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JULIE BOVASSO (1930 - 1991) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Helen Harvey Associates |
Julie Bovasso was born August 1, 1930, in Brooklyn, N.Y., daughter of Bernard Michael (a teamster) and Angela Mary (Padovani) Bovasso; one brother, Bernard X Bovasso. She attended City College (now City College of the City University of New York), 1948-51; was married twice: first to George Ortman (an artist), February 4, 1951 (divorced); and once again to Leonard Wayland (an actor), August 12, 1959 (divorced). In 1953 Julie founded the Tempo Playhouse (experimental theater), at 4 St. Marks Place in ( the village ) NYC, serving as manager and actress appearing as Margot, "The Typewriter," the same year, Madeline in "Amedee" by Ionesco in 1954. Then Claire, in "The Maids," 1955, which earned Julie an OBIE; 1956, triple award for writing, directing, and acting, 1969, for "Gloria and Esperanza". She died of cancer on September 14, 1991, in New York (Manhattan), New York.
Plays by Julie Bovasso
Down By The River Where Waterlilies Are Disfigured Every Day | ||
| 1st Produced: | Trinity Square Rep Co, Providence, RI | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays from Circle Repertory Company", Broadway Play Publishers, New York, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4104 | |||
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Genre: | Gothic and Absurdist | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | , 1975 | |||||
Synopsis: | Lovers swap clothes and then sexes whilst the leader carves his revolutionary statue. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Final Analysis,The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 15 Jan 1975 | |||||
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 | #4105 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | also director | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gloria And Esperanza | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4106 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | produced La Mama, New York, 4/3/69 - 5/21/69 - 1/29/70 | |||||
Synopsis: | A poet is being victimised by his mistress who- in cahoots with the postman - has been stealing his work and selling it. Her landlord finds out about this and demands a cut - as does the taxman. The poet goes to see a psychiatrist who is obsessed with the penis and thinks that the bigger they are the more of a genius a man is. He has the poet committed to an asylum along with Saint Anthony who only wants to whip himself and Saint Teresa - who turns out to be a man and a male stripper. The poet writes a secret book of his experiences which becomes a huge bestseller | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Monday On The Way To Mercury Island | ||
| 1st Produced: | 30 June 1971 | |||||
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 | #4107 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Servants revolt in recurring actions exemplified by speech and silence. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Moon Dreamers, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | La MaMa E.T.C., 82 Second Avenue on the second floor, NY, USA >>> | 01 Feb 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4108 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Increasing complications evolve as to whether husband, wife or mistress should vacate an apartment | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Nothing Kid, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 26 Dec 1974 | |||||
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 | #4109 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | also director | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Schubert's Last Seranade | ||
| 1st Produced: | 30 June 1971 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Spontaneous Combustion: Eight New American Plays", edited by Rochelle Owens, Winter House, New York, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4110 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | produced Dewsbury, Yorkshire, 1976 | |||||
Synopsis: | As Franz Schubert plays a sonata on his violin in a restaurant a monosyllabic construction worker arrives with a brilliant college girl - they met on a demonstration when he accidentally hit her with a piece of timber | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Standard Safety | ||
| 1st Produced: | 26 Dec 1974 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4111 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | also director | |||||
Synopsis: | Two women from accounting are having their lunch in the company lunchroom and gossiping. As they eat there are various announcements over the tannoy. Staff will only be able to go to the toilet at specified times. Eating outside the lunchroom will result in the sack. The managing director is to perform a ballet | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Super Lover | ||
| 1st Produced: | 15 Jan 1975 | |||||
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 | #4112 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | also director | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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