ANNA ZIEGLER (1979 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Anna Ziegler
BFF ("Best Friends Forever") |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||
| Company: | WET | |||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service Inc. (also included in the anthology New Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2007 (Smith and Kraus).) | 2008 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
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Notes: This play has been developed at SoHo Rep, the Lark Theatre, and The Sundance Theatre Lab 2005. | ||||
Synopsis: chronicles the period of adolescence in girls when the tools of growing up are also weapons. In it, Lauren and Eliza, best friends who enter pubescence at different times, become divided socially and psychologically by the changes their bodies undergo (or don't). In the end, Eliza is accused of something she doesn't yet understand and for years to come Lauren holds herself accountable for the act of growing up, an act that became more dangerous than she could have possibly anticipated. | ||||
Dov and Ali |
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Notes: ***** Whats On Stage There are a lot of intelligent things to be said about Anna Ziegler's Dov and Ali, after all, it is a play which faces up to burning issues that are relevant to us all, but there is really only one thing that needs to be said. Go and see it. Ziegler tackles powerful issues with a gentle human perspective...Dov and Ali is a powerhouse play that drives its way through an hour and a half of twists and turns about race, individuality, human relations and role models...essentially this fearless piece of theatre pulls no punches. There is a resounding truth that pours out of it in all directions, flowing freely from the writing, the set design, the acting, and the directing, and yet Dov and Ali doesn't preach. There are no answers offered, there are no morals proffered, but when theatre is this good, it reminds you how essential it is. See link for full review: http://www.whatsonstage.com/blogs/offwestend/?p=124 | ||||
Synopsis: Once upon a time, in the middle of a school, in the middle of Detroit, in the middle of the United States of America, there was a teacher and a precocious student. One was a religious Jew and the other a religious Muslim. And once upon a time they were friends, sort of. Two men question, push and provoke each other as they struggle to live by the rules they set themselves when faced with heartbreaking consequences. | ||||
Everything You Have |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 |
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Notes: **** Time Out - Critics Choice | ||||
Synopsis: Mike, a Chinese immigrant cab driver, and Lars and Lucretia, middle-aged Swedish-Americans, have never met until Mike hits and injures their son. After that, their lives are inextricably bound as Lars and Lucretia take the law into their own hands. A play about love, guilt and loss, "Everything You Have" chronicles the aftermath of an accident, a time when everyone is to blame and no one is, and the punishment becomes less about the crime than about grief itself. | ||||
First Kiss |
| 1st Produced: | Summerworks Short Play Event | 2006 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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In The Same Room |
| 1st Produced: | The New Harmony Project | 2007 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: aka Vinnie | ||||
Synopsis: A young woman grapples with life and love in the age of Internet dating and cross-country relationships | ||||
Life Science |
| 1st Produced: | Studio Theatre, NYC | 2007 | ||
| Company: | Bulldog Theatrical | |||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service Inc | 2008 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: This was a workshop - not a reviewed production or world premiere. This play has been read at the Lark Theatre. aka Leftovers | ||||
Synopsis: Four wealthy Washington DC teenagers grapple with identity and growing up against the backdrop of a world that's changing quickly, and which they can't quite understand | ||||
Minotaur, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2008 | |||
| Company: | Rorschach Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: The Minotaur was developed at the Lark Play Development Center in 2008. | ||||
Synopsis: The Minotaur is a loose adaptation of the myth in which Theseus, with the help of Ariadne, kills the Minotaur and steals Ariadne away with him, off Crete, and into an uncertain future. Poetic, quirky and about the vagaries of storytelling, The Minotaur is set in a timeless present where Ariadne dreams of her wedding to Theseus being listed in The New York Times and a chorus consisting of a rabbi, priest and lawyer take on themes of love, loss, our primal selves and forgiveness. | ||||
Novel |
| 1st Produced: | SPF (Summer Play Festival) | 2007 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: This play has been developed at Catalyst Theater and New Georges. Also developed by Theater J, PlayLabs at the Playwright's Center, Clubbed Thumb and The Old Vic. Also: SPF's production was not reviewed or considered a world premiere. | ||||
Synopsis: When a recently widowed non-fiction writer attends a business conference in Baltimore , he expects to drink bad coffee and to rehash discussions of the inevitable death of small press publishing in America. But when he discovers a conference of unusual world record holders in the same building, his imagination is sparked | ||||
Photograph 51 |
| 1st Produced: | Joes Emporium, Mount Ranier, Maryland | 2008 | ||
| Company: | Active Cultures Theatre | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | 90 min | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 |
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Synopsis: DNA. The combination of those three letters conjures up tales of science, double helixes, and countless CSI episodes. The intriguing story of Photograph 51 is its exploration of how relationships may have played a role in the breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA. Now, of course, that infamous double helix is so well-known, even a caveman, well, never mind. Suffice it to say that understanding the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was tantamount to unlocking the secret of life. This taut little thriller highlights a scientist whose meticulous research formed the basis of the discovery, but who was essentially ignored and forgotten amidst the international recognition and awards, including the coveted Nobel Prize. Every once and awhile, one hears that a woman scientist was involved, whose work and ideas were usurped, packaged, and submitted by the infamous duo Watson and Crick as totally their own. Photograph 51 bares all by showing what happened among the dedicated scientists, inadvertently or otherwise, in the quest for knowledge, answers, and meaning. The rather cryptic and strange title refers to the 51st x-ray photo that Rosalind Franklin took as part of her meticulous research. It was apparently this particular shot that shed enough light on the subject to explain the inexplicable formation, helped the scientists grasp the molecular formation enough to make a model, and gave birth to the rock stars of genetic discovery. Who was this hard working woman behind the scenes? Why didn't she get the credit that she deserved? What's the big deal of the helix? Why does it matter? Well, just that it sheds light on the molecular structure of all living matter on the planet. That's all. Photograph 51 adds to the intrigue by zeroing in on the characters, showing their intentions, complex motivations, and regrets. - Debbie Minter Jackson, dctheatrescene.com | ||||
Sad Song |
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| 1st Published: | Contained in: "The Backstage Book Of New American Short Plays 2004" published by Back Stage | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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To Be Fair |
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: This play has been developed at the Lark Theatre, at The Tank Theater, by the Fireraisers Theatre Company at the Hampstead Theatre (London ) and The Birmingham Rep, and by Company B at the Belvoir St. Theatre in Sydney, Australia | ||||
Synopsis: On board a cruise liner, Mike and Jim, both teenagers, are befriended by Laurel, a mysterious middle-aged woman, who, before disappearing, teaches them about friendship and memory | ||||
Variations on a Theme |
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| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Notes: Staged readings directed by Ethan McSweeny for Chautauqua Theatre Company, July 2008. | ||||
Synopsis: Joshua and April marry young, and before too long, their marriage crumbles. N and K are middle-aged, and real or not real. They lead and counsel April and Joshua and in so doing, discover themselves, and the nagging insistence of lost love. Variations on a Theme explores through memory and fantasy how little we know each other, how easy it is to lose someone, and the way we cling to love even though it is the very thing that often brings so much sadness. | ||||