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ROSARY O'NEILL |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: The Marton Agency |
Rosary O'Neill's agent is Tonda Marton at The Marton Agency (Tonda@martonagency.com). Rosary Hartel O'Neill is an author, playwright, director, teacher and mother. Rosary is the author of fourteen plays, produced internationally by invitation of the American embassy in Paris, Bonn, Tibilisi, Georgia, Budapest, Hungary, London and Moscow. Her play Uncle Victor was chosen Best New American Drama by the Cort Theater, Hollywood, and celebrated in the Chekhove Now Festival in New York. Blackjack was selected for Alice's Fourth Floor Best New Play Series. She was founding artistic director at Southern Rep Theater from 1987 to 2002. she has been playwright-in-residence at the Sorbonne University, Paris; Tulane University, New Orleans; Defiance College, Ohio, the University of Bonn, Germany and Visiting Scholar at Cornell. And she is the mother of four fabulous children: Barrett, Dale, Rachelle and Rory. Recent professional achievements include: Degas in New Orleans, which was invited to the New End Theatre (a heralded theater for contemporary plays) in London and featured in the Best New American Play Oktoberfest of the Ensemble Studio Theatre (a leading theater for new work) in New York City and in the Reading Series of the Abingdon Theatre and the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York.
Plays by Rosary O'Neill
Awakening Of Kate Chopin, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69774-6 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123180 | |||
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Genre: | Full Length, Historical Drama | |||||
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| Writer Kate Chopin wants to hold on to her marriage and her six small children and launch herself as a novelist in 1884. Frustrating her attempts are her wealthy next door neighbor, wanting to prove his masculinity, her jealous husband, stricken with malaria, the little sex-pot seamstress next door, the town gossip, and the bankrupt cotton business, which consumes her time. All this crescendos in the coming of age of this great writer of the The Awakening. | |||||
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Beckett at Greystones Bay | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arthur Seelen Theatre, NY | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Roust Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69768-5 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #77103 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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| utilizes movement choreographed from the original stage directions of Samuel Beckett's plays in the framework of a short piece about Beckett's early life in Ireland. Set in the crushing world of social conformity in his native Ireland, Beckett walks the desolate beach of Greystones Bay battling the inner voices of family and former loves | |||||
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Black Jack: The Thief Of Possession | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69767-8 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123181 | |||
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Genre: | Full Length, Southern Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
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| Blackjack follows an eccentric Southern family as it is squeezed into the close quarters of a Mississippi cruise ship for the New Years holiday. Kaitlyn is convinced that she is channeling the poet Baudelaire, and certain that her husband is having an affair with a larger-than-life ship entertainer. Irene, the matriarch of the family, suspects a rift in her daughter's marriage. Her sexy maid sets her sights on the grandson, a successful Southern rock star. Everyone dons costumes for New Year's Eve, casting off their old identities and trying on new loves. | |||||
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Degas In New Orleans | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123182 | |||
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Genre: | Full Length, Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 6 | ||
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Synopsis: | A historical drama that explores Edgar Degas' scandalous visit to New Orleans in 1872. Edgar Degas, the French Impressionist painter, is torn between helping his relatives in America and pursuing a career as a painter. Fame and family obligations come to a head when he discovers he is still in love with his sister-in-law, who is now pregnant and blind. As Edgar struggles with his own ethical conundrum, he discovers that his aggressively charming brother has gone through all the family money in an attempt to save his uncle's sugar business. | |||||
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John Singer Sargent And Madame X (Which Should Be Called Madame X - But That's Another Story. . .) | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69763-0 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123183 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
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| John Singer Sargent, an up-and-coming American artist, is eager to collaborate on a portrait that would catapult him and Madame X, the most beautiful woman in Paris, to the pinnacle of society. With its revelations about Madame X's identity and an eyebrow-raising cast of characters, including Richard Wagner, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, Sarah Bernhardt, and Dr. Samuel Pozzi (Madame X's notorious gynecologist/lover), this romantic comedy exposes the tale of beauty, infatuation, obsession, and betrayal that lies behind Sargent and Madame X's masterpiece | |||||
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Louisiana Gentleman, A | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69765-4 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123184 | |||
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Genre: | Full Length, Southern Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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| Blaine Ashton, a medical student in his mid-twenties from a prominent New Orleans family, has fallen in love with a middle-aged actress and is getting married, much to the chagrin of his mentally disturbed sister and his eccentric, alcoholic old Aunt. His Aunt forces him to take care of his sister after hes married and all the southern belles in the household are almost too much to bear. The histrionics never stop as the women compete for Malters love and attention. Ultimately, an uneasy truce is called once a baby is born and Christmas rolls around, but continued craziness is undoubtedly in their future. Especially powerful roles for women. | |||||
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Marilyn / God | ||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69913-9 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123185 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 2 voices | |||||
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| The action takes place n the mind of Marilyn on an empty stage with a chair. In this play, Marilyn confronts voices in her head to validate her life as an actress. She finds in the afterlife that she must audition and interview to get into heaven and that her judges are her enemies and aborted children. Along the way she is confused and intrigued by the signs she must follow to climb her way into heaven. The play explores the multi-levels of complexity of cult goddess Marilyn Monroe--her vulnerability, anger, and loneliness and the ways that American culture and the worship of beauty and fame shaped, aborted and forwarded her rise to stardom. In the afterlife she relives three painful scenes from her life and a life review and strains to justify her choices to male unsympathetic judges as well as shocking people from her past. | |||||
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Property | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69760-9 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123186 | |||
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Genre: | Full Length, Southern Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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| Property is a contemporary romantic comedy set in a Garden District mansion in New Orleans. Rooster Dubonnet, a young artist suffering from a terminal disease, is dazzled by love. Raised by an imperious society-driven mother, he has fallen in love with a New-Age nurse. Set during Mardi Gras--when a whole tradition of fun, revelry, and prestige seizes the city-- Rooster is caught between his dedication to his family's past (and property ) and his own very different future. | |||||
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Solitaire | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69790-6 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123187 | |||
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Genre: | Full Length, Southern Comedy | |||||
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| The Mississippi Gulf Coast estate of Irene Dubbonet is an unforgetable place to visit, but who would want to live there? All of her relatives, who hope to inherit it! This is a play about manipulation and what happens to family members' dreams when the odds are stacked against them. A cloud of doom hangs over Serenity Manor, until at last, virtue triumphs. Irene's son, the artist, Rooster, deeply anxious to prove himself, connives a scheme to help his "down and out" brother-in-law seize the estate. Funny situations sparked by witty lines bring the audience into an intriguing overview of topsy-turvy privileged life today | |||||
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Turtle Soup | ||
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| 1st Published: | Published with Wings of Madness., Samuel French, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123191 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play, Southern Comedy | |||||
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Synopsis: | A young woman fights for her inheritance. Her "dying" uncle mocks her life, as well as that of her actor husband. A tirade occurs over Turtle Soup that culminates in its spillage and her Uncle's guffaws over his prank. He reminds her that its April first --All Fools Day--and he is playing a joke on her. | |||||
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Uncle Victor | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69761-6 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123188 | |||
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Genre: | Full Length, Historical Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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| Uncle Victor is a historical comedy inspired by the classic Russian play, Uncle Vanya, by Anton Chekhov. In this version O'Neill takes the structure of Uncle Vanya and some characters and places them on Waverly Plantation in 1899 Louisiana. While the dialogue and characters are typically Southern, the Louisiana story perfectly parallels the situation of turn-of-the century Russia, where a new urban economy was destroying the country's agrarian base. While Russians were suffering from typhoid and peasants were going hungry, Southerners were dying from yellow fever and displaced farmers were starving. In Uncle Victor, the Mallory family, running Waverly Sugar Plantation, confronts a totally changed Louisiana. | |||||
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White Suits In Summer | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69766-1 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123189 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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| This contemporary Southern romance set in the topsy-turvy world of art. Celebrity artist Susann is determined to reclaim her lost love, Blaise, now married to a sedate New Orleans socialite. Convinced that she cannot live without him, Susann arranges an exhibition of her works to be held in his new house. Susann's readiness to sacrifice her career, his new wife, and her Mama's boy manager leave Blaise both angry and aroused. Theatrical excitement abounds in this comedy of love vs. duty. | |||||
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Wing of Madness, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Published with Turtle Soup, Samuel French, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123192 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play, Southern Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Set in a tacky funeral parlor on a highway outside New Orleans, a murdered beauty taunts the audience, exposing her bare unshrouded back, and explaining why she was murdered. Other imaginary characters--her husband and daughter--add an eerie quality to her already surreal tale | |||||
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Wishing Aces | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-573-69771-5 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123190 | |||
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Genre: | Short Play, Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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| A Southern comedy about mature love found later in life, and the trouble and insight that such discoveries can bring. Though well-warned, Kitten, a runaway housewife, decides to travel with her Tulane professor, Beau, on a train trip through the Louisiana swamp. Their plans are upset when her son, Bunky, in an effort to punish her, shows up as a stowaway on the train. Kitten and Beau struggle through their disappointments, mourning the futility of their lives, while the hurricane brewing outside the train builds toward its inevitable whirlwind of destruction. | |||||
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