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LES HUNTER |
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Les Hunter. Les Hunter's work has been performed at Bates College, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Artistic New Directions, St. Joseph's College, Theater for a New City, Jackson Rep, Galapagos, Siberia, Impact Theater, Bowery Poetry Club, Macalester College, Collective: Unconscious, and Brooklyn College. Mr. Hunter has written articles for American Theatre, offoffonline.com, The Stony Brook Statesman, Serf City, Comparative Drama, and The Loop. He is the recipient of the 2007 Foundation for Jewish Culture New Play Development Grant for To the Orchard. His screenplay Lion of the Eastwas accepted to the "Dubai Film Connection" in the 2008 Dubai International Film Festival. MFA, Playwriting: Boston University. MA, English Ed.: Brooklyn College. PhD in progress, English: Stony Brook University. Member: Dramatists Guild, America in Play. Co-founding member: Brooklyn Playwrights Collective. Official website: www.leslielarshunter.com
Plays by Les Hunter
167 Tongues | ||
| 1st Produced: | P.S. 69, 77-02 37th Ave, Jackson Heights (Queens), NY | 07 May 2010 | ||||
Company: | Jackson Repertory Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #114302 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | conceived and directed by Ari Laura Kreith. The piece is written by 11 writers: Jenny Lyn Bader, Meny Beriro, Alvin Eng, Steven Fechter, Jennifer Gibbs, Les Hunter, Anna Kushner, Rehana Mirza, Jeffrey Solomon, Suzanne Sheptock, and Stefanie Zadravec. | |||||
Synopsis: | 167 Tongues explores the emotional geography of Jackson Heights, the most culturally diverse neighborhood in the world. Intermittent street scenes weave together alongside continuous stories in this 37-character play. An Indian sweet shop vendor struggles to keep her store going and her suitors at bay, a Nepali woman and a Mexican man fall in love across a linguistic divide, an Irish ghost befriends an troubled Ecuadorian girl and her Bangladeshi best friend, a Dominican manicurist wonders whether her Jewish Chinese boyfriend will propose before she is deported by the INS, and a Rwandan night nurse attempts to understand the 167 distinct languages spoken in the local Emergency Room. This theatrical experience combines street scenes with continuous narratives, found sounds, and movement in an exploration of Jackson Heights, Queens, the most diverse neighborhood in the world. | |||||
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Biggest Break | ||
| 1st Produced: | Various locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan, NY | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Brooklyn Playwrights Collective | |||||
| 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 | #92707 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of Confronting Chekhov, eleven new short one-acts by inspired by the work of Anton Chekhov | |||||
Synopsis: | Wherever you're from, it always sucks. | |||||
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Cruel and Unusual: Works Inspired By Antonin Artaud | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Brooklyn Playwrights Collective | |||||
| 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 | #84424 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written by Jeffrey Skinner, Will Cordeiro, Les Hunter, Maria Micheles, Cornelius Chapman, Al Lefcowitz | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Cyrano de Bergen County, New Jersey | ||
| 1st Produced: | Center Stage (Reading) (New York, NY, United States) | 2009 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102743 | |||
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Genre: | 35-40 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | 2 males, 9 females (11-16 actors possible: 2-5 males, 9-13 females) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | When it's discovered that two likable jocks, Gene and Ralph, haven't read Cyrano de Bergeracfor a big test the next period, Ridgewood High's cafeteria is thrown into disarray as the assembled students rack their brains to help them. Claire, a whiz kid with a ridiculously oversized unibrow and a secret crush, devises an elaborate plan to stage the entirety of the play in order to help the hapless athletes. An uproarious, fast-paced spoof of Edmond Rostand's classic. | |||||
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Dream Play | ||
| 1st Produced: | Siberia Bar, NY | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Brooklyn Playwrights Collective | |||||
| 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 | #54712 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Part of Cruel and Unusual, this is a festival of one-act plays inspired by the work of French dramatist, thinker, and madman Antonin Artuad | |||||
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Jackson Heights 3AM | ||
| 1st Produced: | PS 69, 77-02 37th Ave and Queens Theater in the Park, NY | 13 Jan 2012 | ||||
Company: | theatre 167 in association with Queens Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #135881 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | written by Jenny Lyn Bader, J. Stephen Brantley, Ed Cardona, Les Hunter, Tom Miller, Melisa Tien and Joy Tomasko; conceived by Laura Kreith | |||||
Synopsis: | Seven playwrights explore the most culturally diverse neighborhood in the world from 10pm-4amits brightest lights and loneliest cornersin dance clubs, all-night bakeries, sex shops, laundromats, side streets, and alleyways. They ate arepas prepared by the "sainted arepa lady" and, two blocks away, saw the homeless fed by the local hero a.k.a. "Angel of Queens" under the elevated trains. They interviewed numbers-players, sex trafficking experts, bartenders, cops, and cross-dressers. They were invited to dance, to gamble, and to watch an undercover police operation& And they were invited to let their imaginations run dark, funny, sexy, and very very late. It was written using collaborative methods developed by Theatre 167, with the seven playwrights sharing characters and storylines, melding distinct voices and languages into one whole. | |||||
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Lion of the East | ||
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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 | #84978 | |||
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Genre: | Ten minute play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Inspired by the play "Lion of the West" by James K Paulding | |||||
Synopsis: | In the Middle East an American lieutenant tries to convince local leaders to allow him to round up suspect villagers. | |||||
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To The Orchard | ||
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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 | #84979 | |||
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Two Fall Readings | ||
| 1st Produced: | A.R.T./New York Spaces, NY | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Brooklyn Playwrights Collectve | |||||
| 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 | #75286 | |||
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Notes: | written by Allen Lefkowitz, Maria Micheles, Will Cordeiro Les Hunter, Thomas Cork, and Andy Millon | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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You Are Now The Owner Of This Suitcase | ||
| 1st Produced: | P.S. 69, 77-02 37th Ave., Jackson Heights (Queens), NY | 11 Mar 2011 | ||||
Company: | Theatre 167 | |||||
| 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 | #125804 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Author: Mando Alvarado, Jenny Lyn Bader, Barbara Cassidy, Les Hunter, Joy Tomasko, Gary Winter, Stefanie Zadravec. Conceived and Directed By: Ari Laura Kreith | |||||
Synopsis: | A young woman arriving from Ecuador accidentally switches suitcases with a mysterious stranger. Her quest to recover the missing suitcase will lead her to encounter lovers, dreamers, fighters, a magical cell phone, books that come to life, and the best guitar player in the world. Picking up where last year's 167 Tongues left off, You Are Now The Owner Of This Suitcase is the second part of a trilogy exploring the emotional geography of Jackson Heights, Queens, the most culturally diverse neighborhood in the world. | |||||
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