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NICK ZAGONE (1968 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Nick Zagone was born and raised in Portland, OR. His plays have been seen in England, Scotland, Canada, Australia, Germany, Chile, India, the Virgin Islands, Singapore, over 30 US States, over 50 Colleges and Universities and translated into 5 foreign languages. He has a Bachelor of Theatre from Willamette University in Salem, OR and a Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting from University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Nick is also Founding Member of Open Circle Theatre in Seattle WA. His plays include David and Goliath in America: A William Kunstler Story (Mark A. Klein Playwriting Award, Artistic Director's Achievement Award by the San Fernando Valley Theatre League Alliance, Los Angeles Ovation Award Nomination), Driving Under the Influence (Fulton Opera House Award, JAW Festival Reading Selection, Mark Cohen Playwriting Award Nomination), Howard's Hand (New York MultiStages Festival) Ohio (Northwest Playwright's Series Finalist), ETA: Phoenix (a Seattle Times Footlight Award), Our LA Man from Vegas (Prospect Theatre Playwriting Competition Winner), American Dodo (Northwest Playwright's Series Finalist) and Brainstorm (winner of the Lamia Ink! International One-Page Play Competition in New York). Nick's screenwriting credits include a short film of Brainstorm and the feature Ricky is Famous. Nick's been recognized by the American College Theatre Festival, the Association of Theatre in Higher Education, and the Seattle Schools Interagency Arts. He has worked with Cal-State Stanislaus in Turlock, Stage 3 in Sonora, Pasadena City College, No-Shame Theatre and Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT & Printer's Devil in Seattle, Pavement Productions and Portland Theatre Works in Portland, Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA, and Willamette University. Nick's commissions include the Sierra Repertory Theatre in Sonora, Iron Ring Theatre in Turlock and Prospect Theatre in Modesto, CA. Nick is also published by Dramatic Publishing and Black Box Press. Nick lives in Portland and is a member of Portland Center Stage's PlayGroup.
Plays by Nick Zagone
Amorica | ||
| 1st Produced: | Poor Playwrights Theatre Las Vegas NV | 2000 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Published online at www.theatrehistory.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70563 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Brechtian Anti-Capitalist Theatre. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Brainstorm | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lamia Ink! Publications | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67166 | |||
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Genre: | one page comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | one offstage F voice | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Man berates his girlfriend's cat for not being as intelligent as he is&.. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Coors Light, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kitchner-Waterloo Little Theatre, Ontario Canada | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Published online at www.theatrehistory.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70564 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | one walk-on F | |||||
Notes: | Part II of "The Mint Juleps Trilogy" and a scene from "Driving Under the Influence" | |||||
Synopsis: | Three college dudes believe they know what women want. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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David and Goliath in America | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Road Theatre, North Hollywood, CA | 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 | #97797 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The life of radical lawyer William Kunstler and his crusades through the 60's and The Great Conspiracy Trial. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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DMV One, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Iron Ring Theatre, Turlock CA | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Black Box Press | ISBN/ASIN: | 0 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70565 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | one walk-on F | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A man is surprised by the questions he has to answer to get his driving licence renewed. A 10 minute love story at the DMV. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Driving Under the Influence | ||
| 1st Produced: | Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR | - - - | ||||
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 | #70566 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Life, they say, "is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." Find out what John Lennon and Yoko Ono meant as you follow eight crazy kids past their post-high school daze and on into suburbia, marriage, 2.5 kids - or not - and you'll see it's more fun when life doesn't turn out as planned. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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ETA: Phoenix | ||
| 1st Produced: | Printer's Devil Theatre, Seattle | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Published online at www.theatrehistory.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #73073 | |||
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 | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | To escape his fate, a travelling salesman must battle his dead father, his estranged fiance", and a cigar-chomping alien, armed only with a case pf decl sealant. A truly surreal journey past the front desk of hotel-motel Americana. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fiends Friendly Council, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Open Circle Theatre, Seattle | 1993 | ||||
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 | #73074 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Twentysomething picks up hitchhiker who just killed his wife. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kingdom of the Spiders | ||
| 1st Produced: | Quality Pie Theatre, North Hollywood CA | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Published online at www.theatrehistory.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70567 | |||
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 Ten min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A black widow is found on the porch of a new father/house husband. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Long Island Iced Tea | ||
| 1st Produced: | California State University-Stanislaus as "Drinking and Driving" | 2005 | ||||
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 | #70568 | |||
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Genre: | comedy Ten min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part III of the "The Mint Juleps Trilogy" A scene from "Driving Under the Influence" | |||||
Synopsis: | College students go their own way as classes end. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mint Juleps | ||
| 1st Produced: | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Published online at www.theatrehistory.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70569 | |||
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Genre: | comedy Ten min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part I of The Mint Juleps Trilogy. The first scene from "Driving Under the Influence" | |||||
Synopsis: | Three college co-eds wait in a car to be fashionably late for a house party. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pink Fancy | ||
| 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 | #70570 | |||
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Genre: | comedy Ten min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 3 Characters male or female | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Three absurdist characters live the world of a new comic book. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Portland Blood Slam | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Ten 10-Minute Plays: Volume III, Black Box Press (July 13, 2010) | ISBN/ASIN: | 0 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #120466 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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| poetic mysticism | |||||
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Shadow, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Open Circle Theater, Seattle | 1995 | ||||
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 | #73075 | |||
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Genre: | Halloween Drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based on a short story by Edgar Allen Poe | |||||
Synopsis: | Four futuristic mobsters duke it out with The Charon in an old warehouse during a plague. Based on an Edgar Allen Poe short story. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sixty Years To Life | ||
| 1st Produced: | Portland Center Stage, Portland OR | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "10 Ten Minute Plays volume two" published by Black Box Press (2008) | ISBN/ASIN: | 0 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #93338 | |||
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Genre: | Tragi-comedy Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A sweet southern guitar playin' gal visits her serial killer boyfriend in jail. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Thirty Minutes to Charley | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke VA | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Published online at www.theatrehistory.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70571 | |||
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Genre: | Tragi-comedy One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | Hospital extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | To make an important meeting two businessmen need to patch a head wound at a hospital in thirty minutes. A play in "real time". | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Three Wise Men's Dumber Younger Brothers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Prospect Theatre Project, Modesto CA | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Published online at www.theatrehistory.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67167 | |||
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 One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | The three kings dumb brothers visit the wrong baby Jesus. A Christmas comedy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Veggie Underground and Nico | ||
| 1st Produced: | Open Circle Theater, Seattle | 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 | #73076 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A series of short plays and music revolving around Andy Warhol and his missing cucumber. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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What Happens Behind the Bar | ||
| 1st Produced: | Flesh Pot Theatre, Devonshire Arms, London England | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Published online at www.theatrehistory.com | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70572 | |||
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: | Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Some drunks converge behind a Texas tavern. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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