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ANNE NELSON |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Anne Nelson is an acclaimed playwright, author and lecturer. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including a 2005-06 Guggenheim Fellowship and a New Harmony Dramatists Fellowship. Her books and articles have been published widely and her play The Guys, one of the first major plays to address the September 11th attacks, has been published and staged throughout the world over the past four years, starring actors such as Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Swoosie Kurtz, Helen Hunt, Dan Lauria, and Bill Irwin. It premiered at The Flea Theater on White Street not far from the site of the World Trade Center. Anne adapted the play for a film version, directed by Jim Simpson, starring Sigourney Weaver and Anthony LaPaglia, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, September 11, 2002, and had its New York premiere at the New Directors series at Lincoln Center in April 2003. In addition to her theatrical pursuits, she was an award-winning reporter on the conflicts in Central America and the Philippines. As a war correspondent in El Salvador and Guatemala from 1980 to 1983, her reports and combat photography appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and in many other publications.
Plays by Anne Nelson
Anglo-American Alliance, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Orlando/UCF Shakespeare Festival | 2005 | ||||
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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 | #49482 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | one-act screwball comedy about marriage and music | |||||
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Guys, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Flea Theatre, NY | 2002 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #25559 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Paralyzed by grief and unable to put his thoughts into words, Nick, a fire captain, seeks out the help of a writer to compose eulogies for the colleagues and friends he lost in the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001. As Joan, an editor by trade, draws Nick out about "the guys," powerful profiles emerge, revealing vivid personalities and the substance and meaning that lie beneath the surface of seemingly unremarkable people. And Nick and Joan, two people who under normal circumstances never would have met, jump the well-defined tracks of their own lives, and so learn about themselves, about life, and about the healing power of human connection, through talking about the guys | |||||
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Savages | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lion Theatre, NY | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Back House Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #40035 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | aka Stand, Gentlemen | |||||
Synopsis: | about war and its consequences, for both victors and victims-exploring the narrow distance between the two. It is set in the midst of the Philippine-American Conflict in 1902, a war that was a defining moment for the Philippines but has been almost forgotten in the United States. The play explores the situation through the eyes of four characters: the general currying favor with Washington; the Marine major on trial for war crimes; the green young recruit; and the Filipina who is their most human contact to an alien environment. | |||||
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