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TOM MURRIN (1939 - 2012) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Thomas Lee Murrin (February 8, 1939 - March 12, 2012). Tom Murrin arrived in New York in the mid 1960s and became a member of the first generation of La MaMa playwrights, working with John Vaccaro among other influential directors. In the 1970s, Tom moved to Seattle and performed with Alex "Soul Dancer" Schlissel's Para-Troupe with Johanna Went, creating happenings and street performances. Following Para-Troupe, Tom and Johanna began to travel and to perform wherever they could, often using found objects as props. After performing street theater around the world, Tom returned to New York in 1978 and took up residence at director Bill Hart's Razor Gallery. Under the guidance of famed rock manager Jane Friedman (Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, John Cale of the Velvet Underground), Tom began to perform under the name Alien Comic, opening for acclaimed punk bands in rock clubs such as CBGBs, Irving Plaza and Max's Kansas City. In the mid 1980s, Tom created, performed, and curated a series of variety nights at Performance Space 122, called The Full Moon Show. Artists who performed in these shows include DANCENOISE, Jo Andres, Mimi Goese, Steve Buscemi (performing with Mark Boone Junior as "Steve and Mark"), David Cale, Ethyl Eichelberger, The Blue Man Group, John Kelly, and Karen Finley. Tom wrote for Paper Magazine covering theater and performance for 16 years, and served on PS 122's Avant-Garde-Arama curating committee since its inception nearly 25 years ago, helping to introduce hundreds of new artists to the space. Under the direction of head curator Salley May, Tom performed in introductions to nearly 30 Avant-Garde-Arama evenings at PS122. His plays "Sportfuckers" and "Butt Crack Bingo" were produced at Theater for the New City and La MaMa and directed by David Levine. In 2010 he wrote and performed "The Talking Show; The Magical Ridiculous Journey of Alien Comic," directed by Lucy Sexton. It was presented at PS 122 in New York and The Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles. In 2008, Tom was honored by Performance Space 122 at their annual Spring Gala. He received a plaque with the following quote: "For wildly imaginative groundbreaking performance work that never hesitated to serve the creative impulse, the desire to entertain, and the belief that new forms of theatre were possible. For invaluable contributions to Performance Space 122 and the entire downtown performing community that, through a history of selfless generosity, helped make New York a place where continuing generations of artists can imagine and invent. Performance Space 122 is proud to honor Tom Murrin aka Alien Comic."
Plays by Tom Murrin
Alien Comic | ||
| 1st Produced: | 16 Apr 1981 | |||||
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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 | #111897 | |||
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Genre: | Show | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Butt Crack Bingo | ||
| 1st Produced: | LaMaMa, New York | 13 Nov 2003 | ||||
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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 | #119508 | |||
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Notes: | Written as Jack Bump | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cockstrong | ||
| 1st Produced: | 05 Mar 1970 | |||||
Company: | Playhouse of the Ridiculous | |||||
| 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 | #108352 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Composer: The Silver Apples, Ralph Czitron & John Vaccaro | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Cocksure | ||
| 1st Produced: | 19 Jun 1969 | |||||
Company: | Playhouse of the Ridiculous | |||||
| 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 | #108347 | |||
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Notes: | Composer: The Silver Apples, Ralph Czitron and John Vaccaro | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dickplay | ||
| 1st Produced: | 08 Nov 2001 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #104660 | |||
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Notes: | written as Jack Bump | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hung | ||
| 1st Produced: | La MaMa E.T.C., 82 Second Avenue on the second floor, NY, USA >>> | 20 Feb 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #89792 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - Dep.256/Box 48/7 | |||||
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Roomates | ||
| 1st Produced: | La MaMa E.T.C., 82 Second Avenue on the second floor, NY, USA >>> | 20 Feb 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #108318 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Son Of Cockstrong | ||
| 1st Produced: | 20 Feb 1970 | |||||
Company: | Playhouse of the Ridiculous | |||||
| 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 | #108346 | |||
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Notes: | Composer: Ralph Czitrom, George Basley, John Madera, John Vaccaro | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sport Fuckers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theater for the New City | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #119509 | |||
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Notes: | Written as Jack Bump | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Talking Show, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 18 Feb 2010 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #111310 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
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Synopsis: | A pioneer of performance art, Tom Murrin (aka Alien Comic) takes us on a talking tour of his life-and of his travels through avant-garde theatre in the '60s, '70s, and early '80s. He was a teenage magician, a Jesuit schoolboy, a Los Angeles trial lawyer, a La MaMa playwright in the '60s, a traveling street performer peddling his wares from Seattle to Calcutta, and finally a leader in the performance scene that sprang up in the East Village in the 1980s. He tells stories of his youth in Los Angeles, where he wore Frank Sinatra's suit and asked Jane Russell to perform at a pep rally. Murrin also takes the audience on a ride through the American avant-garde from the '60s thru the '80s: He wrote plays alongside the likes of Sam Shepard at Ellen Stewart's first La MaMa, performed with the original Playhouse of the Ridiculous, got busted in Brussels where the police carried the 16-foot phallus from his play Cockstrong through the city, and wound up performing on the streets of Soho with Stuart Sherman. Tom Murrin has been there from the beginning and lived to tell the tale. Speaking with wild-eyed excitement, Murrin hits you with history, hilarity, and his extraordinary generosity of spirit and innocence. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tour Of Hell | ||
| 1st Produced: | 15 Jun 1983 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #90989 | |||
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