YURI BARANOVSKY |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Yuri Baranovsky was born in Kiev, Ukraine, which he left at the age of five as a Jewish refugee. A busy kind of bee, he was the co-creator and co-writer of the critically-acclaimed (Wall Street Journal, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times) and award-winning web series,Break a Leg (www.breakaleg.tv), which, during its run, garnered nearly five million views and was considered one of the biggest shows on the Internet. Aside from that, he has also worked as the Head Writer for MOJO HD's The Circuit -- a popular TV and Internet show. Considered to be an innovator on the forefront of internet media, Mr. Baranovsky is still firmly rooted in his theater roots and hopes to continue writing until he is put on a raft and shot with burning arrows.
Plays by Yuri Baranovsky
11 Variations on Friar John's Failure | ||
| 1st Produced: | College of Marin (Kentfield, CA, United States) | 2003 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1853 | |||
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: | 45-60 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 23 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | 23 males, 7 females (10-33 actors possible: 7-23 males, 3-10 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | What if Friar John had a second chance to avert the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? What if he had a third chance, and a fourth, and more, only to fail and fail again at the hands of Lady Macbeth, or Robin Hood, or Tom Sawyer? And what would Shakespeare think? | |||||
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Back to Eden | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shelton Theater (San Francisco, CA, United States) | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1854 | |||
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: | 90-110 min Dramedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 3 males, 4 females, 16 either (7-23 actors possible: 3-19 males, 4-20 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | A man and woman find themselves in an empty space with nothing but a door and each other; their memory of their past is as vague as their memory of one another. When a businessman enters and offers to build them the world, they jump at the chance, hoping it will bring them some sort of happiness and control. But as they try to figure out what exactly they want and who they want to be, they also discover that perhaps they shouldn't have asked questions at all. A poignant and humorous reinterpretation of the story of Adam and Eve. | |||||
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Courting 101 | ||
| 1st Produced: | College of Marin (Kentfield, CA, United States) | 2003 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #60252 | |||
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: | 20-30 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 2 males, 1 female, 3 either (3-8 actors possible: 2-4 males, 1-4 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | Need a little instruction in the Art of Love? Try Courting 101 -- a class designed to unravel the timeless mysteries of romance and dating, from the complicated actions of women to the not-so-complicated reactions of men -- all with live-action examples! | |||||
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