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SHAWN FISHER (1970 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Shawn Fisher is a playwright, designer and director who currently runs the MFA program in theatre design at Utah State University. A native of NJ, Shawn has worked professionally as a designer throughout the United States. As a playwright he has written several plays including SCOPE, Chumming, The News: August 4, 2005, The Commodore Murder and The Crow Song. Chumming, a short-form play, was workshopped at The Kennedy Center in Washington. SCOPE and "The News" were produced by The Fusion Theatre Project, an ensemble-based socially-minded theatre group founded and directed by Fisher.
Plays by Shawn Fisher
Chumming | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC (staged reading) | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive | |||||
| 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 | #96047 | |||
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Genre: | Short-form Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 1 non-speaking male | |||||
Notes: | A three-minute play in four scenes. This play is performed in reverse sequential order. Each new scene is set earlier in the timeline to the previous scene. | |||||
Synopsis: | Two brothers Chip(17) and Buck (14) are on a dock fishing and chopping chum. They reflect on their abusive father, baseball and fishing. By the end of the play (which is the beginning of the story) we learn how and why their lives have just changed, and the truth behind their choice of "bait". | |||||
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Crow Song, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | West Chester, PA | 1993 | ||||
Company: | The Public Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #96048 | |||
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Genre: | Children's One-Act / Deaf Theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 6 any gender | |||||
Notes: | Children's play with one deaf actor who uses sign language. | |||||
Synopsis: | A wandering and sad young girl meets an aggressive and hated crow in the forest. The Girl, ostracized for her deafness and The Crow, ostracized for his voice meet their matches in each other. After a rocky start, the two become friends, learn to communicate and redefine what makes them unique and valuable. | |||||
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News, The: August 4, 2005 | ||
| 1st Produced: | Caine Lyric Theatre, Logan, UT | 2006 | ||||
Company: | The Fusion Theatre Project | |||||
| 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 | #96049 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Short-form Drama Ten min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | Some roles may change gender | |||||
Notes: | A ten-minute play done in a fragmented direct address style. Six monologues are intertwined with varying perspectives on America, heroism, war and family. Based on one day's actual newscast. | |||||
Synopsis: | Six unrelated characters reflect on a single days news (August 4, 2005) during which patriotism, family, war and heroism are the headlines. | |||||
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Scope | ||
| 1st Produced: | Caine Lyric Theatre, Logan, UT | 2006 | ||||
Company: | The Fusion Theatre Project | |||||
| 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 | #96050 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Black Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1 Female Voice (live or recorded) | |||||
Notes: | This play is fiction inspired by true events. | |||||
Synopsis: | The story follows two soldiers, A US Army sniper and his partner/spotter in the days following a flawed mission. The sniper suddenly faces his most difficult battle when he comes face-to-face with his recent and unidentified target, now lying wounded in a hospital. The space is intended to be simple and sparse. The play moves from the real-time setting of a military hospital ante-room into various flashbacks of battle and home-life. Actual quotes taken directly from the US Army Sniper Manual are a recurring motif. | |||||
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