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Mac Rogers

MAC ROGERS  

 Nationality:    USA
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Mac Rogers is a playwright and performer who lives in Brooklyn with his fiance Sandy. Playscripts, Inc. previously published his playThe Second String. His play Universal Robots was anthologized in the New York Theatre Experience's "Plays and Playwrights 2008" anthology, and Hail Satan won a FringeNYC 2007 Outstanding Playwriting Award. Along with Sean and Jordana Williams, Mac wrote Fleet Week: The Musical, winner of a FringeNYC 2005 Outstanding Musical Award. Mr. Rogers' other plays produced in New York includeDirty Juanita, The Sky Over Nineveh, andThe Lucretia Jones Mysteries. As an actor, Mr. Rogers was nominated for a New York Innovative Theater Award for his performance in Nosedive Productions' The Adventures of Nervous Boy.

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 +30NYC         Advance Man         Air Guitar         Blast Radius         Blood Brothers Present, The. . .The New Guignol         Blood Brothers present. . . RAW FEED, The         Blueprint Project, The         Bus Driver of the Year         Dirty Juanita         Fleet Week         Hail Satan         Happening To Your Body         I'm All About Lesbians         In the Deathroom         Lucretia Jones Mysteries, The         Mother Sacramento         Piper McKenzie's Dainty Cadaver         Second String, The         Sky Over Nineveh, The         Sovereign         St Ignatius First Annual Hanukkah Pageant, The         Standards of Decency 3: 300 Vaginas Before Breakfast         Trailers         Universal Robots         Viral

+30NYC

Synopsis:
A sustainable project, this evening of short plays examines how our actions today will directly affect our lives in 30 years. As per the mission of Red Fern Theatre Company, that each production is paired with a philanthropy whose work relates to the social themes of the play, +30NYC is paired with Material For the Arts.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Bekah Brunstetter, Victor Ismael Cazares, Christine Evans, Michael John Garces, Ashlin Halfnight, Mac Rodgers, Tommy Smith

1st Produced:
Center Stage, NY    06 Mar 2010

Company:
Red Fern Theatre Company

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Advance Man

Synopsis:
Advance Man centers on the family of Bill Cooke, the leader of a group of astronauts who have returned from the first manned mission to Mars bearing secrets and illicit cargo that could forever alter not only their lives, but all of humanity. It is part of The Honeycomb Trilogy by Mac Rogers, three stand-alone plays set in the same futuristic universe, that together create an epic sci-fi trilogy.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
part one of The Honeycomb Trilogy

1st Produced:
The Secret Theatre
4402 23rd Street, NY 11101-5000    12 Jan 2012

Company:
Gideon Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Air Guitar

Synopsis:
Drew's a guitarist with twelve fans and a floundering marriage, until he enters the world of AIR GUITAR -- and discovers sometimes you rock harder when there's nothing to hold onto

Notes:
by Mac Rodgers; Music by Sean Williams, Lyrics by Jordana Williams. VENUE 5: Henry Street Settlement - Harry de Jur Playhouse

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Company:
Gideon Productions

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Genre:
110 min Musical

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Blast Radius

Synopsis:
This is part two of Mac Rogers' "Honeycomb Trilogy." Blast Radius follows a sister and brother at mortal odds in an Earth radically changed by years of alien occupation. The human insurgency finally has a weapon to turn the tideat a terrible cost. The conquering alien race has found a chilling solution to end human resistance for good.

Notes:
part two of The Honeycomb Trilogy

1st Produced:
The Secret Theatre
4402 23rd Street, NY 11101-5001    30 Mar 2012

Company:
Gideon Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Blood Brothers Present, The. . .The New Guignol

Synopsis:
A father locks his daughter away because he can't bear to share her with her mother, or anyone else. A man holds a busload of passengers hostage with no demands, and one woman does the unthinkable to attempt escape. And a scorned husband offers his wife a ghastly maternity gift. These tales and others make up this year's THE BLOOD BROTHERS PRESENT. . . series, Nosedive Productions' annual October horror show.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Danny Bowes, James Comtois And Mac Rodgers

1st Produced:
Brick Theater, NY, USA >>>    28 Oct 2009

Company:
Nosedive Productions

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Music:
-

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Genre:
Piece

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Blood Brothers present. . . RAW FEED, The

Synopsis:
A gay porn star's insatiable hunger for fame leads to unspeakable acts of violence. A pretty, young contestant will make the mistake of her life if she chooses Bachelor #1. A ventriloquist on Christian television takes communion to a whole new level. When you're always connected, there's nowhere to hide... These tales and others will make up this year's THE BLOOD BROTHERS PRESENT& horror anthology series.
- nytheatre.com

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-

1st Produced:
Brick Theatre
575 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211    04 Oct 2012

Company:
Nosedive Productions

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-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Blueprint Project, The

Synopsis:
part of a program of new short plays presented by Gideon Productions. This description is from the company: "Gideon's producers, composed a single-paragraph plot synopsis-about the clashing agendas of a group of people surrounding a body in a room, awaiting the arrival of a 'medium' who would awaken the body-and gave it to four dramatists with highly diverse playwriting voices to see how differently they would realize this plot as a short play. The result is four suprising plays, each with a unique style, moving characters and a different twist ending

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Puffin Room, NY    2008

Company:
Gideon Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

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Bus Driver of the Year

Synopsis:
Hannah has driven the school bus for years - the same school bus she took every day to school. Taking a group of Saturday students to school she stops to help a broken down limo that has her best friend in on her way to her wedding

Notes:
Music And lyrics by Joel B New; book by Mac Rodgers

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Genre:
Musical

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Dirty Juanita

Synopsis:
Mickey and Cameron are room mates and have moved to New York. They meet office worker Tina. Mickey and Cameron's friendship deteriorates - they start fighting. Tina is at first a by-stander but she gets drawn into the violence

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Flatiron Playhouse    2000

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Fleet Week

Synopsis:
Fleet Week in New York and four sailors on shore leave are looking for love. Seaman Staynes, Seaman Swallows, Seaman Sachs and Seaman Ravioli accidentally overhear some terrorists from Martinique plotting some dastardly attack. And as unlikely as it may seem the ship's Captain has fallen in love with the Statue of Liberty and she with him. "a gay salute to the patriotic musicals of yesterday"

Notes:
Music by Sean Williams, Lyrics by Jordana Williams

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Company:
Gideon Productions and Lindsay Bowen

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Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  doubling

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Hail Satan

Synopsis:
"The Omen" meets "The Office." Witness the birth of the Antichrist--and meet the Corporate Communications Department responsible for raising her. HAIL SATAN: His Kingdom is coming and his adorable daughter is preparing the way.

Notes:
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Company:
Gideon Productions, LLC

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
2h 0m  Comedy Drama

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Happening To Your Body

Synopsis:
-

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-

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Company:
Esttrogenius Festival

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I'm All About Lesbians

Mac Rogers
Pinnix is all about lesbians. There is nothing he appreciates more than the aesthetic of two women together. That is why he lives with Maddy, eagerly observing her relationships with various girlfriends over the past three years. Tonight, Maddy's ex is coming for dinner, which worries Hannah, Maddy's current flame. Pinnix is hoping things get hot and tense. But, to his dismay, the situation could also get very honest and real.

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   978-0-9709046-9-0

Music:
-

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Genre:
10 min Drama/Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  1 male, 3 females

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In the Deathroom

Synopsis:
This is a program of three short plays-Nona by James Comtois, Quitters, Inc. by Qui Nguyen, and In the Deathroom by Mac Rogers-all based on short stories by Stephen King. This description is from Nosedive Productions: "While hitchhiking on a snowy winter's night in Maine, a college dropout meets and falls in love with a girl he'd do absolutely anything for. Morrison is going to quit smoking whether he wants to or not. . .but is the cure worse than the disease? And Fletcher, an ex-reporter from the New York Times, is being held in an interrogation room in a foreign land, with only his wits to protect him." The show features graphic violence and is recommended for adults only.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
part of The Blood Brothers Present. . .The Master of Horror

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Company:
Nosedive Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short Play

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Lucretia Jones Mysteries, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Gershwin Hotel    2003

Company:
-

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Music:
-

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Mother Sacramento

Synopsis:
-

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Piper McKenzie's Dainty Cadaver

Synopsis:
18 playwrights. 3 plays. One performance of each. Piper McKenzie's Dainty Cadaver is an Exquisite Corpse-style playmaking project in which multiple playwrights collaborate on a single work without knowing what the hell the others are doing. Each writer reads the previous scene, writes a new scene, and passes it on to the next writerwho doesn't see any of what came earlier. Beautiful madness ensues. For its inaugural edition, Piper McKenzie will present one-night-only performances of three new plays written in this unique collaborative style, with results ranging from inspired chaos to eerie synchronicityall tied together by the unique voices of 18 hot playwrights, divided into three teams and staged by three directors. The teams and their performance details are as follows: TEAM A: Fri 1/28, 8pm: Johnna Adams, Eric Bland, Jeff Lewonczyk, Mac Rogers, Crystal Skillman, Art Wallace. Directed by Jordana Williams. TEAM B: Sat 1/29, 8pm: Danny Bowes, Matt Freeman, Qui Nguyen, Carolyn Raship, August Schulenburg, Alexis Sottile. Directed by Hope Cartelli. TEAM C: Sun 1/30, 3pm: Maggie Cino, James Comtois, John DeVore, Cara Francis, Rich Lovejoy, Justin Maxwell. Directed by John Hurley.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Brick Theatre
575 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211    28 Jan 2011

Company:
Piper McKenzie Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Second String, The

Synopsis:
Seven college friends have left New York to attend the wedding of two of their number, only weeks after September 11, 2001. The problem is, the best man can't be there, and his replacement, a snarky smart-ass named Rick, just might ruin everything in the most delicate wedding ceremony imaginable. For all his hatred of cliches, Rick has thirty-six hours to find the right thing to say. Can he? Will he?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Grove Street Playhouse (New York, NY, United States)    2001

Company:
-

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
60-80 min Dramatic comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  3 males, 5 females

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Sky Over Nineveh, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

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Company:
Theatre of Relativity

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Music:
-

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Sovereign

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
part three of The Honeycomb Trilogy

1st Produced:
The Secret Theatre
4402 23rd Street, NY 11101-5002    14 Jun 2012

Company:
Gideon Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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St Ignatius First Annual Hanukkah Pageant, The

Synopsis:
In this ode to Hanakkuh, the Rosenblums move to Cricket Creek, North Dakota, and the townspeople hail their very first Jewish residents by celebrating the adorable Jewish version of Christmas called Hanukkah. After exhaustive research into Jewish history and humor, drama club president/playwright/director/auteur Arlene proudly unveils the St. Ignatius First Annual Hanukkah Pageant
- press release

Notes:
written by Mac Rodgers, Sean And Jordana Williams

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Standards of Decency 3: 300 Vaginas Before Breakfast

Synopsis:
Blue Coyote Theater group commissioned eight of their favorite playwrights to create new short plays meditating on new media and pornography. Presented in a stripped-down style, the plays are raunchy, funny, and surprisingly tender. Is our pornutopia breaking down our capacities for empathy and reflective thought, for intimacy and sustained attention? Standards of Decency 3: 300 Vaginas Before Breakfast uses a very old medium to explore what the new media are doing to us, publicly and privately, for better and for worse, at the place where technology, sex, and relationships collide.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by David Johnston, Matthew Freeman, David Foley, Mac Rodgers, Jordan Seavey, Bruce Goldstone, Jacqueline Christy, Cheri Magid, Adam Szymkowicz

1st Produced:
Access Theatre
380 Broadway, 4th floor, New York, NY 10013    02 Jun 2011

Company:
Blue Coyote Theater Company

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-   -

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-

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Genre:
short play

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Trailers

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Genre:
curtain raiser One Act

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Universal Robots

Mac Rogers
The Great War has just ended. Czechoslovakia is a Republic with an elected President and a thriving artistic community that includes celebrated playwright Karel Capek. But history cracks wide open when a young woman walks into Karel's life with a strange mannequin in a wheelchair. . .a mannequin that gets up and moves all by itself!Universal Robots tells the alternate history of the 20th Century, beginning with the invention of the robot through the destruction of Nazi Germany at the hands of the robot army, and concluding with the horrifying robot rebellion against the human race that changed the world forever. A love story, political allegory, and redemptive tragedy, Universal Robots freely adapts Czech playwright Karel Capek's seminal 1921 play R.U.R., which introduced the word 'robot' to the world. Universal Robots departs significantly from Capek's script, offering a meaty and riveting story of war, love, faith, technology, and the power of art to change the world, for both good and ill
- press release

Notes:
inspired by Karel Capek's R.U.R.

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Company:
Manhattan Theatre Source & Gideon Productions, LLC

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Viral

Synopsis:
A woman googles "painless suicide" and finds the people who will help her end her life - if she'll let them film it. And sell it. A pitch black comedy from two-time FringeNYC award winner Mac Rogers.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The SoHo Playhouse, New York International Fringe Festival    2009

Company:
Gideon Productions, LLC

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Music:
-

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Genre:
1h 45m Drama Comedy

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Apart from very popular and world touring productions, many performing arts events are largely forgotten about in a matter of months. Traces may remain in various collections, but few collecting agencies, such as libraries, catalogue each flyer or program individually. Hence, unless one knows that an event took place at a certain time in a certain place, tracking down such an event as part of a research project is often a matter of chance. Where research needs to be carried out on high profile and well-documented productions only, this is not a problem. However, both the historian and the analyst will attest that the cultural, political, or sociological context in which a performing arts event takes place is also of major importance, as are the other events that took place in close proximity, either in place or time. A good overview of such productions provides us with a 'social document' that can greatly enhance cultural studies in ways that extend far beyond the narrow confines of theatre history. For instance, data such as this can be used to monitor the health of communities, particularly when used in association with data obtained from other social science disciplines. When one researches a particular playwright one might want to know about all the productions of plays by that author; if one wants to investigate what choices a particular audience had over a period of history and compare this to, say, an ethnic breakdown of the population, one would need to know broadly all the events that took place during that time. If one wanted to do a statistical analysis on the shift in popularity of a genre over one or more generations, it is important to have knowledge of most of the relevant major and minor performance events that took place. In this context, issues of aesthetic quality and the professionalism of a production - which will of course have an impact on such studies - are not the determining factors when deciding to include or exclude events, since all events are the raw material for such research.