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AMY HERZOG |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC |
Amy Herzog received the 2008 Helen Merrill Award for Aspiring Playwrights. Her plays have been produced at Ensemble Studio Theater, American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, The Williamstown Theater Festival, The Actors Theatre of Louisville and the Yale School of Drama; she has had readings and workshops at Manhattan Theater Club, New York Stage and Film, Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., The Black Dahlia in Los Angeles, The Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, and the Juilliard School, among others. Amy recently completed commissions for the Yale Repertory Theatre and the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and her play After the Revolution will be produced at Williamstown in the summer of 2010. Her short play 508 will be included in the forthcoming Best American Short Plays: 2008-2009, published by Applause Books. Amy is an alumna of Youngblood at Ensemble Studio Theater, a member of the SoHo Rep Writer/Director Lab, a Fellow at The Playwrights' Realm, and the Playwright in Residence at Ars Nova. She teaches Playwriting at Bryn Mawr College. MFA in Playwriting, Yale School of Drama.
Plays by Amy Herzog
4000 Miles | ||
| 1st Produced: | Duke on 42nd Street | 20 Jun 2011 | ||||
Company: | Lincoln Center Theater | |||||
| 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 | #129093 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | After losing his best friend while they were on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91 year-old grandmother in her West Village apartment. 4000 Miles examines how these two outsiders find their way in today's world. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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508 | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | Youngblood | |||||
| 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 | #79981 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of the ninth annual edition of Thicker Than Water, a festival of new work by the members of the artists collective Youngblood | |||||
Synopsis: | Young ex-lovers confront a strange area code on their joint cell phone bill | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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After the Revolution | ||
| 1st Produced: | Williamstown Theater Festival, Nikos Stage | Jul 2010 | ||||
Company: | Williamstown Theater Festival | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, Inc (2011) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-8222-2510-2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #112324 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 1 Waiter can be doubled with another role | |||||
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Synopsis: | It's 1999, and three generations of a radical leftist family meet in New York to celebrate the law school graduation of Emma, the family's youngest torch-carrier. A public revelation about her late grandfather, a victim of the blacklist, sends Emma reeling as the family begins to fracture. Shaken and betrayed, she must weigh her fierce politics and family loyalty to decide if the ends really justify the means. Developed from scratch at WTF, After the Revolution is a play about love, family secrets, and the American Left | |||||
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Bob the Builder: Festival of Fun | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ars Nova | 01 Feb 2011 | ||||
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 | #124462 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Part of The Wii Plays. This is an evening of original short plays and live music, inspired by the titles of Nintendo Wii games. The selections are: Wii Tennis by Molly Smith Metzler, directed by Lila Neugebauer, Barbie as the Island Princess by Tasha Gordon-Solmon, directed by Lila Neugebauer, Let's Tap by Janine Nabers, directed by Portia Krieger, Marvel Superhero Squad by Chad Beckim, directed by Stephen Brackett, Buck Fever by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Portia Krieger, Alien Monster Bowling League by Matthew Lopez, directed by Laura Savia, Tomb Raider: Anniversary by Kara Lee Corthron, directed by Laura Savia, Burger Island by Gregory Moss, directed by Portia Krieger, All Star Cheer Squad by Jenny Connell, directed by Laura Savia, Sword Play: Speed Slice by Kristoffer Diaz, directed by Lila Neugebauer, Bob the Builder: Festival of Fun by Amy Herzog, directed by Stephen Brackett, and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games by Joe Tracz, dir. by Stephen Brackett. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Christmas Present | ||
| 1st Produced: | 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 | #84192 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of the 30th annual marathon of new short plays | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hungry | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ensemble Studio Theatre | 2006 | ||||
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 | #46974 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of Thicker Than Water 2006 | |||||
Synopsis: | Three friends in New Jersey in the 1990s try to hold onto each other | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Missed Connections | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ars Nova, NY | 26 Jan 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 | #107547 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Part of a program of short plays and killer live music inspired by ads for the ones that got away. Featuring plays by Annie Baker, Bekah Brunstetter, Dylan Dawson, Kristoffer Diaz, Zayd Dohrn, Tasha Gordon-Solmon, Amy Herzog, Samuel D. Hunter, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Steven Levenson, Matthew Lopez, Janine Nabers, and Samuel Brett Williams, all of the play titles are taken directly from actual Craigslist Missed Connections ads. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Too Little Too Late | ||
| 1st Produced: | HERE Arts Center - Dorothy B. Williams Theater, 145 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10013 >>> | 03 Feb 2010 | ||||
Company: | Red Elevator 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 | #110454 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
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Notes: | Too Little Too Late is the first theatrical venture from the young company, Red Elevator Productions. Featuring original and premiere short plays from six of the most promising and arresting young writers on the New York theater scene, Too Little Too Late explores the problem of (dis)connect in a complicated world-because in our breakneck lives of over-stimulus media, instant mass communication, restlessness, and expectation, how does anyone really connect? | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wendy Play, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, "Zeum Theater" | Mar 2008 | ||||
Company: | American Conservatory Theater | |||||
| 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 | #112325 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 12 | ||
Parts other: | Eleven of the fifteen roles are for teenagers. | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | In this modern comedy, Wendy, a bright, young playwright, accepts a teaching job at a prestigious private school. But she soon finds herself in a hotbed of complexity as she navigates a cloistered world of bullheaded administrators, jaded colleagues and angst-ridden teens. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Willing | ||
| 1st Produced: | 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 | #83106 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of the Ernst C. Stiefel 7@7 Reading Series | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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