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Harrison David Rivers

HARRISON DAVID RIVERS

  (1981 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC  

Harrison David Rivers has always written-on Post-Its, napkins, and to chagrin of his librarian grandmother, in the margins of books. He is a member of At Play and the OVNV Network. Harrison's work has been developed and produced at the American Airlines Theater on Broadway, New York Theatre Workshop, Ars Nova and the Sundance Theater Lab. Honors include the 2011 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Off-Off Broadway Play, ExcEllence in Playwriting Award (FringeNYC 2010), 2009 Montblanc Young Writers Competition Winner, 2009 John Golden Award, 2010-11 Van Lier Fellowship, 2009-10 Emerging Artist of Color Fellowship (New York Theatre Workshop), and residencies with Freedom Train, NYTW/Dartmouth and Urban Arts Partnership.

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         (baptism)         4 Sustenance         And All The Dead Lie Down         And She Said, He Said, I Said Yes         And She Stood Like This         Bandaged Place, The         Bench         Broadbend, Arkansas         Crack In The Sky, A         Fell         Five Points         Flashers         Iydie or (s)he who looks inside, awakes         Jack Perry Is Alive (And Dating)         Last Queen of Canaan         Look Upon Our Lowliness         mouth says move         not resentful at all         PARKS         Sea and the Stars, The         Sistahs, The         Sweet         This Bitter Earth         To Let Go and Fall         triO         We Are Misquoted Texts         When Last We Flew         Where Storms Are Born
(baptism)

Synopsis:
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride. This is Harrison David Rivers' (baptism).

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1st Produced:
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, NY     2009

Organisations:
34th Off Off Broadway Samuel French Short Play Festival

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short play

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4 Sustenance

Synopsis:
One play, four playwrights. Four Sustenance examines the complexity of our relationships with the planet and with each other. Through multiple stories and a fusion of music, movement and spoken text, the piece asks us to re-evaluate how we sustain our body, spirit and connection to the world.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Antoinette Nwandu, Ricardo Perez-Gonzalez, Stacy O'Neill, And Harrison David Rivers

1st Produced:
theatres at 45 Bleecker
45 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10015     35/2012

Organisations:
Movement Theatre Company

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Play/Drama

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And All The Dead Lie Down

Synopsis:
A mother's son has just been viciously beaten by the police

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1st Produced:
City Theatre, Pittsburgh     04 Dec 2017

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Genre:
Musicl

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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And She Said, He Said, I Said Yes

Synopsis:
Post breakup, three women attempt to make sense of their lives. In recounting stories of weight gain, drunk dials, flying milk cartons, Facebook stalking, and hair growth, they explore the very nature of love, loss, and ultimately their own humanity.

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1st Produced:
Here Arts Center  Dorothy B. Williams Theater, New York International Fringe Festival     2009

Organisations:
DRD Productions

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Genre:
1h 35m Drama Comedy

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And She Stood Like This

Synopsis:
A drag version of "The Trojan Women"

Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides. Based on "The Trojan Women"

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  3 gender neutral

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Bandaged Place, The

Synopsis:
Jonah's livelihood as a dancer after he sustains an injury from a former lover. He retreats into himself. Can his eight year old daughter and elderly grandmother pull him through?

Notes:
part of the Golden Age Project

1st Produced:
(Reading) Aurora Theatre Company, 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley, Ca 94704     25 Feb 2013

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Genre:
Gay drama full length

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Bench

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1st Produced:
Theatre of the Riverside Church, New York     17 Apr 2009

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Broadbend, Arkansas

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Crack In The Sky, A

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Fell

Synopsis:
Something's wrong with Jesse Metcalfe. His wife and kids know it -- even the family ghosts know it. But they don't know how to get him up off the kitchen floor. . .and why his white boss keeps popping up in their dreams. . . www.fellatfringe.blogspot.com/ 1h 45m, Manhattan, NYC Drama, Comedy
- http://www.fringenyc.org/

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Organisations:
7.15 Producions/Eric Louie and Columbia University's Black Theater Ensemble

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Genre:
1h 45m, Drama, Comedy

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Five Points

Synopsis:
New York during the American Civil War. Two men who want to get on in the dance world - Johnny Diamond an Irish jig champion and the young black Willie Lane. It is the birth of tap dancing

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Douglas Lyons; Ethan D Pakchar; book by Harrison David Rivers

1st Produced:
Theatre Latte DaMinneapolis     10 Jul 1905

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  5            Other:  1 child

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Flashers

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Notes:
Part of "Chaos: A New Works Festival"

1st Produced:
City Lit Theatre, Chicago     01 Jul 1905

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Iydie or (s)he who looks inside, awakes

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1st Produced:
Lincoln Center Directors Lab    

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Jack Perry Is Alive (And Dating)

Synopsis:
Jack in a late night hunt for the person who sent him a texted love note

Notes:
Music by Julia Meinwald; lyrics and book by Harrison David Rivers; Josh Sauerman; Daniella Shoshan

1st Produced:
New York Musical Theatre Festival    

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Last Queen of Canaan

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Notes:
Music by Jacob Yandura; lyrics by Rebekah Melocik; book by Harrison David Rivers

1st Produced:
New World Stages, New York     Oct 2015

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Look Upon Our Lowliness

Synopsis:
A young gay man is found dead in his New York apartment. His friends wonder what happened

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Genre:
Gay drama full length

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Male:  9            Female:  -            Other:  -

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mouth says move

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Devised by by Henning Hegland, Alicia House, Harrison Rivers. Part of Summer 2007 After Dark, A free series of new And experimental work.

1st Produced:
Atlantic Stage 2     2007

Organisations:
Potomac Theatre Project

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devised Piece

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not resentful at all

not resentful at all
No-one can forget the moment they heard the news. September 11th, 2001 sent shockwaves across the globe. It was a day that was supposed to change the world forever.Ten years on, a team of major writers and thinkers explore our responses to the defining event of our times in a new production from Headlong, creators of the multi award-winning ENRON. Rupert Goold's theatre company transforms a former trading hall into an immersive theatrical experience, taking you from the tranquil setting of St Katharine Docks on the River Thames to the bright blue skies of downtown Manhattan and beyond.

Notes:
part of Decade: Two towers. Ten years. Twenty plays. Ten years After 9/11, twenty international writers respond to the defining event of our times. Published here Are their individual plays, which woven together formed the basis of Decade, An immersive theatrical production from Headlong theatre company. the writers: Samuel Adamson, Mike Bartlett, Alecky Blythe, Adam Brace, Ben Ellis, Ella Hickson, Samuel D. Hunter, John Logan, Matthew Lopez, Mona Mansour, DC Moore, Abi Morgan, Rory Mullarkey, Janine Nabers, Lynn Nottage, Harrison David Rivers, Simon Schama, Christopher Shinn, Beth Steel, Alexandra Wood.

1st Produced:
Commodity Quay, St Katharine Docks, London E1W 1Az     01 Sep 2011

Organisations:
Headlong

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Genre:
short piece

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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PARKS

Synopsis:
The story of Gordon Parks. Raised in the midst of racism in the 1920s he chose to fight back with a camera

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Genre:
Musical

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Sea and the Stars, The

Synopsis:
Simon is a lifeguard. Finn is terrified of water. They have both returned to a small seaside town to look after family members

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Genre:
Gay romantic comedy full length

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Sistahs, The

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Collective Unconscious, NY, Usa     2007

Organisations:
Collective:Unconscious

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Sweet

Synopsis:
The Baker sisters both fancy the boy next door

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1st Produced:
Emerging Writers Group At Public Theater, New York     01 Apr 2013

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Genre:
Drama

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This Bitter Earth

Synopsis:
Jesse is a black playwright. His partner Neil is white and a campaigner for "Black Lives Matter". Neil is annoyed with Jesse's political apathy

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1st Produced:
New Conservatory Theater Center, San Francisco     22 Sep 2017

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Genre:
Gay drama full length

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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To Let Go and Fall

Synopsis:
Arthur and Todd meet after twenty five years. They had been ballet dancers at the Lincoln Centre. They look back on their lives. Coming out, broken hearts and AIDS

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Genre:
Gay drama full length

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triO

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of the 2nd Annual Salute UR Shorts New Play Festival

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the Rapscallions

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Genre:
Short Play One Act

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We Are Misquoted Texts

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1st Produced:
Under St Marks, New York    

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When Last We Flew

Synopsis:
An exploration of color perception and privilege
- press release

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1st Produced:
South Oxford Space, NY (Reading)     2008

Organisations:
Freedom Train Productions

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Where Storms Are Born

Synopsis:
When her son Myles dies in custody a mother tries to comfort her younger son Gideon. But revelations about Myles' death and why he was arrested puts a shadow over their lives

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1st Produced:
Bank Street Theatre, New York     13 Nov 2015

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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