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ROGELIO MARTINEZ |
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Nationality: Cuban Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Bret Adams Ltd |
Rogelio Martinez is an award winning playwright whose plays have been developed and presented at many theaters across the country. Most recently the Denver Center Theater Co. premiered his new play When Tang Met Laika. Other theaters that have developed and presented his work include the Public Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Repertory, Marin Theater Company, Primary Stages, Atlantic Theater Co. and the Magic Theater. Mr. Martinez is an alumnus of New Dramatists. During his time at New Dramatists he was the recipient of a Princess Grace Award and the Joe Calloway Award. His one act play, Union City..., starred Rosie Perez and was the winner of the James Hammerstein Award. Mr. Martinez is a recipient of an NEA/TCG Grant and a Sloan Grant (the latter led to the writing and development of When Tang Met Laika at the Denver Center). Mr. Martinez has received commissions from the Atlantic Theater Co., South Coast Repertory, and the Arden Theater Co. He is currently working on a play for the Arden to premiere in April of 2011. Mr. Martinez teaches playwriting at Goddard College and Primary Stages.
Plays by Rogelio Martinez
All Eyes and Ears | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lion Theatre, NY | 2008 | ||||
Company: | INTAR | |||||
| 1st Published: | Broadway Play Publishers 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978--0881454420 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #83868 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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| 1961 Cuba. A seamstress is catapulted into a new life, new house, and new government job. But good fortunes quickly change when her new position attracts unexpected guests and reveals more secrets about herself than of political conspiracies | |||||
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Arrivals and Departures | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Broadway Play Publishers 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978--0881454277 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70479 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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| Two brothers, both writers, argue of which of them should write their family history. | |||||
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Asphalt Green | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken, NJ | 18 Jul 2005 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in The Baseball Plays: 7th Inning Stretch, Playscripts Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #138832 | |||
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Genre: | 10 min drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Celebrating and exploring themes from America's favorite pastime, The Baseball Plays: 7th Inning Stretch is a collection of short comedies and dramas from the Mile Square Theatre's annual event. From a couple arguing over the use of steroids (Off Base by Theresa Rebeck) to a priest's fight to preserve the abandoned lot where the local children play ball (Asphalt Green by Rogelio Martinez), to a marriage dissolved over fantasy baseball (Fantasy League by Lee Blessing), this collection captures the love, frustration, and nostalgia surrounding this beloved sport. | |||||
Synopsis: | Divine intervention and nostalgia combine to defend a hallowed urban baseball lot from becoming an apartment complex. Father Joseph, a staunch defender of the lot, confronts contractor Dennis in an effort to show him what the lot means to the neighborhood children. Will Father Joseph's stand be enough to keep this sacred space from being destroyed forever? | |||||
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Comrades and Worms | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1998 | ||||
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 | #70480 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Castro's Cuba and a renowned director is forced to direct a group of amateurs who are more interested in their own petty squabbles and getting their hands on American shampoo. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Elk Cloner | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #123289 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A single father living in Elk Village, Illinois, tries to make sense of it all | |||||
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FIZZ: The Totally Fictionalized Story of America's Most Successful Blunder | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ohio Theatre, NY | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Betty Ann Solinger | |||||
| 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 | #56560 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | FIZZ: The Totally Fictionalized Story of America's Most Successful Blunder by Rogelio Martinez. The press release tells us it "is about Roberto Goizueta, a Cuban immigrant who headed the most quintessential of American companies-Coca Cola. As CEO during the '80s and '90s, Goizueta introduced the hugely successful Diet Coke, which helped make Coca Cola the most famous American trademark in the world. But he is better known for the introduction of New Coke, which was a massive failure. In this rollicking comedy, Goizueta fights his way back to the top and discovers that only by diving into the irrational can he fully understand America." | |||||
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I Regret She's Made Of Sugar | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2001 | ||||
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 | #74362 | |||
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Genre: | Black comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | New Year's Eve a the life of a young woman spirals out of control. | |||||
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Illuminating Veronica | ||
| 1st Produced: | Atlas Theater, NY | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Atlas 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 | #69895 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | It's 1961. Fidel has turned Havana upside down. Veronica's family has fled the country, leaving her behind to find a new family. Pregnant & ready to participate in whatever Fidel throws her way, she is not fully prepared for everything the revolution has in store. Illuminating Veronica is a play about betrayal and hope, that looks at Castro's Cuba, not as a demonic state, nor as a perfect paradise, but as a work in progress | |||||
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Lake Effect Show | ||
| 1st Produced: | reading at 45th Street Theatre, NY | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Primary Stages | |||||
| 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 | #54533 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Fresh Ink Reading Series | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Learning Curve | ||
| 1st Produced: | Beckett Theater (Theater Row), NY | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Betty Ann Besch Solinger | |||||
| 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 | #75334 | |||
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Synopsis: | Whilst he is asleep photography major Sally takes some candid photographs of boyfriend David. One has her bra draped across his face. She exhibits the photographs and tells her professor that the black man in the photos is a homeless man she met. David's militant friend Henry sees the photographs and berates David for allowing a white girl to take the pictures. Later David, Henry and other black students take over the University offices demanding a black studies programme and more black professors. Years later David teaches Black Studies and this university take over is part of the course | |||||
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Lenin's Omelette | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1998 | ||||
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 | #74363 | |||
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Genre: | Ten minute play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A journalist is in Cuba to interview some famous writers. One only writes propaganda now, one is a garbage collector and the others have stopped writing | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Partial Complex Seizure | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1997 | ||||
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 | #74364 | |||
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Genre: | Black comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A young man returns home to Cuba with revenge on his mind. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Symbiotic Love | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #123290 | |||
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Synopsis: | Mobile phones, home schooling and the disappearance of bees | |||||
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They Still Mambo in Havana | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1998 | ||||
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 | #74365 | |||
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Genre: | Satire | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | A Cuban "La Ronde" with murder thrown in. | |||||
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When It's Cocktail Time In Cuba | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2000 | ||||
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 | #74366 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | In a Moscow hotel Fidel Castro awaits Nikita Kruschev's arrival. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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When Tang Met Laika | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #123291 | |||
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Synopsis: | Americans and Russians on the Space Station - after all the hostility between the two countries in the past can they now work together? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Will In Space | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #123292 | |||
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Synopsis: | Lost astronauts and a boy who has not slept since Pluto was downgraded from being a planet | |||||
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