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RYAN GILLIAM |
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Plays by Ryan Gilliam |
Bowery Wars, Part 1, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | outdoors at Lafayette and Jersey Streets (south side of the Puck building), NY | 30 Apr 2011 | ||||
Company: | Downtown Art | |||||
| 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 | #127400 | |||
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Genre: | outdoor site-specific musica | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 9 | ||
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Notes: | book and lyrics by Ryan Gilliam; music by Mike hickey | |||||
Synopsis: | In 1903, Tammany Hall, which had been ousted and humiliated two years earlier, burns to retake City Hall, while on the streets of the Lower East Side the ongoing rivalry for control of the Bowery between the Five Pointers and the Eastmans explodes in the worst gunfight New York had ever seen. For six hours, over 100 gangsters battled beneath the Allen Street 'el', without interference from the police. The Bowery Wars, an epic told in two parts, weaves into these historical events the story of two immigrant teens, Romeo and Juliet. New York City's history is our shared inheritance. The Bowery Wars looks at our city a hundred years ago, when the Lower East Side was the densest place on earth, and poses questions about the will to survive in the face of hardship and violence. The Bowery Wars, Part I will be performed outdoors. Act 1 will begin at Lafayette and Jersey streets and end on Forsyth Street. Audiences will hear the dialogue and score on individual mp3 players synced to the live action on the streets. Act 2 will be performed live, with a full band, in a vacant lot at 19 East 3rd Street, between Second Ave and Bowery. | |||||
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Bowery Wars, Part 2, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Outdoors in the East Village, NY | 28 Apr 2012 | ||||
Company: | Downtown Art | |||||
| 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 | #139027 | |||
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: | outdoor site-specific musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | book and lyrics by Ryan Gilliam; music by Mike Hickey | |||||
Synopsis: | The Bowery Wars, Part 2 is the culmination of Downtown Arts' epic musical tracing the lives of an immigrant Romeo and Juliet within the history of the Lower East Side, once the densest place on the face of the earth. In the fall of 1903, the battle for the Bowery between New York's two largest gangsThe Eastmans and The Five Pointersreaches its climax; Tammany Hall is determined to come back from defeat and retake City Hall; and a young Italian and a young Russian Jew fall in love. The Bowery Wars looks at the history of a city divided: its promise, its corruption, its violence, and its efforts to remake itself. | |||||
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Dracula | ||
| 1st Produced: | Downtown Art, NY | 2007 | ||||
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 | #62173 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | stage adaptation of the classic horror film Dracula | |||||
Synopsis: | the story of the ultimate outsider. A Victorian tale in which science battles mystery, day fights against night, and all romance is suspicious. Hunger and melodramatic flair hold sway; humor pops up in the oddest places; lunacy takes many forms | |||||
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Frankie and the 'Burbs | ||
| 1st Produced: | Dowtown Art, NY | 2004 | ||||
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 | #75237 | |||
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Piemaker, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Downtown Art, NY | 2008 | ||||
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 | #82811 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 12 | ||
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Notes: | book by Ryan Gilliam, music and lyrics by Mike Hickey | |||||
Synopsis: | performed by Downtown Art's company of young actors and musicians, ages 12-18. The Piemaker is set in 1978, in a small town in Iowa which is changed by two events: the arrival of a Mexican woman to open a small cafe, and the return of a native son to base his campaign for Congress there. Maggie Thornton, whose pies are famous across four counties, finds herself and her family at the center of the gathering storm as a secret that underlies her own quiet life comes to light. The show is recommended for kids 7 and up and their families. | |||||
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Waistmakers' Opera, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Various locales in the East Village, NY | 08 May 2010 | ||||
Company: | Downtown Art | |||||
| 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 | #114298 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | music by Michael Hicke | |||||
Synopsis: | This is an original rock musical based on the shirtwaist workers strike of 1910, to be performed along the streets of New York's former garment district and the Lower East Side. 100 years ago, on November 23, 1909, sparked by events at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, more than 20,000 garment workers, most of them young women in their teens and early twenties, launched an eleven week general strike in New York. The strike drew together an unlikely coalition-working girls, middle-class progressive women, female college students, and even women leaders of New York society. Dubbed the "Uprising of the 20,000," it was one of the first successful major strikes of female workers in American history. The story of the strike has long been overshadowed by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire which took place almost a year after the strike settled, the worst workplace disaster to have occurred prior to 9/11, in which 146 workers died within 30 minutes, most of them teenage girls. The waistmakers have often been remembered as victims of that fire-in this opera the authors focus on them as they lived-their accomplishments, their courage, their extraordinary determination. Act 1 of The Waistmaker's Opera will begin at the original site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, and move through several sites until concluding in Cooper Square Park. Audiences will listen to the score on individual MP3 players while witnessing live dance and movement by the performers. Act 2 will be staged in a vacant lot on East 3rd Street (with seating) and will be performed live. The company is comprised of 17 teen girls (singer/dancers) and a live band made up of composer Michael Hickey and three teen musicians (guitar, bass, percussion/keyboard, and violin.) | |||||
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