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Elizabeth Meriwether

ELIZABETH MERIWETHER  (1982 - )

Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    n/a


Elizabeth Meriwether. Ms. Meriwether's play The Mistakes Madeline Made was originally produced by Naked Angels Theater, and was subsequently produced at Yale Rep and published by Dramatists Play Service. Her other plays include Heddatron, an adaptation of Hedda Gabler featuring live robots which was produced by Les Freres Corbusier, and is published by Playscripts, Inc.; Nicky Goes Goth, which was first produced in 2004 in the New York Fringe Festival; and Oliver, which will be workshopped by the Vineyard Theatre. Ms. Meriwether is currently working on commissions from the Yale Repertory Theatre, Ars Nova, and Manhattan Theatre Club.

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90 Days         Clinically Negative (A Viral Comedy)         Dixie's Tupperware Party         Heddatron         I Bought A Bunker, Bitch         Little Tales of Misogyny         Mistakes Madeline Made, The         My Mental Illness         Nicky Goes Goth         Oliver Parker!         Particle Board         Poor Bob         Sketch Comedian         Sound in the Throat, The         Sutton         Too Little Too Late         True Love Story of My Parents



90 Days

Synopsis:
Abby phones her boyfriend Eliot in rehab

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Elizabeth Meriweather The Collected Short Plays" published by Playscripts Inc   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Clinically Negative (A Viral Comedy)

Synopsis:
a collectively-written new comedy about AIDS. The following description is from the show's press release: "Playwright Beau Willimon curates an evening of work by several playwrights dealing with the issue of AIDS. The result is Clinically Negative, a full length play in which each of the five contributing writers picks up where the previous writer left off. The result is a hysterically irreverent take on the experience of getting tested for HIV."
nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Elizabeth Meriwether, Sam Forman, Billy Eichner, Annie Baker, Beau Willimon

1st Produced:

Organisations:
MC Enterprises

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy. - - AIDS, full length

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Dixie's Tupperware Party

Synopsis:
The following description is from the show's press release: "Dixie Longate, the fast-talking Tupperware Lady, has packed up her catalogues, and left her children in an Alabama trailer park to journey to The Big Apple. Join Dixie as she throws a good ol' fashioned Tupperware Party filled with outrageous tales, free giveaways, and the most fabulous assortment of Tupperware ever sold on a New York stage. See for yourself how Ms. Longate became the number one Tupperware seller in the world, as she educates her guests on the many alternative uses she has discovered for her plastic products!"

Notes:
written by Elizabeth Meriwether And Kris Andersson

1st Produced:
Ars Nova, NY    2007

Organisations:
Ars Nova

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Heddatron

Synopsis:
A pregnant housewife is abducted by robots and taken to the rainforest and forced to performHedda Gabler by her robot captors. Meanwhile, her family is back home in Michigan trying to find her, and Henrik Ibsen is in Norway attempting to write Hedda Gabler, as Strindberg taunts him. A hilarious and savage journey to freedom.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Les Freres Corbusier (HERE Arts Center) (New York, NY, United States)    2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Play - A Journal Of Plays" issue three
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
65-75 min Comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  6 males, 4 females, 2 either (10-14 actors possible: 4-8 males, 4-6 females)

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I Bought A Bunker, Bitch

Synopsis:
Bad Boy breaks up with his girlfriend. He buys a bunker and moves in to it. The salesman has provided the bunker with two French floozies who definitely are not ladies

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Elizabeth Meriweather The Collected Short Plays" published by Playscripts Inc   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Little Tales of Misogyny

Synopsis:
The life of Patricia Highsmith as seen through her book of short stories

Notes:
Based on the book: "Little Tales of Misogyny" by Patricia Highsmith

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Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian, historical characters

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mistakes Madeline Made, The

Synopsis:
What happens if you just stop showering? THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE is a twisted and hilarious coming-of-age story about a girl who develops Ablutophobia, the fear of bathing. Struggling with a soul-crushing job as a personal assistant, she wages a furious, funny war against all things complacent, pampered and clean. As her smell starts to overwhelm her co-workers and many casual lovers-a series of bad poets-the play raises the questions: Is dirty living a political act? And is clean living even possible in these times of unrest? An unlikely story of love and dirty people.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Culture Project, NY    2006

Organisations:
Naked Angels

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2007   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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My Mental Illness

Synopsis:
Me has an anxiety attack. She hires two lesbian porn stars to interpret the attack through dance

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Elizabeth Meriweather The Collected Short Plays" published by Playscripts Inc   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play. - - Lesbian, one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Nicky Goes Goth

Synopsis:
The love story of Nicky Hilton and a Goth called Shithead.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playscripts Inc   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Black comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Oliver Parker!

Synopsis:
Oliver is 17 and Jasper is 60. They are best friends. Oliver wants to get laid, and Jasper wants to help. Jasper wants to drink himself to death, and Oliver wants to save him. And they share a secret that could ruin them both. . . if it hasn't already. A jet black comedy about hurting the ones you love, and loving the ones that hurt.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
the stageFARM

1st Published:
Playscripts Inc   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Particle Board

Synopsis:
The mini-biography of the world's first and foremost Particle Board comedian, Harold Cretts, who punctuated every joke by hitting himself on the head with a piece of wood.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Ars Nova Theater (New York, NY, United States)    2007

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
10-15 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  1 male, 2 females, 3 either (3-6 actors possible: 1-4 males, 1-5 females)

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Poor Bob

Elizabeth Meriwether
Kitty always uses the her brother, Seymour, to breakup with her boyfriends, because she is secretly obsessed with Atreyu from The Neverending Story. This time, Kitty decides that things are going to be different when she brings Bob to visit Seymour's dorm at Harvard. But after a game of Yahtzee and meeting Seymour's mysterious friend, Kitty discovers it may not be time to grow up just yet.

Notes:
In 1995, A group of writers, directors And Actors gathered on Manhattan's Lower East Side for what was supposed to be A one-time-only event: write, direct, produce And perform new plays with the span of 24 hours. More than A decade And just over 300 plays later, The 24 Hour Plays have been produced on Broadway, in London, Los Angeles, Chicago And Across the globe.

1st Produced:
The 24 Hour Company at The Signature Theater (New York, NY, United States)    2005

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in 24 by 24: The 24 Hour Plays Anthology, Playscripts Inc   978-0-9709046-9-0

Music:
-

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Genre:
8-10 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  3 males, 1 female

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Sketch Comedian

Synopsis:
A college gets invited back to the apartment of her favourite comedian. She gets tongued tied and sits silently while he rambles on about his life

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Elizabeth Meriweather The Collected Short Plays" published by Playscripts Inc   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Sound in the Throat, The

Synopsis:
explores the relationship between the United States and Australia

Notes:
part of The Australia Project

1st Produced:
Kraine Theatre, NY, USA    2006

Organisations:

1st Published:
Contained in: "Elizabeth Meriweather The Collected Short Plays" published by Playscripts Inc   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Sutton

Synopsis:
The party loving, heavy drinking daughter of the President of the United States clashes with her black bodyguard.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Too Little Too Late

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Too Little Too Late is the first theatrical venture from the young company, Red Elevator Productions. Featuring original And premiere short plays from six of the most promising And Arresting young writers on the New York theater scene, Too Little Too Late explores the problem of (dis)connect in A complicated world-because in our breakneck lives of over-stimulus media, instant mass communication, restlessness, And expectation, how does Anyone really connect?
- nytheatre.com

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Red Elevator Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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True Love Story of My Parents

Synopsis:
A daughter retells the story of her parents' relationship to her parents

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    2005

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Elizabeth Meriweather The Collected Short Plays" published by Playscripts Inc   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Robyn Merrilees - Playwright

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ROBYN MERRILEES  

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Wire Murder



Wire Murder

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Part of Write Stuff. Six new short plays written by 13 and 14 year olds from the East End of Newcastle are performed for the very first time as script-in-hand readings by professional actors. Showcasing the concerns of young people today, the plays have been developed in partnership with Benfield School in Walkergate as part of Write Stuff, Live Theatre's writing residency which gives young teen voices a platform through theatre. The plays include tales of living room war games, sibling rivalry, extreme sports for pensioners and celebrity revenge. From thriller to comedy, love story to action adventure, this is a night of theatre that is guaranteed to have you rolling in the aisles one minute and at the edge of your seat the next.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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