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Julie S Halpern

JULIE S HALPERN

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

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below is a list of Julie S Halpern's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Diminished Fifth         Shining Days         Singing In My Sleep

Diminished Fifth

Synopsis:
Last year marked the 60th anniversary of the original blacklist document "Red Channels." This small pamphlet ignited a firestorm of mostly unfounded accusations which continued unchecked for years. Individuals identified as Communists, sympathizers, or "fellow travelers" soon found their professional and personal lives in chaos, and many never fully recovered. Illness, substance abuse, shattered families and even suicide became the norm for many formerly successful artists and writers. One third of these artists were women. Most material about this period focuses on Hollywood, and more specifically on men. While their suffering and that of their families should never be ignored or minimized, little has been written about blacklisted women, particularly those who made their careers in New York. While the Broadway community was certainly more congenial to blacklisted artists than Hollywood, many individuals believed a "graylist" was in practice. the majority of blacklisted women found themselves unexpectedly out of work, and were never able to fully reclaim their careers. Diminished Fifth brings five high profile women together in a fictionalized setting. the events depicted here are historically documented, but certain details of the women's relationships come from the imagination of the playwright. experience the personal and professional struggles of celebrated wit Dorothy Parker, writer Lillian Hellman, actress and broadcaster Jean Muir, director/actress Margaret Webster, and writer/civil rights activist eslanda Robeson as they find their reputations and personal freedom compromised almost overnight. While the accusations leveled at these individuals seem ridiculous to us today, it could certainly happen again. Diminished Fifth urges us to realize that no matter how often a lie is spoken it is still a lie. Sadly, the fears of many people, no matter how unfounded created a firestorm that took decades to put out.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Producers Club
358 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036    22 Jun 2011

Organisations:
Love Street Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Shining Days

Synopsis:
Shining Days chronicles the Golden Dawn, an elite occult society in Victorian London. Spend time in the drawing rooms of London and on the stage of the Abbey Theatre with William Butler Yeats, poet and playwright; Florence Farr emery, actress, muse and inspiration to Yeats and G.B. Shaw; and annie Horniman, the wealthy patroness of the Abbey Theatre. Fascinated by the work of Ibsen and Wagner, Horniman helped pioneer modern British theatre. Meet Yeats's obsession-the glamorous and mysterious Irish revolutionary Maud Gonne; MacGregor Mathers, founder of the Golden Dawn and Father of the modern metaphysical movement; and his enigmatic wife, Minna (Moina) Bergson Mathers, a brilliant artist and psychic medium
- press release

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1st Produced:
Producers Club, NY    2009

Organisations:
Love Street Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Singing In My Sleep

Synopsis:
amelita Galli-Curci opera's first female super star

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1st Produced:
Producers Club, New York    36571

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Monolgue play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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