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DEANNA NEIL |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Deanna Neil (playwright) garnered 9 book awards for her young-adult series, The Land of Curiosities, about Yellowstone National Park. In 2010, Neil wrote the play Fracturing for the Sweeter Theater Company in New York, and updated the script in residency at the Off Square Theater company in Jackson Hole, WY in 2012. Her second play, How Do We Get Out of Here, was born in residence with the Northwoods Ramah Theater Company in Wisconsin. She often works with kids on script development and performance. As a journalist and producer, Neil has contributed to The Huffington Post, NPR, Air America Radio and KCET blogs. Neil has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC News, Good Morning America, and in USA Today. In 2008, she was named a "Hero of the Planet" in Time Magazine for Kids. Sometimes she plays the ukulele, writes songs and sings opera.
Plays by Deanna Neil
Fracturing | ||
| 1st Produced: | Flamboyan Theater | 08 Jul 2010 | ||||
Company: | Sweeter Theater 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 | #18344 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 6 | ||
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Synopsis: | Sweeter Theater Productions presents Fracturing, based on Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. The play explores how a family and a town slowly break apart over the divisive environmental issue of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," a process of drilling for natural gas. In the fictional town of Norville, fracking has been permitted despite the town's location in the watershed that provides drinking water for Manhattan. The head of the Reservoir Council, Dr. Stockman, receives the results of her preliminary tests on a potentially contaminated water well and finds a dangerously high methane content in the water. As she attempts to warn the town she is met with reproach by her brother, the mayor, who fears the ruin of the town's economic livelihood. Fracturing examines the timely issue of health and environment versus economy and employment and begs the question of whether it is worthwhile to have right on your side without might. Not only is the plot of the play centered on an environmental issue; Sweeter Theater is also making the show eco-conscious through their production materials and methods. With help from the Lower East Side Ecology Center, Sweeter Theater is making greener choices for the show, including recycled sets, props and costumes as well as reduced energy usage through energy-efficient lighting. | |||||
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