ANNIE DORSEN   


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Plays by Annie Dorsen

ANNIE DORSEN
Blue Bird, The
1st Produced:
Buxton School, Williamstown, MA
12 Jul 2001
Company:
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1st Published:
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ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
Translation
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Maurice Maeterlinck
Synopsis:
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ANNIE DORSEN
Democracy in America
1st Produced:
2008
Company:
The Foundry Theatre
1st Published:
-
ISBN/ASIN
-
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
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Piece
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Democracy in America began in the winter of 2003 when Annie Dorsen invited about 30 artists to her apartment to discuss creating a performance using Alexis de Tocqueville's classic work of political theory as a starting-place. She proposed a performance that was open to whomever wished to participate, and that would find its form through an open-ended period of research and discussion. Democracy in America is a process that happens in phases. In Part I, the consumers were the creators. The market opened on November 26, 2007 and the public was invited to imagine and purchase any and all elements of what-will-be-the-performance, primarily through a website constructed specifically for this project: www.buydemocracy.com. Anything that can be on a stage was available for sale: participants could select or submit text, personal anecdotes, stories and jokes, physical or non-verbal actions, themes and concepts, and all elements of the design. One might've chosen to see a particular image or gesture performed-a kiss, a dance, a cartwheel. Another may have chosen to buy a costume, a sound cue or a prop. Product placement and other advertising opportunities were made available to corporations, small businesses and groups. Sales closed on February 29, 2008. The performance of Democracy in America (Part II) will be comprised entirely of these purchases. Dorsen and her creative team take what's been bought and create the live art event to be presented at Performance Space 122
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ANNIE DORSEN
Passing Strange
1st Produced:
2007
Company:
The Public Theate & Berkeley Repertory Theatre
1st Published:
-
ISBN/ASIN
ghoslight-passing
Music:
Original cast recording: Ghoslight Records
2008
To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
rock musical
Musical
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
book and lyrics by Stew; music by Stew & Heidi Rodewald; created in collaboration with Annie Dorsen
Passing Strange
It is described as the story "of a young black bohemian in search of self and home who charts a course for 'the real' through sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Loaded with soulful lyrics, packed with political irony, and overflowing with passion, the show takes us from black middle-class America to Amsterdam, Berlin, and beyond. It's a quirky journey from L.A. to authenticity, crossing boundaries of place, identity, and theatrical convention on the way."
- nytheatre.com
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