ERIC C DENTE |
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Eric C. Dente is a founding member of The Watermark Ensemble as well as a member of The First Look Theatre Company at NYU/Tisch School of the Arts under the Artistic Direction of Gary Garrison. Eric's plays have been nominated for several awards and produced in theatres around the country. Eric has been a member of the Playwright's unit at The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Eric has directed shows in New York and around the country including: The Denver Civic Theatre, The Nomad Theatre, ATA, New York Theatre Arts Center, The Play Group Theatre, Civic Center, Summerstage and for Compass Theatre Company.
Plays by Eric C Dente
Apartment X "First Love" | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||||
Company: | The Denver Civic 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 | #61616 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Part two of a series. Marty has unleashed the evil bedroom specter of his ex-girlfriend who is haunting him by night. Marty believes that the only hope is to find and rekindle his first love. His one true love. Only then can he be pure enough to rid himself of the evil specter. Unfortunately, the one place that he always knew that he could find his first love is being torn down, so Marty's friends go to the sight and perform a seance in hopes of finding the first love through the spiritual world. They are in for it. Boy are they in for it. | |||||
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Apartment X "The New Bed" | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||||
Company: | The Denver Civic 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 | #61615 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Marty's life is falling apart because he cannot rid himself of visions and dreams all centering on his recent relationship breakup. He decides to have his bedroom exorcised by a "scab" psychic (The psychics local 7 is on strike) and unleashes the evils of all his past relationships and insecurities. Part one of a series. | |||||
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Apropriate Dress Required | ||
| 1st Produced: | University of Colorado, Second Stage | 1995 | ||||
Company: | The Theatre Buffs | |||||
| 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 | #61617 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A relationship in deconstruction, beginning with the entire truth divulged then following the path where all truths become muddy. The relationship slowly becomes more and more distant with every moment of time spent together, until the couples pets are so annoyed by their masters' behavior that they plot the demise of the relationship. | |||||
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Bottomless Cup, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | The Denver Civic 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 | #61619 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Pseudo-luminaries barter ideas for sex at the last coffee shop on earth. | |||||
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Brother, Mine | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | The Watermark Ensemble | |||||
| 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 | #55013 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | written by Eric C. Dente and k.c.keene | |||||
Synopsis: | Brother, Mine is a journey. Fueled on ideals, driven by compassion, it attempts to relieve the burden of the underprivileged in America. Malcolm O'Brien is forced to take action. Armed only with the tools of charity and tolerance, he learns to empower the weak, including himself, by swiftly terminating the status quo. | |||||
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Homecoming Hullabaloo | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | Theatre Arts Center | |||||
| 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 | #68969 | |||
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Genre: | Romantic Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 11 | ||
Parts other: | 2 flexible casting | |||||
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Synopsis: | Romance and rigmarole run rampant at San Messina High School. Bevin and Ben brawl. A mysterious graffiti artist desecrates school property. Principal Troutman threatens to cancel the Homecoming Dance. Meanwhile, school gossip columnist, Rachel Jessica Griffin, labors to turn rumors into reality. It's a whole lot of hullabaloo at homecoming in this contemporary comedy of love's labors won, based on William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. | |||||
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Loser's Hand, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Provincetown Theatre, Provincetown, Mass. | 2006 | ||||
Company: | The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival and The Watermark Ensemble. | |||||
| 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 | #61618 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | written by Eric C. Dente and k.c.keene | |||||
Synopsis: | A Poker game has spilled out onto the terrace on a hot sweaty night in New Orleans. It's a three way under the soft glow of a paper lantern fueled by pork chops and lust. | |||||
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Re-Animators, The "A Gothic Tale" | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #92918 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written by Eric C. Dente and k.c. keene | |||||
Synopsis: | At the twelfth chime of midnight, under a moonless sky of the Endalaus Nótt, a human-like howl echoes through the decaying halls of the Ingolstadt School and a weary wanderer on the ice sheets of northern Greenland races toward safety. Thus the Gothic tale of The Re-Animators begins; a contemporary re-imagining of the Frankenstein myth. Set at The Ingolstadt School in Northern Greenland: A special international school for students who have exceptionally high aptitude in science and mathematics, during the six months of darkness called The Endalaus Nótt. An old eccentric professor teaches a course on how to reanimate the dead flesh of an anellus, a gifted student dies out on the midnight ice attempting to find an age old secret and a group of students embark on a quest to reanimate their lost friend instead unleashing a creature neither living nor dead. A creature whom none are equipped to care for. A creature bent on revenge for its own inhuman birth. | |||||
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Sandy Shores Shenanigans | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | Theatre Arts Center | |||||
| 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 | #61575 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 14 | ||
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Notes: | written by Eric C. Dente and k.c.keene | |||||
Synopsis: | Inspired by William Shakespeare's, "A Comedy of Errors." This contemporary retelling is set in the wealthy beach town of Sandy Shores. The hilarity runs wild with multiple sets of twins getting into multiple pickles and by the end, everyone ends up in jail. A comedy full of romance, door slamming farce, shenanigans galore and homeland security like you've never seen it before. | |||||
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Three Men In Search Of A Pair Of Shoes | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
Company: | The Nomad 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 | #61614 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Three men in various stages of relationships sneak off during a bout with romance inspired shoe shopping and try to come to terms with their lives, manhood and futures. | |||||
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