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Sean Pomposello

SEAN POMPOSELLO  (1962 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Sean Pomposello has been recognized by the Academy of Arts Motion Picture Arts' Nicholl Fellowship, the Monterey County Film Commission and has been produced by Naked Angels and The Impact Theater in New York City. Pomposello resides in Maplewood, NJ with his wife and daughter and writes for HBO.

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below is a list of Sean Pomposello's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Barbicide         Bitch         Dark Future         Doghouse, The         House Red         It         Universal Monsters         Unlimited Nights

Barbicide

Synopsis:
Imagine if Jack Kerouac, Jim Thompson and Mario Puzo were to pen a mind-blowing riff of Sweeney Todd, seen through the eyes of a dysfunctional barbershop-quartet. It would be Barbicide, a tasty noirish revenge play of interwoven monologues, underscoring the consequences of coincidence and fate. The site-specific production is staged at a vintage New York City barbershop. Barbicide tells the story of a barber in 1960s Queens who has just been released from prison after being framed by a local mob boss.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Moustache Tonsorial, 55 Greenwich Avenue, NY    06 Jun 2012

Company:
The Theatre Project

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Play/Drama

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Bitch

Synopsis:
Three brothers who have gotten their hands on a rare blue pit bull enlist the help of an estranged uncle to train and fight her. Things don't go quite as well as they planned.

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1st Produced:
Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue, New York, NY 10009    01 Sep 2010

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Genre:
70 min Crime Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Dark Future

Synopsis:
Late at night, a train whistle blows in the distance, a young man stirs, and a dark, haunting incident from the past comes to light.

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1st Produced:
Manhattan Repertory Theatre
303 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036    19 May 2011

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Doghouse, The

Synopsis:
The Doghouse is a story retold by two middle-aged men who recount a dark incident from their college days that still continues to haunt them. As the play unfolds, details of the incident are revealed little by little. By the conclusion, it becomes abundantly clear why these two men are so deeply affected by the events that took place nearly 20 years earlier.

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1st Produced:
The Impact Theater, Brooklyn New York    2008

Company:
The Impact Theater

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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House Red

Synopsis:
House Red is a black comedy that follows a home invasion that occurs at a frat house when a brother makes the mistake of extending a party invitation to two childhood friends who have since become hardened criminals.

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Genre:
Black Comedy

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It

Synopsis:
A strange technician from I.T. makes an eager young female executive pay for dotting her i's and crossing her t's.

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1st Produced:
Riant Theater
NY, USA    31 Jul 2011

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Genre:
drama.

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Universal Monsters

Synopsis:
A collection of ten of Sean Pomposello's new plays in a series of readings throughout the months of November and December. Revolving around the the concept of "Man's inhumanity towards man," this series offers a brazen look at the aggressive side of humanity in the 21st Century.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Players Theatre
115 MacDougal Street, New York, NY 10012    03 Nov 2011

Company:
The Theatre Project

1st Published:
A collection of ten of Sean Pomposello's new plays in a series of readings throughout the months of November and December. Revolving around the the concept of "Man's inhumanity towards man," this series offers a brazen look at the aggressive side of humanity in the 21st Century.   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Unlimited Nights

Synopsis:
A couple's relationship is called into question when they are awakened in the middle of the night by a succession of ominous telephone calls.

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1st Produced:
The Strand Theatre    03 Jun 2011

Company:
The Strand Theatre Company

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