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CHRISTINA HAM |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC |
Christina Ham. Ms. Ham's plays have been produced and developed with Mark Taper Forum, The Guthrie Theater, The Goodman Theater, the Summer Play Festival, The Fountain Theater, Los Angeles Theater Center, The Falcon Theater, The Illusion Theater, Stepping Stone Theater, A.S.K. Theater Projects, and the Stella Adler Theater among others. Ms. Ham is the recipient of a 2005 Marianne Murphy Women & Philanthropy Award in Playwriting, a 2005-06 Jerome Fellowship from The Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, and a 2006 MacDowell Colony residency. She has been commissioned by The Guthrie Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Stepping Stone Theater. Her full-length plays includeTumbleweeds, 626 Broadway, After Adam, A Wive's Tale, Cul de Sac, Crawlspace, and Mad Cow. A monologue from her play Tumbleweeds is published by Heinemann, and she is also published by Playscripts Inc. Ms. Ham is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America.
Plays by Christina Ham
626 Broadway | ||
| 1st Produced: | Staged Reading by Audrey Skirball-Kenis Theatre, Los Angeles | 1996 | ||||
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| 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 | #68905 | |||
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Genre: | full length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Five bookies jockey for position in a South Central Los Angeles basement. This gritty morality play is an examination of the men whose lives and values are warped by an environment in which they must lie, cheat, and steal in order to survive. | |||||
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After Adam | ||
| 1st Produced: | Staged reading by The Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis, MN | 2005 | ||||
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 | #68908 | |||
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Genre: | Full-length Supernatural Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A dynamic, but subtle take on the Oedipus myth as conceived in a working class neighborhood in San Pedro, California. Two estranged brothers must learn to cope with their father's suicide as psychological warfare ensues in an effort to reclaim family legacy, psyche, and identity. A dramatic meditation on death, grief, mourning, and its cyclical nature, this play is a vigil to one man's life and its self-fulfilling purgatory. | |||||
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County Line | ||
| 1st Produced: | Staged Reading by The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55615 | |||
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Genre: | drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | Running time: 25-30 minutes | |||||
Synopsis: | Seven high school friends witness their relationships disintegrate after their post-Homecoming game caravan has a mysterious encounter on a deserted highway. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cul De Sac | ||
| 1st Produced: | Staged Reading by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, DC | 2007 | ||||
Company: | The Actors' 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 | #68909 | |||
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Genre: | Full-length Absurdist Drama/Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | As the quest for Homeland Security leads to continued xenophobia across our nation, a nascent tribe of suburban Red-Imported Fire Ants decide their mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. A post-modern look at the war on terror | |||||
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Lion's Tale, A: Somali Folktales | ||
| 1st Produced: | SteppingStone Theatre, St. Paul, MN | 2007 | ||||
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 | #68906 | |||
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Genre: | Children's Musical for ages 8-15 Youth Audience | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | written by Christina Ham, Said Salah Ahmed; music by Gary Rue | |||||
Synopsis: | Cultures collide as two young Somali immigrants attend their first American birthday party. What their friends see as generous and fun, Ali and Aasha take as materialistic and greedy. This fantasy-musical incorporates exciting Somali stories and traditional music in a play that celebrates generosity, friendship, and cultural understanding. | |||||
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Priceless | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stella Adler Theater, Los Angeles | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Unity Players 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 | #68910 | |||
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Genre: | drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Running time: 30 min | |||||
Synopsis: | Two insurance adjusters try to make sense of the value of life in a post-9/11 America. Naturally, the numbers just don't add up. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Root of the Home Team | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
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 | #68911 | |||
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Genre: | full length Play/Drama | |||||
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Notes: | Recipient of the Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project Commission | |||||
Synopsis: | Can the concept of physical reality as seen through the eyes of Einstein and his associates be used to fix the World Series? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tiny Soldier, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 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 | #136371 | |||
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Synopsis: | Olivia and her no-good husband are squatting in the family home on an estate in New Orleans. Their presence in the house stirs up secrets of past murder and magic | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wives' Tale, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Workshopped by the Summer Play Festival, NYC | 2006 | ||||
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 | #68907 | |||
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Genre: | Full-length Futuristic Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 8 | ||
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Synopsis: | An island of women off of the coast of South Carolina survive a nuclear holocaust and conspire to create the perfect society. | |||||
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