclaimed play THE CHAOS THEORIES, which recently had a staged reading starring Kathleen Chalfant, Ally Sheedy and Karen Ziemba, played to sold out audiences and was a top pick (New York Times/Daily News) of the 2004 New York Fringe Festival. At the moment, he has two plays optioned for Broadway: FOLDING THE MONSTER (with Academy Award nominee Danny Aiello) and STILL LIFE, slated for Broadway in early 2009. His newest play, RED DOG HOWLS, which addresses the Armenian genocide recently ran for a limited engagement at the El Portal Theatre in Los Angeles. It starred Kathleen Chalfant and received enthusiastic reviews from the Los Angeles Times. Other works include BIG KIDS, ADAM & EVELYN and PATHETIQUE. He has been a script doctor for New Line Cinema and recently finished work on his first television pilot entitled CRISIS CENTER: NYC. Alex attended Barry University, where he received the Mac McKindree scholarship for drama. He is represented by Olivier Sultan and the Creative Artists Agency.
Plays by Alexander Dinelaris
Adam and Evelyn | ||
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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 | #110706 | |||
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Big Kids | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #110707 | |||
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Chaos Theories, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | FringeNYC | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Shotgun 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 | #74752 | |||
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Genre: | dark comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | McGinn Cazale Theatre, NY - 2007 | |||||
Synopsis: | The Chaos Theories is set in and around a posh New York City restaurant. The play begins with a conversation outside the restaurant between an actress and a man who may or may not be stalking her. Immediately, we are shifted indoors, where a snide waiter serves drinks to a variety of characters including an obnoxious stockbroker, a tyrannical father, a woman bleeding from her forehead, and a playwright meeting with a powerful Hollywood producer. This dark comedy comments on a society that has stopped listening to one another. And while there are a few glimmers of hope, and a lot of huge laughs, the play's shocking conclusion bespeaks a much bleaker worldview. | |||||
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Folding the Monster | ||
| 1st Produced: | Rehearsed reading at Pantheon Theatre, New York | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Shotgun 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 | #110708 | |||
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In This, Our Time. . . | ||
| 1st Produced: | 59E59 Theaters | 04 Aug 2011 | ||||
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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 | #131120 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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Notes: | part of DummerShorts 5 | |||||
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Pathetique | ||
| 1st Produced: | Interart Annex, NY | 2006 | ||||
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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 | #55389 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play One Act | |||||
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Notes: | part of A Thousand Words: Seven Short Plays On Photography | |||||
Synopsis: | This evening of new short plays is inspired by Susan Sontag's book On Photography. The producers describe it as illuminating "the complexities and questions that photography raises. From grieving parents left with only a photo of their deceased son to a cheeky calendar photo shoot, the collection of short plays looks at the medium from a variety of angles and offers searing, heartfelt and even funny riffs on Sontag's commentary. The evening serves as a modern call and response between cultural criticism and performing arts." | |||||
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Red Dog Howls | ||
| 1st Produced: | El Portal Theatre, Los Angeles | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Gang of Five- New York | |||||
| 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 | #86586 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | The story concerns the legacy of the Armenian genocide on Michael Kiriakos, a troubled thirty-something New York writer who's haunted by psychological ghosts he wants to banish before his first child is born. But to get to a place of light, he must tunnel into a pit of darkness that threatens to swallow his identity, his marriage and even his unborn baby. When Michael discovers a box of letters written to his beloved deceased Father, he is compelled to explore his family's dark and most shocking history. Penned by his Grandmother Rose, believed to be long dead, but in fact still alive at 91, and harboring a devastating family "curse," he must find her, to go on with his own life. | |||||
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Still Life | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lucille Lortel Theatre, NY | 05 Oct 2009 | ||||
Company: | MCC Theater | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, Inc. NY (2011) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-8222-2444-0 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54946 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | reading - Gramercy Arts Theatre, NY, 2006 | |||||
Synopsis: | This is from the press release: "In Still Life, photographer Carrie Ann inexplicably shuts down at the pinnacle of her career. Lost, and afraid to even pick up a camera, her sudden descent is interrupted by a whirlwind romance with Jeff, a trend analyst who becomes determined to help her move on, even while facing his own dark future." | |||||
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Zanna, Don't | ||
| 1st Produced: | John Houseman Theatre, New York | 2003 | ||||
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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: | ps-314 | |||
| Music: | PS Classics PS-314 2003 | doollee no | #37608 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Music, lyrics, book by Tim Acito. Additional book and lyrics by Alexander Dinelaris | |||||
| Zanna is a gay cupid and he takes his love wand to the High School Dance. "Makes you think of "Grease" - but with a difference" - Bruce Weber New York Times | |||||
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