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MANUEL IGREJAS (1949 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Photo credit is Henrique Mano. Manuel Igrejas (Playwright) has been a publicist in New York's theater community for over 15 years, representing such artists as Blue Man Group, Elizabeth Streb, Richard Foreman, Reza Abdoh, The Builders Association, Christopher Eaves, Michael Counts and Gale Gates et al and Peak Performances. He is proud to be associated with these visionaries. Fiction has been anthologized in Men on Men 4 and poetry in the anthology, A New Geography of Poets. Shrinkage, an evening of three of his one-act plays about the pursuit of mental health, was produced at Manhattan Theatre Source in 2004 with sterling results.
Plays by Manuel Igrejas
Hassan and Sylvia | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cherry Lane Theatre - Studio | 14 Jul 2010 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in Plays and Playwrights 2011, The New York Theatre Experience, Inc >>> | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-9794852-5-1 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #116720 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Winner Best Play, Best Actress (Marilyn Bernard) Fresh Fruit Festival 2010. | |||||
| This show is part of the Fresh Fruit Festival. Here is the official blurb: Our hero is a 30-something gay man reeling from the sudden death of his longtime lover and the home they shared. After months of isolation, he makes his first venture into the world and goes to a nightclub to hear an old friend sing. There he meets an exotic couple, a dashing, young Arabic man and a glamorous older woman, Hassan and Sylvia, who surround him with their charms. Along for the ride, is their driver, Jimmy, who has more than traffic on his mind, and Velma, a foul-mouthed bag lady who may or may not know exactly what's going on. This mysterious quartet draws our hero into a spicy soup from which he may or may not emerge in one piece. | |||||
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Kitty And Lina | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||||
Company: | Emaginer Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | Next Stage Press--www.nextstagepress.net (2009) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #82825 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Two women in New York City, one young, one older, tell us about their lives. "I think, in a very small way, a pretty girl in a pretty dress helps make the world a better place." Kitty came to New York fueled by fantasies of a Manhattan created by Woody Allen. Her day job pays the rent but her evenings are reserved for The Inwood Merry Players, of which she is a charter member. She's still finding her way in the big, grimy playground and sometimes, being a pretty girl isn't all it's cracked up to be. Lina is on the other end of the ride. An immigrant from Portugal, she escaped her arranged marriage and through pluck, luck and a little on the side, had a career in publishing. Now retired, she still loves New York but finds there are new challenges for women of a certain age. | |||||
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Miss Mary Dugan | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | Emaginer 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 | #128775 | |||
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Genre: | 60 min play in 2 scenes | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Winner Best Play, Best Actor (Craig Fox) and Best Director (David Hilder) at the 2009 Fresh Fruit Festival. | |||||
Synopsis: | Miss Mary Dugan (aka Joe Azzopardi) lives in Cedar Chips, New Jersey, a pretty little town that he calls the West Hollywood of the East Coast. With his fabulous parties, Mary Dugan is the center of social life of gay Cedar Chips. Despite being the hostess with the most-ess, Dugan hasn't had much luck with men, and many of his nights are spent alone with porn, Doritos and Stoli. He has a crush on the good-looking, mysterious guy next door. He lives next door to a funeral parlor. A chance encounter in the parking lot with Kevin, the object of his affection, throws him for a loop. It forces him to ask: what does he really want--his fantasy or the prospect of getting to know his hunky neighbor in real time? | |||||
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Shrinkage | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | Emaginer 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 | #128776 | |||
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Genre: | three 1 act plays | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Shrinkage is an evening of three one-act plays about the pursuit of mental health. In Phyllis and Kirby, a young woman is thrown by her esteemed psychologists new, user-friendly approach. In Jack and Jane, a struggling actor makes a shocking discovery about his dour, undemonstrative therapist. In Margarita, a woman with a troubled past charts a new path for herself with the help of a fictional television psychiatrist. | |||||
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