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MARK RIGNEY (1967 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Mark Rigney is the author of Deaf Side Story: Deaf Sharks, Hearing Jets and a Classic American Musical (Gallaudet University Press, 2003). His short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and appears in venues such as The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review, All Hallows, Black Gate, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, and the anthologies Traps andShadow Regions. His novel, In the Wink of a Stone God's Eye, won the 2009 First Coast Novel Contest.Other writing projects have earned grants from the Indiana Arts Council and the Vogelstein Foundation. His full-length play Nightjars was featured in the 2009 Y.E.S. Festival (April 2009). Other plays have also won national contests (the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition and the Panowski Playwriting Award) and have been performed (as the song says) from sea to shining sea. Venues include the Ark Theatre (Los Angeles, CA), the Utah Shakespearean Festival (Cedar City, UT), the Forest Roberts Theatre (Marquette, MI), and the Foothill Theatre Company (Nevada City, CA), with upcoming work through the Audacity Theatre Lab (Austin, TX). His website is www.markrigney.net.
Plays by Mark Rigney
Acts of God | ||
| 1st Produced: | Evansville Civic Theatre (Evansville, IN, United States) | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84344 | |||
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Genre: | 80-100 min Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | 5 males, 7 females | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A storm-tossed swirl of a play,Acts of God tracks twelve high-school students through the year following a devastating tornado strike. As the students grieve, assist in the recovery efforts, and tackle the basics of getting on with life, they must also cope with the storm's emotional detritus. Friendships and allegiances shift, beliefs and faith are tested, and the threat of a new storm forces each character to relive the once-in-a-lifetime terror they thought they'd put behind them. . . | |||||
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Advice for 56 | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Studio 400 (Pensacola, FL) | |||||
| 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 | #86144 | |||
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: | comedy 10 Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Produced as part of Studio 400's Short Attention Span Festival. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Burning Mona Lisa in the Reptile House | ||
| 1st Produced: | Forest Roberts Theatre (Marquette, MI) | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Northern Michigan University Theatre Dept. | |||||
| 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 | #86145 | |||
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: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Burning Mona Lisa in the Reptile House won the 2004 Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cavers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Capital Fringe Festival, DC | 2010 | ||||
Company: | Nu Sass 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 | #121744 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Digging in the Margins | ||
| 1st Produced: | Foothill Theatre Company, Nevada City, CA | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Utah Shakespearean Festival (Cedar City, UT) | |||||
| 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 | #29577 | |||
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: | Historical Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Both of the productions listed above were staged readings. | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Experts, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Voices of the Wild West Festival | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Foothill Theatre Company (Nevada City, CA) | |||||
| 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 | #86146 | |||
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: | Ghost Story Gold Rush Dramedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Staged reading only. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gaining Ground | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Ark Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) | 2006 | ||||
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 | #86147 | |||
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: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Gaining Ground also received a staged reading at the Utah Shakespearean Festival (Cedar City, UT), 2004. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lines In The Sand | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
Company: | Alleyway Theatre (Buffalo, NY) | |||||
| 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 | #53236 | |||
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: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Lines in the Sand was originally produced as a staged reading by the Foothill Theatre Company (Nevada City, CA) at the 2002 New Voices of the Wild West Festival under the title Asylum. It went on to win the 2002 Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition through the Alleyway Theatre (Buffalo, NY). | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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