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Curt Columbus

CURT COLUMBUS  

 Nationality:    USA
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    The Susan Gurman Agency, LLC  


Curt Columbus joined Trinity Rep as artistic director in January 2006. His directing credits for Trinity include Merchant of Venice, His Girl Friday, Camelot, Cabaret, The Odd Couple, The Secret Rapture, The Receptionist, A Christmas Carol, Memory House, Blithe Spirit, Cherry Orchard and the world premiere of Stephen Thorne's ...Poe. His plays Paris by Night, The Dreams of Antigone and Sparrow Grass premiered at Trinity. His adaptation of Crime and Punishment (with Marilyn Campbell) is published by Dramatists? Play Service. Curt?s translations of Chekhov?s plays are published by Ivan R. Dee, Chekhov: The Four Major Plays. The Dreams of Antigone is published by Broadway Play Publishing. Curt lives in Pawtucket with his partner, Nathan Watson.

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below is a list of Curt Columbus's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Crime And Punishment         House Of Antigone         Paris By Night         Sparrow Grass

Crime And Punishment

Curt Columbus
a brilliant young student, an unorthodox detective, and a young woman forced into a life of prostitution are hurtled together by a brutal act of murder
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Notes:
adapted by Marilyn Campbell And Curt Columbus. 90-minute Adaptation of the famous novel by Dostoevsky

1st Produced:
Writers Theatre, Glencoe, IL    2003

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Dramatic Publishing   -

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Genre:
adaptation

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House Of Antigone

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Based on "antigone" by Sophocles

1st Produced:
Trinity Repertory Theatre, Providence, Rhode Island    2008

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Paris By Night

Synopsis:
American expat Sam is in Paris. His love affair recently broken up when he meets Buck, a young soldier. Can they survive the prejudice of race and same sex love of the 1960s?

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Music by Andre Pluess And Amy Warren; lyrics And book by Curt Columbus

1st Produced:
Trinity Repertory Theatre, Providence, Rhode Island    25 Apr 2007

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Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian musical

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Sparrow Grass

Synopsis:
Inspired by the Greek myth of Phaedra, SPARROW GRASS brings the classic tragedy into our time when a womans dark and misdirected passion threatens to destroy her family from within.

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1st Produced:
Trinity Repertory Company, 201 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903    Feb 2012

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, Inc   978-0-8222-2768-7

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Genre:
drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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