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Mark Lambeck

MARK LAMBECK  

 Nationality:    USA
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Mark Lambeck is a resident playwright of both the Manhattan-based, Emerging artists Theatre Company and Stratford, Connecticut-based SquareWrights. He has had staged readings and productions throughout Connecticut and a staged reading of his Holocaust play, Voices from the ashes at The Lamb's Theater in NYC. Other NYC credits include productions at: The Pulse Ensemble Theatre, Genesis Rep, Red Room Theatre, Love Creek Productions, and Spotlight On Productions, among others. His one act, Tuna & Jack, was a finalist in the 2001 American Globe Theatre's 15-Minute Play "Turnip Festival" and Call Me Bernice won the 2002 Sage Theatre One act Playwright's award. In addition, he has won the Connecticut One act Play Contest, and several Writer's Digest playwrighting awards. Four of his play adaptations of O. Henry short stories have been published by Contemporary Drama Service.

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

 Call Me Bernice         From The Cheap Seats         Intervention         Kicked By A Zebra         Lucky Day         Melba In 603         October People         One About The Rabbi, The         One False Step         Sorry About Cynthia         Tower Project, The         Tuna & Jack

Call Me Bernice

Synopsis:
a Jewish grandmother drops in unexpectedly to visit her granddaughter in her new apartment. While there, she learns her granddaughter is hiding something only to confess a secret of her own.

Notes:
This production of "Call Me Bernie" won the 2002 Sage Playwrights Award for Best Original One Act

1st Produced:
Raw Space, NYC    2002

Organisations:
Spotlight On Productions

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Genre:
Comedy One act

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From The Cheap Seats

Synopsis:
When a young woman almost runs over a man standing in the middle of the road, she berates him for trying to kill himself on a small town road. During the course of the play, we learn she is a rabbi and her 'tough love' approach is a ploy to draw the man out of his depression.

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Genre:
Dramedy Play/Drama

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Intervention

Intervention
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in 2008: The Best Ten-Minute Plays 3 or More actors, Smith & Kraus, (2009)   978-1575257105

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Ten Min

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Kicked By A Zebra

Synopsis:
A father goes to visit his daughter in Africa where she is working for the Peace Corps

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1st Produced:
TADA Theatre, New York    21 May 2011

Organisations:
One Man Talking

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Genre:
Monologue play

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lucky Day

Synopsis:
Sean and Whitney have both been dumped and they seek to console each other until they find out they have both been dumped by the same man.

Notes:
part of Emerging Artists Theatre presents EaTfest, the fall edition of the company's short play series

1st Produced:
Producers Club, NY    2007

Organisations:
Emerging artists Theatre

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Genre:
short play One act. - - Gay, one act

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Melba In 603

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October People

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in 2008: The Best Ten-Minute Plays 3 or More actors, Smith & Kraus, (2009)   978-1575257105

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Genre:
Ten Min

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One About The Rabbi, The

Synopsis:
When Sarah, a young Jewish woman, breaks up with her boyfriend, who is studying to be a rabbi, she feels guilty over the reason for her action. Not long after, she wakes up to discover a female African American rabbi in her bathroom mirror who won't leave until Sarah faces her inner demons.

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Genre:
Comedy

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One False Step

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Sorry About Cynthia

Synopsis:
a man accidentally antagonises his litigation loving neighbour

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Genre:
One act

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Tower Project, The

Synopsis:
When a small town votes to tear down a decrepit old radio tower, internationally famous artist Delphina Ray arrives from Europe to turn the tower into a giant sculpture and save it from the wrecking ball. When she is arrested for defacing town property, the local dance school owner organizes a fund-raiser to get Delphina out of jail. But what is the renowned sculptress' secret connection to the tower and the dance school?

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1st Produced:
Eastbound Theater, Milford, CT    2006

Organisations:
Eastbound Theater Company

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Tuna & Jack

Synopsis:
a female junior executive comes to the park to enjoy a quiet lunch but is distracted by a female punk rocker who badgers her for her tuna sandwich. But on this day, the executive needs some solitude since she has finally taken action to change the course of her career.

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American Globe Theatre - 15-Minute Play Turnip Festival

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Genre:
Black Comedy, 15 min One act

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