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Bella Poynton

BELLA POYNTON

  
Nationality:    USA
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Bella Poynton is a playwright and theater artist from Buffalo, NY. Her Plays have been developed at the Great Plains Theater Conference, The Barrow Group, The Science Fiction Theater Company, OtherWorld Theatre, and the Women's Work Lab at New Perspectives Theatre. Her play Pope Joan was a regional finalist at KCACTF and produced at New World Stages in 2009. Recently, her play The Aurora Project was produced at both The Science Fiction Theater Company, and Otherworld Theater. Other recent honors include the 8th Annual New Works Festival at Panndora Productions where her play Medusa Undone was developed and produced. This fall, her play Speed of Light will premiere at Road Less Traveled Productions. BFA, Theater Arts from Boston University. MFA, Playwriting from the University of Iowa.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Advanced Programs System         Angel Play, The         Fat Actress/Ugly Model and Other Destructive Labels for Women         Hey, Mary! (A Comic Annunciation)         House Full of Dust, A         Melting Forest, Stupid Blizzard!         Offer, The         Pope Joan         Unpopular Devotion         Yellowknife
Advanced Programs System

Synopsis:
A short play exploring both the horrors and wonders of technology. When Clara finds herself flung thousands of years into the future, she must decide whether her robot/time-machine is enough of a companion on his own, or if he should download a special program that can re-unite her with a "copy" of her husband. . . but will the copy be enough like the original for Clara liking?

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1st Produced:
13th Street Repertory
50 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011     29 Jul 2010

Organisations:
the 13th Street Repertory Company

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Music:
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Genre:
Short Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Angel Play, The

Synopsis:
We all know the story: Gabriel announces the coming of a child and Mary is stunned but welcoming of her Lord's will. But did it really happen this way? How could the players in this immortal tale live through those nine months of waiting? We examine the humanity of Gabriel, the divinity of young Mary, and the blindness of the community around them. What effect did these two beings of light have on each other, and was their connection deeper than we might suspect? This is the story of the Angel Gabriel and Mary of Nazareth's strange and convoluted love affair. they meet, fall in love, and are forced to part ways. Of course, because her family and community fail to understand what's happened, Mary is shunned and looked as a criminal. Gabriel is then given the task of converting Mary's future husband, Joseph into believing she holds a pivotal place in human history. As the play moves forward, we watch Mary's transformation from frightened young girl into powerful prophetess as she takes control of her own destiny, and the destiny of her unborn child.
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1st Produced:
Looking Glass theatre
422 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019     16 Mar 2012

Organisations:
Looking Glass Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama 100 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Fat Actress/Ugly Model and Other Destructive Labels for Women

Synopsis:
When ex-binger Daphne realizes she has put on a few pounds, she is left in a very vulnerable place that's only further perpetuated when she is offered a well paying acting job as a fat character. While her friend Jess struggles with overcoming the psychological baggage of anorexia, and a similar casting situation, Daphne comes face to face with the reality that she will never be the perfect ingenue. Both women must make a decision; one that either boosts their careers, and their pocket books-or one that denounces the commercially minded world all together.

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Organisations:
Manhattan Repertory Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
65 min comedy Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Hey, Mary! (A Comic Annunciation)

Synopsis:
A comic retelling of that oh-so-special night when the 14-year-old Virgin Mary is told she will be mother to the Savior. Just like most teenagers, she definitely has something to say about it!

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1st Produced:
The Midtown International Theatre Festival     26 Jul 2010

Organisations:
the Midtown International Theatre Festival

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
30 min comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  1 male or female

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House Full of Dust, A

Synopsis:
Gretta Cleves can see ghosts, but her husband Ramsey refuses to believe her. When their son, RJ, returns home from seminary school for a visit, the tension between RJ and Ramsey forces the family to come to terms with the supernatural forces that have literally been banging on their door for years.

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1st Produced:
The Boston University School Of Theater - Theaterlab     01 Nov 2007

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Melting Forest, Stupid Blizzard!

Synopsis:
Sally hates this ridiculous production of Midsummer. . . she also hates that the blizzard outside has left her stranded in the theater with the cast all night. If anyone else mentions global warming, she's going to cut a bitch. For real.

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1st Produced:
13th Street Repertory
50 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011     12 Jun 2010

Organisations:
the 13th Street Repertory Company

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
30 min comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Offer, The

Synopsis:
Grace was fired from NASA after the shuttle program was dismantled in 2009 along with 30,000 other astrophysicist and engineers. Since then, she has been working a series of odd jobs and more recently, at Virgin. Now, without even knowing it, Grace's work is starting to change things for the space industry, making the prospect of human space exploration a dream more tangible than she ever imagined.

Notes:
The Samuel French staff would like to congratulate the 30 playwrights selected to participate in the 40th Annual Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival! Chosen from nearly fifteen-hundred submissions (a record breaking number) both in the U.S. and abroad, these 30 plays will be presented in New York from August 3  9, 2015. Out of these plays, six winners will be selected by the Samuel French, Inc. editorial staff to receive publication and licensing contracts.

1st Produced:
40th Annual Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, NY     03 Aug 2015

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pope Joan

Synopsis:
A retelling of the 9th century legend of the German woman, who because of her unwavering desire to be a priest, steals her brother's identity and goes to Rome. She easily climbs through the Vatican ranks and reigns as pontiff for two years. the story is told through the eyes of the only man who knew her secret, a Cardinal named Gerard.

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1st Produced:
Boston University School Of Theatre - Studio 210     22/2008

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Unpopular Devotion

Synopsis:
Samantha's mother is getting remarried, and wants' Samantha to be the maid of honor! All of this would be fine and dandy, except that Samantha is a Catholic nun. Love for God seems to go to the wayside when Samantha is faced with her drunk mother, her drug-addict brother, and of course, the guy who didn't want her to go in the first place. . .

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1st Produced:
New Perspectives Theatre Company
NY, USA     01 Aug 2009

Organisations:
New Perspectives Theatre Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
40 min Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Yellowknife

Synopsis:
Meggie and Hector Wade are criminals on the run, and decide to settle in the tiny arctic outpost of Yellowknife because of its rumors of limitless gold. Trouble strikes, however, when a man from Meggie's past breaks into their shelter during the coldest night of the year.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Tank

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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