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CHIP KEYES (1949 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Chip Keyes was born in Hartford, Connecticut and received a BA in Theatre Arts from Hartford's Trinity College. On graduation, he moved to NYC where he wrote & performed in comedy groups THE PORTABLE CIRCUS and KEYES & LIPPA, appearing in college concerts, nightclubs and theatrical runs in NY and Philadelphia. In addition to his comedy work, Mr. Keyes also worked in New York as an actor and playwright, having several show produced as Equity showcases, including EASY OUTS OR THE ADVENTURES OF ALPHONSE ON THE LAM, ARCHIBALD & BASIL and THERE'S A BROKEN LIGHT FOR EVERY HEART. He later moved to Los Angeles, where, since 1980, he has worked as a writer-producer on hundreds of half hour television episodes, among them VALERIE, THE HOGAN FAMILY, PERFECT STRANGERS and SHAKY GROUND. He has also continued to write plays, prose, poetry and also perform occasionally.
Plays by Chip Keyes
Appleseeds aka Johnny Appleseed Died | ||
| 1st Produced: | Image Playhouse, Hartford CT | 1970 | ||||
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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 | #87588 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A man and woman, trapped in a windowless room filled with pudding boxes, are informed by a mysterious radio that they are on a green rocket ship racing toward a distant planet. God is turning the Earth into green cheese, and in the process destroying ell human beings except them. | |||||
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Archibald & Basil | ||
| 1st Produced: | Urban Arts Corps. Theater, New York, NY. | 1978 | ||||
Company: | Vinnette Carroll's Urban Arts Corps, | |||||
| 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 | #87587 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | The New York production was produced by Broadway's Vinnette Carroll (Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope, Your Arms Too Short To Box With God), directed by the playwright, and featured Broadway veteran Frank Hamilton, George Gwin and frequent Astaire-Rogers co-star Eric Rhodes (The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat.) | |||||
Synopsis: | Two eccentric older gentleman discover and record Universal Truths while creating and living out their own elaborate fantasy adventures along the way. | |||||
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Easy Outs, or The Adventures of Alphonse on the Lam | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arts Ark/Federal Theater Collective. NY, NY | 1977 | ||||
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 | #86917 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | EASY OUTS was rediscovered, produced & directed in New York in 2008, by EndTimes Theater's Russell Dobular, 31 years after its initial run. | |||||
Synopsis: | A Vietnam draft dodger | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Meanwhile In Another Part of the Forest: Classic Fairy Tales | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Geffen at the Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA. | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Parson's Nose Productions & The Geffen 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 | #87589 | |||
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Genre: | Children's play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Light-hearted re-telling of Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel & Gretel and Goldilocks, with adult actors, for young audiences, ages 3-10. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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There's a Broken Light for Every Heart | ||
| 1st Produced: | Process Studio Theatre, New York, NY | 1978 | ||||
Company: | Process Studio 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 | #87590 | |||
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: | Musical book | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | The book was written to string together many of the songs of the late, great Harry Warren (42nd Street.) | |||||
Synopsis: | A lightly satirical tale of young love, ruthless show business ambition and seduction, set in the world of 70s off-off Broadway. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Uncoupled | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre of N.O.T.E. Los Angeles, CA. | 1999 | ||||
Company: | Theatre of N.O.T.E. | |||||
| 1st Published: | JAC Publishing, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #86918 | |||
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Genre: | comedy Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Actor Parker arrives home to find his lover, Stuart packing ready to leave. Stuart has had an affair with a woman and believes he is no longer gay | |||||
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