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DAN BERKOWITZ |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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DAN BERKOWITZ is Co-Chair of The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, and former LA Regional Rep of The Dramatists Guild of America. His writing for the stage has been produced off-Broadway, and in theatres across the US and Canada. In addition to writing, Dan is a producer, a director, a script and production consultant, and performance coach. He graduated from Princeton University, and did grad work at the University of California, Berkeley. http://danberkowitz.com/
Plays by Dan Berkowitz
A. . .My Name Is Still Alice | ||
| 1st Produced: | Old Globe, San Diego, CA | May 1992 | ||||
Company: | Old Globe Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc., 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #134306 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Revue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | A. . .My Name Is Still Alice premiered at the Old Globe in San Diego, moved to Second Stage in New York, and has since been produced around the United States and Canada. Dan Berkowitz is co-author; other contributors include Stephen Schwartz, Carol Hall, Michael John LaChiusa, Amanda McBroom, and David Zippel. | |||||
Synopsis: | A musical revue with a feminist slant; sequel to A. . .My Name Is Alice. Dan's contributions are the sketches: THE GROUP: in the conservative near-future, when abortion is illegal, four very pregnant women find themselves arguing with the Matron in the David Souter Home for Unwed Mothers. GROSS ANATOMY LECTURE: at the First Women's Medical School, a Professor lectures the students about the problems women physicians may encounter with male patients. COVER-UPS #1, 2, and 3 (the show's running gag): a woman lets the audience in on a top-secret new makeup which can make anyone - even a housewife from LaJolla - look like Madonna, Queen Elizabeth, or the Pope. | |||||
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Chit Chat With The Succubus | ||
| 1st Produced: | St Matthew's Church, 11031 Camarillo Street, NoHo, CA 91602 | 23 Jan 2011 | ||||
Company: | Three Roses Players | |||||
| 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 | #112231 | |||
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Genre: | Short Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A female demon surprises a man by appearing in his bedroom in the middle of the night -- but she winds up getting an even bigger surprise. | |||||
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Crime and Punishment - The Musical | ||
| 1st Produced: | May 2009 | |||||
Company: | Emerging Artists Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #99346 | |||
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Genre: | Short Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Produced as part of the Illuminating Artists Series at Emerging Artists Theatre. | |||||
Synopsis: | The bookwriter of a musical based on Dostoyevsky's classic welcomes the audience to the first performance, and apologizes for luring them in to see a not-quite-finished work. A surreal one-man comedy which isn't a musical, and has very little to do with "Crime and Punishment." | |||||
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Lesbian In The Toolshed, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | West Hollywood Gay Pride | Jun 2010 | ||||
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 | #114821 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Miami Beach Monsters | ||
| 1st Produced: | Triad | 31 Oct 1999 | ||||
Company: | RE 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 | #62074 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Written by Dan Berkowitz, Georgia Bogardus Holof and Ellen M Schwartz; music by Michael Brown, David Mettee, Dick Gallagher, Steven Silverstein and David Strickland; lyrics by Stephen Cole, Michael Brown, Georgia Bogardus Holof and Ellen M Schwartz | |||||
Synopsis: | Miami Beach Monsters is the story of Frankenstein and his Bride, Dracula, The Wolfman, the Killer Tomato (a red-hot mama), and Catskilla (a lounge lizard stand-up comic), all of whom are bored with retirement in Florida and decide to re-enter show biz. But when Hollywood calls, it's not the same old town - and the monsters realize a quiet death, er, life in Miami Beach is more fulfilling than trying to make it again in Tinseltown. | |||||
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Pretty | ||
| 1st Produced: | Turtle Shell Theater | Apr 2010 | ||||
Company: | Turtle Shell Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | http://youthplays.com/ (Sep 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #104186 | |||
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Genre: | Short Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Charley is a bright, eager, awkward, somewhat shy 14-year-old girl, who likes arithmetic and "Dancing With the Stars," but more than anything wants to be reunited and live with Cindy, the mother who abandoned her some time ago. When the two of them meet, it becomes clear that Cindy's problems mean Charley won't get her wish. | |||||
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Silver Linings | ||
| 1st Produced: | Plummer Park Community Center, West Hollywood | 15 Oct 2011 | ||||
Company: | 13th Annual Allience Of Los Angeles Play Reading Festival | |||||
| 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 | #133082 | |||
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Genre: | Short Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Outside the school, teenager Sara finds herself pursued by classmate Aaron. At first, she writes him off as an obnoxious dork, but as they talk, they find they each have gone through a recent trauma. They say every cloud has a silver lining, and their individual losses may lead them to become friends. | |||||
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Simply Divine | ||
| 1st Produced: | Source Theatre, Washington, DC | Jul 1996 | ||||
Company: | Source Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #134307 | |||
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Genre: | One-Act Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | The gods work in mysterious ways, as Margaret Tremayne discovers. A dazed Margaret wanders into a strange, surreal place, and assumes she's at a costume party when she comes upon a man and a woman dressed as Greek gods. But, in fact, the place is Mount Olympus, the couple is Zeus and Hera, and Margaret has been summoned to hear a most unusual proposition: mankind is ready for a new messiah, and she has been chosen to be his mother. The setting isn't the only thing surreal about this Noel Coward-ish comedy. | |||||
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Skirting the Issues | ||
| 1st Produced: | Feb 1993 | |||||
Company: | Women's Project & 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 | #134308 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Revue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | A feminist-slanted revue put together as a benefit for The Women's Project and Productions in NYC. Dan's contributions are the sketches THE WELL-DRESSED MAN (a man in a Brooks Brothers suit reveals that what he has on under the suit might surprise you); THE BUSHES IN RETIREMENT (what Barbara Bush really thought about going back to Texas); and INFALLIBLE LOGIC (A Catholic Cardinal prepares to meet with a group of women protesting the ban on women priests). | |||||
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Tables for Two | ||
| 1st Produced: | Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, New York | May 1999 | ||||
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 | #134309 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Revue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music and Lyrics by Dan Berkowitz, Cy Coleman, Kevin Jeffers, Paul Katz, Ed Kleban, and Douglas Watt, cast Cleve Douglass, Mark Nadler, KT Sullivan, Robert Trumbull, and Julie Wilson. | |||||
Synopsis: | A musical revue based on Douglas Watt's column of the same name in The New Yorker magazine, featuring sketches evoking the spirit of the columns. Dan's contributions are the sketches: THE SONDHEIM SYNDROME: A doctor's new patient is afflicted with a condition which causes her to speak only in song lyrics. THE WELL-DRESSED MAN: A man in a Brooks Brothers suit confides that what he's wearing under the suit might cause a few gasps. | |||||
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There's No Place Like Hollywood | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stella Adler Theater, Los Angeles | Jun 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: | dlr-900110 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: DLR (900110) 2001 | doollee no | #64014 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Dan Berkowitz and Shirley Hillard, Music and Lyrics by Wayne Moore. The show was nominated for the Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best Musical. | |||||
| Movie-mad Dorothy from Kansas visits Hollywood, is knocked unconscious during an earthquake, and, in a dream, meets many of the greatest stars of Hollywood - or is it a dream&? | |||||
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When Oprah Says Goodbye | ||
| 1st Produced: | Beekay Theater, Tehachapi, CA | Nov 2009 | ||||
Company: | BeeKay Theater | |||||
| 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 | #99347 | |||
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Genre: | Short Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Finalist for the 2011 Heideman Award at Actors Theatre of Louisville | |||||
Synopsis: | Rose, a cranky resident of an elder-care facility, is about to get a new roommate - and a surprise. The new resident, Julia, was her best friend many years ago, but the friendship dissolved when Julia "stole" the love of Rose's life. The women have not communicated in more than four decades, and Rose has no interest in changing that. But, as it becomes apparent that Julia needs her, Rose's affection for her old friend overcomes her hurt and resentment, and it looks as if the two old women may just become friends again. | |||||
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