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MICHELE LOWE |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Creative Artists Agency NY |
Michele Lowe is the recipient of the 2010 Francesca Primus Prize for her play INANA (Denver Center Theatre). She was also a finalist for both the 2010 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for her plays INANA and VICTORIA MUSICA (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), which marks the first time in the award's 33 year history that a playwright has been independently nominated for two plays in one season, and the 2009 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for INANA. Her play MAP OF HEAVEN was developed at the Colorado New Play Summit and will also premiere in Denver in 2011. Lowe is the author of THE SMELL OF THE KILL (Broadway debut), STRING OF PEARLS (Primary Stages; Outer Critics Circle Nomination for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play), BACKSLIDING IN THE PROMISED LAND (Syracuse Stage) and MEZZULAH, 1946 (City Theatre in Pittsburgh). She is the librettist and lyricist for the musical A THOUSAND WORDS COME TO MIND (Zipper Theatre), which she wrote with composer Scott Richards. Lowe has been commissioned by the Cincinnati Playhouse, Denver Center Theatre, Arden Theatre and Geva Theatre. Her plays have been produced by the Vineyard Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Florida Stage, Reykjavik City Theatre (Iceland), Berkshire Theatre Festival, and Asolo Repertory Theatre among dozens of others. Her work has been developed at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Eugene O'Neill National Music Theater Conference, New Harmony Project, PlayLabs, New York Stage & Film, Hartford Stage's BRAND: NEW Festival, the ACT & Hedgebrook Women Playwrights Festival and the Lark Play Development Center. Her work appears in New Playwrights/The Best Plays of 2005 (Smith and Kraus, 2006), The Best Women's Stage Monologues 2005 (Smith and Kraus, 2006) and Monologues for Women by Women (Heinemann, 2004). Lowe is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She is a member of The Dramatists Guild and ASCAP.
Plays by Michele Lowe
Backsliding In The Promised Land | ||
| 1st Produced: | Syracuse Stage | 2003 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38904 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Inana | ||
| 1st Produced: | Denver Center Theater | 22 Jan 2009 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69917-7 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #116828 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | with doubling | |||||
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| On the eve of the U.S. invasion of Baghdad, one man, an Iraqi museum curator, plots to save the statue of Inana, Goddess of War, from destruction by the invaders. Fleeing to London with his young bride, he makes a life-altering deal to ensure the statue's preservation. Michele Lowe opens a window of hope and healing with her poignant love story amidst a background of international, and personal, intrigue. | |||||
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Mezzulah 1946 | ||
| 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 | #93295 | |||
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Synopsis: | World War Two is over and the men returning home expect to get their jobs back. Mezzulah has no intention of giving up her job in the aircraft factory | |||||
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Motherhood Out Loud | ||
| 1st Produced: | 59E59 Theaters | 04 Oct 2011 | ||||
Company: | Primary Stages | |||||
| 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 | #132425 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Written by Leslie Ayvazian, David Cale, Jessica Goldberg, Beth Henley, Lameece Issaq, Claire LaZebnik,Lisa Loomer, Michele Lowe, Marco Pennette, Theresa Rebeck, Luanne Rice, Annie Weisman and Cheryl L. West. | |||||
Synopsis: | Utterly unpredictable, Motherhood Out Loud shatters traditional notions about parenthood, unveils its inherent comedy and celebrates the deeply personal truths that span and unite generations. Motherhood Out Loud reveals with illuminating insight the humor, raw emotions and rocky roads we experience in life. | |||||
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Priest in a Pool | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | |||||
Company: | Slant Theater Project | |||||
| 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 | #78286 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Originally performed under the overall title "Obstruction Plays" with five other plays. | |||||
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Smell Of The Kill | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cleveland Playhouse | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #112583 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | Three unhappy marriages. When the three husbands get accidentally locked in the meat locker - what are their wives to do? | |||||
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String Of Pearls | ||
| 1st Produced: | City Theater (Pittsburgh) | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Echo Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #109036 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A pearl necklace and the women who own it over time | |||||
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