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David Auburn

DAVID AUBURN

  (1969 - )
Nationality:    USA
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    Paradigm  represented by Jonathan Mills

David auburn (born 1969) is an American playwright. He was born in Chicago, and raised in Ohio and arkansas. He attended the University of Chicago and got a degree in English literature. Following a fellowship with amblin entertainment, he moved to New York City and spent two years in the Juilliard School's playwriting program, studying under the noted Dramatists Marsha Norman and Christopher Durang. His first full-length play, Skyscraper, ran off-Broadway in 1997. His short play, What Do You Believe about the Future? appeared in Harper's Magazine and has since been adapted for the screen. auburn is best known for his 2000 play Proof. It won the 2001 Tony award for Best Play, as well as the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. auburn has adapted it into a film, which was released in 2005. He has also been awarded the Helen Merrill Playwriting award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His most recent work is the screenplay for the movie the Lake House, to be released by Warner Bros. in June 2006. He currently resides in Manhattan, New York.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Amateurs         Are You Ready?         Columnist, The         Damage Control         Fifth Planet         Journals Of Mihail Sebastian, The         Lost Lake         Miss You         New York Idea, The         Proof         Skyscraper         Three Monologues         Upset, An         We Had A Very Good Time         What Do You Believe About the Future
Amateurs

Synopsis:
a young woman confronts the political operative whom she believes destroyed her father's career.

Notes:
part of Marathon of One-act Plays 2010

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Organisations:
ensemble Studio Theatre

1st Published:
in Outstanding Short Plays, Dramatists Play Service, NY,    

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Are You Ready?

Synopsis:
the fates of three people drawn to the same restaurant are altered in an instant.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998   

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Columnist, The

Columnist, The
Columnists are kings in midcentury America and Joseph alsop wears the crown. Joe is beloved, feared and courted in equal measure by the Washington political world at whose center he sits. But as the '60s dawn and America undergoes dizzying change, the intense political Drama Joe is embroiled in becomes deeply personal as well.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036     04 Apr 2012

Organisations:
Manhattan Theatre Club

1st Published:
Faber and Faber
Dramatists Play Service, Inc (2012)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Damage Control

Synopsis:
examines a politician and his aide during a moment of crisis

Notes:
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-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Fifth Planet

Synopsis:
Charts the friendship between two observatory workers as it waxes and wanes over the course of a year.

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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Journals Of Mihail Sebastian, The

Synopsis:
In the decadent, politically explosive Bucharest of the 1930s and 40s, a young writer struggles to maintain his career, his integrity and his Jewish identity, even as his closest friends ally themselves with Fascism. Based on the controversial journals, this epic one-man play spans eight tumultuous years and opens a uniquely personal window on the Romanian Holocaust and the Second World War.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2004   

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lost Lake

Synopsis:
The lakeside rental Veronica has managed to afford is a far cry from the idyllic getaway she and her children so desperately need. And the disheveled property owner, Hogan, has problems of his own  problems that Veronica is inevitably  and irrevocably  pulled into. An engrossing and revealing portrait of two strangers bound together by circumstance, LOST LAKE is a vivid new work about the struggle for connection in an imperfect world.

Notes:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, Inc. NY (2015)   

Music:
-

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Genre:
one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Miss You

Synopsis:
Two couples rearrange via call-waiting

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Das Neue Theater Am Bahnhof Dornach     2009

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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New York Idea, The

Synopsis:
This is a new adapatation by David auburn of a 1906 comedy by Langdon Mitchell. Cynthia Karslake is a freewheeling young divorcee in 1906 New York City society. She has decided to settle down again into a much more stable, reliable relationship with the prominent Judge Philip Phillimore. Little does she know, however, that neither of their impetuous and unpredictable ex-spouses, nor her beloved race horse Cynthia K, is yet down for the count. In this sharp-tongued comedy, auburn sheds new light on a little known play from a century ago that offers a surprisingly contemporary look at social mores, status, and attitudes about sex and divorce in upper crust New York.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Lucille Lortel theatre
121 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014     26 Jan 2011

Organisations:
Atlantic Theater Company

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, Inc, 2011   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Proof

Synopsis:
On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her Father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father's madness-or genius-will she inherit?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Broadway, NY     2000

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Skyscraper

Synopsis:
Jessica, a young photographer fighting to save the building, has injured herself trying to take pictures of the crumbling skyscraper. She and her lawyer, Jane, are suing the demolisher, Raymond. Raymond has his own troubles: He has just been forced to fire his dreamy and unreliable brother, Joseph. Meanwhile, Louis, a 110-year-old man whose life is bound up with the building, tries to rescue Vivian, a distraught young woman determined to leap from the roof. Jessica inadvertently saves Raymond's life; Jane seduces Joseph; Louis struggles with Vivian and his failing memory; and all of their lives are changed as they uncover the threads that connect them to Chicago, this building, and each other.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Off Broadway     1997

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Three Monologues

Synopsis:
Depicts a young woman's solitude

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
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Upset, An

Synopsis:
Two pro tennis players, a younger, polite Romanian on his way up and an older, argumentative American on his way out, are pitted against each other, on and off the court. But they may be more alike than they know, and, like a tennis match, the balance of power keeps shifting.

Notes:
part of the 30th Annual marathon of new short plays

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in Outstanding Short Plays, Dramatists Play Service, NY,    

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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We Had A Very Good Time

Synopsis:
Follows a married couple on a journey to a menacing foreign country

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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What Do You Believe About the Future

Synopsis:
Ten people answer the title question

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  10            Other:  -

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