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Marty Martin

MARTY MARTIN  

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Jay S. Harris, Esq  


Marty Martin (Playwright) has been writing, directing, and producing plays for 25 years, working intimately with such distinguished artists as Anthony Quinn, Cloris Leachman, Mickey Rooney, and Pat Carroll. Following the death of playwright Hugh Wheeler, Mr. Martin completed the book for the Broadway production of Meet Me In St. Louis, which was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Book For A Musical. Praised by Time Magazine, Newsweek, Variety, and the legendary New York Times theater critic Walter Kerr, productions of his plays Off Broadway have received both Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Arts Recording. Mr. Martin was also the recipient of the Drama Logue Critics Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Theater. His plays Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein, I Don't Want To Be A Zelda Anymore, and Shaviana enjoyed extended runs in New York. Regional productions of his plays, A Clown of God, The Necessary Luxury Company, Farewell Performance, Diaghilev, and The Bishop have been praised by critics throughout the Southwest. His plays have also been highly acclaimed in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Houston and Dallas, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., as well as in Mexico, Iceland, Italy and Israel. Mr. Martin is resident playwright for the Stratford Festival Theater in Connecticut, where his plays Whitechapel, Shaviana, and The Bishop were performed by Julie Harris, Tammy Grimes, and Keir Dullea respectively

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 Ah, Leonardo!         American Primitive         Anunnaki: The Sumerian Sacred Drama, The         Author Of Beltraffio, The         Belle Sauvage, The         Bernhardt         Bishop, The         Bull And The Dove, The         Clown Of God, A         Diaghilev         Dragon And The Pearl, The         Dragons         Farewell Performance         Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein         I Don't Want To Be A Zelda Anymore         Last Fugue, The         Man In The Park, The         Mata Hari: Dance Of The Red Tiger         Meet Me In St Louis         Mickey Rooney As Mickey Rooney In Mickey Rooney         Midnight Frolics         Miracle West Of Town, The         Mystery At Harrogate: The Vanishing Of Mrs Christie         Necessary Luxury Company, The         No Man's Land         Pharaoh's Curse, The         Shaviana         Silent Murder         Singing In The Rain         Star-Cross'd         Top Secret: Majic         Whip And Mr Shaw, The         Whitechapel

Ah, Leonardo!

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Renaissance Fairs, Texas, Colorado, Minnesota    1985

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American Primitive

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Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California    1982

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Anunnaki: The Sumerian Sacred Drama, The

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Author Of Beltraffio, The

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Zachary Scott Theater Center    1983

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Belle Sauvage, The

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Broadway Commission    1981

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Bernhardt

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Plaza Theater, el Paso, Texas    1975

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Bishop, The

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Capitol City Playhouse, Austin, Texas    1985

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Bull And The Dove, The

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Broadway Commission    1984

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Clown Of God, A

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Center Stage, Austin, Texas    1980

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Diaghilev

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Center Stage, Austin, Texas    1978

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Dragon And The Pearl, The

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American Stage Festival, Nashua, NH    1996

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Dragons

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Farewell Performance

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Paramount Theater, Austin, Texas    1980

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Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein

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I Don't Want To Be A Zelda Anymore

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Mill Playhouse, New Hope, Pennsylvania    1983

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Last Fugue, The

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Capitol City Playhouse, Austin Texas    1995

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Man In The Park, The

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Mata Hari: Dance Of The Red Tiger

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Bellas Artes, Austin Playhouse, Austin, Texas    1985

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Meet Me In St Louis

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George Gershwin Theater, NYC    1990

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Mickey Rooney As Mickey Rooney In Mickey Rooney

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Broadway Commission    1985

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Midnight Frolics

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Commissioned by Stratford Festival Theater, Stratford Connecticut    1995

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Miracle West Of Town, The

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Capitol City Playhouse, Austin Texas    1993

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Mystery At Harrogate: The Vanishing Of Mrs Christie

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Necessary Luxury Company, The

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Center Stage, Austin, Texas    1978

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No Man's Land

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Broadway Commission    1983

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Pharaoh's Curse, The

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Shaviana

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Capitol City Playhouse, Austin, Texas    1983

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Silent Murder

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Capitol City Playhouse, Austin Texas    1994

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Singing In The Rain

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George Gershwin Theater, NYC    1989

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Star-Cross'd

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St. Mary's/Stratford Festival Theater, Stratford, Connecticut    2001

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Top Secret: Majic

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Stratford Festival Theater, Stratford Connecticut    2005

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Whip And Mr Shaw, The

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Center Stage, Austin, Texas    1979

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Whitechapel

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Capitol City Playhouse, Austin, Texas    1984

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