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MICHAEL HOLLINGER |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Harden-Curtis Associates |
Michael Hollinger is the author of Opus, Tooth and Claw, Red Herring, Tiny Island, Incorruptible, and An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf all of which premiered at Philadelphia's Arden Theatre Company and have together enjoyed numerous productions around the United States, in New York City, and abroad. These plays are all published by Dramatists Play Service; Tiny Island also appears inNew Playwrights: Best Plays of 1999,published by Smith and Kraus. Mr. Hollinger has written seven touring plays for young audiences, including Eureka! and Hot Air,both published by Playscripts, Inc.; he also wrote the 3D Laser Show Extreme Choicesfor New Jersey's Liberty Science Center. For PBS, he has written three short films and co-authored the feature-length Philadelphia Diary. Awards and honors include a Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Citation from the American Theatre Critics Association, the Roger L. Stevens Award from the Kennedy Center's Fund for New American Plays, two Barrymore Awards for Outstanding New Play, the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Theatre Artist, a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award, a commission from The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science and Technology Project, and fellowships from the Independence Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Mr. Hollinger is a resident playwright at New Dramatists and Assistant Professor of Theatre at Villanova University.
Plays by Michael Hollinger
Battle of the Backyard | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #75971 | |||
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Genre: | Ten minute play | |||||
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Boxheads | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #75972 | |||
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Brief Interviews With Hideous Men | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #78689 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Written by Michael Hollinger, Scott Greer; Tony Lawton and Aaron Posner. Adapted from the short story collection by David Foster Wallace | |||||
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Clean Getaway | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #75973 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Written by Michael Hollinger and Beth Dannenfelser | |||||
Synopsis: | Three serious crimes.Three tell tale clues. | |||||
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Cyrano | ||
| 1st Produced: | Folger Theatre, 201 East Capitol Street, SE Washington, DC | May 2011 | ||||
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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 | #128056 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation 155 min | |||||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Edmond Rostand; Translated by Michael Hollinger; Adapted by Michael Hollinger and Aaron Posner | |||||
Synopsis: | This romance of 17th-century swashbuckling France centers on a fascinating and poignant love triangle. Cyrano secretly adores Roxanne but fears she could never share the sentiment because of his legendary nose. Instead, he uses his gift for wit and wordplay to help his tongue-tied friend Christian woo her. Will she be won by Christian's appearance or Cyrano's soul? | |||||
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Empty Plate In The Cafe Du Grand Boeuf, An | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16848 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | No menu necessary at the world's greatest restaurant, the Cafe du Grand Boeuf in Paris. Why? "Because we have everything," headwaiter Claude admonishes waiter-in-training Antoine. On this hot July night in 1961, the two join waitress Mimi and chef Gaston in awaiting the imminent arrival of Victor, the Cafe's owner and sole patron. But when "Monsieur" returns from the bullfights in Madrid, disheveled and morose, his wish is simple: to die of starvation at his own table. The frantic staff, whose very lives depend on Victor's appetite, try all means to change his mind, but to no avail. Finally, they make a last-ditch plea: Out of respect for their life's work, will he let them prepare one final meal-provided they leave it in the kitchen? Instead they will describe it, course by course, over a series of empty platters. Victor reluctantly consents, and the "feast of adjectives and adverbs" begins. . .A "comic tragedy in seven courses" celebrating the joys of cooking, sex, bullfighting and the collected works of Ernest Hemingway. | |||||
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Eureka! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Franklin Institute Science Museum (Philadelphia, PA, United States) | 1999 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16849 | |||
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Genre: | 45-50 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 2 males, 2 females (4-10 actors possible: 2-5 males, 2-5 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | Between his incessant computer games and her endless chat rooms, Jenna and Justin engage in more than their share of sibling rivalry over the family computer. Each hopes to win a school essay contest and its grand prize -- a brand-new Archimedes 5000 computer. But when their school's own computer lab is mysteriously damaged, and Jenna and Justin become prime suspects, brother and sister must first work together to solve the mystery and prove their innocence. An engaging, fast-paced play for young audiences that shows how intuition, inquiry, and perseverance are more critical to problem-solving than even the most powerful technological tools. | |||||
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Ghost-Writer | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, Inc, 2012 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-8222-2537-9 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #135863 | |||
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Genre: | drama | |||||
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Notes: | Winner of the 2011 Barrymore Award | |||||
Synopsis: | Novelist Franklin Woolsey dies mid-sentence, but his secretary Myra continues to take dictation. Attacked by skeptics, the press and Woolsey's jealous widow, Myra sets out to prove she is more than just an artful forger. Is she trying to steal Woolsey's legacy now that she cannot have his love, or might she truly possess a gift the world can't understand? | |||||
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Hot Air | ||
| 1st Produced: | Philadelphia Theatre Caravan (4-state tour) (Philadelphia, PA, United States) | 1997 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16850 | |||
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Genre: | 45-50 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 3 males, 3 females (6-9 actors possible: 1-9 males, 0-8 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | Jessica's got a great shot at setting a county record in the 800-meter run -- until she starts smoking again and her times start going up instead of down. Meanwhile, her father just landed the biggest advertising client of his life: J. R. Phillips, makers of Smooth menthols, Carolina Thins ("the feminine smoke"), and Chaparral, "rugged as the Wild West." Jessica struggles to keep her smoking secret from her father, while he is asked by J. R. Phillips to market to teens through loopholes in the Tobacco Settlement. When their secret pursuits are revealed, father and daughter square off and are challenged with difficult decisions. A lively, hard-hitting comedy for young audiences about tobacco marketing, use, and addiction. | |||||
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Incorruptible | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16851 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Welcome to Priseaux, France, c. 1250 A.D.: The river flooded again last week. The chandler's shop just burned to the ground. Nobody's heard of the wheelbarrow yet. And Ste. Foy, the patron of the local monastery, hasn't worked a miracle in thirteen years. In other words, the Dark Ages still look pretty dark. All eyes turn to the Pope, whose promised visit will surely encourage other pilgrims to make the trek and restore the abbey to its former glory. That is, until a rival church claims to possess the relics of Ste. Foy-and "their" bones are working miracles. All seems lost until the destitute monks take a lesson from a larcenous one-eyed minstral, who teaches them an outrageous new way to pay old debts. | |||||
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Naked Lunch | ||
| 1st Produced: | Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY, United States) | 2003 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51233 | |||
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Genre: | 5-10 min Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 male, 1 female | |||||
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Synopsis: | Vernon can't handle his ex-girlfriend Lucy's decision to stop eating meat, and Lucy is unprepared for his reaction. This piece is part of Trepidation Nation, an anthology of short plays. To perform this piece independently, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform this piece as part of the full-length collection, go to Trepidation Nation.) | |||||
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Opus | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | Primary Stages | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, Inc (2009) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-8222-2363-4 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69633 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Opus is a new play about a world-renowned string quartet that is struggling to prepare for their highest-profile performance, when the violist, and founder of the quartet, mysteriously disappears. When a young woman is hired as the replacement, her musical gifts inspire the musicians, and they decide on short notice to abandon their friendly Pachelbel Canon program and to replace it with Beethoven's difficult Opus 131. The rehearsal room becomes a pressure cooker as passions rise, personalities clash, and the musicians are forced to tackle the ephemeral nature of their life's work | |||||
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Red Herring | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1st Stage, Washington, DC | 2009 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16852 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | Three love stories, a murder mystery, and a nuclear espionage plot converge in this noir comedy about marriage and other explosive devices. It's 1952: America's on the verge of the H-bomb, Dwight Eisenhower's on the campaign trail, and I Love Lucy's on Monday nights. Meanwhile, Senator Joe McCarthy's daughter just got engaged to a Soviet spy, and Boston detective Maggie Pelletier has to find out who dumped the dead guy in the Harbor-or else lose out on a honeymoon in Havana. A blunt-nosed, sharp-eyed look at love and tying (and untying, and retying) the knot. | |||||
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Senior Moment | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #75974 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
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Serviette | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #75975 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
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Tiny Island | ||
| 1st Produced: | The People's Light and Theatre Company, Malvern, PA | 1998 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16853 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | As little girls, nestled in the tiny projection booth of their family-owned cinema, Hazel and Muriel flew to exotic islands with their mother, lofted by the plane-like whir of the projectors. In her teens, Muriel found her first kiss there, underscored by the stirring music of a Hollywood romance. Now, in middle-age, Muriel returns to the fading movie palace where her estranged sister screens old films for a dwindling audience, and a new phenomenon called a video store has forebodingly appeared across the street. When Hazel, bitterly separated from her husband, insists she wants nothing to do with her sister, Muriel confesses she's been hearing voices-little girls' voices, late at night-and begs Hazel to help her resurrect the cinema and her own failing marriage. A poignant, powerful play about the limits of love and the limitless magic of the movies. | |||||
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Tooth and Claw | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2004 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, Inc (2010) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-8222-2464-8 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #75976 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Reptile specialist Schuyler Baines"the Savior of Giant Tortoises" and the first female director of the Charles Darwin Research Stationarrives in Galapagos full of ideas and idealism. But when she becomes aware of an exploding black market that threatens to destroy the islands' fragile ecosystem, Schuyler shuts the industry down, sparking a deadly, survival-of-the-fittest conflict with native fishermen. A bold, theatrical exploration of evolution, extinction, and the ever-present nature of Darwin's "struggle for life." | |||||
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Trepidation Nation | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2003 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51234 | |||
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Genre: | 80-100 min Drama/Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 12 | ||
Parts other: | 11 males, 12 females (4-23 actors possible) | |||||
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Synopsis: | We all have instinctive fears -- but what if a fear becomes inexplicable, illogical, and just plain weird? Then you're dealing with a phobia, one of those most extreme and fascinating of terrors. Actors Theatre of Louisville asked 16 frighteningly creative playwrights to find inspiration in real phobias, and the resulting collection of pieces might prove that not only is fear humankind's oldest emotion, but it's also one of our silliest, most serious, and stage-worthy. To perform the entire collection, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual piece independently, click on its title below: | |||||
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Truth Decay | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #75977 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
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Two-Part Invention | ||
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| 1st Published: | in Ten Minute Plays From Actors Theatre Of Louisville, Vol 3, Samuel French NY | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #75978 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
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Wonderful Noise | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #75979 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
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Notes: | Written by Michael Hollinger and Vance Lehmkuhl | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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