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WARREN PERRY (1963 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
Warren Perry, a native of Memphis, Tennessee, holds graduate degrees in medieval literature and creative writing from the University of Memphis and in drama from The Catholic University of America. His one man shows on Walt Whitman and Lyndon B. Johnson have been produced by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (2006, 2007), and his addendum to the corpus of Elvis literature, Lanterns on Lamar, was produced by Yellow Taxi Productions of New Hampshire in March 2006. His play The Sitters was a finalist in the Riant Theatre Strawberry One-Act Festival in New York in August 2006 and will be included in the publication The Best of the Strawberry One-Acts Volume 4 in July 2007. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife Shannon.
Plays by Warren Perry
HOV | ||
| 1st Produced: | American Theatre of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 >>> | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Riant Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #90393 | |||
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Genre: | dark comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | One (corpse) | |||||
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Synopsis: | Two officers discuss war and linguistics during their daily commute up Interstate 95 to the Pentagon. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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King Lyndon Lear | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nan Tucker McEvoy Theatre, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in conjunction with the Washington DC 2007 Shakespeare Festival | |||||
| 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 | #90395 | |||
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Genre: | Dramatic Monologue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | One (offstage voiceover) | |||||
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Synopsis: | Lyndon B. Johnson reflects on his accomplishments as he decides not to seek another term in office. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Lanterns on Lamar | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pinkerton Black Box, Derry, New Hampshire | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Yellow Taxi Productions, Nashua, New Hampshire | |||||
| 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 | #64799 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | Four (fans, any sex) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | August 16th 1977 and Elvis has just died. His ghost appears saying that there is treasure buried in the lawn at Graceland. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sherman In Atlanta | ||
| 1st Produced: | American Theatre of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 >>> | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Riant Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #90394 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | Four (voices offstage) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Sherman goes through the items currently bothering him in an attempt to understand why he has no friends. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sitters, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Producers Club, New York, NY | 2006 | ||||
Company: | The Riant Theatre, New York, NY | |||||
| 1st Published: | Riant Theatre, New York, New York, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68478 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 | |||||
Notes: | One act, three scenes, with various historical characters beginning with George Washington and concluding with Andy Warhol, The Sitters is the story of portrait artists and their subjects | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Swift to My Wounded: Walt Whitman and the Civil War | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nan Tucker McEvoy Theatre, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC Stage Guild, CU Later Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | Smithsonian Institution, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #90392 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Historical Monologue | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Walt Whitman discusses his journals written during his time in Washington DC beginning in 1863. He talks about the soldiers and the Civil War, and he spends some moments reading his poetry and sharing his thoughts on the value of politics, life, and combat. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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