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Daisy Foote

DAISY FOOTE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Daisy Foote was honored with the prestigious Roger L. Stevens Incentive award, in association with the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays, with support from the American express Company and in cooperation with the President's Committee for the Arts. Ms. Foote's plays include: Living With Mary; God's Pictures, which was developed at the New Harmony Project and had its world premiere at the Indiana Repertory Theater;Farley and Betsy, produced by the Women's Project in its "First Look" series;Darcy and Clara; the Hand of God,developed with a commission from Wind Dancer Productions and workshopped in the summer of 2000 at the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference; and When they Speak of Rita, which was developed with a commission from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and produced at Primary Stages in New York in the spring of 2000. Ms. Foote's screenplays include an adaptation of Elizabeth Jolley'sthe Last Crop for Destiny Productions, which will be directed by Terry Kinney. She has also adapted T.C. Boyle's intricate novelWater Music for earthbourne Films and has just completed an adaptation of John Steinbeck's the Winter of Our Discontentfor Steppenwolf Theater's new film division. Recently Ms. Foote acquired the rights to Lucy Grealy's autobiography of a Face,which she will be adapting into a screenplay. She is a proud member of both the Dramatists Guild and the Writers Guild of America, east. Her plays When they Speak of Rita and Farley and Betsy have been published by Smith & Kraus. Scenes from When they Speak of Rita have been selected for Smith & Kraus' Best Stage Scenes of 2000, Best Men's Monologues of 2000, and Best Women's Monologues of 2000. the playwright is the daughter of Horton Foote

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         Bhutan         Hand Of God, The         Him         When they Speak Of Rita

Bhutan

Synopsis:
Bhutan follows a New england family's ups and downs after the death of their father. Frances Conroy wonders how she ended up here. Her mother is driving her crazy. Her aunt is stalking a married man. Her brother is in prison. She dreams of Bhutan but can barely find the kitchen door.
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Organisations:
Cherry Lane Studio

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2007   -

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Play/Drama

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Hand Of God, The

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Him

Synopsis:
In the tradition of great American plays, Daisy Foote explores the institution of the American family in HIM. Two siblings struggling to keep the family store afloat must decide which is a priority: their fathers final wishes or their financial stability. Its a choice that could tear them apart.
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1st Produced:
59e59 theaters
59 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022    25 Sep 2012

Organisations:
Primary Stages

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2013   978-0822229209

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When they Speak Of Rita

Synopsis:
Rita Potter is trapped in a dull existence in rural New Hampshire, cleaning the houses of wealthier neighbors and cooking for an unresponsive husband. To make up for her seeming failure, she pushes her son and his girlfriend to reach for more than she did, and attempts to start her own catering service. When all of Rita's efforts are ignored and thwarted, she makes more drastic changes in her life -- changes that prove disastrous.

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1st Produced:
Primary Stages (New York, NY, United States)    2000

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
75-85 min Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  3 males, 2 females

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