Biography and Notes (further contributions welcome) :
Born in Detroit, Ml on May 18, 1954. First Los Angeles playwright to be produced by La Mama Hollywood. Worked there as writer, actor, direc-tor and stage hand. Writer/director for drama therapy program with mentally and emotionally handicapped adults. Organized midnight theater program at La Mama and has worked in many capacities at small theaters in L.A. Playwright-in-Residence at Deja Vu Coffeehouse, first L.A. underground theater.
Address (in 1981): c/o 1705 N. Kenmore Ave., Hollywood, CA 90027 (213) 653-3202; (213) 660-9862
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Ross MacLean
December Wedge
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Deja Vu Coffeehouse, L.A., CA
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Dramatics Magazine, Vol. 50, Cincinnati, OH
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Ross MacLean
Experiment in Lust, An
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Deja Vu Coffeehouse, L.A., CA
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Ross MacLean
Follies of Grandeur
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Synopsis:
Hollywood's Ivar Theater once featured a round-the-clock show advertising 'The Most Beautiful Girls in the World' at 'America's Home of Burlesk'. Patrons recall the Ivar as 'a sticky-floored dump' and 'a chamber of desperation, a mausoleum for souls--on and off the runway'. Lewd and notorious in its day, the Ivar inspired lyrics in the songs of Tom Waits, and photographer Garry Winogrand's images of the Ivar strippers have been displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Follies of Grandeur follows the career path of Melody, a teenage drifter who aspires to greatness on the Ivar's runway. Playwright MacLean was the Ivar's stage manager and spoitlight operator for two years in the 1970s
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2006 Theatre for the New City, NY >>>
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Ross MacLean
Food
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Jos and his wife, Carol, are dinner guests at the home of Carol's brother Mack, and his wife Bonnie. Joe is unemployed. Mack had invited them over initially as a kindness to help his sister out, but this is the third week the two have been showing up for free meals and Carol's husband shows no signs of supporting himself. Mack is suffering financially from this sponging and the quality of the meals has turned wretchedly poor. The play is a sharp argument on dependence, responsibility and the decline in the quality of living.
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Deja Vu Coffeehouse, L.A., CA
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Dramatics Magazine, Vol. 51, Cincinnati, OH
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1 Act play
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Ross MacLean
Four Play
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A.C.T. Workshop, San Francisco, CA
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Ross MacLean
Hero of the Jungle
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La Mama Hollywood, CA
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Ross MacLean
Hyaena
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A failing patient shuttles across his final perceptions of the world around him. Nearing cessation, his family and friends pull away. Into this twilight zone comes the Hyaena, a spiritual carnivore, who devotes himself to the dying man. A disturbing and seductive drama of mortality, surrender and irrepressible life
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1991-92 Actors Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival, KY, USA >>>
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Ross MacLean
Multiple Fractures
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Deja Vu Coffeehouse, L.A., CA
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Ross MacLean
Nelson '76
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Los Angeles Garden Theater Festival
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Ross MacLean
Sluts
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Hedonism flirts with authority to an unhealthy degree. A group of gay men, finding themselves hard pressed by the outside society, make efforts to prove they are normal human be-ings, deserving of a place in the world. Unfortunately, they succeed. Moving from the caste of out-casts to renegades, they are absorbed into the mainstream at the expense of their uniqueness, their moral liberty and their own individuality.
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Deja Vu Coffeehouse, L.A., CA
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Play, full length
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Ross MacLean
Story
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La Mama Hollywood, CA
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